From vancouverparecon at resist.ca Tue Jun 16 07:25:10 2009 From: vancouverparecon at resist.ca (vancouverparecon at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Van-Parecon] updates & events Message-ID: <11259416e486272426a946c7e657019b.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Greetings Everyone! The Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective is pleased to bring you news of upcoming events and opportunities to check us out, get information or get involved! ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR This Saturday, June 20th the Vancouver Parecon Collective will be at the Vancouver Anarchist Book Fair. This is a great opportunity to check out the variety of information tables, talk to anarchist community organizations, participate in a workshop, and of course there will be lots of great books. For more information check out their website: vancouveranarchistbookfair.ca When: Friday & Saturday June 19th & 20th (we will only have a table there on the 20th) Where: The Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Av PARECON SOCIAL There will be a Participatory Economics social on July 8th. The purpose is to give folks the opportunity to meet other like minded individuals, talk about ongoing projects, ask questions, look at some different materials, and have a discussion. Where: Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver When: Wednesday July 8th Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm MEETINGS ****Our regularly scheduled meeting for Tuesday June 16th has been CANCELLED.**** Our July meeting schedule is also being changed due to the shifting nature of our collective member's schedules. More information to follow very shortly! The plan however, is to have a regularly scheduled meeting once a month combined with a discussion of a specific topic through the participatory economics lens. Have any ideas to start us off? As always we enjoy hearing from you. Comments and suggestions are always wecome! P.S...we are working on updating the website, anyone particularly interested in contributing to that project should feel free to contact us!