INEE is pleased to announce February 2012 as INEE Meet-up month! Building on the success and popularity of the first INEE Global Meet-up event in 2011 we are planning two Meet-up periods in 2012 – February and October.
Although we will retain the loose and informal structure of the 2011 Meet-up event, the 2012 Meet-ups will each have a theme, around which related activities can take place. The February 2012 INEE Meet-up theme is “Protection in education in emergencies.”
We would like to invite you to take the initiative to volunteer to be a Meet-up organizer in your location. No experience necessary! As a Meet-up organizer you will coordinate logistics, invite colleagues and friends to your event, and provide feedback to the INEE Secretariat via email to meetup@ineesite.org.
To get going on organizing your event, you can start thinking about and discussing with your colleagues the date, time and location where you would like to hold your February 2012 INEE Meet-up event. INEE will provide facilitation guidance and discussion point suggestions, and we will publicize the details of your event on our website. We will also provide thematically-based reading material and questions to kick off your discussion on protection, if you decide your Meet-up will focus on that theme.
To volunteer as a Meet-up organizer, please write to meetup@ineesite.org and provide the following information: name, organization you are affiliated with, city/country location and contact information. Volunteer instructions are available in: English, español, français.
Who: Any and all INEE members, and friends of education in emergencies
When: Any time between 1-29 February 2012
Where: INEE Meet-up events can take place in any location around the world. Events will take place everywhere there is a volunteer to organize them.
What: The type of Meet-up event held will be determined by the local volunteer who organizes it. A Meet-up may be drinks at a local pub, a picnic in a park, tea or coffee at a coffee shop, a gathering in an office, etc. The activity should require no costs to the volunteer, and should be free to attend. Additional costs, such as for food and drink, for example, would be on a voluntary basis for each participant. INEE will not provide funding for this event.
How: INEE Global Meet-up events in your local community will be organized by a volunteer who will coordinate logistics and invitations as well as provide feedback to the INEE Secretariat via email to meetup@ineesite.org
Please do not hesitate to contact meetup@ineesite.org if you have any questions.
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