[OccupyComms] [Occupy London] Re: March Occupy National Conference Proposal

[Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt]

12 days is not really enough time to organise a national meeting is it?

Andria (London)

On 17 March 2012 18:27, tina bakolitsa <tina.bakolitsa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Carlus, all,
>
> There is another national conference in the process of being organised and
> set up by Occupy Southend. This should be announced shortly, i.e. after
> this weekend's GA.
>
> The reason this was not announced earlier is first, because there was no
> wish to clash with the regional conference announced earlier this month
> (Occupy South West) and second, because there were a number of logistical
> issues that needed checking and clearing beforehand.
>
> As far as I am aware, this conference is considered for sometime early-mid
> April (possibly more likely after Easter) but again, it depends on the
> general assembly's decision.
>
> I'm cc'ing Neil from Occupy Southend for reference. Please address any
> further communication to him.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Hudson, Carlus <ch451 at exeter.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone, and solidarity from Occupy Exeter!
>>
>> It doesn’t look like much in the way of a national conference for Occupy
>> is being organised for March after the February one fell through. We’re in
>> a position where we need to organise something in the next couple of weeks
>> or we risk losing the momentum and huge progress we’ve made as a movement
>> in developing ties with each other and better coordinating as Occupy across
>> the UK.
>>
>> I've talked to Symon from Occupy Birmingham, and we'd like to make a
>> joint proposal for Birmingham to host a conference for UK Occupations on
>> the weekend of the 30th March. They have the resources to provide for all
>> the logistical needs of the conference like food and accommodation, and
>> would be delighted to have us all conferencing here!
>>
>> Naturally, if there is already a conference in the works at another UK
>> Occupation, I've talked to Symon and Birmingham will step aside in that
>> situation since it’s more important that we don’t degenerate into bickering
>> over the relatively minor issue of where the conference should be, and when
>> it’s so urgent that we get a conference going as soon as possible.
>>
>> In terms of legitimacy and whether the term ’national conference’
>> accurately applies, if the Birmingham conference goes ahead it will not
>> claim to represent or speak on behalf of any occupations who don’t have any
>> of their members present. The occupations attending will be made clear in a
>> press statement at the end of the conference.
>>
>> Thoughts, everyone?   :)
>>
>> Carlus
>> Occupy Exeter
>
>
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