Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of projects/membership-meeting/2015/plan

Timestamp:

Sep 24, 2015, 1:27:34 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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projects/membership-meeting/2015/plan

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 == Meeting dates ==
 
-The MF/PL membership is in session from Monday, October 19 to Friday, November 13, 2015
+The MF/PL membership is in session from Monday, October 19 to Friday, November 13, 2015. 
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+There is a pre-meeting orientation and training day on Friday, November 6, and a full day face-to-face meeting day on Saturday November 7th. 
 
 == Schedule ==
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  * Membership meeting period is now officially opened.
- * Submission of final documents to the membership by the LC (based on
-   changes from the workers assembly)
+ * Submission of final documents to the membership by the LC (based on changes from the workers assembly)
  * LC nominations now open
 
 === Friday, Nov 6, 2015 ===
 
-Pre-meeting Training and workshops day -- NYC and Mexico City, DF.
+Pre-meeting Training and workshops day -- NYC, Mexico City, Remote.
 
 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.
 
-Mid-day we will have a sharing period with Mexico - so Mexico and US members can meet each other.
+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.
 
-Schedule to be published in advance. 
+Schedule. All times are America/New_York. Mexico City is one hour earlier.
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+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.
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+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.
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+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.
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+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.
 
 === Saturday, Nov 7, 2015 ===