Ica Events Calendar

[JimLucas]

This year's Events Calendar of the ICA (International Concertina Association) is approaching its "final" form, which will be published on the ICA web site (accessible to all) and in their newsletter (for members only). It's for any and all concertina-related events. Your event doesn't have to be in the UK (several aren't), nor do you have to be an ICA member to get your event on the Calendar, but you need to hurry.

 

E.g., neither the Southeast Squeeze In nor the Midwest Squeeze In are yet on the Calendar, and I think both should be. (The NE Squeeze In and the Scandinavian Squeeze-In are already on the calendar.) Because of spam harvesters, I think it's unwise to publish here the email address for submitting information, but if you contact me directly I'll give you the necessary information. (I am, by the way, a member of the ICA's executive Committee.)

[Michael Reid]

Perhaps I've misunderstood, but it seems to me that the ICA isn't using the Web very effectively if its online calendar of events is put in "final" form only once per year. Isn't the Web supposed to free us from the tyranny of long publishing lead times?

[JimLucas]

...it seems to me that the ICA isn't using the Web very effectively if its online calendar of events is put in "final" form only once per year.

..1) The ICA Calendar is a listing of "scheduled" events, such as festivals, club meetings, squeeze-ins, and and other such events which are expected to have long lead times. Currently it does not list concerts and other performances, nor short-notice events like the "second 2003 ad-hoc Pacific Northwest squeeze-in" last month on Orcas Island.

..2) The on-line version of the Calendar is updated irregularly, but more frequently than once a year. It's the version published in the ICA's newsletter, Concertina World, that appears "once per year".

..3) I'll admit that the ICA's use of internet technology is not cutting-edge. Neither is the web expertise of our volunteers, though it's gradually improving. If you'd like to help us, please contact me by email.

 

Isn't the Web supposed to free us from the tyranny of long publishing lead times?

"The Web" doesn't free anybody from anything. The people who provide services on the web do... if we're lucky.