Hi all,<br><br>Sorry I've not been active in a while and that I couldn't make the meeting - I'm in Senegal until the summer!<br><br>Just added a few names to the list of invitees - feel free to follow them up and amend the background information.. I think they're all googlable!<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Also worth mentioning: some of you might be interested
in dropping into the week-long event Roundhouse are putting on in London at the
start of May. It takes Ricardo Blaug’s recent book </span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">‘How Power Corrupts’ </span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">as
the subject of an experiment in reconnecting academic publishing with real-life
discussion. Rather than expecting everyone to fork out/read the whole thing,
the event will discuss a 2000-word pamphlet version of the book: <a href="http://roundhousejournal.org/how-power-corrupts/pamphlet/">http://roundhousejournal.org/how-power-corrupts/pamphlet/</a></span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">(background info – Roundhouse is a
student-led Critical Theory journal/discussion group, that grew out of
Ricardo’s Critical Theory module when he was still at Leeds University.)</span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">In terms of the SSC itself, ‘The Power of
the Local’ discussion (Friday 13<sup>th</sup>) might be particularly
interesting.<span> </span>Amongst other things
this will touch on the potential offered by new social media for new forms of
community organization.</span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
</font><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Also, Jenny – from the haphazard picture of
your research interests I’ve picked up through SSC – you might be especially
well placed/personally interested to contribute to the ‘Online Deliberation’
panel discussion (3pm on Wednesday 11<sup>th</sup>), about avoiding hierarchy in
new social media.</span></font></p><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0cm; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Full blurb from
facebook event (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195346933830759¬if_t=event_invite">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195346933830759¬if_t=event_invite</a>) is pasted below.</span></font></p>
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<font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Cheers,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0cm; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Mike<br></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0cm; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">10th to the
13th of May <br>
if:book and The Roundhouse Journal present <br>
<br>
HOW POWER CORRUPTS<br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">The Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">A week long curation of a book by Dr Ricardo Blaug</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Supported by Palgrave Macmillan. </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">if:book and Roundhouse will use Dr. Blaug’s timely
work to spark discussion across formats: online, onscreen, on the wall and in
person. Join our occupation of the Free Word Centre - join the debate! </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">This event presents an inside-out examination of
both the idea of corruption by power and Ricardo Blaug’s book itself. As we
draw out the book’s ideas from their medium through discussions, theatre, art
and writing, Dr. Blaug’s participation throughout the week also represents a
unique opportunity to question an author as they elucidate their arguments. </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Throughout the week if:book’s Portable Bookshop
will be selling a range of titles including a pamphlet by Dr. Blaug written for
the event. Visual explorations of power and corruption will be spread across
the walls, while films will be projected in the hall.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">If you are interested in any part of this event
visit</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><a href="http://roundhousejournal.org/how-power-corrupts/">http://roundhousejournal.org/how-power-corrupts/</a></span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Email <a href="mailto:roundhousejournal@gmail.com">roundhousejournal@gmail.com</a></span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">twitter: @roundhousejrnl @ifbook</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">All events are free, except where indicated.
However, places are limited, so please book ahead.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Tuesday 10thMAY, </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">POWER & HUBRIS</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">6.30pm: Lord David Owen and Dr Ricardo Blaug on
political power and the corruption of citizenry.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Having served as Foreign Secretary, founded the
SDP, and negotiated for peace in the former Yugoslavia, Lord Owen is a major
political figure. Once a practicing neurologist, in 2008 he published In
Sickness and In Power, which coined the term ‘hubris syndrome’. A revised and
updated paperback edition is due out shortly.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Dr Ricardo Blaug, author of How Power Corrupts, is
Reader in Democracy and Political Theory at the University of Westminster. Dr.
Blaug has also worked as a psychiatric social worker and a public manager.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Tickets £5.00 / £3.00 concs </span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Wednesday 11th</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">POWER DYNAMICS </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">11.30 am : Drama Workshop </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">The Free Word hosts a drama workshop using physical
techniques to explore corruption, power dynamics and censorship led by
TripWires - places limited</span><br>
<br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">ONLINE DELIBERATION </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">3.00 pm : Panel discussion </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">featuring Professor David Graeber (Goldsmiths), Tim
Hardy (Sukey), Dr Ricardo Blaug (Westminster)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Existing internet fora suffer hierarchy and
corruption by power: who can be most scathing, who can post most frequently,
who has had their blog referenced by mainstream media. The panel will consider:
How can we challenge online power dynamics? What structures online forums and
how can they be made accessible? How can deliberative and consensual ways of
organsing practised online spread to institutions?</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Thursday 12th</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">DROP-IN SESSIONS AT THE POWER CLINIC</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">11am – 5pm : Come to the Free Word and share
stories, anecdotes and reflections, listen to poets, view art work and add to
the ongoing conversation.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">CHRONICLES OF PROTEST</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">2.30pm : Film showing </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">a film by Michael Chanan, video blogger for the New
Statemen and documentary film maker, about the movement against government
spending cutsin the universities and beyondwith students, activists and
citizens of the real big society</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">HOW POWER CORRUPTS</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">6.30pm : DR RICARDO BLAUG</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Most agree with Lord Acton that power corrupts and
absolute power corrupts absolutely. It seems to apply to history’s cruel
dictators, perhaps also to the behaviour of contemporary political and economic
elites and even across the hierarchic organisations of our everyday lives. Yet
few have looked closely at the mechanisms through which power corrupts, and how
those afflicted remain unaware of their condition. A provocative exploration of
the usually hidden, and little understood, psychological politics of
organisations.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Friday 13th</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">IFSOFLO FRIDAY</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">Two roundtable events for literature organizations
and all those interested in the future of the word – free but places are limited</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">An invited audience will discuss where academic
publishing is today and to what extent it is in crisis. We will ask: What is
the impact of the publishing process on the academic author? To what extent do
publishing platforms dictate research priorities? What role should publishing
play in unlocking academic knowledge? Is internet-enabled accessibility
something to be celebrated or guarded against?</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">THE POWER OF LOCAL</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">This event will bring together community activists
and literature organisations. Does the Big Society mean stripping away
bureaucratic impediments to communities’ creativity and self-determination, or
leaving the disadvantaged to sink or swim? How does it relate to libertarian
community politics – and what opportunities do social media provide to disrupt
power relations and create radical new forms of community publishing, that span
the distance between the local and the global?</span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">TO BOOK GO TO <a href="http://www.freewordonline.com/">WWW.FREEWORDONLINE.COM</a></span><br>
<br>
<span class="textexposedshow">FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO JOIN THE DEBATE GO TO <a href="http://www.roundhousejournal.org/">WWW.ROUNDHOUSEJOURNAL.ORG</a> AND </span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><a href="http://www.ifsoflo.ning.com/">WWW.IFSOFLO.NING.COM</a></span></span></font></p><br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Joss Winn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joss@josswinn.org">joss@josswinn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello,<br>
<br>
Just a reminder that there is a meeting tonight from 6-8pm in the Mint<br>
Lane building. The meeting is principally to undertake a careful reading<br>
of the constitution and business model, so that it can be sent to the<br>
LCDA for final checks before we sign it at our next meeting on May 3rd.<br>
<br>
If possible, please print the documents if you are attending the meeting<br>
tonight.<br>
<br>
<br>
1. Draft Constitution:<br>
<a href="https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110226/2b71d615/attachment-0001.doc" target="_blank">https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110226/2b71d615/attachment-0001.doc</a><br>
<br>
2. Draft Business Plan:<br>
<a href="https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110228/12d17b0d/attachment-0001.doc" target="_blank">https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/attachments/20110228/12d17b0d/attachment-0001.doc</a><br>
<br>
3. Please provide comments on the letter of invitation:<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2Bcb_vS2Ulu6uK4nhLvArds7sjD83EukgjmF9_duso/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=COq-u7cN" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2Bcb_vS2Ulu6uK4nhLvArds7sjD83EukgjmF9_duso/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=COq-u7cN</a><br>
<br>
4. Please provide comments on the FAQ, which will go on the website:<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OK6Cikt7n73yEUb-2CEDmutc4wJ_GFPrsolKBXwz5mQ/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CObno-MH" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OK6Cikt7n73yEUb-2CEDmutc4wJ_GFPrsolKBXwz5mQ/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CObno-MH</a><br>
<br>
5. Please contribute names of people who you would like to be invited to<br>
join the SSC. This is essential to our business plan and the<br>
sustainability of the SSC. You can edit the document directly. First<br>
name and Last name are all that's required unless you have more<br>
information at hand.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnDuUd71vXr4dGc3Wl9IaFZuUUh6VHg2Vk83SUo1Y0E&hl=en_GB&authkey=CNPW2uEL" target="_blank">https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnDuUd71vXr4dGc3Wl9IaFZuUUh6VHg2Vk83SUo1Y0E&hl=en_GB&authkey=CNPW2uEL</a><br>
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If you'd like to add anything else to the Agenda, please let me know.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Joss<br>
<br>
<br>
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