[ssf] Rage against...

[spodulike at freeuk.com]

Hello all,

Below the mail I sent to the site, have to say I have concerns about 
the idea, as far as I can see the centre collapsed because the model 
was daft, the 20 million has been lost and someone needs to pick it up. 
Given the time it was left mostly unnoccupied it seems to have been an 
open sale. In general the preservation of the cultural life of 
Sheffield is a much bigger question than the NCPM and Hallam uni, it is 
about Yorkshire forward, Shef one and the council. It is about the many 
properties which are low rent, low cost and allow a independant 
cultural community to develop in the city centre which will fall 
beneath the wheels of a uniform big business led centre. Course it 
could be said I'm biased cos I work there but anyways, over to me...

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Hello, read with interest your site. "The BBC have questioned Hallam on 
the validity of the sale, including the 20 million (est.) it cost to 
build and the 1.4 million they bought it for". My question is that why 
is this Hallams fault? The NCPM fell flat on it's arse as far as it's 
original use. A way forward would be to ensure the use of the DRUM for 
Sheffield Live and other activities and to rescue some of the local 
music mandate back. For me the main people to rage against would be 
Yorkshire Forward and Sheffield Council, both of whom are busy taking 
money from whoever has a bit of cash and wrecking the character of 
Sheffield (the exit of Brown St and entrance of Spearmint Rhino being a 
case in point - that was open bribary). There are many spaces 
throughout the centre which are used for music and many spaces which 
could be, the responsiblilty lies with the council and the people of 
Sheffield, not Hallam because if it isn't them it's going to be someone 
else as bad if not worse. 

Jason 

> Hi!
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> Could folks who attended please comment on the folllowing minutes, 
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> let me know of any changes / anything I missed.
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> Web version here:
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> http://wiki.sheffieldsocialforum.org.uk/Meetings#Minutes:_20th_
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> 05
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> Minutes: 20th January 2005
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> *Rage Against Hallam*
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> http://www.rage-against-hallam.co.uk/
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> The campaign leader spoke to us:
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> There's a planned televised rally on
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> Monday 14th February (the day it opens to students!)
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> ...to protest against the loss of the centre to Hallam, Hallam's 
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> tactics and the fact that it cost the public =A320M, whereas Hallam 
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> =A31.4M for it. ("Can we have our money back please?")
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> ACTION: To discuss and plan our role in the rally action at the next 
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> meeting.
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> Already possible: Samba Band, fire-spinning, 'can we have our money 
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> please', valentines day - 'we love our centre! Why did it leave us!?'

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> Also: as part of power analysis workshop, to trace the links between 
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> various boards involved... CIQA, Yorkshire Futures, Council, Hallam, 
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> ..
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>     * Ideas please for next meeting, and on this list!*
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> *Communication, forward planning, getting people, and a big meeting...
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> These all tie together into a, um, STRATEGY!
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> Communication
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>    1. The announcements list to be regularly done, shortly after a=20

> meeting. (Dan or Jase is doing this for now: I'll do this one? Any 
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> volunteers?)
>    2. Indymedia: Adam to cross-post announcements etc to Indymedia
>    3. Website - we didn't get round to this! But needs to be worked 
out.
>    4. Dan: to work out a little comms chart just showing which things=
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> need doing when - for the big meeting, so we can try to get 
volunteers.
>    5. Next meeting: we'll look at the Seeds for Change doc on 
publicity!
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