[Imc-wales] uk network meeting in Wales?

[Hywel Bishop]

i agree that given that we've had a cymru-imc meeting in cardiff 
already that it would be best to have the next one somewhere else but 
the proposal we need to discuss here is whether the next UK wide 
meeting could be held somewhere in wales. having it in aber would be 
great, although there might be some resistance from some ppl given 
the distance, but this to me is in no way a reason to not have it 
there.

in terms of the timing of the gathering i suppose this would be 
largely up to the group / part of wales that hosts the event. so if 
it was in aber those in aber organising the event would set the time. 
that said, from what i can gather, there is a reasonably urgent need 
to have a meeting so ideally this would happen this side of xmas. 

id love a few days in aber!! anyone in aber up for this? do it, do 
it, do it!!! 

pob hwyl
hywel

On 27 Sep 2007 at 12:16, Mair wrote:

> Hia Hywel / Helo Hywel and all
> 
> Mair yma o Gaernarfon, da i ddeud helo!
> 
> It's mair here from Caernarfon. I wasn't able to get to the last meeting in 
> Cardiff but ive been following everything on the network and am hoping to be 
> able to get to the next 'get together'.
> 
> Is there any idea of when it's going to be as that would help me clarify my 
> thinking about where is best?
> 
> I agree it would be better to have the meeting in Wales, im just wondering 
> if the next meeting could be in Mid Wales, say Aberystwyth as our meetings 
> will then have been held in three different areas of Wales, a good thing in 
> itself to get people from the different communities involved, i guess? There 
> might have been a meeting in Aber that i missed!
> 
> Yr eiddoch yn gywir / Yours sincerely
> 
> Mair
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hywel Bishop" <bishoph1 at Cardiff.ac.uk>
> To: <imc-wales at lists.indymedia.org>; "ana" <anap at riseup.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Imc-wales] uk network meeting in Wales?
> 
> 
> > hi all
> >
> > i agree with ana that a gathering somewhere in wales could be a v
> > good thing for us as a new collective. we'd all get a better
> > understanding of how indymeida currently operates and it could push
> > us forward as a collective.
> >
> > an important issue we'd need to think about is the fact that as a
> > collective we're spread out over a wide geographical area, which
> > would probably mean that the organisation would fall to groups(s) in
> > one of the areas (north, mid, south) where members of the collective
> > live.
> >
> > how do ppl in south wales feel about hosting the gathering? we could
> > do it in the pad (although its small) and from informal chats ive had
> > with others in the area we might be in a position to house between 15-
> > 20 (maybe more?). pad has no internet access at the present, but im
> > sure some of those who'd come would make it there mission to sort
> > this out, so that would be a bonus.
> >
> > is there enough energy, given other commitment (we've all got loads,
> > i know) in south wales for this? if not cardiff, where? suggestions?
> > i do think that it shouldn't be in london, again, again...
> >
> > cheers
> > xx hywel
> >
> > On 25 Sep 2007 at 17:00, ana wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I had an informal conversation with one of you lot in the camp ;)
> >>
> >> The imc uk network needs a gathering/meeting soon, and it looks like it
> >> will be in London (again) unless there is an offer from somewhere else...
> >>
> >> Having it in London is really not the best option because of the
> >> centralisation issue and also for the long distances that people need to
> >> travel to come. We have always tried to have them up north.
> >>
> >> Hosting it in Wales could potentially give a lot of energy to this
> >> collective, so how about it? The issue of accommodation, I also spoke to
> >> some other people in the camp and I think we can manage in people's
> >> friends' friend's houses (or something like that).
> >>
> >> Can we have a discussion here and decide for a yes or a no, then send
> >> something to the uk-network list?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any consideration :)
> >>
> >> ana
> >> ldn
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