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Join the Appropedia community online for the monthly Appropedia Jam!

This is a monthly editing "jam" with internet chat - we get together online (and in person where possible) and edit articles, help each other out, ask and answer questions, and talk about Appropedia. As this is new, we may try out different chat tools, so check here for details each month. You can also join the Appropedia Working Group to help with planning.

Second Sunday of each month

We jam on the second Sunday of each month, at

Next Appropedia Jam

Template:Countdown The next Jam is March 10, 2013 at 9pm GMT.

When: See the time in your time zone (based on your computer clock). E.g.:

The Americas: Sunday afternoon
Europe and Africa: Sunday evening. Around the middle of the night (sorry!) in Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa).
Asia, Australia and New Zealand: Monday morning

Theme: Bring your questions!

Join the chat and get help with your article, or find out what you can do to improve Appropedia, or ask any question about Appropedia.

What you need: You can just join in, but if you want guidance in making an article, it's a good idea to pick a topic you want to work on, beforehand.

Where (virtual meeting place): IRC - see #Joining the channel below. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to chriswaterguy, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia). We also have this Etherpad (collaborative notepad) that we sometimes use for shared notes - just type in a username and you can start editing.

Joining the channel

Easiest option for connecting to IRC: enter via the Freenode Web Chat. Enter a username and connect.

If you already have an IRC client (desktop app), connect to #appropedia on Freenode.net. See Appropedia:IRC for advanced options.

See Appropedia:IRC if you need more info or suggestions for clients to use.

Details for future events

Day: Second Sunday of each month. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)

Time: 9pm GMT. We'll give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the Time Zone Converter to convert from "UTC/GMT").

Virtual meeting place: Appropedia:IRC

Tips':

If you're in a timezone that uses daylight saving, or if you sometimes change timezones, then adding the event as a recurring event can be very difficult in Google Calendar. Instead, subscribe to this calendar: Appropedia online events. (Click the "Add this calendar" button, bottom right. This should add the event to your calendar in your correct local time each month. It may adds a grey GMT timescale to your calendar... but hopefully not!)

These were new events in 2012, and we're expanding them for 2013.

Face-to-face Appropedia Jams

These may be held together with the online jam or at different times. Face-to-face jams are planned for 2013 (details to be confirmed) in:

Arcata, California - Appropedians at HSU and from the community
Melbourne, Australia - with the Melbourne Appropedia Working Group (new in 2013) and partner organizations.

How about your city? Leave a note on Chriswaterguy's talk page with you questions and ideas.

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 * LOOK UP DATE FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF NEXT MONTH.
 * CHANGE "DAY" AND "MONTH" ENTRIES IN TEMPLATE.
-* FOR THE "MONDAY" TIMES (ASIA, AUSTRALIA, NZ) ADD 1 TO THE DAY AND USE THIS DATE AT END OF THE LIST.
-* CHECK FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING CHANGES... PROBABLY EASIEST TO CUT OUT ANY TIMEZONES WITH DAYLIGHT SAVING AND JUST GIVE THE LINK.
-* AT DAYLIGHT SAVING CHANGEOVER TIME, GIVE A REMINDER THAT THE TIME MAY CHANGE. E.G. "For those joining us from North America, the time will be an hour earlier (/later) than last time."
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+  |month      = 3
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-<center><big>'''The next Jam is February 10, 2013 at 9pm GMT.'''</big></center>
+<center><big>'''The next Jam is March 10, 2013 at 9pm GMT.'''</big></center>
-'''When''': 9 p.m. GMT. See the [http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=0,5558953,5128581,2643743,160263,1642911,2147714,2179537&h=0&sts=22674240&sln=21-22&a=show&euid=3aa796a0-8972-2b04-ed8a-9db6ba21a15a '''time in your time zone'''] (based on your computer clock). E.g.:
+'''When''': See the [http://bit.ly/VP7ktT '''time in your time zone'''] (based on your computer clock). E.g.:
-* ''The Americas'': Sunday afternoon in (1pm PST, 3pm CST, 4pm EST)
+* ''The Americas'': Sunday afternoon
-* ''Europe and Africa'': Sunday evening. 9pm in UK, Ireland and Portugal. The middle of the night (sorry!) in Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa).
+* ''Europe and Africa'': Sunday evening. Around the middle of the night (sorry!) in Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa).
-* ''China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Central Indonesia'': 5 a.m. Monday morning - for early risers!
+* ''Asia, Australia and New Zealand'': Monday morning
-* ''Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Hobart, Australia'': 8 a.m. Monday morning.
-* ''New Zealand'': 10am Monday morning.
-'''Theme''': It's an open theme again. Some of us are interested in talking about [[WASH]] content on Appropedia (that's water, sanitation and hygiene) but other topics are also welcome.
+'''Theme''': Bring your questions!
 Join the chat and get help with your article, or find out what you can do to improve Appropedia, or ask any question about Appropedia.