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

Tue Feb 22 09:59:32 UTC 2011

Hi,

At the moment I can make all these dates

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.

Document Festival | Basement Office | 35 Carnarvon St | Glasgow | G3  
6HP | Scotland | UK
Document is a company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland  
SC157797.

On 21 Feb 2011, at 17:06, Simon Yuill wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for everyone's emails. It's good to see that there is an  
> interest
> in continuing things. Blair - your website has a some fascinating  
> stuff
> on it.
>
> I am still waiting on definite dates from Francis but it looks  
> likely to
> be sometime during the first two weeks of March, most likely  
> options are
> 1st, 2nd, 9th and 10th March. Will keep you posted.
>
> best wishes
> Si
>
>
> Document Film Festival wrote:
>> 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 <http://documentfilmfestival.org/>
>>
>> Document 9 - International Human Rights Documentary Film
>> Festival, Glasgow, October 2011.
>>
>> Document Festival | Basement Office | 35 Carnarvon St | Glasgow | G3
>> 6HP | Scotland | UK
>> Document is a company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland
>> SC157797.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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