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    33The Leadership Committee of May First/People Link has set the date of the Membership Meeting the weekend of November 7, 2015. It will follow a day of pre-meeting workshops on November 6.
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    5 The face to face session, and the pre-meeting, will be held in New York City at:
     5'''Pre-Meeting workshops:''' Friday, November 6: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm America/New_York[[br]]
     6'''Membership Meeting:''' Saturday, November 7: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm America/New_York[[br]]
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    7 St. Jacobi's Church
    8 54th Street and Fourth Avenue
    9 Brooklyn NY 11220
     8You may participate in person in New York, in person in Mexico City or online:
     9
     10== New York ==
     11
     12St. Jacobi's Church[[br]]
     1354th Street and Fourth Avenue[[br]]
     14Brooklyn NY 11220[[br]]
    1015
    1116The church, a movement convergence center, is in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, accessible by BMT subway lines "R" and "N".
    1217
    13 and in Mexico City.
     18=== Mexico City ===
    1419
    15 Members may remotely participate in the meetings and the information on doing that will be announced in two weeks.
     20Elisa #10, entre Laura y Elvira[[br]]
     21Colonia Nativitas[[br]]
     22a cinco cuadras del Metro Villa de Cortés[[br]]
     23México DF[[br]]
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    17 What Will Happen
     25=== Online ===
     26
     27Using jitsi-meet, our web-based video conference system:
     28
     29https://meet.mayfirst.org/membership
     30
     31Please register to attend!
     32
     33https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=10
     34
     35== What Will Happen ==
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    1937The Membership Meeting is May First/People Link's highest decision-making body and, at its meetings, our organization determines its general priorities for the coming year and elects our Leadership Committee which implements the Membership Meeting's decisions.
    … …  
    2745After the keynote, people from various movements will participate in a panel discussioin reacting to Malkia's remarks and making their own.  We will then go into mesas, break-out groups, on various theme areas facilitated by key leaders and members of our organization. These mesas will write the priorities to be submitted to the entire Members Meeting for approval. They are then passed on to the LC for implementation.
    2846
    29 Discussion Period
     47== Nomination and Discussion Period ==
    3048
    31 A period for discussion, contributions as well as nominations to the Leadership Committee opens on October 19, 2015. This is the lead-up to the Membership Meeting. This will be explained as we approach the date.
     49=== Monday, October 19 ===
    3250
    33 November 6, 2015 -- Pre-meeting Training and Workshops Day
     51A period for online discussion, contributions as well as nominations to the Leadership Committee opens on October 19, 2015. On this date:
    3452
    35 Held in NYC, Mexico City and online.
     53 * You may nominate yourself or someone else to be elected to the Leadership Committee
     54 * The final version of our organizational documents will be distributed. The current drafts are listed here: https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/membership-meeting/2015/org-docs. If you would like to make comments or suggestions on wording, please submit those suggestions by Monday, October 5th.
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    37 Members are invited to a series of workshops to orient themselves to May First/People Link, learn how to use the control panel, learn how to be more secure in your everyday Internet use, and find out why they should come to the membership meeting.
    38 
    39 Registration will allow members to choose to attend in person in NY, in person in Mexico City or via web conference. Depending on registration numbers, we may cancel in person venues with fewer than 5 registrants.
    40 
    41 Schedule. All times are America/New_York. Mexico City is one hour earlier.
    42 
    43 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Member orientation. This session will cover the basics of May First/People Link, starting with our mission and vision of the Internet, and including concrete tasks like how to use the Members Control panel, how to check your email and how to ask for support.
    44 
    45 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: 5 steps to increase your privacy. Learn about tools to increase your privacy in your organizing work, including collaborative editing tools, sharing documents using ownCloud.
    46 
    47 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Undestanding the denial of service attack and how we defended ourselves. Over the summer, the we were hit with a massive denial of service attack targetting reproductive justice groups. Learn about what happened and how we defended ourselves and what we can do to build a stronger movement.
    48 
    49 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: The US Social Forum, Media Action Grassroots Netork, Allied Media Conference and more: Learn about our work in the movement and bring ideas to shape 2015 and 2016.
    50 
    51 November 7, 2015 -- Here's the day's schedule:
    52 
    53 All times are America/New_York. Mexico City is one hour earlier.
    54 
    55 [Including proposed speakers]
    56 
    57 10:00 - 10:30 am
    58 
    59 Welcome and Key Note: One person in Mexico and one in the US will provide a key-note, live, via video conference and simultaneous interpretation. US speaker: Malkia Cyril.
    60 
    61 10:30 am - 12:-00 pm
    62 
    63 Special presentation panel: The panels will be held separately in the US and Mexico. Panelists to be announced.
    64 
    65 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    66 
    67 Lunch
    68 
    69 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    70 
    71 Mesas
    72 
    73 Four Mesas, each on "key areas of struggle," to happen separately in the US and Mexico. In the US, these might be (with facilitators):
    74 
    75  * Human and People's Rights and Democracy - Catherine Albiza (NESRIA)
    76  * Relations with the Earth and Non-Human Life, Alternative Living and Climate Justice - TBA
    77  * Human Communications, Technology and Art - TBA
    78  * International Relationships and Movements - Jackie Smith (INOSA)
    79 
    80 These mesas must produce a very small number of concise "priorities" for the LC to work on.
    81 
    82 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    83 
    84 Wrap Up
    85 
    86 New York and Mexico jointly, via video presentation: Presentation of the
    87 mesa proposals and approval by the Membership.
    88 
    89 4:00 - 5:00 pm
    90 
    91 Presentation of the published documents approved by current LC and to be
    92 voted upon in the coming week.
    93 
    94 Here's the wiki page with those documents:
    95 
    96 https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/projects/membership-meeting/2015/org-docs
    97 
    98 ------------
    99 
    100 Who Should Attend?
     56== Who Should Attend ==
    10157
    10258All members. If you can't be there in person, attend on-line.
    … …  
    10662You must register and your registration helps us with food and other arrangements. Registration link is here:
    10763
    108 Questions?
     64https://outreach.mayfirst.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=10
     65
     66== Questions? ==
    10967
    11068If there are any, please email alfredo@mayfirst.org and he will try to answer them or forward them to someone who can.
    11169
    11270We'll be sending more emails as things develop.
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     72== Full Schedule ==
     73
     74=== Friday, November 6, 2015: Pre-meeting Training and Workshops Day ===
     75
     76Members are invited to a series of workshops to orient themselves to May First/People Link, learn how to use the control panel, learn how to be more secure in your everyday Internet use, and find out why they should come to the membership meeting.
     77
     78Registration will allow members to choose to attend in person in NY, in person in Mexico City or via web conference. Depending on registration numbers, we may cancel in person venues with fewer than 5 registrants.
     79
     80All times are America/New_York. Mexico City is one hour earlier.
     81
     82 * 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Member orientation. This session will cover the basics of May First/People Link, starting with our mission and vision of the Internet, and including concrete tasks like how to use the Members Control panel, how to check your email and how to ask for support.
     83 * 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: 5 steps to increase your privacy. Learn about tools to increase your privacy in your organizing work, including collaborative editing tools, sharing documents using ownCloud.
     84 * 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Undestanding the denial of service attack and how we defended ourselves. Over the summer, the we were hit with a massive denial of service attack targetting reproductive justice groups. Learn about what happened and how we defended ourselves and what we can do to build a stronger movement.
     85 * 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: The US Social Forum, Media Action Grassroots Netork, Allied Media Conference and more: Learn about our work in the movement and bring ideas to shape 2015 and 2016.
     86
     87=== Saturday, November 7, 2015: Membership Meeting ===
     88
     89All times are America/New_York. Mexico City is one hour earlier.
     90
     91 * 10:00 - 10:30 am: Welcome and Key Note: One person in Mexico and one in the US will provide a key-note, live, via video conference and simultaneous interpretation. US speaker: Malkia Cyril.
     92 * 10:30 am - 12:-00 pm: Special presentation panel: The panels will be held separately in the US and Mexico. Panelists to be announced.
     93 * 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch
     94 * 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Four Mesas, each on "key areas of struggle," to happen separately in the US and Mexico. In the US, these might be (with facilitators):
     95  * Human and People's Rights and Democracy - Catherine Albiza (NESRIA)
     96  * Relations with the Earth and Non-Human Life, Alternative Living and Climate Justice - TBA
     97  * Human Communications, Technology and Art - TBA
     98  * International Relationships and Movements - Jackie Smith (INOSA)
     99 These mesas must produce a very small number of concise "priorities" for the LC to work on.
     100 * 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: SUmmary: New York and Mexico jointly, via video presentation: Presentation of the mesa proposals and approval by the Membership.
     101 * 4:00 - 5:00 pm Presentation of the published documents approved by current LC and to be voted upon in the coming week.
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     103
     104