[ssf] Draft announcement for post-meeting

Thu Feb 3 18:19:42 GMT 2005

Sorry, i should clarify. The two lines shouldn't be the subject, they 
are more the heading for the message so that people will realise that 
there may be something that interests them at the bottom, rather than 
switching off if they aren't interested in the first topic. The subject 
line itself should be something short, clear and regular, eg SSF 
Announcements, in order that these messages can be distinguished from 
the normal flurry of email that people get. It should be a subject line 
which everyone agrees not to use on list for responses, so that the 
announcements can be easily accessed by people without the time or 
desire to engage in the online element of discussion.

@mparo wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't doubt you know better than me but
> i would be unable to grasp so many points in any single mail subject.:
> keep it succint,
> 
> Two lines is too long, imho,
> 
> something more snappy is needed
> ________
> 
> "Why don't you?":- become a Freedom&Peace champion? Join our causes...
> 
> _____________
> 
> (sounds rather vulgar to me but...:¬)
> 
> OR
> 
> ____________
> 
> "Why don't you?":- become a Freedom&Peace champion, defy G8 and the ID
> card-state, Make Poverty History and save Burngreave with Peace in the
> Park...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Malins wrote:
> 
>> On the subject of email announcements, I think that by and large it
>> is a good principle to try to get the key message into the top
>> line(s) as succinctly as possible, then expand later.
>>
>> We could for instance start the message with:
>>
>> "Why don't you?" :- Make Poverty History, celebrate Peace in the
>> Park, go to Venezuela, save Burngreave, defend benefits and more...
>>
>> And hopefully everyone will have absorbed these key messages before
>> they have a chance to phase out. The original message could then be
>> pasted underneath, I've copied the order from Dan's before anyone
>> accuses me of cause favouritism. Any more than two lines could defeat
>> the point, so I wouldn't recommend mentioning the whole agenda.
>>
>> This allows people who's browsers (eg Gmail) may show them start of 
>> message to get these concepts without even opening the mail. Which
>> they of course will then do. I'd strongly recommend it as a guiding
>> principle for these announcements.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> @mparo wrote:
>>
>>> yes please also cut out if possible the bit of "don't be put off
>>> by... we are lovely people really" (it can put lots of radical
>>> people off)
>>>
>>> Generally speaking, i would like it much more succint, since it is
>>>  advertising, that is shorter,
>>>
>>> :¬)
>>>
>>> rather than so much text, perhaps lyrics for a song or why not? a
>>> poem
>>>
>>> amp
>>>
>>> dave thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi, excellent e- mail
>>>>
>>>> couple points points though, maybe put more emphasis on the fact
>>>> that anyone can bring ideas,projects, etc and and of course
>>>> promote the SSF itself and yeah, cut out the daffs please
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> dt --- Dan <dan at aktivix.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a draft for the first announcement e-mail of 2005, which
>>>>> we can comment on / amend tomorrow eve before sending out Thursday 
>>>>> eve / Friday morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few points first though:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. How do we feel about sticking other political and cultural
>>>>> goings on too?  Sheffield Social Forum stuff first, a big line,
>>>>> all other events in the coming month. A request for people to send 
>>>>> in their event.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. We should rotate the drafting, but I think the principle of
>>>>> making a draft before a meeting and getting it approved / amended 
>>>>> at a meeting is a good one - if only because people
>>>>> will bring announcements of events we didn't know about.
>>>>>
>>>>> So: ------- Sheffield Social Forum says 'Happy New year!'
>>>>>
>>>>> But... can it really be February already?  How time flies! Not
>>>>> quite fast enough for those of us pining for Springtime... alas
>>>>> we'll have to wait for Daffodils a little longer.
>>>>>
>>>>> As with daffy bulbs, though, there's a whole heap of activity
>>>>> occurring underground we'd  like to tell you about, in the hope
>>>>> that you'll want to help bring it al into blossom...
>>>>>
>>>>> Sheffield Social Forum's first foray into 2005 is to be a 'Big
>>>>> Open Meeting' loosely titled *'Why Don't You?'* (See attached
>>>>> poster.  Don't be put off by the broken TVs, we're lovely people 
>>>>> really!)
>>>>>
>>>>> It's going to be: Thursday 17th Feb 7 to 9.30pm St. Andrew's
>>>>> Church Hall Upper Hanover Way
>>>>>
>>>>> It'll be a kind of mini-social forum, with food n drink n good
>>>>> company - as well as productive talk and action-planning.
>>>>> Here's a list of some of the things we know will be going on -
>>>>> and please let us know if you have something you particularly
>>>>> want to talk about.
>>>>>
>>>>> *The G8 comes to Sheffield in June, as well as Scotland in July
>>>>> - Make Poverty History Sheffield [website?] are using the chance to 
>>>>> push hard for an end to global poverty, and Peace in
>>>>> the Park organisers are getting involved too.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Peace in the Park itself will be taking place on Saturday June
>>>>> 11th.  [Website?] SSF will be hosting a 'Speakeasy' tent there,
>>>>> and working with others to prepare, for example by going into 
>>>>> schools to run awareness-raising workshops around global issues
>>>>> - with the ultimate goal of hosting a 'youth parliament' (or
>>>>> something less stuffy) at Peace in the Park
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sheffield now has its own 'Sheffield 2 Venezuela preparatory
>>>>> committee', who are working to get a delegation to Venezuela in
>>>>> August for the Youth and Student Festival there. Hopefully,
>>>>> they'll be coming along too.
>>>>>
>>>>> *The Burngreave Masterplan has ruffled some feathers, entailing
>>>>> as it does large-scale demolition, and triggered a local 
>>>>> fight-back.  SSF is getting stuck in, looking for ways to hold
>>>>> planning minister Keith Hill to his words... which were, rather
>>>>> shockingly, 'Let the People Decide!'
>>>>>
>>>>> *Building on previous work done around the impending disability
>>>>> welfare cuts, we'll be working to raise awareness of what's going 
>>>>> on, on the hardships faced by people on disability
>>>>> benefits - and how much worse it could get if Blair gets his
>>>>> way.  How can we support a group who are so often ignored and
>>>>> sidelined?  Can you help too?
>>>>>
>>>>> *Get yer creative juices flowing!  Creative Action Network -
>>>>> those responsible for Sharrow's awe-inspiring lantern carnival,
>>>>> will be there on the 17th, as well as various other folk looking to 
>>>>> put their creative talents to good use.  If you want
>>>>> to come and join in, there'll be opportunities to talk about
>>>>> and plan any number of possibilities, including...
>>>>>
>>>>> *A new Sheffield radical newsletter!  Radical means 'getting to
>>>>> the root of things'.  A plan is afoot to launch a monthly 
>>>>> newsletter, in conjunction with Sheffield Indymedia, with this
>>>>> aim in mind.  It won't just be dull leftie politics, though.
>>>>> Supported by a fortnightly writing and creativity workshop, and
>>>>> due to launch its first issue at the end of March, we hope this
>>>>> will be an exciting read, as well as bringing together in one
>>>>> place all the month's best political and politico-cultural
>>>>> goings on in Sheffield and beyond.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Democracy Cafes now carry on under their own steam, first
>>>>> Tuesday of every month at the Blue Moon.  But are they steering
>>>>>  the right path between freeform and agenda-driven?  And just
>>>>> how good is Blue Moon's cake?  (They're not paying us, you
>>>>> know!)
>>>>>
>>>>> *... and of course, Sheffield Social Forum itself! We need more
>>>>>  bodies to keep the good ship SSF afloat in 2005.  There's lots
>>>>> to do, as you can see.  It's going to be fun, but it'll be hard
>>>>>  work!  Particularly, it would be *great* to know what kind of
>>>>> events and speakers you would want to see in the coming year,
>>>>> so SSF can make a forward planner.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Oh and *please* bring your ideas too: you *can* make a
>>>>> difference!
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope to see you on the 17th.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some p.s's:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Please tell other people: word of mouth is the best
>>>>> advertising! 2. If you want to get more stuck in to the day-to-day 
>>>>> machinations of organising, you can subscribe to the
>>>>>  discussion list at: http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/ssf 
>>>>> 3. I'm the named
>>>>> contact at the minute: that's Dan on 07968 997861 or
>>>>> dan at aktivix.org
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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