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

[Justus Römeth]

Which country are you from Aza, if you don't mind me asking?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Aza <rata_0071 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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