[Ssf] Lat night's meeting

[Alice Collins]

Hi Dan and all,
About stopping fortnightly meetings. I think in principle its a good idea.
 I still want to be involved in SSF,but a  factor in not attending meetings
at the mo, is something to do with where they are - fantastic that the hall
is big and free, but a bit dark and scarey to get to and from at night in
the winter. Other people (women?) may feel the same.
I suggest meeting maybe monthly in the city centre (Rutland?) I'd be willing
to look into booking if everyone thought it a good idea.
Also, I like the idea of having an annual launch type event where lots of
groups and campaigns get together, even if this doesn't lead to more
involvement in SSF, cos at least people get to meet and communicate. Its a
lot of hard work, tho'.
Maybe what is most appealing at the mo are smaller scale campaigns
(disability rights) and talking shops like Democracy cafe.
Love to everyone alice



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan" <dan at aktivix.org>
To: "ssf" <ssf at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:41 AM
Subject: [Ssf] Lat night's meeting


> Hi,
>
> Amparo - sorry you got to the meeting room to find it locked!  We always
> have to ask them to open it for us, because Sharrow Community Forum
> never tell the security folk that we've booked it.
>
> No-one else went, no?  Hmm...
>
> Interesting!
>
> I know this might be a bit tricky, coz Kev's just got a squillion
> business cards done with the times of the meetings on - but what does
> anyone else think about the usefulness of these meetings?  If they're
> attended at all, it's by the usual suspects / the 'core working group',
> but we don't actually use the space effectively to organise, or to put
> on anything useful to anyone else.
>
> I'd like to make a tentative suggestion - which will make all the
> business cards useless!  But I guess having business cards isn't a
> reason for keeping something going just by themselves, so -
>
> How about we stop having regular meetings?  We could have a go at the
> Leicester Social Forum model - no regular meetings, just events and
> meetings as and when, and of various sorts - social events, talks with
> speakers, working group meetings, etc.
>
> We then just continue to use this list to discuss stuff, and maybe once
> every two months have some kind of convening meeting - becoming a much
> looser network, in effect, because people would just organise various
> activities, and try to get others involved!
>
> The risk here is that, having stopped regular meetings, no-one actually
> does anything at all, and SSF just fizzles out.  But I'd say if that
> happens, then it should be apparent that there wasn't enough oomph in
> the group to make stuff happen anyway...
>
> Anyway, write back and say what ya think - I'm sending a second e-mail
> with some specific ideas for future events and happenings.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> @mparo wrote:
>
> > Dear mariangela and pierre, and friends whose names i don't know yet,
> >
> > here from Sheffield, there was no meeting tonight as planned, due to
> > circumstances unclear as tonight.
> > There is a rumour that some killing may be involved., anyway the door
> > was locked to the centre were the meeting was to be held. It was very
> > dark with strong gale blowing through the streets, so the meeting was
> > not attended by anyone.
> > Therefore, it is implicitely agreed by IMPLICIT consensus that the
> > document for Paris that you sent to the list is supported by each
> > individual person of the Sheffield Social Forum in his/her own capacity.
> >
> > So i am signing this
> > Amparo Perez Gutierrez
> > Sheffield Social Forum, in her capacity
> >
> > ..........
> >
> > and suggest that this message is forwarded to every person with an
> > email address at the Sheffield SF site:
> >
> > www.sheffieldsocialforum.org/
> >
> > therefore, i will forward it to the ssf list...
> >
> > Good trip to Paris and Back
> >
> > @mp
> >
> > THursday December 16th, 2004
> >
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