[Individual-members-EL] situation of the individual members

[Steve Spence]

Uli,

Good to hear from you.  I've just got back from the 2nd Trade Union network 
in Athens which was very good and the Greek comrades did a great job.  I 
attended as an individual as the Union I work for is non-party political and 
I keep a very strict distance between what i do for work and what I do 
personally.

Our EL GB network continues to be six people. I met Francis earlier in the 
year and we had a good talk at waterloo station.  Bob is still working on 
the website which is taking so much longer because he does so many 
commercial ones that ours has to wait.  But he's still keen on it and has 
promised to finish it soon.  There is another comrade Ben and two I have 
never met so far.  So we are small but 'large oaks from little acorns grow'.

I think that while the national networks are important the individual 
members should be the start of the EL as a single Europe wide party.  This 
is the only direction that makes sense for me so I think we should 'act 
locally and think globally' or a least Europe wide.  I think we should seek 
delegates to the Congress.  I have already told Martin I wish to attend.  I 
went as a guest to the Founding Conference and paid my own passage.  I think 
we should have a representative at this Congress.  Of course if the answer 
came back yes I would check the the GB comrades they were happy for me to do 
it.  Personally I think any individual member who wants to attend should be 
able to.

The more I attend and the more I see the clearer I am that EL works as a 
European Party and is more limited in its confederation of national parties 
mode.  I hope to get to the Summer University in Austria and there is the 
3rd Trade Union network in Austria in February 2008.  With the Congress in 
November there is starting to be enough EL activity to feel like something 
interesting happening.  It's been a bit slower to this point.

Best wishes

Stephen Spence


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ulrich Deike" <udeike at web.de>
To: <individual-members-el at listi.jpberlin.de>; "Martin Herberg" 
<martin.herberg at european-left.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Individual-members-EL] situation of the individual members


> Hi all,
>
> good news from Mike who keeps our mailing list (and is very busy at the 
> moment writing his diploma thesis):
>
> We got new individual members in Germany and -
> believe it or not - our first 3 Scandinavian members: in Norway. Sounds 
> like a break-through to me.
> As far as I know, only Asbjorn has registered for this mailing list up to 
> now
> - welcome Asbjorn!! - , but we hope your 2 fellows will soon tune in to 
> our info exchanges
> , too.
>
> Concerning MArtin's recent e-mail:
> I find our Brussels group's proposals very useful and especially 
> supportive of
> our common motion to the Congress in November in Prague. I've attached it 
> again
> esp. for those who have joined us recently or forgot about it.
> (You would have to read the changes next to the original Statute, which 
> you find on the EL websit.)
> Claudia Gohde, member of the statute working group, will introduce it to 
> her fellow
> members of the group, and let's hope these 2 motions will go directly to 
> the Congress
> with small or no changes.
>
> MArtin and friends have added the financial aspect. Your proposal is a 
> start for circles of
> indiv. members who have no national  member party to turn to.
> And I think in some months or years all active circles will need some kind 
> of budget.
>
> Important financial news for those who - like me - read the Financial 
> Status on our website
> and found no specifics about the annual membership fee 2007 for 
> individuals:
> I made a short enquiry and
> THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE 2007 is 24 Euros.
>
> Finally, what do you think about Prodi's and others' idea of a Europe of 
> different speeds, also
> regarding a future EU-constitution? (see EU Observer 3rd May 07: 
> http://euobserver.com/)
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Uli
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