Invitation to the international preparation meeting

2-1 - collectives & individuals present

2-2 - PGA

2-3 - STAMP

4-1 - Information and coordination

1. Internal collective organisation of the decentralised locations
2. Communication between the decentralised locations:

• daily telephone meetings? (an idea for telling France Telecom's unionists to have low or free price);
• Internet chat? (with problems related to efficiency & computer expertise);

3. Communication outside

• autonomy of decentralised locations;
• global structure about centralised meeting;

4-2 - Decision-making process during the conference

1. General questions

• how to transmit information between decentralised locations to the centralised location?
• structures and objectives for the centralised meeting (decisions of PGA process, feedback about practical activities and thematic discussions in decentralised locations);

2. PGA process

• problems and questions to discuss in the decentralised locations and reports in the centralised moment;
• forms of discussion about the "PGA process" in centralised locations; proposal to reproduce the "spoke council" experience from the Belgrade conference;
• next PGA Europe convenors.

4-3 - A thematic and practical conference

Reminder: we stress the importance of connecting local issues to themes and building activities.

• What is your interest for themes proposed by STAMP?
• What other ideas?
• We could discuss that in smaller groups

5-1 - Visas

• It is one of the most important financial costs;
• the "Switzerland problem";

5-2 - Transport

• inciting to use the cheapest means of transportation;
• transport coordination on the "PGA Europe process" list;
• transportation between decentralised and centralised locations;

5-3 - Food (supplies and cooking structures)

• Auto-organisation in collective kitchens;

5-4 - Installation

• Fixed & mobile structures, depending on the location;

5-5 - Translations

• thaughts about the domination of English and Spanish in international networks;

Proposals:

• translation crews spread among the different decentralised locations and in the centralised location;
• student translators;
• we should think about the necesity to maximise our understanding and our will to not delegate to "experts".

5-6 - Finances

• How can we minimize the cost of the conference?
• How much money have we yet collected? What is still to come?
• Discussion:

• modular price or common participation?
• funding of transport costs between decentralised and centralised locations?

• Ways and limits to refunding costs, according to a person's situation;

6-1 - Links developed in Eastern and Central Europe

• Interests of individuals & groups;
• Report from the "East caravane";

6-2 - Conference invitations

• Contact list;
• How to subscribe to the conference and how to "fix'n'play" with the quotas in decentralised locations;

6-3 - PGA Europe and World

• Knowledge-sharing about what this network is & links between these two levels of organisation;
• Structures of PGA: state of the network & how to keep it going (lists, newsletters, infopoints, websites...);

6-4 - A next international meeting?

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