[ELECTRON] broadband + Camcorder Guerillas + future of Electron Club

[Paola Di Maio]

Si,
I arrived in Scotland 2009, and have been trawling in search of nice people
and good ideas to join,
of which there are many around, I heard about the EC from kevin mcdonagh
when I was organising TEDx
as a possible venue, and was delighted to find this community of what seems
lovely people

In addition to the useful work space in central Glasgow, and the nice
facilities, I find this mailing list invaluable,
in the sense that it does not suppress nor censors free speech, as
unfortunately other lists do
for one reason or another, and contributes immensely to free flow of
information, which is what society lacks
despite the existence of technologies

I do not plan to be in Scotland forever, and I do not use the room much, but
find the mailing list of strategic importance
to open information flow

Count on me for anything to make sure EC has an independent sustainable
future, I hope you ll stick around
even with limited time  avail, and thank you and the others for setting EC
and running it so lovingly

With so many new members, you should not have a problem finding teams
willing to take care of things

Let us know how can we help anytime

PDM



On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had a meeting with Francis McKee, CCA Director, last night. Initially
> the meeting was to ask if Electron Club would be willing to have the
> Camcorder Guerillas join us. They are a film-making group also based in
> CCA. They are in need of a new space as they have had their funding
> reduced and can no longer afford the space they rent.
>
> They would primarily be using the Electron Club space during the daytime
> rather than evenings so this should not interfere with any of the current
> groups already in the space. So basically they would be using the space on
> the same basis as groups such as Document and the Drouth magazine.
>
> We also discussed the Electron Club broadband. It has turned out that the
> cause of the increased traffic on our broadband account was due to the CCA
> patching in an open access wifi point to the Electron Club ADSL modem by
> mistake. CCA have agreed to refund us the full cost of the excess charges
> we have incurred as a result of this and will shift the wifi point to
> their own broadband.
>
> Lastly he has offered to have a meeting with Electron Club members to get
> a better idea of who is involved and find out if people want use of other
> facilities in CCA (such as the cinema etc). He is very keen to continue
> supporting the Electron Club.
>
> This is important as I will be leaving the Electron Club. I have helped
> with the running of the space for the past 4 years but my current
> commitments are making it increasingly harder for me to put in the time.
> For the space to continue it is essential that other people take over the
> things I have been responsible for. This includes liaising with CCA,
> dealing with new members and requests to use the space, managing the
> website and mailing lists, and our broadband account. It's not a huge
> amount of work but it is necessary. What I would suggest is that these
> tasks are shared out between a number of people and that a working group
> or committee is set up to handle this and manage the space overall. This
> would allow the Electron Club to become constituted, set up a bank
> account, apply for funding, etc -  if that is what people want. Given that
> a number of other people already make a significant input into organising
> and running other aspects of the space, this is really just an expansion
> of the way we run already.
>
> This is a good opportunity for people who would like to do more with the
> space. People can either continue running the space under its existing
> principles or see this as a chance to redefine the space, even change its
> name, whatever. The only conditions would be that it continues to be open,
> free to use and support self-organised activities, as the CCA supports the
> Electron Club based on this ethos.
>
> For people who want to take this on, I am willing to help out with the
> transition, show people what needs done, etc.
>
> Francis is going to get back to me with some suggested dates for a meeting
> which will be on a weekday evening, and I will pass these onto the list.
>
>
> best wishes
> Si
>
>
>
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