Other
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.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 10:30 - 12:00
Session Type:
Group Discussion
Will You Lead This Session?:
No
How convenient --- the conference is in the same building as a bar and restaurant. If you have the time, retire to the bar with your fellow Netsrooters, have a drink, and if you feel like it, have dinner. This is not a formal part of the conference, but a chance to unwind and talk to the people you met during the day.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 18:00 - 19:00
Session Type:
Group Discussion
Conference registration, light continental breakfast, and an opportunity to meet the other people at the conference.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 09:00 - 09:30
Will You Lead This Session?:
No
Mike McCabe of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign will lead a session on the influence of money on politics in Wisconsin and Nationally.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 09:30 - 10:30
Biography:
Mike McCabe is executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan watchdog group that tracks the money in state politics, fights corruption and works for clean, open and honest government. Mike joined the Democracy Campaign's staff in 1999 and became the group's director in 2000. He previously worked for six years as the Madison Metropolitan School District's communications director and legislative liaison. Mike also formerly worked as a newspaper reporter and state legislative aide. He grew up on his family's dairy farm in central Wisconsin and went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in journalism and political science, and later served in the Peace Corps in the West African country of Mali.
Session Type:
Group Discussion
Will You Lead This Session?:
Yes
A quick procession of people coming up to talk about what they're doing. A maximum of 5 minutes per person. Discuss what you or your organization is doing, make a pitch for help, ideas, money - you name it. The concept here is to get out as many ideas as possible in a very short period of time, and to give people a chance to network with others. This will happen near the end of the session, and people are very much welcome to retire to the bar in the same building to continue their "work".
We will also have a short closing and evaluation period.
How will this help build Wisconsin Netroots?:
Informal and fast networking - think of it as progressive speed dating, but where you're trying to date the entire group.
Time Scheduled:
Sun, 2012-05-20 17:00 - 18:00
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
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
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
The Political Environment