Si,<div>I arrived in Scotland 2009, and have been trawling in search of nice people and good ideas to join,</div><div>of which there are many around, I heard about the EC from kevin mcdonagh when I was organising TEDx </div>
<div>as a possible venue, and was delighted to find this community of what seems lovely people </div><div><br></div><div>In addition to the useful work space in central Glasgow, and the nice facilities, I find this mailing list invaluable,</div>
<div>in the sense that it does not suppress nor censors free speech, as unfortunately other lists do</div><div>for one reason or another, and contributes immensely to free flow of information, which is what society lacks</div>
<div>despite the existence of technologies</div><div><br></div><div>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</div><div>to open information flow</div>
<div><br></div><div>Count on me for anything to make sure EC has an independent sustainable future, I hope you ll stick around</div><div>even with limited time avail, and thank you and the others for setting EC and running it so lovingly</div>
<div><br></div><div>With so many new members, you should not have a problem finding teams willing to take care of things</div><div><br></div><div>Let us know how can we help anytime</div><div><br></div><div>PDM</div><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Simon Yuill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org">simon@lipparosa.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I had a meeting with Francis McKee, CCA Director, last night. Initially<br>
the meeting was to ask if Electron Club would be willing to have the<br>
Camcorder Guerillas join us. They are a film-making group also based in<br>
CCA. They are in need of a new space as they have had their funding<br>
reduced and can no longer afford the space they rent.<br>
<br>
They would primarily be using the Electron Club space during the daytime<br>
rather than evenings so this should not interfere with any of the current<br>
groups already in the space. So basically they would be using the space on<br>
the same basis as groups such as Document and the Drouth magazine.<br>
<br>
We also discussed the Electron Club broadband. It has turned out that the<br>
cause of the increased traffic on our broadband account was due to the CCA<br>
patching in an open access wifi point to the Electron Club ADSL modem by<br>
mistake. CCA have agreed to refund us the full cost of the excess charges<br>
we have incurred as a result of this and will shift the wifi point to<br>
their own broadband.<br>
<br>
Lastly he has offered to have a meeting with Electron Club members to get<br>
a better idea of who is involved and find out if people want use of other<br>
facilities in CCA (such as the cinema etc). He is very keen to continue<br>
supporting the Electron Club.<br>
<br>
This is important as I will be leaving the Electron Club. I have helped<br>
with the running of the space for the past 4 years but my current<br>
commitments are making it increasingly harder for me to put in the time.<br>
For the space to continue it is essential that other people take over the<br>
things I have been responsible for. This includes liaising with CCA,<br>
dealing with new members and requests to use the space, managing the<br>
website and mailing lists, and our broadband account. It's not a huge<br>
amount of work but it is necessary. What I would suggest is that these<br>
tasks are shared out between a number of people and that a working group<br>
or committee is set up to handle this and manage the space overall. This<br>
would allow the Electron Club to become constituted, set up a bank<br>
account, apply for funding, etc - if that is what people want. Given that<br>
a number of other people already make a significant input into organising<br>
and running other aspects of the space, this is really just an expansion<br>
of the way we run already.<br>
<br>
This is a good opportunity for people who would like to do more with the<br>
space. People can either continue running the space under its existing<br>
principles or see this as a chance to redefine the space, even change its<br>
name, whatever. The only conditions would be that it continues to be open,<br>
free to use and support self-organised activities, as the CCA supports the<br>
Electron Club based on this ethos.<br>
<br>
For people who want to take this on, I am willing to help out with the<br>
transition, show people what needs done, etc.<br>
<br>
Francis is going to get back to me with some suggested dates for a meeting<br>
which will be on a weekday evening, and I will pass these onto the list.<br>
<br>
<br>
best wishes<br>
Si<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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