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

Mon Feb 21 11:56:20 UTC 2011

Hi Simon,

Thanks for info. Will come along to meeting and well done for the  
past 4 years!!!!

Cheers

Paula
Paula Larkin
Coordinator
Document Festival

tel: 00 44 141 332 9311
http://documentfilmfestival.org

Document 9 - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival,  
Glasgow, October 2011.

On 18 Feb 2011, at 12:27, Simon Yuill 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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