[FS-UK-announce] Events, T-shirts, CD's, Chumbawamba and a Treasurer - Minutes of IRC Meeting

[Julian T. J. Midgley]

Minutes of IRC Meeting held Wednesday 22 August at 2000
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Present:

DanAck
HuskyDog == rs
Ronan == Ronan2
Timothy
gerry
jtjm
matt|m
timothy == micky15
mk270 == mk270a
philh

Almost completely different set of nicks to last week, which is
encouraging ;-)

Unexpurgated logs at:
http://www.xenoclast.org/freesklyarov/irc_logs/sklyarov-uk_20010822.txt



Cambridge Leafletting Event: 25 August 1300 - Lion Yard
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This will go ahead as planned.  All are welcome.  Cambridge crowd
especially encouraged to attend.

Theme: raising awareness of EUCD issues.

Leaflets: Julian Midgley finishing one off - will publish it asap.

Placards: Dan Ackroyd to bring a couple up from London.

Maps: will be published on website and mailing list asap.

Post event - retire to one of many convenient hostelrys - details
later ;-)


US Embassy Protest: 30 August - London & Edinburgh
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Similarly - this will go ahead as planned.

Assemble Hyde Park Corner 1245-1315 - move up to US Embassy to arrive
at 1330.

Theme: Pro-Dmitry, with hint of EUCD - Dmitry's arraignment hearing
will be held on the same day- the US protesters are holding a series
of large protests, and will be attending the hearing in San Jose.

Leaflets:  Julian Midgley & Jason Clifford.  JTJM to contact James
           Boyle to see if he will let us use excerpts from his piece
           on the DMCA.

Placards: Dan Ackyroyd and Gerry Magennis (plus anyone else who can
          lend a hand - contact Dan if you can help out)

Press Releases and Liaison: Julian Midgley

Maps: will be up on website asap.

Post event: Suggestions for good pub to retire to afterwards very
welcome.


Other business discussed
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Timothy Baldwin offered to try to get a statement of public support
from Chumbawamba via contacts of his, and also to be point of contact
for Leeds University.

Julian Midgley's meeting with Caspar Bowden was briefly discussed. FIPR
keen to find volunteers to fill the roles posted on Tuesday.  If you
know anyone who might be interested, drop Julian an email and he'll
send you a short snappy introduction to the FIPR you can use to whet
their appetite.

Lars Gaarden (founder of eurorights.org) is keen to ensure some degree
of resource-sharing and co-ordination across Europe.  JTJM is
expecting delegation of uk.eurorights.org shortly.  cfdr.eu.org has
already been acquired.

Matt MacLeod volunteered to assist Ronan in Edinburgh.

Gerry Magennis had great idea for viral marketing handouts - CDs (or
CD business cards) with copies of the DMCA song (ideally sung by a
choir- to be supplied by Martin Keegan) and background info on the
DMCA, EUCD, and Campaign for Digital Rights, etc.  JTJM to follow up.

Gerry and Martin Keegan both know cartoonists, and agreed to find out
if said cartoonists would be willing to come up with something- could
be useful to have strong images for T-shirts, website,
banners/leaflets.

Gerry's CD idea prompted JTJM to suggest we get some T-shirts
printed.  Cue long discussion on ideas for T-shirts.  Best ones
below.  This is worth following up on the mailing list - if anyone can
take one of these (or an idea of your own), and come up with a
complete design for a T-shirt, we'll go ahead and get some printed.

  "You are not allowed to read this T Shirt"
  "Mummy, why are they taking our VCR?"
  "DAER SIHT TRIHS - GO TO JAIL"
    which unfortunately has a dyslexic counterpart (nice idea, needs work):
  "DEAR SHIT TRISH - GO TO JAIL"
  "Pay to view. Pay to listen. Pay to read."
  "detpyrcne si trihs-T sihT"
  DeCSS source code with "This shirt is illegal in the USA, and will
    be here soon" above it (or some snappier variant)
  "EUCD means NO CD"
  "DON'T TAKE OUR VCRs"
  "First they came for the CDs, but I didn't speak up cause i had no CD;
  then they came for the VCRs, but I didn't speak up, for I had no VCR,
  then they came for the compilers (etc)"

Talk of funding T-shirts, banners and leaflets gave rise to a brief
discussion on donations, setting up a bank account and appointing a
treasurer.  Volunteers for the treasurer position are welcome -
contact JTJM if you have previous experience and would be willing to
manage funds for the campaign.




I've probably missed something important - if so, just bring it up on
the mailing list.


-- 
Julian T. J. Midgley                    http://www.xenoclast.org
Cambridge, England.                       PGP Key ID: 0xBCC7863F
UK Free Dmitry Protest:              http://uk.freesklyarov.org/