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= Membership Meeting Timeline: 2017 =

== Participation and announcement Timeline ==

 * October 1: Save the date announcement
 * October 16: Opening announcement to membership
  * Membership Meeting registration page is live and can accept member registrations
  * We invite members to submit written proposals to be distributed to members prior to the priorities discussion via email to `info@mayfirst.org`
  * We invite members to submit proposed changes to the official documents
  * We invite members to submit nominations for Leadership Committee seats via https://vote.mayfirst.org/
 * November 6: Submission of proposed changes to official documents and written proposals is closed, sent to translators.
 * November 13: Leadership Committee report on previous year's activities approved by Leadership Committee
 * November 20: All documents translated and distributed:
   * Proposed changes to official documents (if any submitted)
   * Written proposals to membership regarding priorities (if any submitted)
   * LC report on previous year's activities
 * Members Meeting
  * December 1, Day 1: Training and Orientation (NY), Begin Priority Deliberations (Mexico)
  * December 2, Day 2: Panel, Priority Deliberations, Report Back
  * December 2, end of day: Vote on Foundational document changes closes (if any have been submitted)
 * December 3: Vote for Leadership Committee members begins
 * December 11: Leadership Committee election closed, winners announced

== Meeting Agenda ==

 * Friday, December 1: Pre-meeting workshops, held separately in each country
  * Brooklyn:
   * 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Orientation, documents, history of MF/PL
   * 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm: Email deliverability: Challenges with corporate take over of email 
   * 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Peer to peer technology: launch of organizing campaign in 2018 
   * 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Technology and Revolution: What we have learned from the previous year 
  * Mexico City: TBD
 * Saturday, November 12: Membership Meeting (sessions held together with Mexico and Brooklyn labeled "JOINT")
  * 9:30 am - 10:00 am - Welcome and report on last year priorities
  * JOINT 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Panel: Technology and Revolution and Audience Discussion
  * 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch
  * 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Small group discussion to reach consensus on Priorities for upcoming year
  * 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Break 
  * JOINT: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Report back on small group discussions on Priorities from both countries