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

[Chris Malins]

But, said I, what about people like myself who are interested in keeping 
an eye on what is happening, but are not yet convinced that one of the 
existing collectives is something I want to be more involved with, and 
don't have any specific vision of what I want from Matilda that I might 
create my own collective. Surely it would be helpful if hangers on like 
myself were able to keep tabs on what we could tip our toes into, as it 
were?

Chris

PS. Admittedly, the volume of email is already high enough that I only 
scan most things (and sometimes only the titles) so I do sympathise with 
email fatigue as an argument.

cuthbert at riseup.net wrote:
> I think one the main reasons that i have not sent as many emails to the
> list  is because i dont have the time and because checking emails then
> starts taking over and almost becomes a higher priority than actually
> going down to matilda and doing stuff.  In fact not sending emails has
> given me one less thing to worry about.
> 
> The monday meetings by the way are every other monday.
> 
> For the people that arent in a collective ask yourselves what do you want
> to do at matilda and then ask if there is a collective that already does
> that type of thing, if there is great join them, if there isnt start a new
> collective, it isnt difficult.
> 
> ---
> as a side note:
> 
> The other day a member of the cafe` collective found non-veagan skipped
> food left out in the veagan kitchen and they also found that someone had
> put an item from one of the women's day workshops on top of one of our
> cakes.  It is no laughing matter as when we get our hands on that person
> they will forever regret messing with our cakes!
> 
> from
> cuthbert (a member of three seperate collectives and counting!)
> 
>> 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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