[matilda] The unselected committee of the dispossessed presents... a cancelled meeting..

[Dan]

Hia

Was there a meeting? Was it cancelled?

One reason why there's only a few people, then, might be that those of 
you who are valiantly doing stuff don't let anyone else know what's 
happening.  It hasn't really been made clear what Monday meetings are / 
who they're supposed to be for.

Having gone to one Monday meeting, it was certainly nothing like what 
I'd been told they now were - collective spokespeople speaking.  It was 
a normal Monday meeting, with plenty of new people making proposals - as 
they'd always been. So where are the dates?

No-one discusses anything here on-list - for a reason I've yet to 
fathom.  I mean, there's dysfunctional lists where people spend all 
their time trolling or wibbling about bugger all, but this is the other 
extreme. (The notable exeptions being Nick, who continues to do 
brilliant Events e-mails, and a great write-up from Kathleen...)

For those of us, like me, still not part of any collective, but who 
might sometimes like to get involved (e.g. I wouldn't mind putting on 
another film n curry night again at some point soon) it all seems very 
distant, silent and closed.

Of course, how things seem from the outside is usually wrong.  So, after 
this little rant, a constructive e-mail coming...



worldwarfree at riseup.net wrote:
> Therefore I must tell you, first of all, what Anarchism is not.
> 
>      It is not bombs, disorder, or chaos.
>      It is not robbery and murder.
>      It is not a war of each against all.
>      It is not a return to barbarism or to the wild state of man.
>      Anarchism is the very opposite of all that.
> 
> Anarchism means that you should be free; that no one should enslave you,
> boss you, rob you, or impose upon you.
> 
> It means that you should be free to do the things you want to do; and that
> you should not be compelled to do what you don't want to do.
> 
> It means that you should have a chance to choose the kind of a life you
> want to live, and live it without anybody interfering.
> 
> It means that the next fellow should have the same freedom as you, that
> every one should have the same rights and liberties.
> 
>>From What Is Communist Anarchism? Alexander Berkman.. This was the first
> book i read on Anarchism so when AMP attacks the M gallery collective..
> Whomever fucked up the food last week with the salt they are being the
> very opposite to my understanding of Anarchism and of course this is just
> my own view point..
> 
> Almost a year on Matilda is not working and i'd guess we need to look at
> why The Gig collective can blow of the roof at Matilda as they did on
> Monday why The M gallery collective find themselves along with the Gig
> collective being the only real Success at Matilda..
> 
> Why there is so much infighting people being NEGATIVE to others as has
> happened to myself time again..
> 
> I cooked food last Thursday only to find ungrateful moron(s) pouring salt
> in the food to being very Negative to me on Friday are these people
> expecting me to react?
> 
> Why are the actions of others making Matilda not work?
> 
> 3 of the computers in the HackLab are not working because on Saturday
> someone decided to take out some of the power supply dispite it being
> requested for people not to do this and explained why this is crapp..
> 
> Here we have the very real opportunity to not only Impact upon Sheffield
> but introduce others to our thoughts and ideas a large amount of people
> have passed through Matilda by the Gig Collective and as was said at the
> last meeting a wasted opertunity..
> 
> There seems for myself to be much pontification and not action and again
> the only people i see Making this space work are The Gig collective and
> The M gallery collective.
> 
> On Monday a member of The M gallery collective come in moved some rubbish
> so the gig collective and others did not end up doing this task.
> 
> On Sunday R come in and repared a window that had fallen out..
> 
> Agian i find myself asking why is there only a few commited people while
> others simply just pontificate?
> 
> Alright the meeting on Monday will not happen however if there is common
> agrement it should happen the following week.
> 
> Yes we have been here before but again we need to talk about what is
> Matilda, where are we going why have we let one person simply walk off
> with 400 pounds and the continued actions of others who i feel are just
> fucking up Matilda BY THEIR ACTIONS..
> 
> 0742
> 
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