Parallel session 1a: Future of Fairtrade Uni campaign

Fairtrade or Network co-ordinated campaign proposal

Living Wage Campaign proposal

Ethical Investment campaign proposal

Fairtrade in context of international trade justice

• Feasible

• Important decision

• Lots of options to consider

• Set context of options for Fairtrade Uni campaign: To be continued to be supported by an intern or campaign to be dropped and replaced by a network coordinated campaign to be supported for 1 year.

• Discussion of options: Keep Fairtrade Uni campaign with moderate development (ideas from office and St Andrews proposals) / National ethical investment campaign / Living wage campus campaign

Decision

Parallel session 1b: Future of climate change campaign for sixth formers

Parallel sessions proposal

• Fairtrade Uni session not relevant to sixth formers

• Level of interest from sixth formers to develop this area

• Set context in terms of current campaign and sixth form network activities and resources available

• Discuss and debate options for developing climate change campaign in schools and colleges.

Recommendation of direction this work should go in

Session 2: Democracy

Office Democracy proposal

Group Voting

A membership paper being drafted by MC students.

Aspects of decision-making mentioned in other proposals.

• The MC need direction from the network in order to move forwards in this area.

• Several proposals made which are relevant to this session

• Discussion about developing P&P’s democracy

• Then focusing on specific ideas for developing our democratic structures particularly discussing membership

Recommendation of direction this work should go in to MC

Parallel session 3a: Policy on non-violence

Policy on non-violence

MC felt that it would be important to discuss the advantages or disadvantages of developing policies as a way of demonstrating or agreeing our values as a network

• Background to P&P’s position on this as an organisation

• What other policies does P&P have?

• Do we want to develop more policies as an organisation to reflect shared values?

Discussion & Recommendation to MC/Office

Parallel session 3b: P&P’s role in coalitions

People & Planet’s role within coalitions

MC felt that this is an important issue for the network

Some aspects of this proposal would come into the democracy discussion

Discussion & Recommendation to MC/Office

Parallel session 3c: Incorporating actions as permanent feature of events/ network national actions

A little less conversation

Parallel sessions proposal

2 proposals relevant to this and felt there to be a high level of interest on this in the network

Following the Carnival of Climate Chaos during Shared Planet 06, this session will discuss how we might link actions into events in future. It will address how this might work and it could be planned.

Discussion & recommendation to MC/ office

Parallel session 3d: International student networks

Parallel sessions proposal

MC felt this is important to consider for our long term strategy

• Introduction to international student networks

• The advantages and disadvantages of P&P getting involved in international networks

• Discussion of ways we could get involved, with particular focus on Solar Generation

Recommendation to MC / office

Parallel session 3e: Fundraising

Discussion of the way P&P is financed

MC felt this is critical for P&P’s sustainability, was also very popular at Forum 2005

Discussion of the way P&P is funded

Role of the network in funding P&P

Discussion

Session 4: Open session to bring up new issues, discuss important issues further etc

A blank space on The Forum agenda

To allow any issues that arise over the weekend or between now and The Forum to be addressed or to allow items which weren’t prioritised by management committee to be discussed

The content of this session will be decided by participants at The Forum 2007

Discussion / Recommendations to the MC

Trade & Transparency: A proposal to launch a preferential trade and banking transparency campaign directed towards European relations with Africa

The MC felt that this would not be currently feasible to implement as we could only release capacity equivalent to 1 intern by discontinuing the Fairtrade Uni campaign. (Go Green will continue in the next year due to committed funding for a local campus based climate campaign)

Forum team to go back to proposers and ask whether there are any aspects of the proposal that might be taken forward given our limited capcity.

Future of Ditch Dirty development

• It was felt that this input and decision could be made elsewhere

• Not as time critical decision as other agenda items prioritised.

Emma (MC) and Anna (MC) to work with the Support office on drawing up a process for input and decision making on this. E.g. It could be put on the agenda for the Summer Gathering or we could try an on-line consultation.

Openness of the management committee

It was felt that this could be tackled as part of a wider Q&A session with the MC. The MC agreed with the specific ideas in this proposal, some of which are underway but some of which can be raised during the main democracy session at the Forum

MC and Forum team to consider possible format of this Q&A session, which will take place at The Forum, as will Management Committee elections.

Greater Transparency in the office

The MC agreed that there would be real benefits to the network and the office to implementing this proposal.

We can start by including a round up of what the office has been doing in the last year in the Forum guide to be sent to groups in early February.

Legal basis of P&P

The MC felt that not many people would want to attend this session and that what would be interesting to the network is any democratic reforms we might want to include in our legal constitution which will be included in the democracy session

To include a short briefing on the changes to the legal basis of P&P in the Forum guide as a background for the democracy session.