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["J.C. De Martin" <demartin AT polito.it>]

Dear All,

The WGs will meet on the 23rd.
I would therefore advice you to meet on Saturday morning,
any time you deem convenient.

If you, for travel reason, prefer to meet on the evening of Jan 23,
don't plan to do so before 18:30.

Thanks,
best




Dr.Peter Troxler (Waag Society) wrote:
> All the Swiss Team are aware of the change and liaising with the local 
> organizers to find a new location ... for the time being I'd leave the 
> CC Europe meeting on the Saturday morning, but we might want to bring 
> it forward to 9:30 say if Communia Working Groups would meet on 23 
> January.  Alternatively a friday evening meeting would be an option -- 
> depending on the Communia workshop programme
>
> / Peter
>
> On 5 dec 2008, at 09:45, Prodromos Tsiavos wrote:
>
> > Thanks Catharina,
> >  
> > I will liaise with the Swiss team and get back to you regarding the 
> > updated location for the CC Europe meeting.
> >  
> > With best wishes,
> > Prodromos
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* Catharina Maracke <mailto:catharina AT creativecommons.org>
> >     *To:* cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >     <mailto:cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >     *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 12:25 AM
> >     *Subject:* [Cc-europe] Fwd: [Communia-members] 23 January:
> >     Geneva-->Zurich
> >
> >     Dear all,
> >
> >     Please see Juan Carlos E-Mail below and please let's discuss an
> >     alternative meeting for CC Europe as well.
> >
> >     Best,
> >
> >     Catharina
> >
> >
> >     Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > >     *From: *"J.C. De Martin" <demartin AT polito.it
> > >     <mailto:demartin AT polito.it>>
> > >     *Date: *December 4, 2008 10:46:31 PM GMT+01:00
> > >     *To: *Communia-members AT lists.communia-project.eu
> > >     <mailto:Communia-members AT lists.communia-project.eu>
> > >     *Subject: **[Communia-members] 23 January: Geneva-->Zurich*
> > >
> > >     Dear All,
> > >
> > >     I am sorry to inform you that after several months
> > >     of efforts and dedication, particularly by our great
> > >     St. Gallen team, that is, Silke Ernst, Jan Gerlach and Urs Gasser,
> > >     yesterday our attempt to organize a joint workshop with
> > >     the European Broadcasting Union collapsed.
> > >
> > >     According to the EBU people, in fact, the
> > >     choice of available hotels in Geneva for the days
> > >     around Jan. 23 was too limited (either too far
> > >     away or too expensive), which in their view
> > >     would certainly cause very poor attendance by EBU members.
> > >     For political reasons they did not want to run
> > >     such risk, hence the cancellation.
> > >     (Apparently there is a huge event going on
> > >     in Geneva during that weekend).
> > >
> > >     (Before you ask: yes, EBU people was supposed to
> > >     handle hotel issues, and, no, they did not think
> > >     to reserve a block of rooms well in advance.
> > >     And, no, postponement was not feasible).
> > >
> > >     After having overcome much more substantial
> > >     obstacles with EBU, it is very frustrating to fail
> > >     for such an easily avoidable obstacle, but that is it.
> > >     We have to deal with it and move on.
> > >
> > >     The plan is the following: the 4th COMMUNIA workshop
> > >     is confirmed on Friday, 23 January 2009, but
> > >     it will take place in (or around) ZURICH,
> > >     rather than Geneva. Please plan your travel
> > >     accordingly. Jan and Silke will send hotel information
> > >     shortly.
> > >
> > >     Regarding the content of the event, together with the
> > >     Swiss organizers, we decided that it will
> > >     be an actual workshop, that is, both plenary and parallel
> > >     session where we will discuss the 1st year review
> > >     of the project and plan future actions, work
> > >     on WG projects, such as, map the public domain,
> > >     write a new mission statement for COMMUNIA,
> > >     work on public domain calculators, write documents, etc.
> > >
> > >     It is obviously a plan B, but I believe there is a lot
> > >     in favor of it:
> > >     1. it is timely, since it comes right after the 1st year
> > >       review (finished on Nov. 14th);
> > >     2. we have several things we want to accomplish but
> > >       little time to do so: a full day of common work
> > >       can produce something quite tangible;
> > >     3. we will finally have time to collectively prepare
> > >       the future steps of the network.
> > >
> > >     We plan to send a draft program of the day shortly.
> > >     If you have any idea or proposal, please share them with
> > >     us right away.
> > >
> > >     In the meantime, please adjust your travel plans
> > >     (without fear of further uncertainties) and stay tuned
> > >     for further info regarding hotel and program.
> > >
> > >     I am confident that we will make the 4th workshop a great event.
> > >
> > >     Thanks, best,
> > >
> > >
> > >     juan carlos
> > >
> > >
> > >     prof. juan carlos de martin
> > >     coordinator - COMMUNIA project
> > >     http://communia-project.eu
> > >
> > >
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