Netroots Wisconsin is a non-partisan meeting of bloggers, citizen journalists, activists, and others doing progressive work in Wisconsin. Netroots Wisconsin 2012 is scheduled for May 20, 2012, and will take place at the Avalon Hotel and Conference Center, Chippewa Falls, WI. This year our emphasis is on the topics that have affected Wisconsin in 2011 and 2012, and what you can do to effectively fix it.
A block of rooms will be available at the Avalon Hotel and Conference Center for Netroots Wisconsin. The rooms are at a discounted rate of $87.00. If you are interested, please contact the hotel at 715-723-2281. The discount code for the rooms is B1KT12.
Other rooms are available in Chippewa Falls at other hotels, and camping is available at the Northern States Fair Ground, where FightingBobFest North is also being held the day before. See http://fightingbobfestnorth.org and http://www.norwisstatefair.com/fairhill.htm for more details on Fighting Bob and camping.
Session Type:
Informal Lunch Session
Will You Lead This Session?:
No
Informal lunch discussion on sand-mining issues --- get the ideas percolating!
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 12:00 - 13:00
Session Leader:
Pilar Gerasimo
Kellie Jones
Session Type:
Film and Discussion
This will be a presentation of We Are Wisconsin. It is a film about the protests and protesters in Madison last year. This will be one of the earliest showings of the film in final form.
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
Education on the protests, and the real costs to the state of Walker's "reforms".
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 15:00 - 17:00
Netroots Wisconsin 2012 Comes to the Chippewa Valley
Netroots Wisconsin, the Wisconsin regional conference of Netroots Nation, is coming to the Chippewa Valley on May 20. The first Netroots Wisconsin meeting in 2010 brought together 60 activists and people with interests in organizing around progressive issues. The focus of the conference was around the 2010 state elections, the candidates, and building strong progressive infrastructure in the state.
Session Type:
Informal Lunch Session
Will You Lead This Session?:
Yes
Netroots Wisconsin has largely been my own project. I'd like to change that. This will be a discussion over the lunch hour about what we should do about Netroots Wisconsin in the future. Bigger sponsors? Ongoing discussions on-line? Working groups on different topics? Informal get-togethers? Or should we just go away and let corporate interests take over the state?
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
We need to make some decisions about whether this working group will continue, and if so, in what form?
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 12:00 - 13:00
Session Type:
Organizing Meeting
Will You Lead This Session?:
No
A general discussion or panel on the legislation that has been passed in the last 2 years and the potential effects on Wisconsin's environment.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 15:00 - 16:00
Netroots Wisconsin 2012 will take place in the ballroom of the Avalon Conference Center in Chipewa Falls, WI. It's outside of Chippewa Falls, and just down the road from FightingBobFest North, which takes place the day before. The conference will include a light breakfast with coffee, and a catered lunch.
Will You Lead This Session?:
Yes
A quick roundup of technology and new tools that you can use to make your blog, web site, or other Internet presence better. This will probably include:
Mobile technology
Better use of video
Spreecast and other video discussion tools
I'd like this to be a really open discussion, so bring along your favorite tools you've been using and talk about them.
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
Technology is always a hurdle for people - let's see if we can work on ways to lower the bar.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 09:30 - 10:30
Biography:
Steve Hanson is the founder and editor of Uppity Wisconsin, the progressive Wisconsin political blog. He also is the owner and lead developer for Cruiskeen Consulting LLC, a web site hosting and development company in Downsville Wisconsin. He has also served as the lead organizer for Netroots Wisconsin since its inception.
Will You Lead This Session?:
Yes
The Cheddarsphere is strong! Blogs were on the front lines of the Wisconsin Uprising, oftentimes breaking stories and staying way ahead of the state and national media narratives - providing crucial, on-the-ground perspectives and news to a public hungry for real information. Blogs also provide crucial information about often ignored local issues and give voice to people and communities that might not otherwise get heard.
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
This training will contribute to building stronger blogs and bloggers, as well as community activists, by helping provide the tools to write stronger, more well-researched, clearly written pieces - and how to reach out to and build a bigger audience for those blogs and the community-based stories they tell.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 10:30 - 12:00
Biography:
Emily Mills is Editor and a contributing writer for dane101. She is also a freelance writer, photographer, actor, and musician (drummer and singer in local band Little Red Wolf). Originally from several states up and down the Midwest Emily has called Madison home since 2000.
Session Type:
Film and Discussion
Will You Lead This Session?:
No
A showing of the new documentary Koch Brothers Exposed, followed by a discussion of the influence of outside money on our political process. A group discussion and distribution of action materials will follow.
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
It's an important discussion in an election cycle where outside money is pouring into the state.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 13:00 - 15:00
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