[Spotykach] conference date & ESF

[Katrin]

hi Harald,

that is indeed a problem, a lot of people go to the BUKO I seem to 
remember, what do the others think?

Katrin xx

Harald Gloede wrote:

>Dear Katrin,
>
>concerning your proposal I would like to inform you (and all the
>others) about other meetings that will take place in Berlin:
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>From 25. - 28. of May there will be the BUKO (Bundeskongreß
>Internationalismus) Conference in Berlin, a meeting with 500 to 800
>people from groups with different political background, anti racist,
>international solidarity refugees and migrants and others.
>
>Perhaps there will be also an event in the Mehringhof (where the EYFA
>conference should take place too) called "Linke Buchtage" (Meeting of
>left wing editors) at the end of May, but I`m not sure with this date.
>It has to be asked in the Mehringhof Office.
>
>With best wishes from cold Berlin and hope to see you once again
>
>Harald
>
>K> Dear all,
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>K> Conference dates
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>K> here at EYFA we have discussed the dates of the conference in more 
>K> detail and came to the conclusion that the original dates which we 
>K> mentioned in the funding application (18-25 April) firstly were too 
>K> close for us to the European Social Forum (6-9 April) because we are 
>K> attending and organising meetings there and starting to organise a 
>K> campaign from April onwards. The ESF dates were not decided at the point
>K> of application so we just had to give some date we thought fitted and 
>K> which was within the project dates of the funder which end on 30 June 
>K> (European Youth Foundation (EYF), Council of Europe). Further, Olga (our
>K> local organiser!) expressed her wishes to set the date of the meeting as
>K> late as possible, but end of June was not possible because we couldn't
>K> include the follow up in the final funding report (reader etc). Also, 
>K> Ecotopia is set in the first week of August and preparation work in EYFA
>K> office starts quite early for that, so 30 June is too late for EYFA 
>K> office as well.
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>K> I have therefore asked the EYF to change the conference dates to
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>K> Wednesday 24th to Tuesday 30th May 2006
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>K> I hope that all of you have understanding for the fact that we had to go
>K> ahead with these changes without cross-checking with everyone on the 
>K> list about their personal agendas, it would have been impossible really
>K> to find one week that suited everyone. Please put these dates in your 
>K> agenda so we all have the pleasure of your necessary participation and
>K> input in this long-awaited event:)
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>K> However, we would also like to hear from you if there are any 
>K> INSURMOUNTABLE obstacles to your attending this conference because of 
>K> these dates. We will do anything we can to make it possible for as many
>K> people as possible to come.
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>K> ESF
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>K> We have heard there has been a debate on changing the original dates of
>K> the European Social Forum, which were decided to be 6-9 April in 
>K> Instanbul at their last meeting. Sara who works in EYFA office and is on
>K> all the ESF lists reported that a meeting in Florence where many ESF 
>K> groups were present talked about changing these dates to end of May, but
>K> we hope that this will not be the case because it would clash with our
>K> conference, amongst others. Until there has been no official ESF date 
>K> change we will therefore continue planning an interaction of people and
>K> content between the ESF and the Est-West meeting in Berlin, counting on
>K> the ESF to take place well before the Berlin conference.
>
>K> For this it would be good to know if any of you were planning to go to
>K> the ESF? EYFA wants to take part in the autonomous space in the ESF next
>K> year, the local organisation is not that far yet for us to be able to 
>K> arrange accomodation or programme I think, but we want to be present in
>K> any case.
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>K> I thought it would be good to present East-West issues at the ESF, I 
>K> heard the ESF has its own debate on these issues and it would be useful
>K> if these could be presented in turn at the meeting in Berlin. E.g. how
>K> do political activists assess and deal with the differences in political
>K> history and current economic adn political circumstances and different
>K> political culture? What are the attempts to overcome these differences
>K> (if any) and formulate a common (not homogenised), anti-capitalist (?)
>K> goal for the future without falling into old party communist rhetoric?
>K> These questions are being debated within western Euroepan circles at 
>K> every European network meeting, be it the former noborder network, the
>K> Euromayday network, the frassanito network, you name it. National 
>K> differences always play an issue with regard to political practice. 
>K> Because East-West meetings are not so common because of visa, language,
>K> historical ties etc., these debates have not moved as far between 
>K> Eastern and western European groups, how do we plan to bring them 
>K> forward (if this is what we want?)
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>K> These are just a few questions that come to my mind, there are 
>K> definately more, but whatever they are, I think we should use the energy
>K> and opponrtunities of the ESF to exchange experiences and inspire debate.
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>K> So who's planning to go and interested in linking the two meetings?
>
>K> take care and warm greetings from an increasingly cold and grey Amsterdam,
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>K> Katrin xx
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>Harald Gloede
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