[pp.int.general] General news: PPDE more than 20k members

[Aza]

2012/1/13 Pirat at LennStar.de <pirat at lennstar.de>:
> Members come to be the normal way, biological ;)
>
> I think there are 2 types: The "standard" Pirate, which comes through
> the internet.
> The second are the people who get to know us offline (who may be in the
> net for several hours per week but not the same channels than pirates).
> Easiest way to get the second are to do some local work. Just stand
> there with a big flag and some friendly looking people and a good topic...
>
> But however they come: They stay because of offline-contacts and work
> (or at least talk) together!!!
>
> Just the geeks can stay in net-only contact. And it is definitely more
> fun offline.
>
> How good that is possible is a problem of Pirate-densitiy of course. I
> know that very good, since I was the only active member in a radius of
> 40km for a long time.
>
>
> Here in Sachsen-Anhalt we just started with (hopefully) regular "work"
> meeting calles Symposion.
>
> Since normal workmeetings are boring, I thought about a 3-part event.
>
> 1. The first part is some project, preferably local. That gets the start
> of some work and the eyes of the surrounding people so that the work is
> continued ;)
>
> 2. The second part is dedicated to learning - facts about a topic,
> presentation, concentrated discussion.
>
> 3. The third is a "philosophical" topic. After such hard work you want
> do relay a bit, right? You talk about the arab spring or the seemingly
> simple question "what is politics?" - that is more or less to learn
> about your opinion and the opinion of others, compare them, discuss. Of
> course you can get same really consensus points out of it.
>
>
> With this 3-part-confguration you have 3 different ways of doing things,
> good flexibility on topic and time and some other minor advantages.
>
> LennStarcomunity
>
Thanks for the tips, i'll forward them to the other pirates, currently our
main goal is to start some real life presence (like monthly meetings) and
becoming a legal party.
But it's goings slowly, fortunatly the online comunity (free software,
free culture,
netlabels and vjs/digital artists) and the media has been kind to us, and we
got some exposure.

regards
aza