[Wamvan] Fwd: question about WAM

[Frieda Werden]

Dear Joanna,

I wrote Jaclyn and another WAM international member individually with a
general inquiry about how WAM works; I did not post or receive anything from
the WAM list - I don't belong to it at present, although I sometimes see
items from that list that are forwarded to other lists I belong to.  I don't
know if WAM has a policy about not forwarding items, and if they do whether
people who forward items are violating the policy.  However, I'm sure I
haven't received anything defaming anyone or violating confidences, just
various kinds of leads for feminist media and announcements about WAM
activities and media covering WAM.

Not knowing that Jaclyn is on our list, I was careful not to say anything
specific about our chapter in my query; but indeed my question to Jaclyn was
stimulated by an item up for discussion in tomorrow's meeting.  It wasn't
clear to me whether WAMVan was going to try to come up with an
organizational stance on the issue, and I wanted to know whether that would
be something normal for WAM or not.

Apparently it is not.

So, good that a discussion is planned, and good that no organizational
stance will be created and enforced. I just heard that the Ontario Court of
Appeals has upheld the original ruling.



On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Frieda,
>
> Did you forward your communication with Jaclyn to the listserv for a
> particular reason? Did you get her permission to share the correspondence?
>
> I can't speak for WAM international, but at WAM Vancouver, members and
> organizers have a range of opinions on sex work, and our prerogative is not
> to push for consensus. Rather, we'd like to maintain a safer, respectful
> space for the open discussion of feminist issues.
>
> However, we still have core values that we would enforce. For example,
> since WAM international is gender-inclusive, WAM Vancouver will also not
> tolerate discrimination on the basis of gender orientation.
>
> Does that make sense? Please contact me if you have any questions.
>
> You can read more about WAM international's core values here:
> http://www.womenactionmedia.org/about/values/
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jaclyn Friedman <jaclyn at womenactionmedia.org>
>> Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: question about WAM
>> To: Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Ariel Dougherty <arielcamera at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> No, we don't. That's not part of how we work.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Does the international WAM develop and take stands on issues, such as
>>> whether the members should support or oppose either legalization or
>>> abolition of prostitution?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
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