GEN first meeting notes

Australian Grassroots Environment
Network

tuesday workshop
Outcomes

What do we need?

  • A network that links groups state/nationally
  • able to facilitate skill/knowledge & resource sharing
  • grassroots Organising
  • strong & present to local groups
  • inclusive of all
  • successful
  • fun
  • email list
  • opportunities to create relationships with each other
  • let other people know about us
  • not to (?)
  • A Platform? - an environmentally sustainable world & just society

How Will it Look?

  • A Federation
  • Linking Local groups and Affinity groups
  • Network vs Affinity vs Collective
  • ASEN, but better. Not limited by collectives, but by local groups
  • Bioregional Structure vs Geographic? indig? OR
  • Natural organic structure don't want to contain groups geographically?
  • No Structural imposition
  • Grassroots

How To Stop the convo ending here
  • Communication
  • chats about this in our local area, and reports back
  • get the fast (first?) email happening
  • state-based ?
    • Response (to NSW): lets' (something – destroy?disclose?) borders
  • Not constrain, but no specific campaign for geographic diversity

who does what?


  • Ned -> Email List
  • contact the melbourne 2001 conference