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<P>I think it'd be well worth seeing about that. And if WWOB is just some sort of front, the public support for this campaign from pretty much every section of Sheffield society is so huge that they'll have little choice but to democratise. Anyone could just organise public meetings and that, and create a proper democratic alternative.<BR>Edward<BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>ssf-request@lists.aktivix.org</I><BR>Reply-To: <I>ssf@lists.aktivix.org</I><BR>To: <I>ssf@lists.aktivix.org</I><BR>Subject: <I>ssf Digest, Vol 17, Issue 4</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:00:28 GMT</I><BR>>Send ssf mailing list submissions to<BR>> ssf@lists.aktivix.org<BR>><BR>>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/ssf<BR>>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> ssf-request@lists.aktivix.org<BR>><BR>>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> ssf-owner@lists.aktivix.org<BR>><BR>>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>>than "Re: Contents of ssf digest..."<BR>><BR>><BR>>Today's Topics:<BR>><BR>> 1. 'We want
our buses back'' lobby: wed 12-2.00pm t/hall<BR>> (dave thompson)<BR>><BR>><BR>>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>>Message: 1<BR>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:04:32 -0800 (PST)<BR>>From: dave thompson <mpower0@yahoo.com><BR>>Subject: [ssf] 'We want our buses back'' lobby: wed 12-2.00pm t/hall<BR>>To: ssf@lists.aktivix.org<BR>>Message-ID: <20051206140432.34084.qmail@web51301.mail.yahoo.com><BR>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1<BR>><BR>>hi,<BR>>There is a protest/lobby at the T/hall tommorrow, its<BR>>the full council meeting and it could have quite an<BR>>impact.<BR>><BR>>btw, i would like to know how open WWOBB is and if it<BR>>is democratic/inclusive, and not any kind of front<BR>><BR>>dan
t<BR>><BR>>fwd<BR>><BR>>'We want our buses back'' lobby: wed 12-2.00pm t/hall<BR>><BR>>This is an update from WWOBB...<BR>><BR>>The protest march against First’s fare rises held on<BR>>Saturday 19th November was a big success with around<BR>>300 people on the demonstration which received a<BR>>supportive response from the public. We now have a<BR>>membership, email and address list of over 100.<BR>><BR>>Following that on Monday 21st, Calvin, representing<BR>>WWOBB, appeared on the Radio Sheffield debate about<BR>>the future of Sheffield’s buses, and was supported by<BR>>several members of the studio audience.<BR>><BR>>The next protest is a Lobby of the Sheffield city<BR>>council meeting on Wednesday 7th December. The lobby<BR>>will be held outside the Town Hall from 12md-2pm with<BR>>a stall, leaflets and
petitions, banner and placards,<BR>>and megaphone. At the council meeting, WWOBB will<BR>>present another 3000+ signatures calling for the<BR>>council to take action over re-regulation and<BR>>re-nationalisation, and will get the opportunity to<BR>>speak for a few minutes. WWOBB supporters should be<BR>>able to sit in the public gallery to support our<BR>>speaker. I hope you will be able to attend part or all<BR>>of the lobby. The leaflet is attached if you want to<BR>>print some off, or contact us for more.<BR>><BR>>As part of the build up to the lobby, WWOBB<BR>>campaigners will be collecting more signatures and<BR>>conducting a public ballot in the city centre on<BR>>Saturday 3rd December from 12-3pm outside the Town<BR>>Hall. We’re hoping to run several stalls to collect up<BR>>to 1000 votes in our ballot on the future of
Sheffield<BR>>bus services (ie keep de-regulation, or re-regulate,<BR>>and/or return to public ownership?). We’ll take the<BR>>results of these to the council meeting on Wednesday<BR>>as well as to the press and media to get more<BR>>coverage. Again any help would be appreciated.<BR>><BR>>Hope to see you on Saturday and the 7th,<BR>><BR>>steve<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>__________________________________________<BR>>Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about.<BR>>Just $16.99/mo. or less.<BR>>dsl.yahoo.com<BR>><BR>><BR>>------------------------------<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>ssf mailing list<BR>>ssf@lists.aktivix.org<BR>>http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/ssf<BR>><BR>><BR>>End of ssf Digest, Vol 17, Issue 4<BR>>**********************************<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>