[Wamvan] Fwd: question about WAM

[Frieda Werden]

I was only inquiring about the international position, in order to get some
context.  I did not know you were on this list, Jaclyn, and given that this
chapter's highest priority seems to be confidentiality, I didn't feel it
would be OK to reveal anything about chapter business.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Jaclyn Friedman <
jaclyn at womenactionmedia.org> wrote:

> Just to be clear, chapters are free to operate how they like, as long as
> they are in accordance with our values. If WAM!Vancouver wants to take
> positions on issues WAM! as a whole doesn't take positions on, that's fine,
> as long as it doesn't conflict with our core values. It would have been both
> considerate and helpful to know why you were asking, and where my answer was
> going, so I could have given you the actual information you need.
>
> -Jaclyn
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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