[matilda] Re: Comrade Temp - Accomodation !

[Benjamin Major]

Those of us who know who James is (and he has been to Matilda several times, 
including in it's pre Matilda days, and he even joined us up in Stirling at 
the G8) will know that it would probably be a great idea, and very healthy 
for him, to move out of his home in MK as he lives with his mother there who 
sounds like she has problems herself and he is quite clearly in need of a 
new start in a new place. They will know that he is a nice bloke.

However, those people will also know that James is not equipped with great 
social skills; the fact is that it is unlikely he would contribute to the 
Matilda collective in any constructive way if he was to stay there for a 
month. On the one hand it is really important that he is around people who 
will have plenty of time for him, and he's welcome to come to Matilda to 
visit anytime, but on the other hand he is also likely to be a burden on 
Matilda's resources due to his lack of understanding of communal living; at 
least this is the impression I've always got (please correct me if I'm 
wrong).

I think it would be a really nice gesture if someone could put him up for a 
while (there is a chance that I would have if I wasn't living in the family 
home presently). I've had the temptation whilst talking to nice, gentle, 
homeless, unbelonging people to invite them along to Matlida. But I know it 
is a temptation that I cannot risk, because we not equipped to provide 
social services to such people in need. But if someone can give James some 
advice about moving to Sheffield, then please do it!

He needs to get of Milton Keynes and quick!










>From: "Mr Jase Malgod" <spodulike at freeuk.com>
>To: Our Means <futuretech68 at yahoo.com>
>CC: matilda at lists.aktivix.org
>Subject: [matilda] Re: Comrade Temp - Accomodation !
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:51:24 +0100
>
>Hi James,
>
>The point is not the length of time but the use of Matilda as a place to 
>stay. You would be living there as if it were a house, the group has agreed 
>that Matilda should not be used for that purpose. Matilda can only be used 
>as a temporary crash space, and only then for events at or around Matilda 
>when there is someone around who is responsible to a collective and the 
>group as a whole. Therefore an alternative will have to be found.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Jason
>
>Our Means writes:
>
>>Hi,
>>  well i wouldnt say i was living there, only a temporary basis of around 
>>1 month, before i find my own place in Sheffield.
>>  James
>>  0781 624 9286
>>
>>Helen and Nick <slendermeans1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>If I remember rightly from the minutes or discussions
>>at one meeting at Matilda, it was stressed that noone
>>would be able to live at Matilda.
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>
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