Hello All, Thought people might interested in some articles on American radical politics that I recently posted to the unofficial Socialist Standard page on...
Any other branches displeased with the way the EC Minutes are presented.? JB...
John Bissett
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Jul 4, 2006 12:25 pm
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If the book sale goes ahead as proposed , i would seriously consider the prices asked for the books and tapes . I know a number of comrades may disagree , but...
alan johnstone
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Jul 4, 2006 12:44 pm
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There's nothing wrong with the EC Minutes. Remember we're not a professional organisation - we've got limited time and resources. ... From:...
Moss H.
H.Moss@...
Jul 4, 2006 12:45 pm
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Greetings. ... Yes, which is why we must consider the tradeoff between the time it takes to write the minutes and the time it takes to read them. If a little ...
HOWARD wrote: There's nothing wrong with the EC Minutes. Remember we're not a professional organisation - we've got limited time and resources. JOHN asked: Any...
Thanks, Gwynn, my toes are okay and the constructive criticism of the minutes is accepted in the manner in which it was made. From my own experience of...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 5, 2006 2:15 pm
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... From: "John Bissett" <johnbissett@...> To: <spintcom@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [spintcom] Re: South...
Julian Vein
julianvein@...
Jul 5, 2006 2:48 pm
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Re the EC minutes Below is an extract of the Glasgow branch minutes, as you will see the length of the minute was under some discussion. EC Minutes of 3 June...
Thanks, Gwynn, my toes are okay and the constructive criticism of the minutes is accepted in the manner in which it was made. John I'm glad about that. There...
John , it did not escape my notice that the criticism of the minutes being too detailed came from a London branch where they have the luxury of having EC...
alan johnstone
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Jul 5, 2006 4:27 pm
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Greetings. ... When this issue was raised at the South London Branch meeting, I offered to help the General Secretary format the minutes with better...
Dear John, You do a terrific job in difficult circumstances, but at the last Glasgow branch meeting most members agreed that the EC minutes were too detailed....
Greetings. ... I can't speak for the rest of the Premises and Internet Department membership, nor for every Branch, but personally I don't think it's necessary...
Tristan, I looked at your sample minute and what an improvement, it's got my vote. Peter Hendrie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Okay, its haiku format for the EC Minutes in future:-) John B...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 6, 2006 8:35 am
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... From: "John Bissett" <johnbissett@...> To: <spintcom@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [spintcom] Re Format...
Julian Vein
julianvein@...
Jul 6, 2006 10:38 am
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It's amazing the sudden interest in how EC Minutes are written up! As a former EC Minute writer (in the 1980's), I thought I should put in my two-pennyworth...
Phyl and Piet
phyl@...
Jul 6, 2006 4:27 pm
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THE SOCIALIST PARTY MINUTES OF THE 7TH MEETING OF THE 103RD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD AT HEAD OFFICE ON 1ST JULY 2006, COMMENCING AT 2.20 PM Present: Bissett...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 7, 2006 7:44 am
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The minutes seem to contain no reference to the following Manchester Branch resolution, sent to HO on 14 June. Paul =========== From: Paul Bennett...
Paul Bennett
Paul.Bennett@...
Jul 7, 2006 9:31 am
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Sorry, Paul, I was not even aware that Manchester Branch had sent in a resolution. It was not in the EC folder at HO where correspondence is placed. John...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 7, 2006 10:18 am
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... Does this mean that items for the EC are best not sent to the HO email address? Paul...
Paul Bennett
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Jul 7, 2006 11:48 am
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Hi Paul, Its okay to send items to the EC via email - just this time around I was not aware of any communication from Manchester Branch. I'll double check the...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 7, 2006 1:22 pm
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Just a PS to mine of yesterday - a reminder to those who already know, but maybe news to others - in my minute-taking time, the EC met weekly for sessions of a...
Phyl and Piet
phyl@...
Jul 7, 2006 2:36 pm
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... From: "Phyl and Piet" <phyl@...> To: "Spintcom" <spintcom@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: [spintcom] EC Minutes...
Julian Vein
julianvein@...
Jul 7, 2006 3:24 pm
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Members who manned the Party stall at The Miners' Gala today 8.10am - 5.00pm sold £58.00 of Party wares and gave away a few dozen back issues of the Standard...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 8, 2006 6:23 pm
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Saturday's Guardian contained this: The poet of dialectics Karl Marx's Das Kapital is a ground-breaking work of economic analysis. But, argues Francis Wheen,...
John Bissett
johnbissett@...
Jul 8, 2006 11:57 pm
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I wonder why Mr Wheen thinks it's 'unfinished'. I don't want to read his books, I'm too busy, can anyone supply a quick answer? ... From: "John Bissett"...
... Because Marx only saw volume one of Capital through to publication. The other volumes were compiled by other people from Marx's notes. Incidentally, Wheen...
