All that needs to happen for one of these meetings to take place is for someone to make a doodle. So I just did that. And here it is: http://doodle.com/2aesgcb49az79dmz
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Gabriel Joel Perez <[email protected]>wrote: > Shall we set up time for the proposed IRC meeting? And how frequent should > they be? Perhaps once a month is ok? > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> perhaps the wiki-work could be joined up with that of similar >> projects, to share the overhead involved in organizing, categorizing, >> cleaning up, &c. >> >> SJ >> >> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:15 PM, FreeCulture.org - Students for Free >> Culture >> <[email protected]<webleader%[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> > [![HOW TO: Free Culture][1]][2] >> > >> > I would like to start a discussion regarding something I’m myself guilty >> > of. I feel there’s no communication between chapters. Sure, we meet >> > every two years at our conference, some are very active in the >> > discussion mailing list, but this is definitely not enough. Chapters are >> > at the battlefront of the issues we are fighting, like [closed >> > universities][3], net neutrality, and copyright law reform. >> > >> > Currently I feel we are working independently. I think this is not the >> > best approach. Chapters should be collaborating with each other. Sharing >> > ideas and planning activities together. Telling everyone else what they >> > are doing, and how they are doing it. >> > >> > This is very helpful for many reasons. First, for already established >> > chapters, it’s a way to organize new activities. We can copy and remix >> > what others have done. For new chapters, it is invaluable information. >> > It shows them what we are doing, what they can do too. We have already >> > prepared a chapter kick starter, [Year One][4], but more information is >> > always better. >> > >> > I also believe this speeds up the planning of activities. For example, >> > if I plan a [FOSS Gaming Night][5] for [...@uprm][6], I need to prepare >> a >> > flier to post in the bulletin boards around campus. But, if a chapter >> > decides to host a gaming night as well, or something very similar, they >> > shouldn’t need to make a whole new flier. They should be able to use the >> > same flier/art a chapter already used. It’s only a matter of changing >> > some text and, perhaps, a little bit of remixing. It’s the model we >> > support and sponsor, a bottom-up way of making things. Like Newton once >> > said “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders >> > of Giants." >> > >> > [![free culture and mind 009][7]][8] >> > >> > This is not a new idea. I know there are a couple fliers somewhere in >> > the [wiki][9], but I have no idea where they are, and that’s a problem. >> > There should be a centralized place for all this, and something that is >> > chapter friendly. The wiki can be a good place, but it’s currently more >> > like a labyrinth. Perhaps a couple people from various chapters can join >> > the [webteam][10] and do something together. I recently joined the >> > webteam and I’m ready to work on this. Who’s with me? >> > >> > I propose many things: >> > >> > * The creation of a new mailing list for chapters. Think of it like >> > chapter news. We tell each other what we are doing. It might be short >> > and sweet. Something like “We are talking about ACTA next Thursday.” Or >> > better yet, attached to the message is some art for the activity. >> > >> > * UPDATE: Well, this mailing list exists. I had no idea about it. I >> > don’t know if I’m the only one that didn’t know about it, but, let use >> > that. It already exists [here][11]. >> > >> > * A centralized place for fliers. Something that’s organized and >> > usable. >> > >> > * Meeting in IRC. I miss the days when chapters would have meetings in >> > IRC. These were planned meetings, not just “Hey Sparragus, what’s up? >> > How’s f...@uprm doing?” It would also be awesome if the board attended >> the >> > meetings, too. >> > >> > * Blogging more! We should be blogging more. In the SFC website, under >> > [chapter news][12], I always see a couple posts every other month. This >> > is great. However, I would love to see more, and specially from more >> > chapters. Blog once for every activity you have. And this is not >> > necessarily blogging for SFC, but blogging for our members, our >> > university, and for the world. We need to make sure the name of Students >> > for Free Culture stands up high, and so does our chapters. Blogging is >> > the easiest and quickest solution for this. Once again, it’s a great way >> > to know what others are doing. >> > >> > Let’s start conversing with each other! I would love to hear your >> > thoughts on this. What should we do and how should we do it? >> > >> > See ya all around! >> > >> > [1]: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/3556250_449e2d42b2.jpg >> > >> > [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scuddr/3556250/ (HOW TO: Free >> > Culture by Scuddr, on Flickr) >> > >> > [3]: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Open_University_Campaign >> > >> > [4]: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Year_one >> > >> > [5]: http://wiki.freeculture.org/UPRM_FOSS_Gaming_Night >> > >> > [6]: http://uprm.freeculture.org >> > >> > [7]: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/5140927_7d1770011b.jpg >> > >> > [8]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcb/5140927/ (free culture and mind >> > 009 by mecredis, on Flickr) >> > >> > [9]: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Propaganda >> > >> > [10]: http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/webteam >> > >> > [11]: http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chapters >> > >> > [12]: http://freeculture.org/chapternews/ >> > >> > URL: >> http://freeculture.org/blog/2010/10/05/together-we-stand-divided-we-fall/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 >> 529 4266 >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- http://www.madebyparker.com
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