[matilda] Info Booklets for a better understanding of Matilda

[Benjamin Major]

Hi

Regards to this posting found on another forum (fowarded to the hacklab 
list, see full text below) these lines reveal something, a mis-perception, 
which is far wider than hack-lab slating:

-'but I was submitting it with a 'public' computer (I do not have an 
internet connection yet at home) at the supposedly egalitarian 'Matilda 
Building' (Squatted by a 'collective' for want of a better word) opposite 
the former Matilda Gay bar on Matilda St.'

-'I was happily writing away when the only sitting tenant in the place, who 
has taken into his
mind that he practically owns the building (Which he does not) gave me 
precisely 90 seconds
warning that he was having to leave the building.'

It hints at the reality that we need to supply a bit more information to new 
people using the space, now that it's name is getting known. This coming 
Monday meeting, which I shall co-facillitate with L, will get to the core of 
the things we need to communicate about this space to people who haven't 
been with us from the start + get some things clarified for the rest of us 
too. I envision a folded A4 booklet (a bit like the one we had for G8 info, 
the one with the timeline on the back) which:

A)Puts the social centre into the general context of social centres and 
autonomous spaces- inc. very short history of them and about others in the 
UK

B)A more personal collective reflection of what Matilda is about (a series 
of sentences and pictures from different members of the Matilda collective 
which encapsulate, for them, what it's all about)

C) A statement on LTT's position (with text like that on the posters on the 
door)

D)Stuff that's happened here before (inc. G8 stuff) and what we have planned 
for the future

CLARIFICATION: these aren't flyers though, we don't need flyers as such. 
They are mainly to be kept in the building for new people to pick up and 
read, though we can take them to actions and demos, and perhaps distrubute a 
few in what I would consider to be our allies (Blue Moon, Rare and Racy, New 
Roots etc...)

Of course, a public-face website over the top of our existing Wiki will also 
be a good thing, and is probably much more resource friendly too. But 
nevertheless I think paper-based info is still important as well:

Some of the money we get from the October fundraiser, if it happens, (see 
poster on wall in Matilda) could be put into printing costs.

Anyhow, I hope everyone will be able to make the meeting on Monday- I plan 
some group discussions + brainstorming.

B



>From: "Heather Paterson" <hmpaterson at hotmail.co.uk>
>To: sheffield-hacklab at lists.aktivix.org
>Subject: [sheffield-hacklab] Hacklab slating found on another forum
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:07:30 +0000
>
>Just spotted this on another forum:-
>
>
>Quote from Sheffield LGB Forum by Tia-Anna (Dan Khan):
>http://lgbsheffield.3.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=474
>
> >> "Further to my contribution last night, I want to add a bit more 
>detail. Sorry my last
> >> contribution was a bit rushed, but I was submitting it with a 'public' 
>computer (I do not have
> >> an internet connection yet at home) at the supposedly egalitarian 
>'Matilda Building' (Squatted
> >> by a 'collective' for want of a better word) opposite the former 
>Matilda Gay bar on Matilda St.
> >> I was happily writing away when the only sitting tenant in the place, 
>who has taken into his
> >> mind that he practically owns the building (Which he does not) gave me 
>precisely 90 seconds
> >> warning that he was having to leave the building (For genuinely urgent 
>reason as it turned
> >> out) and therefore had to turf everyone else out including myself. I 
>just managed to submit
> >> the above contribution, and then had to conclude a credit card 
>transaction in another
> >> browser window I had open, when the man concerned pulled out the plug 
>of the computer,
> >> which is something that you should NEVER do, under any circumstances. 
>This attitude is
> >> DISGRACEFUL -he could have easily waited 2 more minutes until I had 
>concluded my secure
> >> transaction, and in any case he should have given more warning-say 10 
>mins. . . . [continues on another topic]"
>
>I don't know what the current situation is with the Hack-Lab as to access 
>etc (I haven't managed to make it down to Matilda since the G8 due to other 
>commitments and a length of time in hospital) however there surely should 
>be some form of agreement from people who make use of the space not to then 
>slate it on other public forums.
>
>Anyway, just thought I'd forward this onto yourselves and let you know 
>about it.
>
>
>Heather (Fair Trade Faerie)
>___________________________________________
>"Madness takes it's toll . . . Please have exact change"
>
>
>
>


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