From Civic Asgardia
4/20/2017

Asgardia NGO to Hold Community Gathering in Montreal

Asgardia announced plans earlier this month for a community gathering that is to be held in Montreal, Canada. This event will be the first for Asgardia NGO, who previously had only released statements through their website or through interviews in Russian. The Montreal event, which is expected to be the first public appearance for Asgardia NGO outside of Europe is the first event organized and implemented by the volunteer entity Civic Asgardia. The Montreal event will be held at the Institute of Air and Space Law, which is overseen by Dr. Ram Jakhu.

Dr. Jakhu is the Director at McGill’s Institute of Air and Space Law, which is in association with McGill University and is an associate professor, who among other things, teaches and works with faculty and students in the Air and Space Law department. Dr. Jakhu is most notable for his contributions to the development of Space Law, receiving awards from International Institute of Space Law, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety.

Asgardia NGO CEO Lena de Winne will be at the conference as well. Lena  De Winne holds an MSc in engineering from Moscow Power Engineering University, an MBA from European University in The Hague, and a PhD in psychology from California Southern University. Lena’s experience covers fifteen years at the European Space Agency, working in business development as well as Education. In addition she has published several popular books in English and Russian on the topic of space for children and adults, and hosted a television program in Belgium. [Source: AIRC.AT]

Also present at the Montreal gathering will be Rebekah Berg, who is Civic Asgardia’s Head of Community Affairs, and Asgardia’s legal counsel Markus Gronback. All of the aforementioned parties will be available for questions, which will be followed up with a meet and greet.

Here are the details for the gathering:

Monday, May 8th
4:30-6:30 PM EDT
McGill Faculty of Law
3660 Peel Street, Room 312
Montreal, Quebec

You can join the discussion on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1651942138448486/

Ryan Zohar
Volunteer Communications Coordinator
Civic.Asgardia

The ANN was designed to begin generating print media from within the community; though published material from Asgardia NGO and Civic Asgardia are shared here as well, we encourage any and all writers in our nation to feel free to contribute their influences into the article pool (we call it giving it the ‘’Asgardian” flavor).

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Welcome to the Asgardian News Network (ANN). The ANN was designed to be a pool of articles generated from within the nation of Asgardia. The articles come from various sources, including Asgardia NGO (also known as the Chronicles), Civic Asgardia and volunteer contributors from around our nation.

This article pool is maintained by the Communications Division of Civic Asgardia, a group of volunteers who dedicate their free time to ensuring the public receives any and all available information regarding the progress of our nation’s development.

Feel free to browse and share articles that appeal to you via your own mediums, such as social media accounts or blogs. Comments have been disabled to prevent amassment of biased opinion; rather we encourage you to take the articles back to your communities and open discussion there.

Please follow the rules and guidelines of the forum as they are posted in the announcements.

1. From the look of the results...we need ways to attract more Females to be Asgardians...if the results hadn't already changed...it will feel weird knowing that there are less women and to many men...As Asgardians...we need to find methods of getting attention to the females of Earth and beyond..maybe add some feminine quality to go along with the masculine...maybe add things to the space nation that would keep women at ease... Like security...Spa...Doing Yoga...and maybe a hot tub or a pool...you know... Just brainstorming.... But help my fellow Asgardians...we need more women.

Hello Asgardia!

I wanted to introduce myself, for those who do not know me or are unfamiliar with my dealings within Asgardia. I am the founder of Voices of Asgardia Official - World Asgardian Radio , and the volunteer Communications Coordinator for Civic Asgardia. I have taken the yoke of responsibility to set up better pathways for information flow to keep you, the citizens of Asgardia, informed on our nation's progress.

A few months ago I proposed a project called the ANN - The Asgardia News Network. This proposal was designed to begin generating media within Asgardia itself. I am pleased to announce that the Communications Division of Civic Asgardia is well into development, and the ANN is nearing completion.

At the time of the proposal, there were several newspapers started that were themed specifically for Asgardia; however, upon finding out that the work was going to remain volunteer for a while, most of the projects faded as they lacked the physical support and information flow to continue them. VOA (Voices of Asgardia) has somehow managed to weather this storm, thanks to the powerful contributions by our staff who remain committed to it, no matter the outcome.

The ANN is almost complete and very soon there will be new information out to disseminate to the public. I'm asking you to help me do it by starting your own Asgardian media initiative. There will be no financial support for a while, so it's going to take a passion for the dream and a lot of elbow grease. The rewards will be tremendous, and your countrymen will benefit from your efforts.

Your news outlet does not have to be in English; in fact, I encourage our more estranged communities to reach out to Asgardians in their own languages. Everyone deserves to know what's going on, and even though I can't facilitate all languages, you in the community can. This is a community effort.

I remain committed as a father of two and the founder and lead administrator of Voices of Asgardia to bringing whatever information is available to our citizens. I apologize if things have been blurry the last few months, many things were in development and a lot of the foundation had to be built to reach this point. And now here we are. You each can build your own skyscraper, but you'll need to put in the work to get it done. It will take time, synergy, and coordination, but I know there are those individuals out there that can achieve those goals. Asgardia wants you to be successful, this is your chance to help your community.

I will be answering questions below in the comments if you have any. If there is a delay in response I apologize - I also have two little Asgardians who need my tender loving care - but I will answer as I am able.

To finalize, the ANN is coming - a community pool of articles written by both Asgardian employees and volunteers - ranging in topics from news to the daily life of an Asgardian. You can contribute to our success by helping us get the word out through your own mediums and/or writing your own articles to contribute back to the ANN newspool.

I look forward to speaking with you, and in the words of our founding father, I embrace you, and every one of you.

Respectfully,

Ryan Zohar

Communications Coordinator, Civic Asgardia
www.asgardia.space

Administrator, Voices of Asgardia
www.voicesofasgardia.com

Voices of Asgardia is Asgardia's first endorsed audible media initiative. We are Asgardia's premiere radio station, debuting completely independent artists under the creative commons licence. We were one of the first media outlets to receive an official endorsement from Asgardia NGO, and we remain the longest standing media outlet in Asgardia.

Voices of Asgardia is a free and independent media initiative framed, constructed and managed by it’s own volunteer entity. Our volunteers paid for everything, did all of the work and continue to put forth effort to bring you programming that is entertaining, informative and inspiring. We remain an independent initiative that manages itself. We set our own directives, we implement our own campaigns, we generate all of our own content, we promote our own artists, and we work on our own time to reach our own goals.

In the long term, we hope to achieve an official sponsorship from Asgardia NGO, and be able to continue to grow and expand with our listeners as our first priority. This may take a while, so in the mean time we will continue to work for free, not for ourselves, and not for another organization, but for you – the community of Asgardia, the body and soul of our nation.

It is an honor and priveledge to bring you Voices of Asgardia, and we assure you the effort we put in is worth it for your support.

You can find out more about us by visiting www.voicesofasgardia.com.

Spend a lot of time on the internet? We would like to have some of your time. VOA is looking for someone to act as a social media liaison, to ensure we are not missing communications that come to us through the forum, website or social media. Please send us a message on our facebook page or email us at admin@voicesofasgardia.com.

Positions available: 1
Salary: Volunteer
Hours: 4-8 a week.

Job Description: As a social media liaison, it will be your duty to scan various internet mediums several times a day and relay feedback back to the main staff. Mediums include:
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Asgardia.space Forums

To apply, please email us at admin@voicesofasgardia.com.