Global Melt

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Workshop, in Berlin, Germany

2011/03/27

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About

Global Melt - Best Practices in Community Leadership for global peer-driven movements.

Global Melt is a workshop for members and leaders of global peer-driven movements to explore what our movements have in common, share what we have learned, and discuss solutions and ideas for our respective communities and joint actions.

Workshop Venue:

  • studio70 - Kottbusser Damm 70, 10967 Berlin, Germany. +49 30/61625173

Schedule

  • Sunday, March 27: welcome and dinner (evening)
  • Monday, March 28: workshop (all day), dinner and party
  • Tuesday, March 29: workshop (morning)

If you have any questions regarding the schedule, discussion topics, or logistics, feel free to contact us:

  • Alina Mierlus: contact [at] alinamierlus [dot] com ;
  • Michelle Thorne: i [dot] am [dot] thornet [at] gmail [dot] com;

Goals and Outcomes

Global Melt will be the beginning of more deliberate inter-organizational collaboration, of shared action plans, and shared resources. Our immediate goal is to troubleshoot one concrete issue that is common to all participating organizations. We will conclude the workshop with a deeper understanding of running local, community-organized events that contribute to organizational goals in meaningful and sustainable ways.

Participants are looking to develop tools that makes their work more efficient, more effective, and more impacting. Rather than building resources in isolation or continually investing in event strategies from scratch, we can gain more by pooling resources and ideas.

Possible shared resources include:

  • Local planner handbook - How can we communicate best practices to better inform and inspire local organizers?
  • Event calendars - How can we coordinate calendars of events from our organizations and community members?
  • Event and agenda formats - How can we learn about other event formats and adapt them to our purposes?
  • Facilitation practices - How can we grow the network of experienced, collaborative facilitators?
  • Documentation and communication platforms - What tools and methods are effective for documenting and promoting events?
  • Contact database - How can we map and connect community members and contributors across projects?
  • Evaluation of venues, vendors, and public partners - How can we collect organizational and logistical experiences from hosting events?
  • Event funding sources or templates - How can we generate resources to help local organizers bootstrap their events?

Confirmed Participants

Name Organization/Project Microblog Other details
Alek Tarkowski CC Poland
Allen Gunn Aspiration
Alina Mierlus Community engagement geek - Mozilla Project, Softcatalà. @alina_mierlus From: Barcelona; Arrival: 25/03/11; Departure: 31/03/11;
Barry Newstead Wikimedia Foundation - Movement roles working group
Claudia Rauch KDE e.V
Desigan Chinniah - "Dees" Firestarter @ Mozilla Labs http://twitter.com/cyberdees / http://desiganchinniah.com From: London; Arrival: 26/03/11; Departure: 31/03/11;
Ela Kagel Free Culture Incubator
Jay Cousins Open Design City
Jon Hugget Wikimedia Foundation - Movement roles working group
Leonhard Dobusch Freie Universitat Berlin
Lodewijk Gelauff Wikimedia Foundation - Chapters Committee The Netherlands, arr. 23/3, dep. 29/3.
Mary Colvig Mozilla - Contributor Engagement
Mark Surman Mozilla
Markus Beckedahl CC Germany
Mathias Schindler Wikimedia Deutschland
Nadia El-Imam The Prototype Project
Pierros Papadeas Mozilla - Contributor Engagement
Pippa Buchanan School of Webcraft (P2PU and Mozilla)
Ryan Ozimek Joomla!
Siebrand Mazeland translatewiki.net @siebrand, @translatewiki The Netherlands, arr. 24/3, dep. 29/3.
SJ Klein Wikimedia Foundation - Board
Solana Larson Global Voices
Michelle Thorne Free Culture Research Conference, Maker Lab, LibreBus @thornet Berlin always & forever
Tobias Eigen Kabissa
William Quiviger Mozilla - Contributor Engagement
Transparency International
CC HQ
Bogomil "Bogo" Shopov Mozilla Community hacktivist and Kolab @bogomep From: Sofia; Arrival: 27/03/11; Departure: 29/03/11;

Accommodation

Accommodation is organized by participants. A few recommended places:

  • Best Western Euro-Hotel Berlin. Hermannplatz/Sonnenallee 6 (5min walk to venue). 50-70EUR/night.
  • Michelberger Hotel. Warschauer Straße 39 (15min subway ride). 70EUR/night.
  • Motel One Mitte. Prinzenstraße 40 / Moritzplatz (15min subway ride). 50-65EUR/night.
  • IMA Lofts. Ritterstrasse 12-14 (15min subway ride). 55-80EUR/night.
  • Baxpax. Skalitzer Strasse 104 (15min subway ride). 8-30EUR/night.
  • Die Fabrik. Schlesische Straße 18 (15min subway ride). 18-40EUR/night.