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Techmeet 2007 : Aug 21 Planning Meeting : Notes

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  • Attendance
    • jgarrido - santiago chile - entodaspartes.org
    • occam - germany - indymedia, sf-active, linefeed, sfccp
    • membrana - rio de janeiro brasil - indymedia
    • osu - santiago chile - hackreta hacklab, hm2007, entodaspartes.org
    • kwadronaut - amsterdam netherlands - indymedia.nl, sf-active, spip, translationtool, radio.... now living in .nl
    • acracia - amsterdam netherlands - argentina indymedia, netherlands indymedia, various leftist tech initiatives
    • toya - san francisco usa - brasil indymedia, san francisco indymedia, birosca, linefeed, sfccp
    • foz - sao paulo brasil - brasil indymedia, birosca, videographer
    • ryan - san francisco usa - indymedia, sf-active, linefeed, sfccp, a bunch of various activist groups, own/work at a free software development firm
    • guido - santiago chile - sindominio, santiago indymedia, entodaspartes.org
    • elisa - sao paulo brasil - brasil indymedia, sarava, birosca
    • rhatto - sao paulo brasil - sarava, formerly brasil indymedia
    • zapata - amsteram netherlands - netherlands indymedia, mir
    • micah - drifter - riseup, indymedia
    • giba - brasil - indymedia, free radio projects
    • nah - goiania brasil - brasil indymedia
    • fernao - sao paulo brasil - brasil indymedia
  • To-do items from the meeting
    • Write & translate invitation e-mails to selected recipients as well as generic recipients. Rhatto & Ryan will bottom-line this.
    • Add a techmeet announcement mailing list on sarava. Rhatto has done this -> https://listas.sarava.org/wws/info/techmeet-announce
    • Propaganda - take a look at the existing flyer and add new text, maybe work on design. Foz & Toya will bottom-line this.
    • Begin getting together commitments from local techmeet groups to hold events and participate on the virtual conferences. To begin:
      • Ryan/Toya will bottom line the San Francisco group, which has already started discussing what they'll do and getting the participation of local groups.
      • Guido will coordinate with hm2007 in Santiago and build a techmeet space within it.
      • Zapata will coordinate an Amsterdam and/or Germany event and get local people participating on the virtual conferences.
      • Rhatto proposed several gatherings within Brazil... SP/Rio, Goiania/Brasilia, possibly a third in the north.
      • Kwadronaut will explore the possibilities of events in Brussels/Liege, Dijon (France) and Italy.
    • Instantiate the 2007 Cities List on the wiki, including contact information for the temporary organizing groups. Ryan will bottom-line this.
    • Begin investigating infrastructure for the audio/video conferencing. Occam & Rhatto, with help from Ryan, Toya, Membrana.
    • Begin a discussion on the techmeet organizing list about the areas of focus for this year (cms, tech collective cooperation, etc). Ryan will send this email in en/es/pt.
    • Send an e-mail to the list about consolidating the wikis. Ryan will send.
  • Next Meeting!
    • Discussions to continue on mailing list,
    • Next IRC meeting is Tuesday, September 4th, 1:30pm sp, 9:30 am sf, 6:30pm nl