[ssf] Rage against...

[Dan]

Hia,

I agree that raging against Hallam per se aint much good, and that the 
centre was pants - but the process of selling it off was nasty, done 
behind closed doors despite large pressure to have a transparent 
process, and efforts to find suitable public use.

It's an issue that can lead to all the things you talk about.

Also: it's not something that SSF has to put its name to.  It's just a 
call-out to get anyone as wants to, to go n join in the shenanigans.

... I think?  Dunno!

Dan
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spodulike at freeuk.com wrote:

>Hello all,
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>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 
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>>Hi!
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>>Could folks who attended please comment on the folllowing minutes, 
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>and=20
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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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>January_20=
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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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>nasty=20
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>>tactics and the fact that it cost the public =A320M, whereas Hallam 
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>paid=20
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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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>back=20
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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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>etc.=
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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
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>>meeting. (Dan or Jase is doing this for now: I'll do this one? Any 
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>other=20
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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 
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>out.
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>>   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 
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>volunteers.
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>>   5. Next meeting: we'll look at the Seeds for Change doc on 
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>publicity!
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