[sklyarov-chicago] [neale@woozle.org: Organizing tips]

[Michael Cannon]

Try indymedia groups..they're not all 'black blocs.'

Mike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Neale Pickett
> <neale@woozle.org> -----
> 
> We had a good showing in Seattle, but the general
> opinion is that it
> wasn't good enough.  There are currently 88 people
> subscribed to our
> mailing list, we had about 20 show up.  We need help
> getting that number
> up, and here's what I was thinking of doing:
> 
> 1. Hold a sign-making party.
> 
>    Most of us are computer programmers, asocial by
> nature, and the
>    thought of a protest scares us.  If we can get
> people to meet at a
>    common location, face to face, it might encourage
> more to show up.
>    So I'm contemplating sending out an invitation
> such as:
> 
>       We need help!  If you'd like to get involved
> but can't make it to
>       a protest, you can still help by coming to a
> sign-making /
>       letter-writing party.  Bring your laptop and
> design killer
>       leaflets, or bring a pen or marker and help us
> make great signs.
>       Free pizza!  (Or whatever)
> 
> 2. Talk to local organized labor groups.
> 
>    These people have been
>    picketing and protesting for 100 years, and their
> founding issues
>    were very similar to what we're doing now.  I bet
> they can give us
>    some good advice about staging a protest and
> getting things done
>    effectively.
> 
> 3. Ask for direction.
> 
>    I think the last protest was a great success
> because we had some
>    clear goal in mind: get Adobe to drop the
> charges.  Now, it's a
>    little more vague and intangible: release
> Sklyarov and repeal the
>    DMCA.  What are we doing in front of the Federal
> building in Seattle?
>    If we got our way, who in Seattle would agree to
> talk to us?  We
>    don't have the kind of rallying point that we did
> with Adobe, and
>    perhaps the idea of a "protest" or "picket" isn't
> as applicable as a
>    "rally".  What do list members think?
> 
> In Seattle, you see a lot of people going around
> collecting signatures
> for petitions, and (more or less) silently passing
> out leaflets.  Mike
> Orr wrote that a lot of people watched us during
> their lunch break as
> entertainment, and I think he's right.  At least in
> Seattle, we need to
> regroup and decide precisely what we want to
> accomplish, and precisely
> the best way to accomplish it.
> 
> At least, that's what I'm thinking right now.  But
> I'm dehydrated, so my
> opinion may change.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
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