Skip to content or view screen version

ESF organising comitee meeting 2moro

fwd | 28.01.2004 12:33 | European Social Forum | London

David Holland from the Greater London Authority invites organisations which have agreed to affiliate to the Organising Committee for a meeting of the UK Organising Committee to host the ESF.
I suppose that all those already involved in some ESF workgroups will be welcome.

Thursday 29 January, 6.30pm, Committee Room 2, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA.






Dear Friend,

there will be a meeting of the UK Organising Committee to host the
European Social Forum on Thursday 29 January, at 6.30pm, in Committee Room 2, at
City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA.

National and regional organisations which have agreed to affiliate to
the Organising Committee are invited to send one representative to this meeting.

I apologise for the short notice given for this meeting, but a number of organisations have indicated that they would like a meeting as soon as possible which can work out a longer term cycle of meetings.

David Holland
Greater London Authority
Manager European and International Affairs

fwd

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

Lets get this straight...

28.01.2004 14:50

The European Social Forum, that is meant to be grass root network based on consensus and open decision making, his now being run by a 'committee' which gives one day notice of mid-week meetings only open to one delegate each from organisations. Oh, and they have to turn up with £50 minimum or they don't get in. And whose announcing this? A flunkie for Ken Livingston, who recently rejoined the governing party in the UK and voiced his support for the chancellor's economic strategy.

This follows an ESF meeting on Saturday that was one of the most blatant stich-ups I have ever been to. All World Social Forum guidelines were ignored, a chair imposed without consensus, a 'proposal' put that could not be amended, no consensus or even vote taken, and the meeting stopped early to avoid discussion. People objecting to this were called 'loonies', 'mentally ill' and told 'you can leave if you don't like it.'

SWP - donja just luv 'em?

I must be a crazy wild anarchist I suppose

How the hell?

28.01.2004 15:18

How the hell am I supposed to get to this from outside of London? I work 9-5 and need to have time to prepare for this. Is this transparent, inclusive organisation? No - its exclusive, at the behest of those who would turn this event into a big jamboree rather than a step towards creating a new world. This event is supposed to represent all of the European movement; if those who live in England can't even get to the meetings in time things are looking VERY bad indeed.

ZZ
- Homepage: http://www.agp.org

GLA?

28.01.2004 19:01

Hmm...the Greater London Authority as the mouthpiece for the ESF. Who decided on that one?

Josh

Olympic Social Entreprise Forum

28.01.2004 21:19


In comparison to the previous ESF events, this is a model of transparency. You now know who is running it - Ken Livingstone - and you should know what to expect. It will be used to promote the New Livingstone agenda.

So why complain? And more important, why would anyone want to participate?

...