Re: Digest for freeuniversityuk@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 1 Topic
shaw debbie
get there by 10. Depends how far I have to go to find a decent
breakfast so I'll say between 10 and 10.30. Debbie
On 23/02/2012, freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
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> Topic: Saturday arrangements
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> ---------- 1 of 6 ----------
> From: joel lazarus <joel_l...@hotmail.com>
> Date: Feb 22 11:53AM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/2c5d8ea7bb1ce8ec
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm glad to say that momentum seems to be growing for Saturday.
> Some practical things...
>
> 1) It would be great if some people could try to get to the Oaklands Centre
> for 10am so we can be ready for 11. I will be there at 10, so will Joyce.
> Any others?
>
> 2) Joyce will be bringing the refreshments
>
> 3) I will bring the stationary requirements. Mel, what exactly do we need,
> do you think? Let's base it on around 25-30 participants.
>
> 4) Joyce and I thought an entrance fee of £5 for waged and £2 for non-waged
> would be appropriate. Of course, it depends on the number that turns up.
> Hopefully, it should turn out cheaper than that.
>
> 5) Mel will kindly lead what I think will be an open, democratic approach to
> developing an agenda for the day.
>
> 6) Whoever wants to, we can go for drinks and a curry afterwards. Joyce and
> I felt that we could perhaps find a bring-your-own-drink place which would
> be cheaper and perhaps waged people could subsidize unwaged either by buying
> their drink or their food.
>
> Thanks
> Joel
>
>
> ---------- 2 of 6 ----------
> From: "Gail Chester" <gailc...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Feb 22 01:48PM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/97c41b7725e24e0a
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I am looking forward to joining you on Saturday. I have not written sooner
> because I have been having serious computer problems since the end of
> January, now hopefully resolved, and this also means I have only been able
> to read the e-mails you've been sending intermittently.
>
>
>
> So, I would be grateful if you could circulate again in the body of an
> e-mail the address and other details, especially lunch arrangements, of
> where we are meeting on Saturday. I shall be staying with a friend on Priory
> Road, Edgbaston on Friday night, so would like to know how long it will take
> to get to you and the best method of doing this.
>
>
>
> There are two things I would really like to have on the agenda:
>
> 1. The position of gender/women's studies, both as a historical practice we
> can learn from, and to discuss possibilities for how to make sure it is
> incorporated into current activities.
>
> 2. The current academic boycott of Elsevier journals. My field of
> scholarship is the politics of communication, broadly interpreted, and I
> believe this development is an interesting opportunity to make common cause
> between people who remain within the mainstream academy and those who are
> critiquing it from the outside.
>
>
>
> I think I noticed that you have an item on the agenda already which
> addresses the question of definitions of which areas of education this group
> might concentrate on, but if it is not there, I think it should be.
>
>
>
> Also, I think you were asking if anybody could do something on the history
> of radical education. If there is nobody else, I could possibly do a very
> sketchy 5-10 minutes outline of this -- I am totally not an expert, but I
> could mention some initiatives I know of/have heard of.
>
>
>
> Best wishes, Gail
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: joel lazarus
> To: freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:53 AM
> Subject: Saturday arrangements
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm glad to say that momentum seems to be growing for Saturday.
> Some practical things...
>
> 1) It would be great if some people could try to get to the Oaklands
> Centre for 10am so we can be ready for 11. I will be there at 10, so will
> Joyce. Any others?
>
> 2) Joyce will be bringing the refreshments
>
> 3) I will bring the stationary requirements. Mel, what exactly do we need,
> do you think? Let's base it on around 25-30 participants.
>
> 4) Joyce and I thought an entrance fee of £5 for waged and £2 for
> non-waged would be appropriate. Of course, it depends on the number that
> turns up. Hopefully, it should turn out cheaper than that.
>
> 5) Mel will kindly lead what I think will be an open, democratic approach
> to developing an agenda for the day.
>
> 6) Whoever wants to, we can go for drinks and a curry afterwards. Joyce
> and I felt that we could perhaps find a bring-your-own-drink place which
> would be cheaper and perhaps waged people could subsidize unwaged either by
> buying their drink or their food.
>
> Thanks
> Joel
>
>
> ---------- 3 of 6 ----------
> From: joel lazarus <joel_l...@hotmail.com>
> Date: Feb 22 07:57PM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/fbb7d5fc2f0c9fa5
>
> Gail
>
> Thanks so much for your mail and your suggestions.
> I've no doubt that we can and should have these items on the agenda,
> certainly the first one.
> It would be good for someone to do a brief historical guide to radical
> education in the UK. Thanks for your offer here.
>
> Looking forward to meeting you on Sat
> Joel
>
> From: gailc...@blueyonder.co.uk
> To: freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Saturday arrangements
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:48:29 +0000
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear
> all,
>
> I am looking
> forward to joining you on Saturday.
> I have not written sooner because I have been having serious computer
> problems since the end of January, now hopefully resolved, and this also
> means I
> have only been able to read the e-mails you've been sending
> intermittently.
>
> So, I would be
> grateful if you could circulate again in the body of an e-mail the address
> and
> other details, especially lunch arrangements, of where we are meeting on
> Saturday. I shall be staying with a friend on Priory Road,
> Edgbaston on Friday night, so would like to know how long it will take to
> get to
> you and the best method of doing this.
>
> There are two
> things I would really like to have on the agenda:
> 1. The
> position of gender/women's studies, both as a historical practice we can
> learn
> from, and to discuss possibilities for how to make sure it is incorporated
> into
> current activities.
> 2. The current
> academic boycott of Elsevier journals.
> My field of scholarship is the politics of communication, broadly
> interpreted, and I believe this development is an interesting opportunity to
> make common cause between people who remain within the mainstream academy
> and
> those who are critiquing it from the outside.
>
> I think I
> noticed that you have an item on the agenda already which addresses the
> question
> of definitions of which areas of education this group might concentrate on,
> but
> if it is not there, I think it should be.
>
> Also, I think
> you were asking if anybody could do something on the history of radical
> education. If there is nobody else,
> I could possibly do a very sketchy 5-10 minutes outline of this -- I am
> totally
> not an expert, but I could mention some initiatives I know of/have heard
> of.
>
> Best wishes,
> Gail
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> joel
> lazarus
> To: freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:53
> AM
> Subject: Saturday arrangements
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm glad to say that momentum seems to be
> growing for Saturday.
> Some practical things...
>
> 1) It would be great
> if some people could try to get to the Oaklands Centre for 10am so we can
> be
> ready for 11. I will be there at 10, so will Joyce. Any others?
>
> 2)
> Joyce will be bringing the refreshments
>
> 3) I will bring the stationary
> requirements. Mel, what exactly do we need, do you think? Let's base it on
> around 25-30 participants.
>
> 4) Joyce and I thought an entrance fee of £5
> for waged and £2 for non-waged would be appropriate. Of course, it depends
> on
> the number that turns up. Hopefully, it should turn out cheaper than
> that.
>
> 5) Mel will kindly lead what I think will be an open, democratic
> approach to developing an agenda for the day.
>
> 6) Whoever wants to, we
> can go for drinks and a curry afterwards. Joyce and I felt that we could
> perhaps find a bring-your-own-drink place which would be cheaper and
> perhaps
> waged people could subsidize unwaged either by buying their drink or their
> food.
>
> Thanks
> Joel
>
>
> ---------- 4 of 6 ----------
> From: canaan joyce <joyce...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Feb 22 08:10PM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/5045ce37002b87e0
>
> directions from Edgbaston . . . unless the number 11 bus goes from
> there--and ask your friends if it does (as it runs on Church Lane which is
> at the top of the road where the Oaklands Centre is), the best way to get
> to the Oaklands is via a taxi.
> If people are coming form city centre, there is a bus, the 16, which goes
> from across the road from House of Fraser on Corporation Street. It is a 10
> minute bus ride and on a saturday either the 16 or 16A will be running
> every 10 minutes. Ask the driver to let you off at the crossroad of Church
> Lane and Handsworth Wood Road.
> To get to Corporation Street from New Street station, go up the escalator
> and at the top go left for about 100 feet, and then left for about 50
> feet, then right, past Holland and Barretts, down the ramp and straight
> ahead. to the bus stop.
>
> It is actually very easy!
> I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Saturday!
> Joyce
>
>
>
> ---------- 5 of 6 ----------
> From: "Gail Chester" <gailc...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Feb 22 10:05PM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/bdb5e3f77b545df6
>
> Could I clarify, please - the event is happening at the Oaklands Centre on
> Church Lane? Is that Birmingham 6, Birmingham 20 or Birmingham 33? And what
> number Church Lane?
>
> Thanks, Gail
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: canaan joyce
> To: freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Saturday arrangements
>
>
> directions from Edgbaston . . . unless the number 11 bus goes from
> there--and ask your friends if it does (as it runs on Church Lane which is
> at the top of the road where the Oaklands Centre is), the best way to get to
> the Oaklands is via a taxi.
> If people are coming form city centre, there is a bus, the 16, which goes
> from across the road from House of Fraser on Corporation Street. It is a 10
> minute bus ride and on a saturday either the 16 or 16A will be running every
> 10 minutes. Ask the driver to let you off at the crossroad of Church Lane
> and Handsworth Wood Road.
> To get to Corporation Street from New Street station, go up the escalator
> and at the top go left for about 100 feet, and then left for about 50 feet,
> then right, past Holland and Barretts, down the ramp and straight ahead. to
> the bus stop.
>
> It is actually very easy!
> I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Saturday!
> Joyce
>
>
> On 22 February 2012 13:48, Gail Chester <gailc...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I am looking forward to joining you on Saturday. I have not written
> sooner because I have been having serious computer problems since the end of
> January, now hopefully resolved, and this also means I have only been able
> to read the e-mails you've been sending intermittently.
>
>
>
> So, I would be grateful if you could circulate again in the body of an
> e-mail the address and other details, especially lunch arrangements, of
> where we are meeting on Saturday. I shall be staying with a friend on Priory
> Road, Edgbaston on Friday night, so would like to know how long it will take
> to get to you and the best method of doing this.
>
>
>
> There are two things I would really like to have on the agenda:
>
> 1. The position of gender/women's studies, both as a historical practice
> we can learn from, and to discuss possibilities for how to make sure it is
> incorporated into current activities.
>
> 2. The current academic boycott of Elsevier journals. My field of
> scholarship is the politics of communication, broadly interpreted, and I
> believe this development is an interesting opportunity to make common cause
> between people who remain within the mainstream academy and those who are
> critiquing it from the outside.
>
>
>
> I think I noticed that you have an item on the agenda already which
> addresses the question of definitions of which areas of education this group
> might concentrate on, but if it is not there, I think it should be.
>
>
>
> Also, I think you were asking if anybody could do something on the
> history of radical education. If there is nobody else, I could possibly do
> a very sketchy 5-10 minutes outline of this -- I am totally not an expert,
> but I could mention some initiatives I know of/have heard of.
>
>
>
> Best wishes, Gail
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: joel lazarus
> To: freeuniv...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:53 AM
> Subject: Saturday arrangements
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm glad to say that momentum seems to be growing for Saturday.
> Some practical things...
>
> 1) It would be great if some people could try to get to the Oaklands
> Centre for 10am so we can be ready for 11. I will be there at 10, so will
> Joyce. Any others?
>
> 2) Joyce will be bringing the refreshments
>
> 3) I will bring the stationary requirements. Mel, what exactly do we
> need, do you think? Let's base it on around 25-30 participants.
>
> 4) Joyce and I thought an entrance fee of £5 for waged and £2 for
> non-waged would be appropriate. Of course, it depends on the number that
> turns up. Hopefully, it should turn out cheaper than that.
>
> 5) Mel will kindly lead what I think will be an open, democratic
> approach to developing an agenda for the day.
>
> 6) Whoever wants to, we can go for drinks and a curry afterwards.
> Joyce and I felt that we could perhaps find a bring-your-own-drink place
> which would be cheaper and perhaps waged people could subsidize unwaged
> either by buying their drink or their food.
>
> Thanks
> Joel
>
>
> ---------- 6 of 6 ----------
> From: Joyce Canaan <joyce...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Feb 22 10:20PM
> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/freeuniversityuk/msg/cc50edfb572d1742
>
> It is the Oaklands Centre, 35 Winleigh Road, Birmingham B20. I have given
> complete details to Joel who will send them out shortly.
> Joyce
>
> From: Gail Chester <gailc...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Reply-To: <freeuniv...@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:05:56 -0000
> To: <freeuniv...@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Saturday arrangements
>
> Could I clarify, please - the event is happening at the Oaklands Centre on
> Church Lane? Is that Birmingham 6, Birmingham 20 or Birmingham 33? And what
> number Church Lane?
>
> Thanks, Gail
>
>
>
>
>