[CIMC-work] cimc strategy meeting, 4/2: what is working/can work regionally?

[Doug Morris]

Hi all,

For those interested, we decided to hold a Chicago imc strategy meeting on 
regional and global issues for:

	the first Wed of April, April 2, at 7:00 pm at the imc office space.

In talking after tonight's cimc meeting, these points came up...

On regional stuff...
Some key points to consider and discuss about regional issues are:

1. What do locals in our region (which is?) want and need to do together, 
if anything?

2. In various imc regions, and national imc groups, what is being done and 
what is working working well in terms of inter-imc local-to-local 
interactions, networking, projects, etc.?

Note: We -- someone(s) -- would need to talk with national locals such as 
Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Germany, UK and other imc groups (with multiple 
local imcs) about what is and is not working for them in their inter-local 
cooperation.  Various models for inter-imc local cooperation are being 
created in practice by these imcs.

3. Might existing/evolving practices of inter-imc cooperation be helpful in 
Illinois or in the midwest?  (Needs to be taken in context of point 1. above.)

Also: See next note for a few links to recent key global posts that can be 
discussed at this meeting.

Discussions about this stuff can go on before during and after various 
protests and meetings...

As a *goal*:
In a few months, it would be fantastic and a contribution to imc locals and 
networks to come up with some sort of description and even proposals, based 
on existing and evolving practices and ideas, about grassroots regional and 
global organizing practices that we find interesting, helpful, etc.
Or, at least, we could generate and boil down somehow some ideas about what 
works/can work regionally here anyway...

Comments?

Best,
Doug