Getting started...

Records, publishing, shop etc.
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Getting started...

Post by Gaz » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:52 pm

There must be people out there interested in this one....

Mission anyone?

1. To support writers and their work.
2. To build Forest Publishing.
3. To have a nice library, with a wide-variety of reading material.

Add your own thoughts maybe...

Anybody up for a first working group meeting at the end of this week? What do we want to do with this group??
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Post by ravanwin » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:21 pm

i am in... as is submit and the cia.

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Post by thehemulen » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:53 pm

excuse the stupid question from an outsider, but why should library + publishing be in the same working group? unless forest wants to aim towards a literature policy akin to the music poilcy i.e. only copyleft/local/open source/in house material????
i dont see that 1.and 2. in the above list have ANY connection with 3.
as i see it, library is more in the realms of front of house...but i think the idea of following the jukebox model is interesting and if forest only wants forest writers included in the library that should be pushed. maybe one exception should be: the Manual.
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Post by Gaz » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:09 pm

Too many working groups = too many meetings

It was an attempt to put 2 things, that didn't amount to much on their own, together to make something a bit more substantial.

Both involve books.

Maybe writers know about and care about books and libraries....
But then again maybe not.
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Post by Shannon » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:34 pm

I reckon we might see a few more groups come together into one as people start suffering meeting fatigue...

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Post by thehemulen » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:26 pm

i hear you. funny - the working group system is supposed to cut down the number of meetings, i thought. but what do i know; i havent been to a meeting in years (unless you count the Unparty!!!)

then i would suggest library be subsumed by foh. i think publishing is a hugely important issue: like 4rest records. maybe those two should come together. its actually all publishing not matter if its words or music.........
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Post by chris » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:40 pm

disagree... the library should be full of amazing fanzines and magaziens from around the world, we should get subscriptions to these, just as they should have subscription to cia nights... it is the writers who should be aware of this stuff and get us it etc..

it should stay with publisheing
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Post by Gaz » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:23 pm

How about meeting on Friday afternoon then? 3pm
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Post by beev » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:26 pm

I'm up for that...

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Post by ravanwin » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:50 pm

ryan in class.

i can make 4 but only for 30 / 40 minutes.
a pre-meeting meeting?

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Post by beev » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:50 pm

4 is better 4 me

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Post by ravanwin » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:53 pm

sorry didn't get that till now (5pm) fill me in sometime
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Post by Jane » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:33 am

hey, i have Ideas. did the meeting happen/will there be another one?
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Post by Gaz » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:57 am

the meeting didn't happen...
though maybe this week is better.
what is good for jane and ryan? thursday afternoon?
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Post by Jane » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:53 pm

yes, if we can be finished by 6pm. i'm going to a philosophy talk; "Quantum Sex and Conscious Machines"
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Post by Jimmy Bastard » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:44 pm

I think library has more affinity with publishing than front of house
espedially if we wish the library to stock small limited run titles from small publishers.
Zine culture thrives on trade
it would be nice to stock up the library that way.
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Post by Gaz » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:53 am

Okay we'll meet on Thursday at 4pm in the cafe so Ryan can join in.
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