Meeting: Will the Irish Social Forum (ISF) be back for 2006?

national | public consultation / irish social forum | event notice Sunday February 05, 2006 20:33 by Barry Finnegan - on behalf of a bunch of us that worked with the ISF Working Groups back in 2003 and 2004 finnegan.barry at gmail dot com 085-1423454

Will the Irish Social Forum (ISF) be back for 2006? Do people want to get together and talk about the European Social Forum which is taking place in Greece this May? Lets see!

The first ISF Working Groups meeting of 2006 is on Thursday 9th February from 7.30 to 9.00pm in THE TEACHERS CLUB, PARNELL SQ., DUBLIN 1.

A few Dublin-based activists who worked with the ISF Working Groups for the 2003 and 2004, 1st and 2nd ISFs thought it would be good idea to hold a meeting, talk about the following points (below) and see where we go from there. If you would like to come, please read the WSF Charter Of Principles first and see if you are interested, available at: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=4...age=2

1. Holding a meeting/gathering run with the usual ISF guidelines about two weeks prior the ESF, for all those going to it to meet up and for example say why they are going, what they hope to get out of it etc; to run though the main/important issues people feel will be discussed at it.

2. Holding a meeting/gathering run with the usual ISF guidelines about one week after the ESF with a broad range of input from Irish-based participants at the ESF.

3. Any other business related to these and other ISF issues for example ideas/hopes people have for ISFs and/or for more locally based Social Forums in Ireland for 2006, a Dublin Social Forum for example.

For a pile of collated information on the European and World Social Forums go to the Indymedia Newswire article at: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73976 [Note: Teachers Club IS venue for meeting NOT Seomra Spraoi at 47 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1.]

All the best,
- Barry Finnegan [- on behalf of a bunch of us that worked with the ISF Working Groups back in 2003 and 2004.]