AUT: Fwd: International Directory of Collectives project

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>
> Dearest Anti-Authoritarians
> i apologize for the length of this e-mail, but
> please read on..
>
> my warmest greetings to you! my name is nicole
> marie, and i currently reside in
> lawrence, kansas, as part of the the black cat
> anarchist collective. i'm
> currently working on a project that seeks to unite
> all known anti-authoritarian
> collectives by establishing a website specifically
> for the purpose of keeping a
> well organized and regularly updated listing (or a
> number of listings - a
> directory more or less) of all non-heirarchal
> collectives --worldwide (this
> includes collectively-organized local chapters of
> larger organizations, i.e.,
> earth first!, food not bombs, etc). it will be an
> international directory of
> collectives (IDC). today, september 20th, 2002, this
> email will be sent out to
> approximately 400 collectives, co-ops, infoshops,
> and community centres from
> around the world, as well as projects and
> publications that are run by
> collectives and/or help me in collecting more
> contact information.
>
>
> my reasons for doing this include the following:
> * collectives often serve as 'centers' in their
> communities. they notify people
> around them of outside/upcoming events, promote
> internal activity by scheduling
> and holding events themselves, and generally keep in
> touch with outside groups
> to let them know what's happening in their area.
> collectives are also the
> people themselves! as a group, they can discuss,
> analyze, and responsibly
> decide what is best for their community.
>
> * to have a complete, updated and organized listing
> of these centers (the
> collectives) would be priceless in times of
> networking and outreach. it would
> also be helpful to know where collectives are so, in
> our travels, we can find
> them and support them.
>
> * the directory itself, as a website, can provide as
> a forum for communicating
> faster (in general), sharing project ideas, and
> developing personal and
> political bonds with neighboring communities.
>
> * also, it would give those interested in
> collectivism a visual of what is here
> now, which could hopefully serve as inspiration for
> more folks to begin
> collectivising with a vision of what is to come.
>
> * there are projects like this already on the
> internet, but i've encountered
> that the few i and my comrades have been able to
> find often have outdated links
> and contact information, or are geographically
> centered towards one particular
> area.
> i'd like to make a site that is updated once a month
> (at least), is evenly
> representing different geographical areas, and has
> the support and
> participation of the involved contacts..
>
>
> some definitions of a collective
> ---------------------------
> in order to lay some of the groundwork for this, it
> seems necessary to state
> some
> (of the many [listed here are those i found most
> pertinant]) defining qualities
> of a collective:
>
> a collective is..
> 1. a number of persons or things considered as one
> group or whole.
> 2. of, relating to, or being a group of individuals;
> involving all members of a
> group as distinct from its individuals
> 3. sharing and/or assuming responsibility by all
> members of the group (as in
> 'collective responsibility')
>
>
> requirements
> -------------
> the only requirements set forth for participating in
> this directory are:
> - that the collective is
> non-heirarchal/anti-authoritarian
> - work in the collective is a collective
> responsibility that all members share
> - the collective helps in keeping IDC (the
> directory) up-to-date by emailing me
> with any new/changed collective information (mailing
> address, web address, name
> change, etc.)
>
>
> permission
> -----------
> with these things in mind, i'm asking for the
> permission of your collective to
> participate in this project. this would mean posting
> your group's [general]
> location, contact information, and some focus of the
> collective on the website
> and therefore visible for all to see. i suggest
> bringing this letter up at your
> next collective meeting, discussing it as a group,
> etc.. when/if you reply (and
> there aren't any serious concerns), i'll send
> another email in request for your
> collective's most updated information, which will be
> literally copied into the
> directory listings. as people reply, the directory
> will soon form. with high
> hopes, i intend to have at least a skeleton of this
> up online by october 1st
> (2002).
>
> *a word for security culture* >> it's not necessary
> to be giving out any more
> of a collective's information than necessary. all
> that will be listed on the
> directory would be the basic information that the
> collective would advertise to
> its community.
>
>
> REPLY PLEASE!!
> --------------
> Please reply to this e-mail as quickly as possible
> (if you're into this. please
> don't reply if it's of no interest to your group-
> i'm probably going to be so
> swamped with emails in a day as it is!). and let me
> know of any concerns your
> group may have. i feel pretty strongly that this
> directory could be a really
> amazing resource, so i'd like to make sure that, if
> i'm taking the initiative
> to create it, i'll do it well and in a way that
> others would agree with.
>
>
> many thanks for your time and interest!
>
> love and solidarity,
> nicole marie.
>


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