[Iswg3906.organizers] ISWG Working Group Update - November 3rd / 2013

[Jessica Foran]

Forgot to mention that we can meet at my place, if that works for others. 

See ya then!
j.

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On 2013-11-05, at 5:49 PM, Peter Hopperton <peterhopperton at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sunday is best for me as well! Any thoughts on location?
> 
> -p
> 
> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:51:07 -0500
> From: foran.jessica at gmail.com
> To: iswg3906.organizers at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: Re: [Iswg3906.organizers] ISWG Working Group Update - November 3rd	/ 2013
> 
> Thanks for the update Tony. I will be getting to my tasks in the next day or two, but for now, I could do Sunday at 1. I could also do Sat at 1, but Sunday would be better for me.
> 
> j.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Marguerite Marlin <chiefsteward_tas at cupe3906.org> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> This Sunday at 1pm works great for me, but Saturday the 9th would be okay too.
> 
> Best,
>                Marguerite
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:58 PM, A.R.J. Gracey <graceyar at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> Hello folks:
> 
> Just a quick update about our previous working group discussions on Sunday, October 27th, 2013. It's a bit long, sorry in advance. These are in effect the meeting minutes. 
> 
> (1) The first item we discussed was the group's ongoing budgetary discussions setting out how we can better define budget lines to reflect our group's overall vision and concerns. We talked about prioritizing solidarity actions and donations with local, grassroots groups and organizations that are largely excluded from accessing institutional funding. In prioritizing our efforts, a discussion the group must recognize as being one of ongoing concern and negotiation, we are able to make some distinctions in budgetary and other support requests, providing us with a set of guidelines for decision making. 
> 
> (2) With this in mind, and in the interest in facilitating ongoing relationships with individuals and groups we work with, it was thought that support requests which reflect these qualifications and which speak to how the group seeking support meets them, will help build stronger relationships between ISWG and potential allies. In addition, requests for support should also address two questions guided by the ongoing, negotiated vision for the working group's relationship-building strategies and practices. These two questions which we are asking those requesting our support to answer include: (1) How is this particular kind of work decolonising? (2) How do you envision your actions taking on structures of power such as colonialism and racism? Answering these questions may reveal other ways ISWG could potentially support allies, and it will create spaces for analyzing issues together, to reflect on issues together, ultimately building better relationships between the working group and groups seeking our support.  
> 
> (3) We also talked about potentially creating a web-based presence for our work, building on past discussions of such a presence. 
> 
> (4) We discussed an issue from last meeting regarding a statement and potential actions in regards to missing and murdered Native women in Canada. A public inquiry is needed and we talked about how a statement from the union and potential actions by the working group could support the requests for an inquiry. People at the working group meeting decided it was best to first reach out to people in the community doing such work to gauge what is being done and what work may be in need of support. We wondered if CUPE Ontario or CUPE national had undertaken any work on this issue, and more importantly what organizations and groups within the community may be doing and what kind of support they require.
> 
> (5) Finally, we talked about our ongoing efforts to revisit the workshops that are an integral part of our work. We talked about producing a small pamphlet or piece of literature based on the first workshop hosted by Peter and Devon and the counter-stories or counter-histories they discussed. What would such a document look like if it were tailored for Hamilton specifically and perhaps this region more generally? Would we focus on the Treaties governing this area? Could it perhaps be the first in an ongoing series of resources dedicated to such counter-histories? It would certainly reflect some of the reflections from the workshop, provide questions for future workshops, and function to advertise future workshops.
> 
> In terms of the actual next workshop, we talked about going back to the original idea to focus on Thomas King's 'The Truth About Stories.' We thought it was important to maintain this as the theme to the next workshop because participants would most likely already be familiar with the piece so we decided to move forward with organizing the next workshop based on this theme. In order to do so, we thought it would be best to draft a message to workshop participants to recap just briefly the ideas and events from the first workshop, to remind participants what the second workshop is about, to direct them to the online resources to read prior to the second workshop, and to provide a road-map detailing what the second workshop would entail.     
> 
> The timeline for the workshop would be as follows: (1) Announcement of the workshop would go out next week (November 11th-15th) (2) Summary of 1st workshop and road-map for 2nd workshop the following week (November 18th- 22nd). (3) Final reminders of workshop (Nov 25th-29th) (4) Second ISWG workshop Saturday, November 30th, 1 p.m. at the Artbar Wordbar (primary choice) or some other venue. 
> 
> If you are interested in helping out, please come out to our next ISWG meetings. We are looking to have two meetings before the workshop on the 30th. The first meeting would be either this Saturday, November 9th, at 1 p.m. or Sunday, November 10th, at 1 p.m., and the second would be either Saturday, November 23rd, at 1 p.m. or Sunday, November 24th, at 1 p.m. What days work best for folks? It seems as though a lot of people like the early afternoon on Sundays. Shall we stick with that day and time for now?
> 
> Sorry for the long email. 
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Tony 
> 
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