Submitted Proposals: Other Agenda Items
Process
Below is the full list of the 13 proposals that were submitted by 8 December 2008 by members of the P&P network.
These proposals were prioritised by the Management Committee in December 2008.
Check out the final list of prioritised proposals.
Similar proposals have been put together and the proposers will work together in strengthening their submission for the Forum in March 2009.
Links to web spaces to discuss and debate proposals will be posted as they come in.
Title |
Proposer(s) |
Summary of proposal |
Download more details on this proposal |
Comment on this proposal |
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1. People & Planet — web 2.0 savvy? |
Lucy Horton |
A discussion based around the use of new web based communication tools and how they could work within People & Planet campaigns and outreach. |
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2. How to help fund P&P’s campaigns without diluting our campaigning |
Kt Hartless and Louise Cobb |
A discussion to share experience and best practice of fundraising for P&P, including how to combine fundraising and campaigning. The session will include a practical fundraising planning session. |
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3. Sixth Form/College Management Committee member |
Matt McMullen and Alex Wood |
Management Committee to always include a Sixth form/college representative who will be democratically elected at the forum. |
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4. Revolutionise the network |
Emma Cockburn and Eleanor Smith |
People & Planet’s has a fantastic network of activists, but without reflecting the full diversity of the post 16 student body we fail to representing a huge chunk of the student population and limit what we can achieve as a movement. We need to change this to become more vibrant, effective and inclusive. |
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5. Redress Fashion discussion |
Fiona Ranford and Jim Cranshaw |
A topic for discussion needs to be the future of the Redress Fashion campaign. It is a campaign that has excited much network enthusiasm and one which is being run as a DIY campaign. When corporate power comes online in September 2009, what will happen to it? |
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6. National Co-ordination and Local Autonomy |
Beccy Talmy |
A discussion to look at how we can continue to keep group members involved, if at all, after they leave higher education and how continued involvement might increase FAN club contributions. |
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7. Making sure the MC is representative |
Alex Wood |
Ensuring that the MC has female and ethnic minority representation. As at the last two Forums no women or ethnic minorities have been elected on to the MC. |
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8. Making the MC accountable to the Network |
Alex Wood |
A facilitated discussion on the influence of gender within the People & Planet network. |
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9. Where now for Go Green Universities? Campus Communities in transition |
Ric Lander and Devin Dunseith |
There is lots of new interest in tackling climate change and high energy use coming from the Transition movement. How can P&P build on its success with Go Green to incorporate the enthusiasm from Go Green and Transition on a campus level? |
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10. Incorporating an Anti-Biofuel Campaign into Ditch Dirty Development |
Maryla Hart and John Walton |
Incorporating an Anti-Biofuel Campaign into Ditch Dirty Development. |
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11. P&P’s finances and the need for network involvement |
Louise Cobb and Kt Hartless |
A presentation and Q&A about P&P’s finances and the importance of network fundraising. An opportunity to share fundraising successes. Small group work generating ideas for Corporate Power fundraisers. |
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12. Future of Go Green universities campaign |
Bronwen Smith-Thomas |
Decision about the future direction of the Go Green campaign in universities. What comes after groups have achieved the four Go Green demands? |
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13. Climate campaign priorities (DDD and Copenhagen) |
Bronwen Smith-Thomas |
Decision on whether to focus the climate campaign on the Copenhagen climate summit, prioritised against the potential boycott of RBS as part of the Ditch Dirty Development campaign. |
