HI Esther, and all,
It was great to hear from you, and particularly encouraging to hear your comments about SPEAK's distincitive identity and how you're thinking of ways to express this. As your Regional Support Worker, I am keen to help support you in this process! Perhaps I could come and visit you guys - next term some time? Leeds City group operates on a similar network basis to yours and have recently been reviewing the way that it works; (suggesting that monthly meetings are not ideal) so I can share with you comments from their conversations. Is there anyone who would be up for chatting on the 'phone about this with me and relaying to the rest of the group-Rae/David?
As for Soundcheck/Day of Action, I can only urge you to sign up!! Cheap booking deadline (for Soundcheck) is THIS FRIDAY so don't waste time(&money) - get your forms sent in- in fact invite others and bring the 6th along free! As I'm sure you appreciate, it's a great opportunity to meet others in the network and see how you are part of a bigger, exciting movement; as well as to put your creative/campaigning/praying skills to use. I attach a flyer for your interest. This year at the Day of Action we are focusing upon the concept of burdens and we are asking people to make 'burdens' in advance to bring along with them. More is explained in the attached pack - let me know if you have problems opening it or want some hard copies sent up.
For now, God bless and if I don't speak 2 you before, have a great Christmas and New Year,
Ele.
----- Original Message -----From: esthercurnockSent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 5:15 PMSubject: [glasgowspeakgroup] hi allHi everyone,
I have to start with a big apology to everyone for being totally
rubbish at communicating over the past few months.
Not quite sure how it has got to December so quickly as it doesn't
seem that long ago i saw all you guys, but thinking back that must
have been the end of August meeting... hmmm not good.
Anyway just to up date you a bit on me so you're not too confused - I
moved flats at the end of September and now live at: 1/2 1415
Dumbarton Road, Whiteinch Glasgow G14 9XS. Tel. no 0141 9596288.
Mobile no. is still 07985902003.
Apologies once again if anyone was trying to get hold of me at the
old no.. (?Rae - sorry)
Part of the problem was that i was without access to email for a
while. However now have broadband in the new flat so i have no
excuses!
I think from the pre-amble above you can probably gather that moving
to more of a network based group without the monthly meetings is
something that i am fine with! i am sorry i have not been able to
contribute as much time as i would like to the group. However i
really appreciate being in contact with all you guys, and would be
keen to continue to hear via the email system of any events such as
the protest next Saturday for instance. I hope there will also be
times when we meet up sporadically or organise take part in specific
actions as a group.
I think last time we met i told you a little about the Invest
training course i was starting with Whiteinch church of Scotland (see
http://www.whiteinchcofs.co.uk/ for more info). So that's taking up a
fair bit of my time as well as trying to juggle the A&E shifts. The
church does have a monthly campaign group though that i've been able
to join - i guess fulfilling the role that Speak did a bit before.
However i still recognise an important role for Speak to exist in
some form in Glasgow - especially as many churches don't have similar
campaign groups. However i also think there are specific values that
Speak as a network holds that makes it unique in itself. I think it
is good to have some collective identity as a Glasgow group that
enables us to link in with other speak groups in Scotland and the UK.
I was working on the weekend of the Scottish forum, but depending on
rota would like to try to get to London for Soundcheck or maybe just
the day of action. Any one else have any thoughts on this?
With regards to the Daly family - anyone have any update since 7th
Dec? i had a look at the link Rae gave which seemed to think they
might be released again later that week... Anyway i plan to go along
to Brand Street next Saturday for the protest so will maybe see some
of you there? I presume it will go ahead even if they have been
released???
Interesting developments at Montreal hey???
Probably have lots more i should say but email already a bit long!
God bless,
Esther
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