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

[Martin McGrath]

Hey Simon,

Thanks for all your hard work over the years. I'd be keen to attend such a
meeting.

Cheers

Martin

On 18 February 2011 12:27, 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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