another wasted opportunity
demolitionred, 22 Aug 2006 19:10:18
the deadlines have passed for organising an official fringe meeting at the upcoming party conferences.
While it may still be worth orgnaising our own meeting and at least leafletting the conferences etc, etc, since almost no-one has come forward to help, this doesn't look likely to happen either.
doulos, 26 Aug 2006 22:01:47
I am happy to help but I need a little more explanation of what
exactly these meetings are, how this system of fringe meetings works
and what we can actually achieve realistically. I consider myself
quite political involved and interested but I really had no idea about
these fringe meetings. I thought party conferences were just a place
for backstabbing if your party wasnt in power and grandstanding with
crap new "rejuvenating" policies when it is. Can outsiders really get
involved (without large corporate checkbooks)?
On 8/22/06, demolitionred@yahoo.com wrote:
> the deadlines have passed for organising an official fringe meeting at the upcoming party conferences.
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demolitionred, 28 Aug 2006 18:00:36
Have you ever been to NUS conference?
mmm. at conference, there are official speeches, meetings of the differnt groups within the parties and official fringe meetings (normally hopsted by favoured pressure groups) and unofficial fringe meetings -- a chance (maybe slim) of making politicians and party members, other groups aware of your group and your campaign.
we cannot do an official fringe meeting. we have to decide whethEr leafletting, doing a demo, hosting an unoffical fringe meeting or some other tactic (hosting a meeting neaRBY AND INVITING THE PRESS) IS FRUITFUL...
shimmer, 03 Sep 2006 10:44:28
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, 03 Sep 2006 10:44:28
> the deadlines have passed for organising an official fringe meeting at the
upcoming party conferences.
>
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> While it may still be worth orgnaising our own meeting and at least
leafletting the conferences etc, etc, since almost no-one has come forward
to help, this doesn't look likely to happen either.
Unfortuantely I won't be able to say what i am doing until i come back from
the hospital on Thursday. :o(
shimmer{S}
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Paul C. Dickie, 06 Sep 2006 23:10:04
In message ,
doulos wrote:
>I am happy to help but I need a little more explanation of what
>exactly these meetings are, how this system of fringe meetings works
>and what we can actually achieve realistically. I consider myself
>quite political involved and interested but I really had no idea about
>these fringe meetings. I thought party conferences were just a place
>for backstabbing if your party wasnt in power and grandstanding with
>crap new "rejuvenating" policies when it is. Can outsiders really get
>involved (without large corporate checkbooks)?
Yes.
They can heckle a 'government' minister and thus get arrested for an
alleged offence contrary to one or other of the terrorism acts.
Such is 'freedom of speech' in the United Blairdom of Great Britain.
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demolitionred, 07 Sep 2006 06:43:05
no. we tried to get official fringe status...now we have athe option of being unofficial fringe (holding our own meeting, timetabling it so its exciting to hacks) or we can get party faithful, sympathisers to ask questions at sensible points during conference, distribute material etc...
or we can try and piggy back on other fringe groups or groups within the party...