The Meeting
Graham Marsden, 10 Sep 2005 18:40:58
For those of us who were unable to get to the meeting, any chance of
someone posting a quick precis of what went on and what was discussed/
agreed?
Cheers,
Graham.
adrian, 10 Sep 2005 19:23:43
At 18:42 10/09/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>For those of us who were unable to get to the meeting, any chance of
>someone posting a quick precis of what went on and what was discussed/
>agreed?
>
We're getting a full transcript prepared and I also took note-form minutes
so an 'official record' will go up. I've got other things to do on the
site before that, maybe other people who were there have comments they
could post.
Graham Marsden, 10 Sep 2005 19:57:27
Adrian wrote:
> At 18:42 10/09/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>For those of us who were unable to get to the meeting, any chance of
>>someone posting a quick precis of what went on and what was discussed/
>>agreed?
>
> We're getting a full transcript prepared and I also took note-form minutes
> so an 'official record' will go up. I've got other things to do on the
> site before that, maybe other people who were there have comments they
> could post.
Ok, thanks for the update.
demolitionred, 10 Sep 2005 21:48:28
Tonight's meeting at the Conway Hall was well attended, I thought, especially considering the transport problems caused by heavy rain and flooding. I know that Demred will report on the proceedings as soon as possible so I will just say that a fair number of organisations including Spanner Trust, Feminists Against Censorship, The Libertarian Alliance, Campaign Against Censorship, SM Dykes and SM Pride sent representatives who spoke to the meeting.
Individuals also spoke as the debate was widened. After a break, 'working parties' formed to discuss action on topics such as press activity, education, research etc and it was agreed that a further meeting should be arranged as soon as a suitable venue and date were found.
Further information on the proceedings of the meeting, future action and the time/place of the next meeting will be posted in the various online-forums and by email etc., to those who left their contact details with Demred and Ishmael who hosted and chaired the meeting.
I'm glad that Cho and I were able to go along as some of our questions on the consultation document and the consultation process were answered.
A number of IC members were there so it was a pleasure to put some faces to names. Manniq won support for his proposal (discussed on a recent thread here) to organise an exhibition of images which would illustrate the problem inherent in the consultation documents descriptors; what exactly would be legally permissable to view and what would not under the proposed legislation. Uncle Whippity and others spoke eloquently yet clearly.
This broad (and personal) report would have arrived onscreen much earlier had we not returned home to discover that the electricity had run out... necessitating a late night trip out to a not-very-local garage to charge the key.
Thanks and admiration to demred and all others who got this meeting and a fast-growing campaign up and running in a very short period of time. And my hopes of a successful outcome for all who believe in freedom of expression [b]and[/b] in only well-considered, properly drawn legislation rather than knee-jerk, self-contradictory and vague nonsense.
Lika
Lifted from IC. Thanks Lika
demolitionred, 10 Sep 2005 21:51:29
A few points:
We were advised the propsals could be thrown out on procedural grounds.
We were advised that anonymos submissions to the consultation process will be recognised and valid.
We were told group submissions carry a lot of weight as well -- especially positive as we have support from melonfarmers, SM Pride, SM Bis, the Union of sex workers, Spanner, Ofwatch, SMDykes South East and London, Unfettered, the SFC, FAC, the Libertarian Alliance, the Campaign against Censorship and others.
SM pride also said they would consult their regional team about the possibilty of meetings/actions outsied of the capital -- which I think will be a relief for all of those of you that are fortunate to live out of the big smoke.
(corrected after clarification-- my enthusiasm running away with me again)
one major concern was that Manniq suggested that there is a risk this could be rushed througha sa private members bill so we do have to be prepared for a swift, sharp campaign.
we also started to group into working groups. So far these are called education, lobbying, press and research.
we agreed to have another meeting in 10-14 days time in London.
*** This message has been edited by demolitionred on 12 Sep 2005 06:27:42 ***
clare, 01 Oct 2005 00:17:01
Sorry but I can't find a summary of what was decided at the meeting, what the working groups are and who is in them, what they are working towards, any summary of the campaign plan. Has the petition been dropped? I see no mention of it in recent postings.
Author wrote:
> For those of us who were unable to get to the meeting, any chance of
> someone posting a quick precis of what went on and what was discussed/
> agreed?
> Cheers,
> Graham.