workshops and meetings

so, you thought you had too many workshops to choose from
at last year's gathering in toronto?  well, this year
we've got 100 workshops for you, plus 16 network
meetings, plus 9 event planning sessions, plus who-knows-
how-many spontaneously-planned events.  with 14 time
slots for things to happen in, that's an average of at
least 9 events going on at any one time.  we hope you'll
find some interesting ones to learn, share ideas, meet
new folks, and have fun in.

workshops are grouped into 9 themes.  as decided upon at
the january planning meeting in philadelphia, anti-sexism
workshops are all on friday, anti-racism workshops are
all on saturday, and the network meetings are all on
monday.  each of the remaining themes, anarchy/theory,
current events, environment/civilization, ourselves,
skills, and workers' struggles, are scheduled throughout
the week in such a way that a workshop on a given theme
rarely occurs at the same time as another workshop on
that same theme.  this allows someone who is particularly
interested in environment/civilization, for example, to
participate in every workshop on that theme, if s/he
desires.

most workshops last for 2 hours, unless the title is
followed by a time.  in most cases, however, rooms have
been assigned such that each workshop can last for 4
hours before another workshop happens in that room.  in
any case, participants who want to continue the workshop
for longer than the room is available can find an empty
room in which to continue.

the titles of some workshops are followed by indications
such as "wimmin only", "men only", and "men of color
only".  these are made at the request of the person/s
convening the workshop in order to assure safe space for
the workshop participants, and we ask you to please
respect these requests.  if you have a problem with this,
please bring it up at a general assembly or with the
convener/s, and not at the workshop itself.

for gathering-goers who want to find out more about what
anarchy and anarchism is, each day features a workshop
which serves as an introduction to @.  look for "anarchy
101", [???joey's], "what is anarchism", [???monday?], and
"@ for beginners".

each day begins with a general assembly, which is a time
for the entire gathering to meet and share announcements,
suggestions, complaints, requests, ideas, reactions, and
whatever comes up.  except for thursday, when no brunch
is served and the opening assembly lasts two hours, the
assemblies go from 11:00 to 12:00, overlapping with
brunch by 1 hour.

gathering affinity groups will meet each day in berkman
hall after the general assembly.  g.a.g.'s are an
opportunity for folks to come together once a day to
share their gathering experiences with one another in an
ongoing way.  groups will be formed with 10-15 people
each, possibly of people who did not know each other
previously, who would meet every day and would get to
know one another and work on things together.  groups
will be formed throughout the course of the gathering,
and are a good way for people who arrive at the gathering
without knowing anyone to hook up with folks.

the workshops listed in the following pages are those
which were submitted by the time this guide went to
press.  throughout the gathering, rooms 202 and 302 will
be available for additional workshops.  please reserve a
room and time on the "free space use" board.

a handful of events will happen at places other than
horace mann.  look at the bottom of each day's schedule
for information on the times and places of these.

in addition to the workshops, a number of event planning
sessions will be held to plan and prepare for events that
will happen later in the gathering.  these sessions are
described on page ??.  the time and place for them will
be announced at the general assemblies and will be posted
on the "events" board.

attention workshop conveners:

1. if you sent in a proposal form for a workshop listed
in the following pages but you are no longer able or
interested in having it, please, please, let us know so
that we can make other arrangements for the space and
time.

2. if you are having or want to have a workshop that
requires special equipment (vcr, slide projector, etc.),
please let us know so that we can make sure your needs
are accommodated.


[tom, if folks are adding bylines, mine is daniel g (no
period)]