[Imc-g8-2005] Re: g8 transport

[justin]

i'll be driving up from london on the 5th and my vehicle will be available
for indymedia use all day on the 6th (i can take people to, around and from
the site back to edinburgh and back to london on the 7th).

my contact number is 07984 426 287

thanks
justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "maqui" <maqui at syndicate.org.uk>
To: "Tom Lord" <duckpants at fastmail.fm>
Cc: <imc-g8-2005 at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: [Imc-g8-2005] Re: g8 transport


> Hello
>
> On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 04:25  pm, Tom Lord wrote:
>
> > At the convergence the other month we had some grandiose plans for
> > transport arrangements which amounted to an Indymedia taxi service.
> > I've
> > not got any impression that there's necessarily any need / use for this
> > so unless people suddenly come up with a fleet of vehicles and drivers,
> > and offer to help co-ordinate this kind of crazy scheme, I'm going to
> > abandon the idea for now and will see what's happening once we're up
> > there.
>
> You are probably right that this 'Indymedia taxi service' only make
> sense to coordinate when there is a clear idea of how many vehicles are
> disposable, and how many drivers will be available which days.
>
> So I agree that this one is probably best coordinating the first
> weekend once up in Edimburgh. What it would be helpful though is to
> keep track (list) of how many vehicles are announced in this and other
> indy lists, together with a contact person when possible.  In any case
> I do think there will be a need for such a 'taxi' service, and that it
> will have to have one or two peeps dedicated to coordinate it.
>
> > If anyone is thinking of bringing a vehicle, it'd be really useful to
> > a)
> > advertise this to other people who may need gear / bodies shifting, and
> > b) insure other drivers on it for the time you're up there.
>
> Well, I was hoping to be able to confirm that some london peeps would
> turn up with a double decker bus, and that this vehicle would be
> dedicated to the indy reporting machine (specially sticking together
> with the satellite truck)
>
> As good as this would have been, today we had the confirmation that it
> won't really happen after all, because this bus has now been booked by
> an 'american band' that needs to carry 'a crew of 25 people' up to
> Scotland (hope are not some Geldof mates! ;)  Besides it also seems now
> that it will not be traveling straight up to Edimburgh but that it will
> stop in Birmingham and somewhere else.
>
> So a few of us tat been planning this one are a bit disappointed right
> now and looking at other alternatives. Some people are mentioning about
> hiring a mini bus/van from london, which then could be added to that
> pool of Indy vehicles.
>
> Let's see what happens, and we will update this list. But any other
> peeps that may drive up from london please shout now or never! :-)
>
> Cheers
> maqui
>
>
>
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