From freevoice@igc.apc.org Sun Oct 30 10:16:07 1994 Received: from mail.igc.apc.org (root@mail.igc.apc.org [192.82.108.38]) by fido.wps.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA04517; Sun, 30 Oct 1994 10:16:06 -0800 Received: from igc2.igc.apc.org (igc2.igc.apc.org [192.82.108.39]) by mail.igc.apc.org (8.6.9/Revision: 1.51 ) with SMTP id KAA12455; Sun, 30 Oct 1994 10:16:00 -0800 Received: (from freevoice@localhost) by igc2.igc.apc.org (8.6.9/Revision: 1.4 ) id KAA01388; Sun, 30 Oct 1994 10:15:59 -0800 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 10:15:59 -0800 From: Freevoice Message-Id: <199410301815.KAA01388@igc2.igc.apc.org> To: maile@fido.wps.com Subject: FWO Cc: deke@fido.wps.com Status: OR Hey ho Maile, You're very right about the way the proposal was centered arround me. Basically, for the first draft it was the only part that I was sure of. That is, I didn't want to speak for anyone else, or commit then to things that they might have said in a conversation, but were not ready to have appear in print (reminds me of Ray announcing that I would be going to SF to work on the Temp Workers hall at the Assembly). I was going to include at the end as sort of cv on the principals connected with the project, and maybe I should remove most of the references to me from the proposal and include them in the cv instead (I do think, however, that Monkeywrench and the North Philly Union Hall have the ability to bring the proposal into more real terms. Its not that there is not a lot of IWW activists, its just that they are things few groups have managed recently, and they should be used for all they're worth). As to you comming down, I'd love it, I just did not want to rush you or take you for granted, I will include you on the proposal if you are willing to commit (draft a quick cv if you're interested. Also, I think that I'll be the only one committing for so long, most people will be down for a week, or two, or three). On the LA front, Miguel can only be very involved (more than 5-10 hours a week) if he is not working. Since he has to support a lot of us, we can't ask him to not work as well. Commitment from others in the branch is a little sketchy right now, as they are currently going through the standard branch malaise syndrom. Part of the long lead in is because we will have to do a lot of membership organizing first off (both reactivating current members and recruiting new ones) There are several members who show promise, but one thing that I have learned in organizing is never count on anyone you're not absolutely sure about based on experience. As to other IWWs who have said they are interested in helping out in significant ways, there's Lorenzo, Bob, Bill and Kim in Philly, Tony in Salt Lake, Mat and Neil in Paterson, and Bill Meyers and Deke in SF. I'm sure once a general call is put out, others like Mike D'Amore, Lenny Flank and Jon Bekken will also express interest, not to mention others who I don't know. It's hard to say who will really come through. Bill Meyers seems both very unlikely and very likely, Tony has kids, Lenny Flank is destitude, and so on. However, as long as there are two 20+hour people at any given time, it should be feasible, since they will be able to keep momentum up in the drive. I'm waiting for input from Andrew and Miguel in LA, and I'll do another draft once I have that in incorporating everyones suggestions. In sincere anticipation, Josie PS what about Deke? Is he willing to commit any time to the drive? The problem tends to be that you have to be unemployed.