From doordtp at yahoo.co.uk Tue Mar 1 20:54:16 2005 From: doordtp at yahoo.co.uk (Do or Die) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:54:16 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] days of dissent PDFs Message-ID: <20050301205426.28832.qmail@web60007.mail.yahoo.com> hi there, you never seemed to get all these when I tried to send them before - here are the ones you are missing... you should have here: 01editorial.pdf 03berlin.pdf 11dissent.pdf front cover.pdf small cover.jpg they have an order as you can tell from the numbers... let me know if you don't receive all of these... Do or Die - Voices from the Ecological Resistance c/o Prior House 6 Tilbury Place Brighton BN2 2GY England doordtp at yahoo.co.uk http://www.eco-action.org/dod/ Our email is for order details and specific Do or Die related requests ONLY. Please unsubscribe us from any news, discussion or mass mail lists. Thank you. 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Name: days of dissent small cover.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 211806 bytes Desc: days of dissent small cover.jpg Url : https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050301/a041ff3e/attachment.jpg From tabitha747 at riseup.net Thu Mar 3 09:23:04 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 01:23:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] Images how to upload In-Reply-To: <20050225160232.49985.qmail@web25310.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20050225160232.49985.qmail@web25310.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <41937.tabitha747.1109841784.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Afraid i can't help but i had been thinking of e-mailing as the front page and main menu is getting really busy. I guess i'd hope there were categories enough for people to fit stuff in but new menu items have been created for festival of dissent - which could have been linked through both training and gatherings. And derby 17 which surely should have been linked through info on action. Also with regard to the front page its getting really busy and some things have been pushed off. Do we want to work out a policy for what goes on the front page e.g new items - such as the background to scotland can be there for a limited period but i think its really big upand coming events that need that space e.g gatherings and actions coming. I also think the international networking stuff- while sure as a new item the front page makes sense but it shoulg be limited. Also things can have a shorter intro - what happened to the click here to read more that used to be up on the front page. I wonder if with more stuff coming together the web is going to get much more busy and whether having a page with guidelines on uploading stuff would be a good idea? (which i think was talked about before) Any suggestions or offers? Also while i'm here - if we can sort the facilities - can people make time to do training at the festival of dissent? - do we want a training/working group meeting? love T > OK, i am baffeled, > Trying to put some images on the Derby M17 page (jpg. of flyers) but how > do you do it? > Just not familure with this editor > Pdf has been uploaded and needs a link to the page > > Any help would be great! > > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From doordtp at yahoo.co.uk Tue Mar 1 21:04:12 2005 From: doordtp at yahoo.co.uk (Do or Die) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:04:12 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] more PDFs Message-ID: <20050301210414.57136.qmail@web60008.mail.yahoo.com> here you should have: 05J18.pdf le me know if you haven't... Do or Die - Voices from the Ecological Resistance c/o Prior House 6 Tilbury Place Brighton BN2 2GY England doordtp at yahoo.co.uk http://www.eco-action.org/dod/ Our email is for order details and specific Do or Die related requests ONLY. Please unsubscribe us from any news, discussion or mass mail lists. Thank you. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: days of dissent 05J18.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 10372955 bytes Desc: days of dissent 05J18.pdf Url : https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050301/90540934/attachment.pdf From cattracker2004 at yahoo.co.uk Thu Mar 3 13:35:08 2005 From: cattracker2004 at yahoo.co.uk (Cat Tracker) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:35:08 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] Images how to upload In-Reply-To: 6667 Message-ID: <20050303133508.31723.qmail@web25307.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Memue items for festival and derby m17 are both temoray, as soon as the dates are here they can be cut, but it just makes it easier for people to see when directed in flyers etc, but yes i agree the menue is full. There seems to be a bit of a problem with the front page, I think everyone is adding stuff there, when it dosent need to be. I did not go to Glasgow so very much in the dark and out of sync with what is going on, is there a web meeting to be had? or are we meeting in Leeds or somthing? all the best Gary tabitha747 at riseup.net wrote: Afraid i can't help but i had been thinking of e-mailing as the front page and main menu is getting really busy. I guess i'd hope there were categories enough for people to fit stuff in but new menu items have been created for festival of dissent - which could have been linked through both training and gatherings. And derby 17 which surely should have been linked through info on action. Also with regard to the front page its getting really busy and some things have been pushed off. Do we want to work out a policy for what goes on the front page e.g new items - such as the background to scotland can be there for a limited period but i think its really big upand coming events that need that space e.g gatherings and actions coming. I also think the international networking stuff- while sure as a new item the front page makes sense but it shoulg be limited. Also things can have a shorter intro - what happened to the click here to read more that used to be up on the front page. I wonder if with more stuff coming together the web is going to get much more busy and whether having a page with guidelines on uploading stuff would be a good idea? (which i think was talked about before) Any suggestions or offers? Also while i'm here - if we can sort the facilities - can people make time to do training at the festival of dissent? - do we want a training/working group meeting? love T > OK, i am baffeled, > Trying to put some images on the Derby M17 page (jpg. of flyers) but how > do you do it? > Just not familure with this editor > Pdf has been uploaded and needs a link to the page > > Any help would be great! > > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! 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URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050303/843ca44c/attachment.html From revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk Fri Mar 4 13:43:52 2005 From: revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk (revolting) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:43:52 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] Employment Ministers Infor For Website Message-ID: <20050304134352.45180.qmail@web25706.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi, Would be great if the following could go somewhere prominent on the Dissent! website - maybe the central colomn. Thanks - also as attachment. G8 Employment Ministers ? Get a proper job! Meet: 12.00 @ Department of Trade & Industry Victoria Street, London SW1 O St James Park Thursday 10 March 2005 Local actions on 11 March ? go for it! On 6-8 July this year at the exclusive golf and hotel complex at Gleneagles, Scotland, leaders of the world?s biggest economies will put their heads together and decide what they?ll do with us in the coming year. We will gather there and say a resounding NO to their plans. In London on 10-11 March, employment ministers of the G8 nations have their own ?mini-summit?. They also make decisions that affect our lives ? where, how and under what conditions we work, what happens if we don?t work, and what awaits us upon retirement. They have their own strange language to describe what they aim to impose. They call it ?help?, ?inclusiveness? and ?active ageing? ? they really mean compulsion to work in worse conditions for more people, and cutting pensions and benefits. They talk about ?flexibility?, ?harnessing human potential?; they really mean exploiting ?human capital?. ?Removing barriers?? That means casualisation, clawing back security and improvements that workers have won through years of struggle. We are taking to the streets to assert our refusal to be human capital, raw material to be twisted and shaped for profit. We won?t be conscripted into meaningless toil that does not fulfill social needs. Compulsory work schemes as a condition for benefit are there to impose discipline and to control us. And when people are compelled to work, wages go down and workers in employment have less power. Meanwhile, migrants and refugees who make it past the border police face more detention, denial of benefits ? and exploitation as a cheap labour force. They are scapegoated and isolated as ?bogus asylum seekers?, but it is only the bosses and the powerful who profit from insecurity, reduced pay and safety and state harrassment of the unemployed. The last G8 meetings in the UK in 1998 focused on ?employability? and economic restructuring. Now we see social cuts, privatisation, ?flexploitation? and compulsory work schemes imposed throughout Europe and beyond. So what do the G8 employment ministers have in mind for us today? Let?s make those plans unworkable! This is just the beginning Bring costumes, music and noisemakers to mark the launch of a new JobcentrePlus scheme New deal for the dead To mark the meeting of the G8 employment ministers on 10 March, we will be launching a programme that will build on the achievements of initiatives such as New Deal for Partners, New Deal for Lone Parents, New Deal for Disabled People and New Deal for Over-50s. Since its inception in 1997 the New Deal has been a recognised success in imposing skills and training policies aimed at creating an adaptable, flexible and productive workforce. It has pioneered active labour market policies to prevent people from drifting into long-term unemployment or inactivity and becoming detached from the labour market. We have therefore been working towards extending our successful welfare-to-work programme to embrace those sections of the population that remain economically inactive and by far the most detached. We are rolling out a plan to bring help to the most neglected and marginalised group ? those who are no longer with us. We believe there is a vast buried potential of labour power in this overlooked group. Therefore, we are setting up a pilot area known as Zone Of Mortality Bringing Inclusive Employment (ZOMBIE). The New Deal for the Dead will initially target those who have been dead for under six months, with the eventual aim of reaching the long-term dead. Those fulfilling criteria in the pilot area will be dug up for interviews with their own specialist personal advisors, followed by thirteen weeks of an Intensive Animation Period (IAP). Work placement will follow IAP. Employers will receive a subsidy of ?70 per week, as well as enjoying the advantage of staff who have been given a good grounding in productive work habits. If the UK is to remain competitive in the world market, all existing resources must be utilised. It is essential we seek out new sections of the populace to exploit. A scheme like New Deal for the Dead will not only deliver a vast reserve of able workers, it will also free up the land now used for cemeteries to be more profitably used for essential services such as carparks and offices for administering New Deal schemes. Before 2005 there was no presumption that after death individuals needed to think about or engage with the labour market. Popular attitudes held that after years of unproductively drawing a pension and going to pottery classes, you will eventually get put in the ground. Once there, an individual can just lie there and do nothing. However, the results the New Deal show that such backward-looking public attitudes can be overhauled. While we are extending help and support to deceased citizens, we have to make it clear that being dead is no excuse for not working. Those who do not wish to take up our offer of help will meet with the regime of sanctions and penalties that has enabled other New Deal schemes to work effectively and change the face of employment policy. But even the dead get restless To find out more about resisting the G8 visit: www.dissent.org.uk Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050304/79fbd1d0/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 10March[1].web.rtf Type: application/msword Size: 198333 bytes Desc: 10March[1].web.rtf Url : https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050304/79fbd1d0/attachment.dot From lists at j12.org Sat Mar 5 12:05:49 2005 From: lists at j12.org (Space Bunny) Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 12:05:49 +0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] catching up on website issue In-Reply-To: <20050303133508.31723.qmail@web25307.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20050303133508.31723.qmail@web25307.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4229A09D.8080906@j12.org> Sorry, since Glasgow gathering I have not had time to do all emails I really should, plus lots of other online tasks (such as upgrading other insecure CMSes). I am involved in various aspects of g8 mobilisation which are pulling on my time, as well as other commitments. With the change of venue for Glasgow gathering we did not get access to camcorder guerilla computer and no training done. But I guess not much would have been done because of draw of rest of meetings. There was a small 'editorial of dissent wide outreach' meeting which had me who does web stuff with Andy of Newsletter crew and someone else who was interested. It was the opportunity for people to hold us to account at gathering. We recognise that although we in both group try to act in administrative way, we end up functioning in an editorial way that we do not feel comfortable with. But unless another group of people come forward and get involved to put in place editorial mechanisms we just have to go for it as usual and people can hold us to account at the gatherings. It seems to have worked so far, and outreach has been done newsletters have been produced and website maintained that people can live with. And in fact many quite like. Andy has been putting his admin access to good us since he had a bit of training session round at mine. One issue was put to us that I wish to act on but with care and time. It was our endorsement by linkage of forum on enrager.net a comrade from the north of Scotland said they had looked over it and felt no point in posting to it due to hostility that can be displayed on there. It is like have a meeting in pub which includes people not particularly interested and even hostile to what one's group is doing, which one would not get if meet in dedicated space. If one looks at one sees the number of people doted around Scotland who start to post and then give up and then then give up on Dissent. I am hoping this issue might be superseded by a new dedicated Reshape forum, as some open has taken on to oversee doing much more with Reshape website. Anyway I will come back to this issue with more examples and views on way forward. Also I must declare I have my own issues with enrager.net administration such as trading of admin access for porn site passwords, replacing my posts in other parts of forum with words 'fuck off you cock', so I realise need to proceed slowly with a chance for people to express views and not act too soon without debate. I myself see main problem that the forum is just a section of a wider forum with a particular political focus that is much narrower than broad appeal that Dissent aims for. So once people start using it and seeing latest posts etc they are draw between sections, which has lessen the utility of the forum for the G8 mobilisation. I found that the Brighton dissent gathering according to the minutes ( http://dissent.org.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=docclick&Itemid=34&bid=72&limitstart=0&limit=5 ) actually expressed disquiet at endorsing enrager.net as 'our' forum for other reasons, but when link was request, none of us 'remembered' this. > An *Online* *Bulletin Board* will be set up to house political > debates. There is already one on /enrager.net/ but people don?t like > the url (too black-block-ish). Other options include: nadir; a free > commercial site; or using our own website. > As for if web group meets in Leeds or elsewhere that is for us to decide as a group. If a number of use are going to be in Leeds anyway on Sunday I suggest we declare a web group meeting there then. Or if several web group people are coming up to convergence meeting in Edinburgh (and day trips out and about), then one could be had in Edinburgh, maybe both. To obtaining urls to directly embed images in articles get them via: http://www.dissent.org.uk/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/ http://www.dissent.org.uk/components/com_akogallery/img_thumbnails/ in firefox/mozilla right click copy location and then paste in to insert image dialogue in article editor or do in raw HTML if you know how. Note with new wysiwyg editor in use on site the raw HTML editor is a pop up so disable pop blocking for dissent.org.uk if you have it. I may go and do this for some articles. If people want to simplify front page go for it. I think once stuff there for a while can be swapped back. Also I think Derby M17 stuff should have been created as category within Action Information not as separate section. If I do not hear otherwise I may rectify this. Also need to ensure people with admin access to be able to do that are on this list. Cat Tracker I found out you gave a very high level of access to Andy, and he has then been using this to grant other people admin privileges, that is great, but we should make sure people keep in touch and and interact on this list who have such access, and are give adequate training, but we should not stall ourselves from keeping site dynamic and moving forward. Also apologies to those that got there webmail accounts waxed with big files from doordtp, it was dilemma to let them through or now, I won't in future, let such big files through as now got one complaint. I guess they cause many a person to be unsubbed, with bounces back to list bounce address. In future such big files can be sent direct to me to upload to filesystem as there is 3MB limit on upload via the web interface to doc manager. Cat Tracker I can give you backend access if you let me know where I can get your public openPGP key from. I was going to just wait till moved to another server but that keep slipping btw mine is at http://j12.org/pgp/mgpg.txt Hopefully doordtp will be sending rest of files direct to me rather than list, as they were asked but misunderstood. Also if anyone has a home (or elsewhere) computer running *nix (eg GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris) permanently connected to Internet, let me know and that maybe set up account on it to use for regular rsync backup of dissent filesystem and db to. Basically it will be case of giving me an account on it which I can ssh into (ie correct port forwarding set up if router in use). cheers, Space Bunny Cat Tracker wrote: > Memue items for festival and derby m17 are both temoray, as soon as > the dates are here they can be cut, but it just makes it easier for > people to see when directed in flyers etc, but yes i agree the menue > is full. > There seems to be a bit of a problem with the front page, I think > everyone is adding stuff there, when it dosent need to be. > I did not go to Glasgow so very much in the dark and out of sync with > what is going on, is there a web meeting to be had? > or are we meeting in Leeds or somthing? > all the best > Gary -- -- http://j12.org/sb/ From J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk Sun Mar 6 03:03:14 2005 From: J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk (jono) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 03:03:14 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: <200503022331.j22NVFw7002245@springnight.burngreave.net> References: <200503022331.j22NVFw7002245@springnight.burngreave.net> Message-ID: hi, it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and this for people who know what to look for. can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? So that someone new to the site will find what they are likely looking for right away, while organizing info is in a second section. Something like dividing the menu items as follows: Main Menu --------------------- Home Dissent! Introduction What is the G8? Local Groups Working Groups Funding* Action Information Calendar Networking eList** External Web Forum Media Contact Us *** * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an announce list be created?] ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but i think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we get closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells people which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the inquiry] Secondary Menu [need a name for it] ------------------ Global & Translations * News Newsletter Gatherings Education Roadshow Climate Action Group Training Legal Medical Past Mobilisations ** Image Gallery Document Downloads Web Links Weather in Perth*** Administrator * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is perhaps more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, are there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user chooses their language.] **[could also go in document downloads] ***[do we need this] Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] Festival of Dissent Derby M17 I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, and what is agreed to do. xj From cattracker2004 at yahoo.co.uk Sun Mar 6 13:07:54 2005 From: cattracker2004 at yahoo.co.uk (Cat Tracker) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:07:54 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: 6667 Message-ID: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why not seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up info and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front page material. What do you all think? jono wrote: hi, it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and this for people who know what to look for. can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? So that someone new to the site will find what they are likely looking for right away, while organizing info is in a second section. Something like dividing the menu items as follows: Main Menu --------------------- Home Dissent! Introduction What is the G8? Local Groups Working Groups Funding* Action Information Calendar Networking eList** External Web Forum Media Contact Us *** * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an announce list be created?] ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but i think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we get closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells people which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the inquiry] Secondary Menu [need a name for it] ------------------ Global & Translations * News Newsletter Gatherings Education Roadshow Climate Action Group Training Legal Medical Past Mobilisations ** Image Gallery Document Downloads Web Links Weather in Perth*** Administrator * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is perhaps more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, are there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user chooses their language.] **[could also go in document downloads] ***[do we need this] Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] Festival of Dissent Derby M17 I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, and what is agreed to do. xj _______________________________________________ dissent-tech mailing list dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050306/8daa7cfc/attachment.html From J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk Sun Mar 6 14:18:39 2005 From: J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk (jono) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 14:18:39 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Yes, i agree. Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds, although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up. How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu, so it would include [at the moment] 14/15 Derby M17 Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh London/Leeds Dissent meetings Festival of Dissent Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture". The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser could also be taken off. There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS, and this is perhaps not needed. xj On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote: > While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono > has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be > looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear > momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in > the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff > and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how > we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! > Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so > journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to > dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 > mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why not > seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up info > and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front page > material. > > What do you all think? > > jono wrote: > hi, > it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and > this for people who know what to look for. > can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? > So that someone new to the site will find what they are > likely looking for right away, while organizing info > is in a second section. > > Something like dividing the menu items as follows: > > Main Menu > --------------------- > Home > Dissent! Introduction > What is the G8? > Local Groups > Working Groups > Funding* > Action Information > Calendar > Networking eList** > External Web Forum > Media > Contact Us *** > > * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] > > **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to > subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an announce > list be created?] > > ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but i > think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we get > closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells people > which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the inquiry] > > > > Secondary Menu [need a name for it] > ------------------ > Global & Translations * > News > Newsletter > Gatherings > Education Roadshow > Climate Action Group > Training > Legal > Medical > Past Mobilisations ** > Image Gallery > Document Downloads > Web Links > Weather in Perth*** > Administrator > > * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is perhaps > more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu > which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, are > there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At > some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user > chooses their language.] > > **[could also go in document downloads] > > ***[do we need this] > > Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly > should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] > > Festival of Dissent > Derby M17 > > > > I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, > and what is agreed to do. > > > xj > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN Ng/jKA== =co5L -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- From tabitha747 at riseup.net Mon Mar 7 18:26:27 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:26:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: References: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> I'm really am not in to the use of sections and would like to get some sites as subsections of other main main lists. e.g. like the ones under info for action but not linked in such an awkward way on the info for action page. Permission to experimnet! > Yes, > i agree. Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds, > although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up. > > How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu, > so it would include [at the moment] > > 14/15 > Derby M17 > Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh > London/Leeds Dissent meetings > Festival of Dissent > > Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the > Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture". > > The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser > could also be taken off. There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS, > and this is perhaps not needed. > > xj > > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote: > >> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono >> has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be >> looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear >> momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in >> the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff >> and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how >> we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! >> Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so >> journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to >> dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 >> mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why not >> seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up info >> and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front page >> material. >> >> What do you all think? >> >> jono wrote: >> hi, >> it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and >> this for people who know what to look for. >> can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? >> So that someone new to the site will find what they are >> likely looking for right away, while organizing info >> is in a second section. >> >> Something like dividing the menu items as follows: >> >> Main Menu >> --------------------- >> Home >> Dissent! Introduction >> What is the G8? >> Local Groups >> Working Groups >> Funding* >> Action Information >> Calendar >> Networking eList** >> External Web Forum >> Media >> Contact Us *** >> >> * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] >> >> **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to >> subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an announce >> list be created?] >> >> ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but i >> think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we >> get >> closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells people >> which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the inquiry] >> >> >> >> Secondary Menu [need a name for it] >> ------------------ >> Global & Translations * >> News >> Newsletter >> Gatherings >> Education Roadshow >> Climate Action Group >> Training >> Legal >> Medical >> Past Mobilisations ** >> Image Gallery >> Document Downloads >> Web Links >> Weather in Perth*** >> Administrator >> >> * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is perhaps >> more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu >> which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, are >> there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At >> some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user >> chooses their language.] >> >> **[could also go in document downloads] >> >> ***[do we need this] >> >> Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly >> should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] >> >> Festival of Dissent >> Derby M17 >> >> >> >> I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, >> and what is agreed to do. >> >> >> xj >> _______________________________________________ >> dissent-tech mailing list >> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends >> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > -- > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh > D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX > AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs > h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ > cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 > w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK > B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad > MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX > gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo > YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I > WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 > AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E > Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 > sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN > 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 > zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa > zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK > y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 > Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN > Ng/jKA== > =co5L > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From tabitha747 at riseup.net Mon Mar 7 20:29:15 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:29:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> References: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: <34057.tabitha747.1110227355.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> O.K nobody hate me but with the limitations of the wigji editor or whatever its called i've tried to put stuff up on the front page which is urgentish. The ordering on the front page dosent't seem to be working so i had to redo some stuff and put other bits in the main text so it could all fit in. Is the main menu o.k? Hopefully its simplier - really we should be able to find everything o.k. anyway i hope its o.k > I'm really am not in to the use of sections and would like to get some > sites as subsections of other main main lists. e.g. like the ones under > info for action but not linked in such an awkward way on the info for > action page. Permission to experimnet! > >> Yes, >> i agree. Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds, >> although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up. >> >> How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu, >> so it would include [at the moment] >> >> 14/15 >> Derby M17 >> Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh >> London/Leeds Dissent meetings >> Festival of Dissent >> >> Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the >> Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture". >> >> The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser >> could also be taken off. There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS, >> and this is perhaps not needed. >> >> xj >> >> >> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote: >> >>> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono >>> has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be >>> looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear >>> momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in >>> the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff >>> and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how >>> we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! >>> Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so >>> journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to >>> dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 >>> mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why >>> not >>> seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up >>> info >>> and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front >>> page >>> material. >>> >>> What do you all think? >>> >>> jono wrote: >>> hi, >>> it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and >>> this for people who know what to look for. >>> can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? >>> So that someone new to the site will find what they are >>> likely looking for right away, while organizing info >>> is in a second section. >>> >>> Something like dividing the menu items as follows: >>> >>> Main Menu >>> --------------------- >>> Home >>> Dissent! Introduction >>> What is the G8? >>> Local Groups >>> Working Groups >>> Funding* >>> Action Information >>> Calendar >>> Networking eList** >>> External Web Forum >>> Media >>> Contact Us *** >>> >>> * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] >>> >>> **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to >>> subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an >>> announce >>> list be created?] >>> >>> ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but >>> i >>> think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we >>> get >>> closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells >>> people >>> which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the >>> inquiry] >>> >>> >>> >>> Secondary Menu [need a name for it] >>> ------------------ >>> Global & Translations * >>> News >>> Newsletter >>> Gatherings >>> Education Roadshow >>> Climate Action Group >>> Training >>> Legal >>> Medical >>> Past Mobilisations ** >>> Image Gallery >>> Document Downloads >>> Web Links >>> Weather in Perth*** >>> Administrator >>> >>> * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is >>> perhaps >>> more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu >>> which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, >>> are >>> there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At >>> some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user >>> chooses their language.] >>> >>> **[could also go in document downloads] >>> >>> ***[do we need this] >>> >>> Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly >>> should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] >>> >>> Festival of Dissent >>> Derby M17 >>> >>> >>> >>> I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, >>> and what is agreed to do. >>> >>> >>> xj >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dissent-tech mailing list >>> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >>> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >>> >>> Send instant messages to your online friends >>> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) >> >> mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh >> D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX >> AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs >> h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ >> cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 >> w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK >> B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad >> MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX >> gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo >> YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I >> WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 >> AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E >> Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 >> sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN >> 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 >> zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa >> zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK >> y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 >> Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN >> Ng/jKA== >> =co5L >> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >> _______________________________________________ >> dissent-tech mailing list >> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From anarchobabe at fempages.org Mon Mar 7 22:05:13 2005 From: anarchobabe at fempages.org (Anarcho Babe) Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:05:13 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> References: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: Hm, if it is possible I also would like to seperate the menu. mainly into 3 categories: About Dissent, system Add on functionalities, Dissent taskgroups. And t5rying to put up the paypal button in the upper right column? Main Menu >>> --------------------- Home Dissent! organisation and structure >>> Dissent! Introduction >>> What is the G8? >>> Local Groups >>> Working Groups >>> Action Information >>> Media Get involved >>> Networking eList** >>> External Web Forum System functions/ Add ons >>> Contact Us *** >>> Calendar >>> Image Gallery >>> Document Downloads >>> Web Links >>> Weather in Perth*** >>> Administrator --- >>> Funding = Paypal button, if possible right column up, first section --- Additional/Temporary Subgroups - Taskforces! >>> Secondary Menu [need a name for it] ------------------ >>> Global & Translations * >>> News >>> Newsletter >>> Gatherings >>> Education Roadshow >>> Climate Action Group >>> Training >>> Legal >>> Medical >>> Past Mobilisations ** On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:26:27 -0800 (PST), wrote: > I'm really am not in to the use of sections and would like to get some > sites as subsections of other main main lists. e.g. like the ones under > info for action but not linked in such an awkward way on the info for > action page. Permission to experimnet! > >> Yes, >> i agree. Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds, >> although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up. >> >> How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu, >> so it would include [at the moment] >> >> 14/15 >> Derby M17 >> Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh >> London/Leeds Dissent meetings >> Festival of Dissent >> >> Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the >> Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture". >> >> The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser >> could also be taken off. There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS, >> and this is perhaps not needed. >> >> xj >> >> >> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote: >> >>> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono >>> has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be >>> looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear >>> momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in >>> the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff >>> and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how >>> we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! >>> Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so >>> journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to >>> dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 >>> mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why >>> not >>> seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up >>> info >>> and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front >>> page >>> material. >>> >>> What do you all think? >>> >>> jono wrote: >>> hi, >>> it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and >>> this for people who know what to look for. >>> can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? >>> So that someone new to the site will find what they are >>> likely looking for right away, while organizing info >>> is in a second section. >>> >>> Something like dividing the menu items as follows: >>> >>> Main Menu >>> --------------------- >>> Home >>> Dissent! Introduction >>> What is the G8? >>> Local Groups >>> Working Groups >>> Funding* >>> Action Information >>> Calendar >>> Networking eList** >>> External Web Forum >>> Media >>> Contact Us *** >>> >>> * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] >>> >>> **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to >>> subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an >>> announce >>> list be created?] >>> >>> ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but >>> i >>> think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we >>> get >>> closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells >>> people >>> which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the >>> inquiry] >>> >>> >>> >>> Secondary Menu [need a name for it] >>> ------------------ >>> Global & Translations * >>> News >>> Newsletter >>> Gatherings >>> Education Roadshow >>> Climate Action Group >>> Training >>> Legal >>> Medical >>> Past Mobilisations ** >>> Image Gallery >>> Document Downloads >>> Web Links >>> Weather in Perth*** >>> Administrator >>> >>> * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is >>> perhaps >>> more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu >>> which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, >>> are >>> there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At >>> some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user >>> chooses their language.] >>> >>> **[could also go in document downloads] >>> >>> ***[do we need this] >>> >>> Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly >>> should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] >>> >>> Festival of Dissent >>> Derby M17 >>> >>> >>> >>> I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, >>> and what is agreed to do. >>> >>> >>> xj >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dissent-tech mailing list >>> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >>> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >>> >>> Send instant messages to your online friends >>> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) >> >> mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh >> D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX >> AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs >> h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ >> cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 >> w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK >> B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad >> MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX >> gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo >> YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I >> WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 >> AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E >> Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 >> sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN >> 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 >> zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa >> zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK >> y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 >> Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN >> Ng/jKA== >> =co5L >> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >> _______________________________________________ >> dissent-tech mailing list >> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > > -- -- http://www.fempages.org From tabitha747 at riseup.net Tue Mar 8 15:03:50 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:03:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu In-Reply-To: References: <20050306130754.76115.qmail@web25301.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <33316.tabitha747.1110219987.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: <34704.tabitha747.1110294230.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> I think this looks great. I just wonder about the title 'get involved' cos i think of gatherings, local groups and working groups when you say get involved. Or maybe we could put gatherings under get involved- this could work - i'm not sure What do you think of having legal and training etc under working groups - is that too hard to find? (although once people have found it once it dosen;t change. I thought we could give all working groups a link if they want one e.g the bike caravan people have a website that could linked by a sub main menu page. I also thought under local groups we could link to any other groups with webisites. i though under action info each action group (not particular events though) could either be linked to a page or their website. Anyway these are my suggestions as a list - i'll stop rambling > > Main Menu >>>> --------------------- > Home > > Dissent! organisation and structure > >>>> Dissent! Introduction >>>> What is the G8? >>>> Local Groups >>>> Working Groups >>>> Action Information >>>> > > Get involved News > Gatherings >>>> Networking eList** >>>> External Web Forum Donate ? Media Policy > > > > > System functions/ Add ons > > Translations >>>> Contact Us *** >>>> Calendar >>>> Image Gallery >>>> Document Downloads >>>> Web Links >>>> Weather in Perth*** >>>> Administrator > > > --- and therefore there is no need for a new section/menu > --- >>>> Global & Translations * - becomes international netwroking under WG >>>> >>>> Newsletter - as a sub section under news >>>> >>>> Education Roadshow - a subsection of working groups >>>> Climate Action Group - a sub of action info >>>> Training - a sub of WG >>>> Legal - a sub of WG >>>> Medical - a sub of wg >>>> Past Mobilisations ** - a sub of wg > > > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:26:27 -0800 (PST), wrote: > >> I'm really am not in to the use of sections and would like to get some >> sites as subsections of other main main lists. e.g. like the ones under >> info for action but not linked in such an awkward way on the info for >> action page. Permission to experimnet! >> >>> Yes, >>> i agree. Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds, >>> although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up. >>> >>> How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu, >>> so it would include [at the moment] >>> >>> 14/15 >>> Derby M17 >>> Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh >>> London/Leeds Dissent meetings >>> Festival of Dissent >>> >>> Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the >>> Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture". >>> >>> The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser >>> could also be taken off. There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS, >>> and this is perhaps not needed. >>> >>> xj >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote: >>> >>>> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono >>>> has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to >>>> be >>>> looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear >>>> momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in >>>> the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff >>>> and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how >>>> we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where! >>>> Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so >>>> journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to >>>> dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15 >>>> mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why >>>> not >>>> seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up >>>> info >>>> and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front >>>> page >>>> material. >>>> >>>> What do you all think? >>>> >>>> jono wrote: >>>> hi, >>>> it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and >>>> this for people who know what to look for. >>>> can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one? >>>> So that someone new to the site will find what they are >>>> likely looking for right away, while organizing info >>>> is in a second section. >>>> >>>> Something like dividing the menu items as follows: >>>> >>>> Main Menu >>>> --------------------- >>>> Home >>>> Dissent! Introduction >>>> What is the G8? >>>> Local Groups >>>> Working Groups >>>> Funding* >>>> Action Information >>>> Calendar >>>> Networking eList** >>>> External Web Forum >>>> Media >>>> Contact Us *** >>>> >>>> * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal] >>>> >>>> **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to >>>> subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an >>>> announce >>>> list be created?] >>>> >>>> ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but >>>> i >>>> think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we >>>> get >>>> closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells >>>> people >>>> which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the >>>> inquiry] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Secondary Menu [need a name for it] >>>> ------------------ >>>> Global & Translations * >>>> News >>>> Newsletter >>>> Gatherings >>>> Education Roadshow >>>> Climate Action Group >>>> Training >>>> Legal >>>> Medical >>>> Past Mobilisations ** >>>> Image Gallery >>>> Document Downloads >>>> Web Links >>>> Weather in Perth*** >>>> Administrator >>>> >>>> * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is >>>> perhaps >>>> more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main >>>> menu >>>> which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, >>>> are >>>> there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At >>>> some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user >>>> chooses their language.] >>>> >>>> **[could also go in document downloads] >>>> >>>> ***[do we need this] >>>> >>>> Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly >>>> should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side] >>>> >>>> Festival of Dissent >>>> Derby M17 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do, >>>> and what is agreed to do. >>>> >>>> >>>> xj >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dissent-tech mailing list >>>> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >>>> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >>>> >>>> Send instant messages to your online friends >>>> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >>> >>> -- >>> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh >>> D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX >>> AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs >>> h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ >>> cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 >>> w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK >>> B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad >>> MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX >>> gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo >>> YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I >>> WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 >>> AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E >>> Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 >>> sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN >>> 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 >>> zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa >>> zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK >>> y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 >>> Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN >>> Ng/jKA== >>> =co5L >>> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dissent-tech mailing list >>> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >>> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dissent-tech mailing list >> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >> >> > > > > -- > -- > http://www.fempages.org > From lists at j12.org Wed Mar 9 12:55:39 2005 From: lists at j12.org (Space Bunny) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:55:39 +0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] Server offline from 2pm / menus / moan Message-ID: <422EF24B.5090206@j12.org> The server that hosts dissent.org.uk will be offline from 2pm, while a backup harddisk is replaced. Also other sites that have G8 mobilisation info are hosted on this server too eg ourmayday.org note to Cat Tracker, are you taking offline backups of database when you go into admin? It is option in web admin interface under system menu. I take offline backups of database, but it may be good idea if you do too. menu changes: I think it is always swings and roundabout with any changes and some changes that satisfy one criteria will go against another. I am cool with changes so far, on site and good to see initiative taken. I started with putting some of action links into sub menus. But then when someone said here Derby M17 explicitly asked for, then not so sure. My moan: I find around Dissent there is often lots of moaning about the website by people who fancy themselves as managers with others as dog bodies (with abilities to mind read as well as to fit squares into circles) to actually maintain site. Trouble is these people can never be satisfied, and pandering to them just encourages them. I really only want to deal with people who come up with solid suggestions, put to this list and prepared to help actually implement them in doable way, understanding the limited human resources we have. I think we do very well already. I said at Glasgow that it was felt that a simplified static website with key info was a good idea. I certainly do not have time to do that as other websites I have taken on doing that I am behind with. It seems the site at http://international.dissent.org.uk has stalled, I will try to find out what has happened with that. But static sites have there own problems if need to be changed in way changes have to channelled through one person. cheers, Space Bunny -- -- http://j12.org/sb/ From tabitha747 at riseup.net Wed Mar 9 13:05:25 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:05:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] Server offline from 2pm / menus / moan In-Reply-To: <422EF24B.5090206@j12.org> References: <422EF24B.5090206@j12.org> Message-ID: <62470.tabitha747.1110373525.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Shall i continue with my menu suggestions - ulla what do you think? Are people coming to Leeds? Could we get together to have a proper web working group where we can chat face to face? love T The server that hosts dissent.org.uk will be offline from 2pm, while a > backup harddisk is replaced. > > Also other sites that have G8 mobilisation info are hosted on this > server too eg ourmayday.org > > note to Cat Tracker, are you taking offline backups of database when you > go into admin? > It is option in web admin interface under system menu. > > I take offline backups of database, but it may be good idea if you do too. > > > menu changes: > > I think it is always swings and roundabout with any changes and some > changes that satisfy one criteria will go against another. > > I am cool with changes so far, on site and good to see initiative taken. > I started with putting some of action links into sub menus. But then > when someone said here Derby M17 explicitly asked for, then not so sure. > > My moan: I find around Dissent there is often lots of moaning about the > website by people who fancy themselves as managers with others as dog > bodies (with abilities to mind read as well as to fit squares into > circles) to actually maintain site. Trouble is these people can never be > satisfied, and pandering to them just encourages them. I really only > want to deal with people who come up with solid suggestions, put to this > list and prepared to help actually implement them in doable way, > understanding the limited human resources we have. I think we do very > well already. > > I said at Glasgow that it was felt that a simplified static website with > key info was a good idea. I certainly do not have time to do that as > other websites I have taken on doing that I am behind with. It seems the > site at http://international.dissent.org.uk has stalled, I will try to > find out what has happened with that. But static sites have there own > problems if need to be changed in way changes have to channelled through > one person. > > cheers, > > Space Bunny > > > -- > -- > http://j12.org/sb/ > > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From anarchobabe at fempages.org Wed Mar 9 20:28:38 2005 From: anarchobabe at fempages.org (Anarcho Babe) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:28:38 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] Server offline from 2pm / menus / moan In-Reply-To: <62470.tabitha747.1110373525.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> References: <422EF24B.5090206@j12.org> <62470.tabitha747.1110373525.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: At the moment I just feel like I have piled up too much work and committments on myself. Therefore I'd probably prefer to not travel to Leeds (though I would be curious about the new social centre) and I should really cut down engagement on the website stuff, too, as it seems to go better and better - but maybe it is just you Tabitha747 doing more work? Anyways i agree with Spacebunny that it is easier to make suggestions than to implement them. But as far as nothing gets lost, and as long as I am on a highspeed permanent internet connection, I actually should not mind if everything goes organised around a little bit and the menu changes and might even rotate a bit and different things play hide and seek. Thanks very much for sorting that stuff out, it is really good to see other people putting in energy into the site, too, and putting up articles and similar. The design could maybe be a bit better, but now, anyways, it probably already has nearly a recognition effect and design work needs much more talent, skills and time then I have got. cheers Spacebunny and Tabitha and Catracker for all the work you put in, as well as to all the others putting work in. Ulla On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:05:25 -0800 (PST), wrote: > Shall i continue with my menu suggestions - ulla what do you think? > > Are people coming to Leeds? Could we get together to have a proper web > working group where we can chat face to face? > > love T > > The server that hosts dissent.org.uk will be offline from 2pm, while a >> backup harddisk is replaced. >> >> Also other sites that have G8 mobilisation info are hosted on this >> server too eg ourmayday.org >> >> note to Cat Tracker, are you taking offline backups of database when you >> go into admin? >> It is option in web admin interface under system menu. >> >> I take offline backups of database, but it may be good idea if you do >> too. >> >> >> menu changes: >> >> I think it is always swings and roundabout with any changes and some >> changes that satisfy one criteria will go against another. >> >> I am cool with changes so far, on site and good to see initiative taken. >> I started with putting some of action links into sub menus. But then >> when someone said here Derby M17 explicitly asked for, then not so sure. >> >> My moan: I find around Dissent there is often lots of moaning about the >> website by people who fancy themselves as managers with others as dog >> bodies (with abilities to mind read as well as to fit squares into >> circles) to actually maintain site. Trouble is these people can never be >> satisfied, and pandering to them just encourages them. I really only >> want to deal with people who come up with solid suggestions, put to this >> list and prepared to help actually implement them in doable way, >> understanding the limited human resources we have. I think we do very >> well already. >> >> I said at Glasgow that it was felt that a simplified static website with >> key info was a good idea. I certainly do not have time to do that as >> other websites I have taken on doing that I am behind with. It seems the >> site at http://international.dissent.org.uk has stalled, I will try to >> find out what has happened with that. But static sites have there own >> problems if need to be changed in way changes have to channelled through >> one person. >> >> cheers, >> >> Space Bunny >> >> >> -- >> -- >> http://j12.org/sb/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dissent-tech mailing list >> dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org >> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > > -- -- http://www.fempages.org From tabitha747 at riseup.net Fri Mar 11 13:31:21 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:31:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] the legal link - please help In-Reply-To: References: <422EF24B.5090206@j12.org> <62470.tabitha747.1110373525.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: <27262.tabitha747.1110547881.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> I' tried to make the legal page a direct link to their website - in the normal way that has worked before. For some reason however, it puts the dissent address before the legal one when it tries to go to their page i.e. it doesn;t work - can anyone explaine why and either fix this or fix me!? love T From mycocktaildress at ukonline.co.uk Mon Mar 7 19:36:04 2005 From: mycocktaildress at ukonline.co.uk (mycocktaildress at ukonline.co.uk) Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:36:04 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] Climate Action Link Message-ID: <1110224115.422cacf3219ac@webmail.ukonline.net> Hiya, Don't know who has done it, but I put up a climate action link on the Main menu, and then it was removed and hidden beneath the Action Information link. Several people visited the website after I had put up the climate action stuff, specifically looking for it and couldn't find it, so I put it back up in the main menu. It has since been hidden again. Why? Is there some reason or are people trying to sabotage the climate action group. If there is a good reason, perhas it would have been polite to email the climate group and point out what you had done, especially after it was changed the second time. The climate action section is going to be quite a big section of the website, we are currently working on indformation and call outs, I think it needs to be reasonably easy to find. hope you can help answer some of my questions cheers andy ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net From J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk Wed Mar 9 04:04:36 2005 From: J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk (jono) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 04:04:36 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] media webpage question Message-ID: at glasgow, people decided that they wanted the dissent webpage to have a way for media to be able to contact individuals from local groups who might do interviews. Is this list to be used for that purpose?? In which case this list might have to allow postings from people outside the list. The other option is just to list the local groups. xj -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBEG+HN8RBADRCYwQkkNDEF2iHXyzrpx4cUjmH83BbVW2aGBVDYduXkD5askh D8xQj2yJz4HEamoYd1qPS1ljKD61w49UzOydlIdVaFcjOH59Rr86A+nsZooRLhrX AB6QrquaZ67dfwKjH3/rrSDYB3VVUmmu+9UIJaB/KKZGnSlmg/DLHLKRhwCg0SGs h84cNR2K6aak+pl739jkJDkD/jm3yZMlMYyCp98wyEBFmyK248Rw9jFsZSjKIfsJ cwOiqX7eONZ3rSIWcoaTtvzrFQ77nHrfLRTK7oAYOG8CthVTcP1MkriNoi/uah52 w5co/oDgO9S1SYx7uxqVJvSoSlf3A/vU2aRNY0RDsCV5/zR66Z7BzYRuKu2lP2mK B8sPBADAHTFEjv2iFY3jrWDBpJ0zjjyf6SRD2pYEfKlsCPpOpJAqxBMRSWdmX0ad MpsrcV+kkblLTvyl9oHcgjhGxs4awHKke6RzYdI/27YHVUxM7KNybffqMBQVVkrX gY14I9YCJZnywaUZAR6+eulU0L7w2y0bacRpcKWkgdfQNWMUybYAAAA1Sm9uYXRo YW4gb3BwZW5oZWltIChkZWMgMjAwNSkgPGpvMjcwQGRhbXRwLmNhbS5hYy51az6I WwQTEQIAGwUCQb4c3wYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIXgAAKCRD/dgnPRbDXfCF6 AJ4ppckEiZAitCIbdpt/gC1jmCE7cQCgrqJhJ1DN+e0A1nKg85c025fXa+e5AQ0E Qb4c4BAEAOhtJbAa1C+ns1QbyguKMWJdWo9lvq8a9cbAlalkPZ4GYZjYiqiJA1F8 sOmN49AHhfu4irT7lqUk7Csw3Vw8Gts9BvgjdbXUnILoyhX0Ml9WCr4QGZu2uZzN 8EHoDQHoUVDssmgdIKwnstp1IKXXyBXm+entjRxWexxhvEk0K+hrAAMFBADMcah7 zsGpZe9q4DX4lKzcwwfZcUqyiUG5Mxi0Mu01lmfM385XWlXKbeaQQKTclaMDZTEa zye3dzpF1WU1ZxxJ80ccqUZde3i4a47qW8Exolip72MJoWCuLdUzY7MNy8TTQBTK y2m1ulkcWvY6rwyPYvj/Skq53YC2gkszNRJ8rIhGBBgRAgAGBQJBvhzgAAoJEP92 Cc9FsNd8i38AnRmjIhHnt8j0M4e36F2WPQ7ba48qAJ9QntSJMGgOLzk+QuYG0jaN Ng/jKA== =co5L -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- From festivalofdissent at riseup.net Thu Mar 10 16:44:43 2005 From: festivalofdissent at riseup.net (festivalofdissent at riseup.net) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:44:43 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] Working Group Meetings At the Festival of Dissent! 6-10th April, Lanarkshire Message-ID: <35103.festivalofdissent.1110468270.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Dear Working Group, There will be space available for working groups to meet at the festival of dissent and I'm writing to find out which working groups want to take advantage of this. What I really need to know is- 1) how long your meeting will last 2) if there are any days that you do not want to meet on We also hope that all working groups will be able to give a report back at the festival, whether or not they need a working group meeting space. Please get in touch with me as soon as you can. Yours Festival Crew From challengeanneky at riseup.net Sat Mar 12 12:16:26 2005 From: challengeanneky at riseup.net (Challenge Anneky) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:16:26 -0000 Subject: [dissent-tech] Derby this Thursday - can it be made less difficult to find? Message-ID: <008001c5270d$f4ed55e0$1400a8c0@vincent> Hiya - i'm afraid i know nothing of dissent web etiquette or whether there's some obvious thing that i should have done, but... 1) Is it possible to link the Derby (and london? haven't checked) information to the calendar - when i click on march 17th i get a bigger calendar, which then links to a post saying 'environment & development ministers meeting in derby', with no info at all about the events there. 2) Is it possible to have the London & Derby info permanently on the front page for this week? It took me 10 minutes to find any mention of derby by trawling through every likely link, and that was cos i was really searching for it. Sorry to be arsey, but am generally overstressed this week, please forgive demanding tone :-) anneky x -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050312/ff750fce/attachment.html From revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 14 18:39:28 2005 From: revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk (revolting) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:39:28 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [dissent-tech] Tuebingen Minutes for Website Message-ID: <20050314183929.60380.qmail@web25708.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi, Just tried to send these minutes to various lists both as attachments and as plain text in the email body. It got rejected both times becuase of the size. Would be great if you could put it up on the websites for people to download. Thanks. PS Minutes are attached and in the email body. International Anti-G8 Meeting Minutes Tuebingen, Germany 26th-27th February 2005 The following are the minutes of a two day international meeting to co-ordinate radical resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit to be held in the UK. The meeting took place in Tuebingen, Germany and was hosted by the Tuebingen Infoladen. The meeting was organised by the Dissent! International Networking Group. To contact the Dissent! International Networking Group for comments upon, or corrections to, these minutes, email: info-g82005 at riseup.net For more information about Dissent! see: www.dissent.org.uk or email the above address. Note: the original agenda and the invitation to the meeting, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Greek, can be found on the Dissent! website: www.dissent.org.uk Introductory Note The weekend?s agenda was put together by the Dissent! International Networking Group in early January 2005 and circulated for comments. An open meeting was held on Friday February 25, 2005, the night before the meeting began to incorporate comments into the agenda. The final agenda was as follows: Saturday February 26, 2005 *First Session: Opening Session Introduction to the venue, go-round for everyone to introduce themselves. *Second Session: Introduction to the Mobilisation An introduction to: Dissent!; the other groups organising around this year?s G8 Summit (specifically: G8 Alternatives and Make Poverty History); the political situation in Scotland; the presentation of the Summit and the protests in the UK mainstream media until now; the alternative and independent media coverage of the mobilisation; the issue of climate change and the G8 Summit. *Session Two: Police Tactics and Legal Information An introduction to police tactics commonly used in the UK, and some Scotland specific legal information. ***Lunch*** *Practicalities Working Groups Working group sessions on various practical aspects of the mobilisation. *Action Working Groups Working groups to discuss: the blockades, climate change actions and ?People?s Golfing Action?. *Final Plenary and Finalising the Agenda for the Following Day Sunday *Small Group Sessions The day mostly consisted of groups meeting to discuss specific aspects of the mobilisation and how people from outside of the UK can feed into them. These sessions took place in two blocs. Small group meetings included: medics, roadshow, hill walking, the mainstream media, precarity, indymedia, organising against repression, preventing and dealing with trauma, overcoming problems on borders, and translation. *Final Plenary Feedback from the small groups and the working groups from the previous day about what had been discussed and decided. Evaluation of the weekend. Additionally: A German-language meeting and the UK-based Dissent! International Networking Group also met. Minutes available at the end of this document. Saturday 26th February First Session: Opening Session Countries people are from and where mentioned groups. Approx- 90 people. Finland, Germany, Ireland (Gluseicht), France (Anti-G8 networks), Russia (IMC network), Netherlands (Rampenplan, IMC), Israel, Lebanon (Marhaba tour), Switzerland (G8 group) Sweden, Barcelona, Italy, Netherlands, England (IMC, Trapese), Chile, Scotland, US, Canada, Belgium, Greece, Finland. Belaraus Second Session: Introduction to the Mobilisation Brief introductions to: Dissent!, and the other mobilisations against the Summit (such as G8 Alternatives and Make Poverty History, the attitude of the mainstream media to the Summit and the protests, and some of the actions being prepared were given. Here are the notes taken from those introductions: Introduction to Dissent! (UK) Dissent was formed around the fall of 2003- to create a mobilization against the G8 but also to try and build a network beyond that. It is made up of various autonomous and radical movements and organizations. Dissent has a number of local and working groups throughout Britain. Dissent! Has adopted the PGA hallmarks and is based on principals of consensus decision making decentralization and a direct action. Dissent has bi-monthly meetings and the minutes are available to download on the website. Since 2003 Dissent! Has continued to expand and grow. There are two other groups mobilizing to Scotland. Note: An intervention was made, commenting that the PGA Hallmarks do not cover everything and do not, in themselves, make a movement. Some found the Hallmarks problematic. Some groups present at the meeting would not join the mobilisation under the Hallmarks, due to the problems they have with them.? Scottish Situation The political context of Scotland. There is a strong history of resistance in Scotland- miners, crofters and rent strikes- there is a strong working class. There is a tradition of rural and urban struggle. Rurally people are less likely to come out in mass protests- recent acts of resistance have included rent-racking (people coming down from the highlands to protest against increased rent) More recently in Edinburgh- there has been poll tax strike and various occupations, including the occupying of the Autonomous Centre in Edinburgh. The anti war protests brought record numbers of people out to protest. There is also strong resistance to GM crops. Differences you may expect- Scottish people are quite reserved- but not unfriendly. They become involved in political issues if they believe they are right. The main point is to try and build on the strong undercurrent of feeling of right and wrong and builds on that. We have the largest population of box dwellers (people living in social housing). They have tried to put the G8 in an inaccessible place the best way to deal with this is to come to Scotland to protest this. There will be infrastructure in Scotland to support people. It?s important to remember that Scotland is not a colony of England Make Poverty History Make poverty history (MPH) is the biggest campaign coalition of NGO?s there has been in the UK and is made up of people from Oxfam, local churches and big relief groups. It?s important specifically because they are organizing a large demonstration several days before the summit starts. They are talking mostly about third world debt and also talking about increasing aid and changing some of the trade rules that govern trade. The UK labour government is making a very big media and political strategy around the G8. The UK government propaganda is arguing that the G8 summit is all about poverty and climate change and how the labour government is dealing with this. Many people in the UK are beginning to think that this G8 is about making the world a better place. Some of the smaller NGO?s are critical of forced economic liberalization (WTO, GATTS etc) and are much more radical- they have been trying to make a stance but they are a small voice within the bigger coalition. The picture that is being painted that Make Poverty History is the good protestors and Dissent! Are the bad protestors? Senior people from MPH are saying it?s not a march it?s a walk and they are working with the Scottish tourist board. They are not encouraging people to stay after the Saturday, July 2nd march. MPH is part of a much world wider coalition of NGO?s mobilizing for the WTO ministerial in Hong Kong and Millennium Goal seminars. MPH is absolutely terrified that the bad protestors will attempt to disrupt their march. G8 Alternatives G8 Alternatives was set up by Globalize Resistance- a front group for the Socialist Workers Party- whom a number of groups have had problems with in the past. The Scottish CND, free party people and the Green Party also make up G8 Alternatives. G8 Alternatives are trying to get permission through the Scottish parliament for a rock concert for the duration of the summit. They have also called for a protest on July 6th at Gleneagles train station. It is important to note that the SWP is different from the SSP (The Scottish socialist party who are a respected Scottish political party). Climate Climate change and Africa are big topics at the G8. Climate change is fuelled by oil, which is fuelled by capitalism, and we are trying to break the climate issue from just being centered on the environment into a wider anti capitalist context. We are coordinating an International day of action on the 8th of July to link oil, war, climate change and the G8 summit. Corporate Media There has been a lot of publicity about the summit. Most of the articles are about the issues- climate change and debt or about potential protests and security arrangements. It is important to note that the mainstream media get fairly hysterical in the build up to such summit. It will get considerably worse before the summit. In the past with actions such as reclaim the Streets, June 18th and Mayday the press has gone insane and just lied. Headlines like ?Protestors will use samurai swords?, ?We will use children as a shield against police? We have to be aware of this. G8 Alternatives and Make Poverty History are speaking to the media and this is perpetuating the myth that Dissent! are the bad protestors? Independent Media Centers There is going to be IMC facilities in Scotland but IMC will not organize accommodation for people. There is a grassroots political group in Glasgow called Camcorder Guerillas that make documentaries. They are currently working on a G8 video. IMC is not affiliated to DISSENT! Or any other political organisation. IMC UK stands for United Kollectives not the United Kingdom. Mobilisations Taking Place Outside of the UK Lyon, France We are organising a festival of resistance for three weeks during April and May. 1 week will focus on the G8 summit. In our meeting in Lyon people did not really want to go to Edinburgh, however we will explain to people that there is a mobilization to Scotland. We are not enormous amounts of people in Lyon. During the G8 summit we will build urban zones of resistance in solidarity with the G8 summit. Russia We see the G8 in Scotland as an opportunity to bring attention to the G8 in Russia as not many people know about them and their next meeting will be in Russia. We cannot create very much in our country because there is a lot of repression. There will be solidarity actions in Minsk, Moscow and Kiel. One idea is to play golf near the UK embassy. Germany There is a German-speaking Dissent! Network to mobilise people from German speaking countries. A lot of posters for the German speaking world have been produced, there are 30,000 stickers, 40-50 CD?s, newsletters. There is a big meeting in Hamburg from the 4th-8th of May. The German network is organizing info-tours and evenings around German speaking countries about the legal situation and the G8. In 2007 the G8 summit will be in Germany and this is an important part of the outreach work being done. Middle East In our countries the movements are not really connected to the G8 and WTO. We are doing a tour called ?Marhaba? around Europe we would like to use this tour as an opportunity to open space for debate about the role of the G8 in our countries through terrorism and security issues. We are bringing people to Scotland to form a Middle Eastern block and to make the links and connections with the situation in our countries. Netherlands (Report given by: Rampenplan) There is a festival which around 25,000 people will attend and we would like to use this as an opportunity to outreach and mobilize people. There are also info nights and local groups preparing to come to Scotland ***************************** Other Comments made during this session: Britain/UK There has been a war going on in Northern Ireland for the last 500 years that has seen many people killed. UK includes Northern Ireland, Britain does not. Both are complicated terms with lots of issues but its better to say Britain. London/Berlin Refugee Issue The idea is to use the G8 summit to highlight the plight of refugees and asylum issues. There is an appeal to the international network mobilizing against the G8 to discuss how to build asylum issues into the G8 protests and Dissent! Network. ***************************** Third Session: Legal Advice and Police Strategies An extensive briefing was given on this topic, followed by a question and answer session. The basis of the presentation was taken from the Legal Guide which is now available online from: www.g8legalsupport.info *****Lunch Break***** Practicalities Working Groups Working Group I: Camps, Convergence Centres, Catering, Fundraising, Local Transport An update was given to the meeting on the situation as it stands in the UK. The Convergence Centre(s) Dissent! is looking for a large convergence centre, currently there is not one. Convergence spaces are being looked for in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Perth. Due to the location of the G8 summit a lot of comparisons are being drawn with the protests in Evian against the G8. It is assumed unlikely that the government will give a space to protests as they have done in Evian, Genoa and Prague. We would like to get both an urban and rural space. We will need to get around 20,000 more Euros to pay for these convergence centres, as we are unlikely to be given anything by councils or the government. Dissent! has come to the consensus decision to squat if a legal convergence can?t be found. There is a lot of countryside around, however it would be safer to get a legal convergence space. Dissent! also has an agreement with groups like Scottish CND to have autonomous zones within a wider convergence centre. Political Aspects of the Convergence Centre: Quite early on in the G8 mobilization it was explicitly decided one of the most important aspects is creating a convergence space where there are new experiences of collective self-management, where people organize themselves and facilitate autonomous action, build unity and networks. The idea would be to run the convergence centres a month before hand to encourage groups to come and have their meetings in Scotland. Part of the reason we are having difficulties. 1. We need more support from within government 2. Money 3. More people to help find the convergence centre. There will be a training course on setting up a large rural campsite at the end of May to the beginning of June. The issue of convergence centres has been brought up in Scottish parliament by MSP?s. There is a great deal of hype surrounding the issues of convergence centres in the media and the police are rumoured to have approached land owners and warned them not to rent their land out. The following things are needed for the convergence centre Supply of water and cheap ethical food Electricity Marquees (i.e. big tents) Transport Bicycles Tools Kitchens Toilets Paper Indymedia Centre Insect Repellent Medical Equipment Communication Equipment (CB radio/ phones) Wood/nails building materials Straw Lighting Effective and participatory decision making processes Effective ways of integrating and including people in the process Site infrastructure Internal camp communication structure Children?s Space Skilled people Security Catering The Anarchist Teapot kitchen in Brighton is the contact point for anything to do with food (email: anarchisttpot at yahoo.co.uk website: www.eco-action.org/teapot). They are trying to find local suppliers for things like propane gas, water, dried food suppliers. Also the Anarchist Teapot are compiling information so that it?s accessible to other food collectives. So far there is absolutely no idea how many people are coming so it?s been hard to estimate how many kitchens would be needed. Cooking Capacity of Kitchens Rampenplan: When they have enough people they can cook for 2000-3000 Anarchist Teapot: Can make good food for 500 and lots of soup for 1000 Heidelberg: Can cook for 50-60 Other big kitchens in Hanover and Belgium will be contacted. A list will be made of kitchens that are coming and also of kitchens that need to be contacted. Anarchist Teapot are sourcing local organic food suppliers where possible. There is no guarantee that all the kitchens will get into the country so it is important that people think about being as self- sufficient as possible. Action Points Anarchist Teapot has 3000 pounds that they can put into the kitchens. A team of drivers and vans to get food into the camps (around 17 tones will be needed per day) is being found Contact other food kitchens that were at the VAAG Marquees (Large Tents) Currently there are no marquees. It must be noted that even though it is summer in Scotland it does rain a lot. However we can build geo-desic domes if we can source the wood and tarpaulins. Action Points Some one from Germany can bring two large tents Someone from Holland who works for a tent company will see what possibilities he has to bring tents over. Everyone should bring his or her own tents where possible People in the UK will contact various festival organizers to try to source tents Dissent! will set up an email address and make sure the convergence list is sent out to everybody. Vaaag recommends making a wish list and sending this out. Discussion about structure of decision-making processes for the convergence spaces In Strasbourg in the camp was sub structured into different barrios. These were autonomous and people came together in a spokes council with the whole camp on a daily basis. It is very important that we build an alternative within to the camp but not to set our objectives too high and to make them unattainable. It is difficult to organize truly participatory processes for 10,000 people and decision-making structures need to be very clear and accessible to all. Fundraising Everybody needs to do as much fundraising as possible in their own country. Dissent! is fucked for money and really needs help. Rampenplan are cooking at a commercial festival two weeks before the G8 and will donate around 10,000 euros. There is a question about the structure of funding, how money is spent, where it goes, how the decisions are made. Clarification point: groups and individuals who donate money can specify where they want it to be used Local Transport There are fairly good public transport link between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Perth. Drivers are needed for buses. People with transport need to work out in advance how much their van/bus will be available for public use. Practicalities Working Group II: Refugees, Aliens and International Networking International Mobilisation - invitations to come to Scotland for G8 Summit These notes cover what various people said and are not agreements of whole meeting. General go round brain storming What would the people like to talk about? explanation about the workshop, by people from the last night meeting planning. the invitation: we should consider different factors, and make it really international, we have to clear it because it is, vague, it might be difficult in for everybody. talk about transportation, border, travelling? how we build and engage people to be part in the mobilisation? and linking up with them. Agenda what to talk about? mobilisation, invitations. who will organise this thing and how to stress the immigration issue. using the pga. for it? working together with no borders of that, talks in Porto Algiers about the G8 and the the globalisation bodies, and outcome a translation movement. know more about other countries . problem of transportation, to organise border travelling, emphasis from a lot on that, how to mobilise, provide resource for information. financially very hard to get people here, so make anther sort of solidarity action, the visas, have a group that would help in that. to have a network for mobilisation, travelling, bicycle. how to mobilise people to go there and groups to work locally, would like to make discussion more practical. to mobilise inside asylum seekers home in UK, and depending on resource, and going beyond borders, to highlight the restriction of movement to asylum seekers. how can we get the people in the mobilisation and to be in the action of the PGA. problems at the borders, to think about the other people that would face such thing and to focus on it. talking about going to buses, and how, when to mobilise. transport and getting more people. we are not few, and a lot of people are sympathetic, there is a way to get people to be involved and supportive. start building links with the people. set a strategy of solidarity. to network to link, refugee and G8. planning and action. 26th of March a meeting in London, anti repression, having a mobilisation meeting as part of Dissent. How to expand the fact that people from all over should be there, not an additional thing. points: transportation; how do we get people? sharing skills, resources to mobilise? linking networks. sharing skills. in Berlin a lot of materials, they have posters and stickers for German speakers. the "trapese", having a cdrom, has movies and presentation templates and infos about G8 , there is no time for other projects. there is website from Canada about it. to post it in all imcs, and fundraise through parties to make ads for G8. and to break the anti G8 circle and just people looking it up for themselves. to get people interested. throught Marhaba Europe, need more materials . project of people in Scotland to host people from Middle East, East Europe, and Africa, we can take the discussion to our local group and then, work it out with the people from Scotland. news letter in German, and info cds, about G8. info evening about migration and G8, and announce this on the list and media as well. languages as it is hard for people to read English, to find a native website, wiki is the name. http://www.dissent.org.uk/ TRANSPORTATION AND BORDER PROBLEMS if you are not an EU citizen you may need an invitation to the UK. helpful if from company. those from Scotland to go back to find groups to take this on, to see if the invitation, and there is a collective working on many issues, and it is important to start now. no firm answer. We should continue discussion about invitation. create a mailing list to help link invitation and invited. how can we get to Scotland, which is cheap, safe, and what routes . suggestion : ferry boat, and mostly single, or just in cars or small minbuses and look main stream: also when do you plan to come? 2 day early or 2 weeks, and what do you get in leaflets . Flights direct to Scotland with such as ryanair.com can be cheap and then ferry, the best might be individually, and to set different direct action before the G8, and make a lot of noise. making actions and free movement issue, building a campaign about that and borders. hitch hiking eg with Lorrys can be interesting. to pressure the NGO people for more action. the immigration control if you are illegal, and some people should be with you, going to Gastons court case, and witness because he might have movements restricted. is it possible to sneak in the political groups, like socialist groups, trade unionist? how can we get people to help others in the borders issue. do direct action is case if buses got turned from entering Scotland. get copy of meeting minutes, and everybodies email. So people can start working. and focus on this subjects. Check various ferry routes. If we will have no borders day of action it should be with the NGOs, trade unions demonstration. NO BORDERS NETWORK. They are busy. check the email list, but nothing for G8. The Strasbourg people want to do something but not enough people. Suggested to use an Internet Relay Chat channel, to talk more about initiatives. Summary of possible initiatives ? Solidify information and arrangements for travel. ? No Border efforts over 2 days to welcome international comrades across border. ? Bring refugees / stateless people, whose movements are restricted, themselves into core of mobilisation. ? Direct linking up specific groups of possible attendees from afar i.e. outside EU with hosts in Scotland who engage with each other before hand to enable them to come, with visas, travel arrangements and secure place to stay. Additional Notes Next Dissent International Working group meeting 26th of March in London hosted by the Voice Refugee Forum with outreach being done to bring in other groups. There is already existing g8refugee action: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/g8refugee-action another list yet to be worked out coming from makebordershistory initiative from this meeting may be set up. http://www.makebordershistory.org domain now obtained. Action Working Groups Group I: Blockades Intro (by organisers) Blockades list address is on the Website. Trident Ploughshares and CND are organizing a blockade of Faslane nuclear submarine base on 4th July. They?ve called for a non-violence approach. Dissent! blockades early on the 6th, with the aim of stopping the delegates arriving. Dissent! is trying to work out a way of coordinating autonomous blockades using different styles. Discussion Points: Does everyone support the strategy of blockades (given the impact on people in northern Scotland)? Timing, is 6th too late to disrupt the summit? Road or rail blockading? Should we focus on Gleneagles, or are there other hotels/sites of value to the summiteers? The top delegates can be moved by helicopter, but not all the personnel (aides, translators, chefs, etc.) cannot. Police and media are expected to be at Stirling; caterers at Crieff. History of pickets/blockades in Britain In 1970s there were many successful mass blockades in strikes, including miners strikes; in 1980s police tried and often succeeded in preventing movement of pickets. There has also been a tradition of using smaller numbers with special equipment, i.e. lock-on tubes, tripods, etc. but there is a pool of expertise amongst the police in dealing with this. Crowds of school children in antiwar protests have routinely out-manouvered police in Scotland. Brain-storm Blocking the A9 only would divert a high volume of traffic on to minor roads, which can?t handle them. The size of the red zone is not known yet. The number of people who turn up will dictate tactics. Terrain dictates tactics, so reconnaissance important. How do we organize communication? (Separation of blockades dictates autonomy anyway). Do we respect diversity of tactics (in different places, obviously)? There was some discussion and criticism of the colour-coded approach (as per Prague). Proposal: ?We object to the illegitimate G8 summit going ahead, and we call for a blockade of the routes into Gleneagles Hotel on 6th July; if the G8 does not go ahead, we will reconsider our call?, (carried by unanimous consent). Group II: Climate change group against the G8 July the 8th ? international day against the profit makers of climate change There is an environment minister meeting before the summit. 16th/17th of March. Often the ministers meetings are very important as decisions get taken there and problems get smoothed out before the actual summit. A climate group has been created between climate chaos groups, road protests network and is trying to work together with other environmental groups. Research has been done by Corporate Watch and produces a lot of information about the oil industry in Scotland. A booklet about the different action targets is being put together. The day of action on the 8th has been announced publicly, but not the target. If we only work with affinity groups then we could avoid announcing it and keeping the target secret. There is also an idea to do simultaneous actions at different targets. An email list has been set up to co-ordinate events and actions g8climateaction at lists.riseup.net Opinions: There was a proposal to ask the caravan to Katmandu start on the same day as the climate day of action. It would be good to have one kind of public action. The question is if there actually are affinity groups who would like to work on that. People in Paris are working on decrease in consumption and are also thinking about doing actions. It would be good to have the public action as a reclaim the streets party Group III: Action Group Meeting: People?s Golfing Association About 20 people attended the meeting: ? Enthusiasm was expressed for two events: o The PGA tournament called for July 7th will go ahead with the goal to get to Gleneagles golf course or as close as possible for a game of golf. It was suggested that this could take the form of a competition with various foursomes and other affinity groups scattering towards the course in a ?scramble? type golf tournament (which is an actual type of tournament). o The second idea came from a concern that as people may be tired, arrested or have low energy for July 7th, using mini/crazy golf as a mobile blockade in a similar fashion to the pink fairies in Prague. Thus, golfers would just pop-up for spontaneous golfing actions and therefore, if there were blockades, there would be an opportunity for spontaneous golf. Golf was thus viewed as a theatrical device. ? There was recognition of the symbolism behind golf, the various metaphors and how it can be drawn upon. One suggestion was give around the G8 countries ?playing with? the rest of the world i.e. Developing world countries are golf balls to be played with. Rich countries are playing with poor countries. It was also suggested that countries not in the G8 could be portrayed as caddies. ? It was noted that people in Russia are looking to do a parallel golfing action during the G8 Summit which may involve golf in front of the British embassy. ? Suggestions were made to o Develop alternative rules for golf o Graphically design alternative score cards o Develop alternative dress codes for golf o Suggestions were made to put up a score board during the lead up to the Summit to advertise the event and recruit more golfers for the July 7th action. It was also felt that a strategic meeting at the convergence space would be necessary to coordinate the tournament. ? As golf is a Scottish national past time, it was felt that the emphasis should be clearly placed on Gleneagles and the G8 so as to not confuse Scottish people that golf in general is being critiqued. ? It was recognised that golf was able to converge with hill walking and/or blockades ? It was suggested that there should be certain meting points devised for golfers to meet. ? A suggestion was made to contact the UK group ?Space Hijackers? ? The dilemma of the July 7th date was mentioned. It was felt that is was necessary to have a date for people to focus towards but also that golfing actions can be throughout the Summit. It was noted that a tee time was needed for July 7, 2005. ? The question around a media strategy for the golfing action was raised. Is there a media strategy? If so, what is it? ? Questions around ?What the point?? of the golfing action were raised. ? Guerrilla gardening was suggested for golf courses. ? Security concerns were raised over the police perception of hundreds of golfers with clubs and it was felt that this must be tactically thought out as the police could easily ?Section 44? golfers and say that clubs constitute a weapon. One suggestion around this was to build giant papier-m?ch? golf balls that can be pushed around by various golfers along with or in lieu of clubs. Giant cardboard golf clubs could also be built from cardboard tubes. Sunday 27th February INSERT HERE SMALL GROUP Meetings Group I: Mainstream Media Workshop Meeting Context: The mainstream media working group was an opt-in group held along with parallel sessions which included: 1) Borders support ? people who are not allowed in the UK 2) Street Medics 3) Legal / Anti-Repression ? Discussion Topics Brainstormed: o Monitoring mainstream media/Media watch o Existing media networks o Press statements re the Tubingen meeting o Developing a strategy to deal with media in emergency / worst case scenarios o Media training/skills sharing workshops o Rural action/possibility of media blackout and how to counter it ? There is currently a proposal to have a phone number/phone that is passed around with a log to track who/what media has called and what has been said. There is also the potential of having a one-way list to send information to journalists about events. ? Press strategies may be useful to gain logistical concessions from police/government ? A strategy in the past has been for everyone to use to use the same name when dealing with the media. This was done in Evian ? It was noted that all Dissent meetings and action reports are on the web and are thus available to journalists ? PROPOSAL: Work on the Tubingen press releases DISCUSSION OVER PRESS RELEASE CONTENT ? The initial press statement had the suggestion of placing a focus on the ?violence? of the G8 and how we are organising against that; against the violence of Bush and Blair. However it was felt that the anti-war movement focuses a lot on Bush and Blair. There is a need to focus in general on global capitalism and the G8 as an architects or prefects of the system. ? It was suggested that the press statement does not use he word violence ? While the question was raised as to ?Why is it necessary or important to issue a press statement?? this question was not debated at great length. It was noted that while Dissent should not spend a lot of time on media issues, there was optimism, that the media would probably carry the press statement from the Tubingen meeting. Thus the press statement was seen as a nice opportunity to tell people what the more radical parts of the [anti-G8] mobilisation are about. ? Suggestions as to the content of the press release included the points: o Meetings are public o The G8 is a problem o The Problems caused by global capitalism far outweigh Dissent o The number of countries represented at the Tubingen meeting. ? It was noted that there is a need for translations of various press statements. ? It was suggested that it may be useful to put an ?Editor?s note? on the press release mentioning sensitivity shown towards Dunblane because of past events however this suggestion was not acted upon. ? It was suggested that the press release may want to include the fact that the people who are organising demonstrations for 2006, 2007 were at Tubingen but it was decide that this was too much information. ? A point was made that when writing a press statement Dissent should try and minimize what is out in a press statement. If you give too much information the media may be selective with what they print. ? It was noted that while email lists up until now have not been used to take decisions, there is a need to use email for decisions ? A decision was made for a small group of 3 people to take the spirit of the points raised in the media discussion and work on the press statement. This group would then feedback the press statement to the group. Mainstream Media Feedback Session to Group: Sunday, February 27, 2005 ? 3:45pm Group of about 60 people (20% were women) ? The proposed press statement was read out ? The list of countries was amended and expanded ? Suggestions were made to amend additional actions to the list of activities. The list of additional actions included ?No Border? campaigns, as well as information tours by Trapese. It was noted that the press release was envisioned not as the minutes of the entire weekend. ? A debate emerged over various words such as ?co-ordination? and ?eco-village.? The debate around the words in the press release was evidence of a constant consideration of how the media would interpret various words and phrases. This discussion was consistent but jovial. ? The Press Release was agreed upon and individuals were tasked with translating and distributing it. **Press Release**Press Release**Press Release**Press Release**Press Release** International Anti-G8 Meeting in Tuebingen, Germany (For immediate release) >From 26th-27th February 2005, people involved in anti-capitalist groups and networks from twenty-three different countries, gathered in Tuebingen, Germany to continue planning resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit. The meeting declared, ?This year?s Summit professes to address issues important to us all, amongst them: climate change and poverty. Yet these are issues produced by a system from which the G8 was born and which it attempts to manage. Resistance is the obvious and growing response to the current order. Our aim is not merely to oppose the Summit, but to contribute to the daily struggle to create new worlds.? A number of action plans were developed over the weekend, reflecting the diversity of the perspectives from which those attending were coming. Concrete action plans included: Blockades of the Summit. Holding a people?s golf tournament on the lawns of Gleneagles. Taking direct action against the causes of climate change. Actions for freedom of movements. Supporting the blockades of Faslane nuclear submarine base. Co-ordinating actions around the world showing solidarity with those resisting the Summit. Constructing self-managed, ecologically sustainable convergence spaces. Resisting increasingly flexible working conditions being imposed in the UK and around the world. The meeting also commented, ?Whilst the eight most powerful men on Earth retreat behind fences and into militarised zones to pursue their policies of war, growth and destruction, we are attempting to build new spaces, open to everybody, and in which we can demonstrate our legitimate alternatives: of self-management, of non-hierarchical and consensus based decision making and of ecological sustainability.? Notes to the Editor 1) The 2005 G8 Summit will take place at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. Gleneagles is located 70 Kilometres north of Edinburgh. 2) Amongst those attending the meeting were people based in: Scotland, Germany, Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, Finland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Russia, England, Belarus, the United States, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. 3) The meeting was organised by the Dissent! International Networking Group. For more information about Dissent! see: www.dissent.org.uk **************************************************************************************** Group II: Medics Meeting Minutes The following was reported back to the meeting following the medic working group meeting. Representatives from Britain, France, Germany and Holland were present. All of the basics that had hoped to be covered, were covered. The group hope to provide medical care for three weeks from 24th June 2005. The group aim to have a medical point at the Convergence Centre, street medics covering the various actions and demonstrations, and a ?safe clinic? for longer term care. The group will be providing first aid briefings in advance of the action week at the convergence centre. The group encourage every affinity group to have a first aider, and to learn a bit about how to prevent trauma and to plan a proper debrief, recovery and rest time for when you get home. Leaflets were made available to those wanting more information. Group III: Precarity and the ?Working Group Against Work? At the beginning of the meeting, the ?Working Group against Work? (dissentagainstwork at yahoo.co.uk; http://lists.activix.org/mailman/listinfo/resistg8-wgaw ) and their action planned on 4th of July (Monday) was presented. The group emerged out of talks around precarious conditions of work and life and resistance to them and want to bring this discussion into the protest against the G8. On the 4th of July, they propose a mobile party in central Edinburgh that will ?visit? places like job centres, bailiffs, agencies involved in the New Deal and the benefit regime, companies exploiting casual and migrant labour and end up in a shopping area. They also plan actions in Brighton and Bristol to mark the employment ministers? summit. There are also other actions the group though about during the Anti-G8 protests which were discussed in the Working Group like piquetero-style roadblocks and blockades, free shops, occupations and activities of mass self-reduction. Some of these actions have never been tried before in the UK and the Working group was sceptical whether the days around the G8 were the right time to do them for the first time because the atmosphere will probably be very tense. The same problem would probably occur with other forms of actions we discussed like YoMango-Dinners (?organised food? which is distributed in form of a big dinner for everyone) or ?for-free?-actions as done in Germany ? demanding and actively seeking free entrance to museums, swimming pools and public transport. We were also discussing that any action around this theme of precarity should try to involve the people who are most concerned like people working in call centres or migrants. We came to the conclusion that although it is difficult it should be tried to do actions like the ones described above with an outreach-attitude to people working and living under precarious conditions- whose numbers grow every day! It?s very important to include the idea of resistance against those conditions with mass actions that are fun and colourful because this is where one of the outcomes of G8 politics becomes visible in everyday life. Group IV: Hill Walking meeting at the Tuebingen Gathering Introduction A celebration of the right to roam - walking in the Ochii hills and weekly walks, land access and maps?. Call for Beacons of Dissent on Tuesday. Also Crazy Golfers? may join from the city. Tours of local pubs planned. Note: We are facilitating but not organising walks. But this is not a DIY action - we believe in collective action. There is a route over the hills to Gleneagles. This may prove to be the best way to Gleneagles. Highest hills are about 700 metres. (note this has been corrected from raw minutes as was given incorrectly in meeting sorry) Dollar to Glendevon is from 2 and a half to 6 hour walk. Allow 1 day to get across the hills. Times to be calculated in preparatory walks. The A9 cuts the hills off from Gleneagles. Tired walkers may want to Sleep-in or Sit-in at the A9 Northern approach ? Aberdeen and Golfing groups also looking at routes from the north. river, detours and the road from Perth: there is a group of walkers plotting a route from Perth. StarMarch? : 5 or 6 routes from different directions meeting up in the middle. Is the blockade on 6th July only? How is cycling on/in the hills? Roads, tracks and some paths are fine, hills to be tested. Beacons Walkers can go on and off road. Compass and map reading can be practised anywhere. Discussion of possible police operation Helicopters: can also move shipping containers for road blocks/ temp holding people into positions. Much harder for police to block hill walking. No rights of way: right to roam without taking up residence. There is a police force boundary in the Ochil Hills, it is unsure what this means in practice though. Police horses not bred or trained to go into hills. Police dogs are expected. Maybe they will also put the English police in the hills! Policing the hills is organisational problem for them. Maybe soldiers in police uniforms at these locations. Closer to the time police will announce their plans. We will establish lines of communication closer to the time. The more people come on walks before hand, the more we can practice and prepare the hills before the police operation gets into effect. There maybe legal restrictions being setup, eg trespass, so again we stress: we are not organising an event: we are simply walking in the hills and inviting others to join us. We will combine with other walkers and protesters from the north and all around. >From past experience, it is suggested that the police will only secure the highway and allow the hill walking to go on, and just observe. The Silver group plan to stay in the hills and look down on the G8 and laugh at them. Others are invited to join. Experience in Ireland showed that instead of onroad, the fields were very difficult to police and provided opportunities for unexpected road blocks. Gleneagles golf course is massive. The north approach features a river and the southern approach has the hills. Both approaches would disrupt the conference. Maybe they will just fence off the whole thing ? or station police all round it. Or just police all the roads. The golf course is very difficult to police, even the front door will be very difficult to manage. Many examples like Davos in Swizerland where 20,0000 police and army chased protesters. Some protesters tried to ski over the much higher hills, but there were just too many police. Gleneagles includes a rifle range on north side for sport and there is also a military range away to the south west. They must cease fire if they know that there are other people in the area. General Notes Weather is changeable ? bring waterproofs, warm clothes, 9.45 sunset : not much dark but bring a torch. Start camping and outdoor life now! wherever you are! We will be in touch with the blockades to the north and other directions, but will focus on hill walking. And link with other groups for mobilising. Bring tents and supplies for sustaining oneself. We will provide the practical information. It is believed large amounts of people can camp in the Ochils; need to check out more. Right to roam without impeding lawful activity Also except when royalty is in residence with controversial change in law - maybe the Queen will be coming to the G8 meeting. Is legal to roam on the Gleneagles golf course normally. Please contact silver at j12.org with any further questions. Final Plenary: Feedback from Small Group Meetings Anti Repression Meeting There is anti repression network in Europe. The legal group is trying to organize legal observers. Help is needed with translations. There should be an international call of local solidarity actions during the G8- on Saturday 9th of July. Every group who will be involved and fundraises should try to give 10% towards anti repression funds. There will be two minibuses dedicated to picking people up who have been arrested. There should also be very good communication between legal team and arrestees. Border Actions Two border camps are planned ? one in France and one in Ireland. This will be co-ordinated through a mailing list. On the 3rd of July there will be an action co-ordinated by the no Border network. It will be a day called make borders history and there is a planned action at a nearby detention centre. The French people will try to co-ordinate with people in Calais to organise a demo and solidarity for people who cannot pass the border. A call to action is being made Mainstream Media A press statement was produced to be sent out immediately after the meeting. There is a mainstream media group which aims to co-ordinate both national and international media. There is an email list is media_strategy_against_g8 at lists.riseup.net Medics Medics will be available for three weeks starting on the 24th of June. At the meeting there were medics from France, Britain, Germany, Switzerland. There will be a medical point at the convergence centres, streets medics and a safe clinic for longer-term care. Everyone is encouraged everyone have a first aider in his or her affinity group and learn a bit about how to prevent trauma. There are leaflets available and information on the website for people that want to be involved. Indymedia Centre Indymedia will be covering Dissent! Actions, Faslane blockades and Make Poverty History demonstrations. As well as covering the actions Indymedia wants to cover the issues behind the protests and also the groups coming to the protests. There will be several different media places in Scotland. There are two websites- Scotland Indymedia and UK indymedia. There is an email list for planning indymedia work around the G8 Scotland. Indymedia will be in contact with the legal and medical teams. As many people as possible are encouraged to participate. Trauma This workshop looked at ways to provide mental support to people who are stressed out by police attacks or different situations. There is a trauma website under construction. There is an email list for people who want to take part in the trauma support. There will be workshops at the festival of dissent and other locations to train people. There will be space at the convergence centre for people to go where there can be counseling. The Trauma group is looking for ways to link up different countries and to find sympathetic therapists and counselors also during the G8 summit. TRAPESE An e-mail list has been set up to support groups doing info-tours, skill share and exchange information. www.trapese.org will be used to put downloadable materials on. There will an info tour in Ireland, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in April and May. The email list for co-ordination and information dissemination is Educatetheg8 at lists.riseup.net Blockades The final decisions on actual actions and routes will probably be fairly last minute. However there is agreement that there will be different styles of action that reflect the diversity of tactics. An info pack will be produced with maps etc. There will be a spokescouncil meeting There will a spokescouncils at the convergence centre the nearest to Gleneagles to discuss the different blockades. The final meeting to co-ordinate the blockades will be on Monday 3rd of July The communication will be done by text messaging systems and radios. Translating A new translation list has been set up for translators and texts to be co-ordinated. It is translate2005-subscribe at lists.riseup.net Future Meetings It was agreed that a future meeting was needed. Proposals are for Southern Europe, Italy or Greece. Glasgow has agreed to host the meeting should another venue not be found. People were asked to subscribe to the International Email List: international-g82005-subscribe at lists.riseup.net Final Session: Evaluation of the Weekend Good: Made decisions; the wonderful hosts in Tuebingen; the translation; the facilitation; meeting nice people and making friends; the presentations ? in terms of being able to see the feedback; pre-organisation was good; the meetings didn?t run TOO late; presentations ? in terms of giving people information; the hand signals worked well in terms of giving constant feedback; the structure of the meeting was good ? in terms of having a plenary with feedback from the other meetings; although people wanted to be efficient, the more abstract theoretical discussions were also appreciated. Bad: Energy got low in terms of translation and people speaking too much and at the same time towards the end of the weekend ? perhaps because people were tired; unrealistic timetables; low energy in Friday night meeting; it is left too unclear who is doing what after the meeting and how decisions and discussions will be followed up upon; people from the UK spoke too much, they should sometimes just shut up and not say anything; it was tiring for people having to listen to English as a second language for up to 10 hours a day; sometimes the discussions were a little too abstract; Ideas for the future: Info session on Saturday morning could?ve been more concise (people could?ve prepared themselves if texts had been available); perhaps it would be good to start the meeting on the Friday at mid-day the next time so that we could have more breaks; would be good to have good maps of the area where the meeting is so people can avoid police controls; name badges for the next meeting; people shouldn?t be afraid to talk in their native languages and be translated if necessary; there should be positive discrimination for those who haven?t spoken in meetings ? i.e. they should jump to the front of the queue; should maybe restrict the time that people speak, for example, to one minute; there should be a greater consciousness of those with less experience ? for example, people shouldn?t presume everyone understands the hand signals that are used. Announcements were also made about upcoming events: 4th March-G8 counter climate summit 26th March- International Mobilising meeting ? London 27th March- International Mobilising meeting ? Leeds 26th-27th-Working groups Dissent! Meeting 10-11th March- G8 Employment ministers meeting 15-15th March- G8 energy round table 17-18th March- Enivronment ministers meeting 6-10th April- Festival of Dissent! 20th April- German Speakers networking meeting (Mannheim) 5th-7th May- German Speakersmeeting- Hamburg 1st week of June- Training for convergence centres 28th June- Luxembourg EU summit ministers meeting 16th-17th June-G8 Justice ministers meeting Sheffield 10th-11th- June ?G8 Finance ministers meeting. April-May- Info tour through Austria, Germany, Switzerland April/May-Trapese info tour in Ireland and Britain ************************************************************** Additionally A) Minutes of the German-language meeting (in German) G8-2005 Vorbereitungstreffen in T?bingen, 26.-27. Februar Protokoll zum deutschsprachigem Vernetzungstreffen am 27. Februar Gruppen und ihre Beitr?ge / Aktionen: ? G?ttingen: Material, Veranstaltungen ? Heidelberg/Mannheim: K?che, G8-Reader (s. Wiki -> infos) ? Bayern: in M?nchen mal sehen, was das l?uft ? Thurn: Fahrradtour bs nach Schottland ? Luzern: Infoveranstaltungen ? Hanau/Rhein-Main: Mobilisierungsveranstaltungen ? Bremen: noch eine zweite Infoveranstaltung ? Greifswald: Infoveranstaltung ? Rantenplan: Mobilisierung auf dem Festival Fusion (22. -26. Juni) und dabei auch Fundraising ? Hamburg: vorhandenes Interesse muss in Mobilisierung umgewandelt werden ? Ruhrgebiet: Infoveranstaltung, mit Samba-Band zur G8, ?bersetzung ? K?ln: Infotreffen, Soliparty (?bersetzung vom Legalreader) ? M?nster: Info-CD, Thematisierung von 'Freedom of Movement' w?hrend der G8 ? Berlin: Poster, Aufkleber, Soli-CD, Infoveranstaltungen, Offene Treffen einmal im Monat, Infotour (s. Extra Protokoll zur Infotour), Vernetzung, Soli-Party, Inhaltliche Veranstaltungsreihe im Mai Material/Aktionen f?rs Camp und f?r die Anfahrt: ? Heidelberg:K?che (50-60 Leute), 2 Vans, Partyzelte ? Es gibt eine englische Liste zum Material (s. Dissent Seite), Nicht ?ber Deutsche Liste!! ? Auf der deutschen Seite unter wiki gibt es unter 'Reiseinfos' Platz Vorschl?ge, Tipps und MfGs zu sammeln. Infotour (s. extra Protokoll): ? Soll es einen Referentenpool geben, oder eine feste Crew? ? Verschiedene Zonen, die von autonomen Infotourgruppen bereist werden ? Austausch zwischen den Gruppen wird gefordert ? Roadshow ? la Trapese gibt es wegen Zeitmangels wahrscheinlich nicht, soll sich aber f?r die Mobilisierung f?r die G8 2007 in Deutschland vorgemerkt werden. ? Orte, die angek?ndigt wurden, ben?tigen einen Ansprechpartner vor Ort ? Es gibt allgemeines Interesse am Infomaterial der Berliner Werbematerial: ? Plakate m?ssen geklebt werden, auch in umliegenden St?dten, die nicht in T?bingen mit Plakaten versorgt wurden ? Die Soli-CD enth?lt eine PDF Datei mit Cover und soll zum Fundraising verwendet werden ? Newsletter (Nr. 1 steht schon) soll einmal im Monat erscheinen und kurz vor dem Gipfel (vielleicht schon ab Mai) alle zwei Wochen. Es wurde dazu ausgerufen, dass Artikel auch aus anderen St?dten zugesandt werden, damit das Projekt nicht zu einem der Berliner alleine wird. 2007, BUKO: ? Der n?chste BUKO-Kongress wird vom 5. - 8. Mai in Hamburg stattfinden. Es wurde angedacht in dessen Rahmen mit der Diskussion und Vorbereitung f?r die G8 2007 in Heiligendamm zu beginnen. ?Als Problem wurden die Teilnahmegeb?hren gesehen, die aber nicht verpflichtend sind. ?Berlin macht einen Aufruf. Kontaktlisten, Websites: ? deutschsprachige Seite: de.indymedia.org.uk ? jeder kann was auf die Seite stellen ? Reiseinformationen werden im Wiki gesammelt ? Kontaktadresse: german-g82005 at riseup.net ? Mailingliste f?r aktive Mitarbeit: http://lists.kommunikationssystem.de/mailman/listinfo/g8resist2005 N?chstes Treffen: ? Mannheim hat angeboten vor dem schottischen Gipfel noch ein deutsches Vernetzungstreffen zu veranstalten. ? Termin muss noch abgestimmt werden. Als Vorschlag steht die Zeit um den 20. April im Raum ? Es besteht ein Angebot an Tagungsr?umen, zudem wird u.U. eine Soli-Party veranstaltet werden. ? Ohne Soli-Party werden auf jedenfall bis zu 70 Leute, mit 30 Leute untergebracht werden k?nnen, sowie u.U. 20-30 au?erhalb Sonstiges: ? ?sterreich mu? eingebunden werden! ? Es wurde zu einer internen Vernetzung aufgerufen. B) International Networking Meeting Minutes Brainstormed Discussion Topics 1. International Networking meeting location: London, Leeds or Brighton? 2. Hosting another international meeting? 3. The future of Info Tours 4. How to feedback to Dissent UK and Groups in Germany 5. How to integrate groups into the network 6. How to respond to parallel requests for Dissent networks in other countries 1. International Networking meeting location: London, Leeds or Brighton? ? The planning for a proposed International Networking meeting in London on March 26th is already underway. ? There was concern that there may be some over lap with what takes place in Leeds and what takes place in London ? Some understood the London meeting to be conditional ? Leeds will be hosting a feedback session on the meetings in Germany the same weekend as the London meeting. ? It was recognised that these may be different types of meetings. Proposal: In order to limit confusion and overlap, it was suggested that the London international networking meeting take place on March 26th while International networking issues are dealt with on march 27th in Leeds. It was further proposed that there be clear coordination in advance of both meetings between those in London and Leeds regarding the agendas for both meetings and, in the case of London, informing Leeds what transpired in London so this information may be incorporated into the meeting. Consensus was reached on this proposal 2. Hosting another International meeting? ? It seems that there have been requests for a future international networking meeting in a similar fashion to the one held in Germany. ? Questions were raised as to who would host it and when. ? May was suggested as a potential time for the next meeting, in Europe and most likely in southern Europe. ? It was noted that in addition to holding another international meeting, a clear invitation to all internationals should be made to come to all future Dissent gatherings as well as the Festival of Dissent. Proposal: A proposal was made that the possibility of hosting another International meeting should be posed back to the larger Tubingen gathering. Further, the gathering should also be asked for input as to whether the next meeting should be in Scotland or in Europe ? potentially Italy. Consensus was reached on this proposal 3. The future of Info Tours ? It was acknowledged that there are currently limited resources both in people and in money for Info Tours. However, the importance of the Road Show was stressed. ? A suggestion was made that Info Tours should focus on places where Dissent UK does not yet have any connections. ? A suggestion was made to get as much international material as possible on to the website as it was felt that an increase in information may decrease the amount of requests for Info Tours. The information could take the form of a Power Point presentation and someone did volunteer to begin putting together a multimedia presentation for use by international groups. ? Request for information have focused on networking tours, building relationships and groups are asking how their actions may fit into a wider network. ? There are currently Info Tour requests from: Ireland, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands. ? It was noted that there are the potential for Information/Workshops in Finland. ? With respect to how to deal with Info Tour request and in light of the strain on resources, it was decided to deal with Info Tour requests on a case by case basis. Where possible it is hoped that the host group will cover at least some of the expenses of the Info Tour. However, if the requesting group could not cover expenses, this would not necessarily mean that an Info Tour would not happen. ? Japanese translation is available and will be done for major Dissent documents. ? The production and distribution of an Info CD, possibly using Power Point presentations, and including maps and other resources was discussed. It could serve as a kind of ?electronic Dissent! delegate?. 4. How to feedback to Dissent UK and Groups in Germany ? Minutes can be a one source of feedback ? Feedback will be given in Leeds and Edinburgh ? If people have any additional questions regarding feedback they should contact the international networking group. 5. How to integrate groups into the network? ? There was a desire expressed not to replicate all Dissent groups at both local and international levels. ? It was felt that various groups should be encouraged to make their own international links where possible although it was recognised that the Dissent International UK group is often the first point of contact. ? Working groups should develop wish lists of supplies needed. ? Proposal for a working lists of documents before Leeds of various publications/research documents in the pipeline that can be placed on the Web. 6. How to respond to parallel requests for Dissent networks in other countries ? It was pointed out that there is already a German precedent for the use of the Dissent name. ? It was agreed that if people wish to call themselves Dissent, they should be empowered to do so and this is a decision they must make on their own. ? If people are looking for assistance, they should be encouraged to come to the Festival of Dissent. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050314/110a207c/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com From tabitha747 at riseup.net Sat Mar 26 16:43:45 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:43:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] Climate Action Link In-Reply-To: <1110224115.422cacf3219ac@webmail.ukonline.net> References: <1110224115.422cacf3219ac@webmail.ukonline.net> Message-ID: <50791.tabitha747.1111855425.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Hey there Andy, We have had some discussion about needing a policy around the main menu although the list (in my memory) was pretty quite about this and we talked about sorting it penfing a meeting. So anyway this is my understanding - i understand that we did more or less agree we wanted the main menu to be as simple as possible so that its not overloaded with stuff (as it did get). The menu items that are up there should cover everything and as an action item the climate stuff seems sensible being where it is. O.K so people may have to look in there but still (it could also be linked through working groups if you are concenred about it). After the festival i hope to sort out links to other sites under the main menu e.g. the golfing site, the circa site, the cre8 summat site etc. I think it would be unfair to let some sections be up there and not others and clearly if all sections were up there it would be too much. Hope this is cool (for info i moved it the first time but not the second) Love T > Hiya, > > Don't know who has done it, but I put up a climate action link on the Main > menu, > and then it was removed and hidden beneath the Action Information link. > > Several people visited the website after I had put up the climate action > stuff, > specifically looking for it and couldn't find it, so I put it back up in > the > main menu. > > It has since been hidden again. > > Why? Is there some reason or are people trying to sabotage the climate > action > group. If there is a good reason, perhas it would have been polite to > email the > climate group and point out what you had done, especially after it was > changed > the second time. > > The climate action section is going to be quite a big section of the > website, we > are currently working on indformation and call outs, I think it needs to > be > reasonably easy to find. > > hope you can help answer some of my questions > > cheers > > andy > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net > _______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From tabitha747 at riseup.net Sat Mar 26 16:51:58 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:51:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] Derby this Thursday - can it be made less difficult to find? In-Reply-To: <008001c5270d$f4ed55e0$1400a8c0@vincent> References: <008001c5270d$f4ed55e0$1400a8c0@vincent> Message-ID: <29452.tabitha747.1111855918.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> The info could be linked to the current calender posting (though the internal adminstration mambo urmm structure) - (see i said i wasn't a tech person!) but you could also make your own entry on the calender perhaps with the title Derby 17. You just need to log in with your admin access from the front page and put it on the calender. You will need to e-mail us to let us know to publish it if you can't acess the internal admin site. The news section should be the place to report on derby and london. I'd prefer that it didn't go up on the first page as people rely on this for news instead of checking the news sections. I'm sure you will disagree on this so put it on the front page but please just put the title and the first line or so in the introduction so people can then click 'read more' for th efull article as space on the front page is so limited. You have the admin accesss don't you? We did talk about having a how to use the web site page -i might tyr and work on this after the festival. love T > Hiya - i'm afraid i know nothing of dissent web etiquette or whether > there's some obvious thing that i should have done, but... > > 1) Is it possible to link the Derby (and london? haven't checked) > information to the calendar - when i click on march 17th i get a bigger > calendar, which then links to a post saying 'environment & development > ministers meeting in derby', with no info at all about the events there. > > 2) Is it possible to have the London & Derby info permanently on the front > page for this week? It took me 10 minutes to find any mention of derby by > trawling through every likely link, and that was cos i was really > searching for it. > > Sorry to be arsey, but am generally overstressed this week, please forgive > demanding tone :-) > anneky x_______________________________________________ > dissent-tech mailing list > dissent-tech at lists.aktivix.org > http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/dissent-tech > From startx at plentyfact.org Tue Mar 29 01:11:47 2005 From: startx at plentyfact.org (startx) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:11:47 +0200 Subject: [dissent-tech] changing default template for de.dissent ... Message-ID: <20050329021147.0a0594c6.startx@plentyfact.org> hello. the default template for the german subsection de.dissent.org.uk is really hard to read, especially the menu. is it possible to change the default template to peeklime? i think the template chooser is a bit to geeky for many people ... startx. -- gpg: http://keys.plentyfact.org/startx.asc From revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk Wed Mar 30 21:20:33 2005 From: revolting2005 at yahoo.co.uk (revolting) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:20:33 +0100 (BST) Subject: [dissent-tech] action calls for website Message-ID: <20050330202033.90882.qmail@web25703.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hiya all, This is a list of all the action calls I could find. I circulated it on the resistg8 list to check it was ok. No feedback. All the calls are spread out across the web (and even those on the Dissent! website aren't all together). How about adding this as one document (not a download, one which people can view on the website) under the "Action Info" header on the left hand colomn. Thanks Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050330/6a6ec3a8/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Action Calls.doc Type: application/msword Size: 69120 bytes Desc: Action Calls.doc Url : https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/dissent-tech/attachments/20050330/6a6ec3a8/attachment.doc From tabitha747 at riseup.net Thu Mar 31 12:17:15 2005 From: tabitha747 at riseup.net (tabitha747 at riseup.net) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:17:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [dissent-tech] Re: action calls for website In-Reply-To: <20050330202033.90882.qmail@web25703.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20050330202033.90882.qmail@web25703.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <32263.tabitha747.1112267835.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> I think this document could be a good basis for sorting out the intial action info page (that comes u[p when you click action info) - then having other action group webs linked through as secondary main menu pages under the action info main menu page. But i would like to keep a space for anyone to post action call outs at the bottom - it just needs to be relabled and tidied abit. I'm up for doing all this (if someone can feed in on why url linking pages are not working i.e. the legal one puts the disssent address before the legal address so the link doesn't work?) after the festival but am hectic till then. love T > Hiya all, This is a list of all the action calls I could find. I > circulated it on the resistg8 list to check it was ok. No feedback. All > the calls are spread out across the web (and even those on the Dissent! > website aren't all together). How about adding this as one document (not a > download, one which people can view on the website) under the "Action > Info" header on the left hand colomn. > > Thanks > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com