WEDNESDAY 21

Electron Club CCA 350 Sauchiehall St Glasgow G2 3JD tel : +44 (0)141 352 4900
MAP

11 am - Drop in Day
Where - "Centre for Contemporary Arts" Foyer: Intro
Who are we. What do we do. Electron A walk round the premises check out the CCA. What is it, what does it do and how do we do some of it. Who are you. What would you like to do? Drop in, see a film, Check out the bookshop - see what the Electron and the CCA has to offer. Ask for Bob and I will help you with what you need to know. Also the Chap at the Radical Independent Bookshop is very helpful if you need directions and info and who's who.

We want to record as much of the event as possible if you have a camera or recording device and are interested in snapping, recording, or If you have ideas for a talk, walk, workshop, presentation, see bob@citystrolls.com
And don't be surprised if you are encouraged to join the Bridge Network because there will be more of this type of event being organised. Times may change slightly as things are added - Please check. Drop in today and help to organise the space.

A wee film to get you in the mood

THURSDAY 22

If you find or
have anything
of interest you
would like to
talk about post something on
the shout-out
wall at
the electron.
Make your
own
workshops, discussions,
times.
The CCA is open 10am till late

State of the arts (community activism) Day

Meeting up looking at the present situation the good the bad and the ugly. If we are all working under the banner for social change we need to look at what we are doing "collectively" sometimes. Figure out what works, what is your experience, using each others ideas, sharing the workload, forming associations. How do we organise? basically.
This could be a jump off point for further activity in the future

There will be a shout out wall in the Electron Club where you can post stuff - write comments - organise other events -  and tell us about your organisation or what you do - or would like to do.

Meet-up discussion 1pm 3 pm And 7: pm 9 pm
Organisation : Reinventing the wheel syndrome. Where does all of our time go? Why is it all the same people doing all the work? Exploring:
Communicating information with the public in a language they can understand and in experiences they recognise. Finding some issues to connect with. Why do we need networks? See also Sunday: "Roadmap" (Topics welcome)

Media day (All day)

Using the tools of the trade. Getting your message out there, Making news, using cameras, microphones, websites, networks don't stop at reading the news - make the news. Make a wee radio program or a newsletter on the day about what is happening in town.

News sheet workshop
How would you go about making a community news sheet - How to get the news out and the message across. Presentation by Burgh Angel newspaper. 12:pm to 2:pm

Photography workshop 2:pm to 4:pm
Photography workshop. Getting the right pictures - Go for a walk do some snapping analyse the results for your news-sheet.

Real News?
Propaganda Reading between the lines of what you read in newspapers, how they con us with words and try to get us to love their schemes
7am -8am

City Stroll. Freedom of the city, the common good, and how to keep it free. Getting out seeing and being aware of what is happening is part of being a citizen. Taking a city stroll is the best way to get to understand your city, and how it works. Take your camera and notebook.
(Still to be arranged)

Young people day (all day)

There are films featuring young people on saturday - see Document7 Program for times

The Electron will be given over to young folk to talk, do interviews and find out about community stuff, taking pictures, video and making audio recordings.

12am
Make your own news
Set out into town the Theme could be "shopping" take pictures talk to folk find out all you can about shopping from different angles. Study how folk shop. Why do you think they do so much of it? is this good or bad or just normal. Or find your own idea to cover. After you have done that bring what you have found out and photographed back and we will have a chat about what we have done, then make it into a newsletter - that you can take away.

12am
Make your own program
Figure out what topics you want to cover on your program. Figure out who is going to talk and who is going to ask questions who is going to do the recording and the technical stuff. Make the program then mix it down adding a bit of music on to a podcast you can take home.

Both of the above will be interactive. Bring your cameras, video, recorders if you have one. Don't worry if you don't have one. If this doesn't interest you there will be other things like designing banners and artwork and electronics.

11 am Common Good Day

Find out about the common Good, what it is, what is happening to it, what it could and should be used for. How do we celebrate the Common Good 11am 12 30pm

Wyndford School parents: A presentation from the parents of the schools closed in the Wyndford Estate Maryhill. What happened - what the community did - and what they are doing now. Might even hear a few of the Wyndford songs 12 30pm -2pm

Do we have a "Roadmap" How do we get there from here?
Looking at some problems and issues and how we could go about dealing with them
2: 00 4: 00

This organising event itself will hopefully be about organising. It will be about using your initiative and getting on with things. If you want to do anything - make suggestions, have any ideas or do a workshop do a talk. Join the Bridge/ How We Organise Group and discuss, post and advertise your idea. Or send me an email. Post suggestions on Bridge group

So there is plenty of scope - plenty of time (5 days) - to make mistakes - rearrange ideas - and come up with new ones. Only way to learn really. Electron, CCA 21 - 25 Oct. During Document7

Any help you can offer most welcome. Any Questions: bob@citystrolls.com

Program will be formed as ideas come flowing in. B.