[Bhpbilliton] BHP Alt Annual Report meeting notes and next meeting

[Lrc Davao]

Hi Natalie,
Warm greetings!

I'm already part of the BHP listserve.  Thanks.

Best,

:) jean marie

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Natalie Lowrey <natalie.lowrey at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> It is shame that skype voice failed us in our BHP alt annual report meeting
> but the chat worked surprisingly well. Below are some of the themes and
> ideas that came out of the meeting.
>
> *Next meeting*
> I will set up a freeconference.com call for Wednesday 9 September, 12pm
> Melbourne/Sydney, 10am Manila // Tuesday 8 September, 10pm Ottawa/Philly
> Unfortunately this is really late for London (Wednesday 9 September 3am).
> Are people in London able to have their own meeting and send us notes /
> contributions?
>
> Can you please let me know if you are available for the freeconference.com
> <http://www.freeconference.com>call or if there is anyone that I should
> add to the meeting so I can book it. So far I have confirmation of: Sakura,
> Tanya, Mia, Rod, Nat* ...Who else should be on this list?*
> *Rod,* did you want to invite Jean Marie? I will need her email address so
> I can invite her onto the BHPB elist.
>
> I am sending this email out on the BHPB list we have set p so we can start
> using that, sorry for the cross posting.
> Cheers Nat
>
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> *BHPB Alternative Annual Report 2009
> *Meeting Sunday 30 / Monday 31 August
>
> NB: ... I am sure there were other ideas that slipped past me in the
> frantic but very exciting skype chat
> *
> Who has confirmed what they will be working on?
>
> Coordination of report: *Sakura Saunders with support of Nat, Tanya and
> Mia
> *Australia: *Nat & Mia
> *West Papua: *Jason Macleod
> *Philippines:* Rod & LRC
> *South Africa: *Tanya & Andy
> *Colombia: *Marisol & ??
> *India: *Tanya & Andy
> *Canada:* Tanya is talking to MWC
> *Papua New Guinea: *Nat and Tanya have contacts they are following up
> *Cambodia: *PIPlinks?
> *Peru: *London Mining Network?
> *Other operations*: Guatamala, Botswana, Mongolia, Chile
>
> *Themes / and other ideas for report
> *
>
>    - Community Resistance
>    - Human Rights abuses
>    - Labor issues
>    - Protected Areas
>    - No Go Zones
>    - Mining and Food
>    - Cultural / Sacred Sites
>    - Environment Destruction– water, waste etc.
>    - Displacement of Peoples
>    - Critique on BHP and Sustainable Development
>    - BHP influencing policy - subsidising water and diesel / PNG laws
>    created by BHP
>    - BHP and climate change
>    - Off-Take Agreements
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>    - Timeline of events
>    - Map of Operations
>    - Testimonials (tied in with case studies and themes)
>    - Culture Jamming of BHP's annual reports (YES MEN style)
>    - Set up website like ProtestBarrick.net
>
> *Coordinations of report*
> Nat and tanya will look into Drop.io as a way for people to out up info or
> alternatively Sakura is happy for people to send everything to her gmail
> account which can take big files: sakura.saunders at gmail.com
> *
> NEXT MEETING:*
> Nat to set up freeconference.com
> Wednesday 9 September, 12pm Melbourne/Sydney // 10am Manila // 3am London
> Tuesday 8 September, 10pm Ottawa/Philly
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