Hi all,
This came up briefly at the last meeting, but we never got back to it. The Riley grant from the U of Winnipeg, which has to be spent on events open to the public, is going to be directed to three events in the conference: the Wednesday evening panel on commemoration, the Thursday evening event at the Ukrainian Labour Temple with the keynote, and the Saturday afternoon bus tours.
We need to figure out how to advertise these events, and what it means for our planning.
A prime audience for the wednesday evening are the folks who are attending the series at the Library. Can we produce a leaflet (Krishna) for them? Where else can we advertise it. This is a potentially useful thing, because we may attract people who decide to register and stay for the conference. The Wednesday event could be quite popular, which raises another issue. I am keeping an eye on registrations and was going to report immediately after early bird registration ends April 1. But this event may attract a significant number of other people which suggests that we may already know that Convocation Hall isn’t large enough. Janis: you may want to report this to the event planning people. I will get back to you when registration itself hits 200, but we should let them know that we are planning and event that isn’t limited to registrants.
For Thursday evening, our main audiences will be accessed through the MFL and Labour Council. Sharon and Jeff can talk to the MFL about this? Perhaps we could quickly make an announcement to put in the next 1919 newsletter? And there may be some affiliates who are particularly interested in McAlevey. Who organized her last visit to the labour council?
Finally, we need to be careful about the bus tours. If we throw it open, we could be swamped and our delegates wouldn’t be able to get on the bus. I’m going to suggest that we have a signup sheet, or print tickets. If our delegates want to go, they can sign up. And we can announce at the conference that they can bring friends and family, but they have to sign them up. And we can allow people who attended the Wednesday and/or Thursday evening events (from the “public”) to sign up as well. This way it’s open, but not out of control And we’ll have a list and can adjust the number of busses.
Does this work for people? Ideas welcome!
Jim
James Naylor
Professor
Department of History
Brandon University
270 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Canada
Office: 204 727 9664
Cell: 204 720 2117
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people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Hi everyone,
Now that the program committee has found chairs for the conference sessions, I would like to send out instructions to them as soon as possible. I'm attaching a draft email that will go out to the chairs. It is based, in part, on Paul's email to the roundtable chairs. Please read it over as soon as you can and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks,
Jim
James Naylor
Professor
Department of History
Brandon University
270 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Canada
Office: 204 727 9664
Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca>
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/>
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Hi all,
I got this from Dave Bleakney. Rhonda suggested he might be able to play during one of the lunches. Dave likes that idea, so I'm sending this
along.
Cheers,
David
David Camfield
Coordinator, Labour Studies Program
Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology
116 Isbister Building
183 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R3T 2N2
phone: 204-474-6160
fax: 204-474-7869
From: Dave Bleakney [mailto:dbleakney@cupw-sttp.org]
Sent: March-27-19 2:26 PM
To: David Camfield
Subject: question
Hi comrade, hope you are well. I will be out your way in 6 weeks or so for the conference. I am wondering if you know of any musical events or open stages that are related I could plug into?
My musical career has been re-invigorated, am in recording studio nearly every weekend I can and have some summer festival dates coming up. Further, some of my songs are now being recorded and performed by a Mexican artist and I have been in the SOCAN studio in Toronto. Wondering if there is anyone I can speak with about plugging into a set or even a few original songs on working class struggle?
If you know of anything/anyone I should be connecting with please advise. Thanks, d
Dave Bleakney
2nd National Vice-President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K2P 1Y3
613-236-9339 (office)
613-299-3397 (cell)
613-563-7861 (fax)
dbleakney(a)cupw-sttp.org<mailto:dbleakney@cupw-sttp.org>
www.cupw-sttp.org<http://www.cupw-sttp.org/>
Please support the parliamentary petition seeking a public inquiry into Canada's Extradition Act & the way it failed Hassan Diab:
To sign the petition, please visit:
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The meetings of the Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee will be Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 28.
Please mark your calendars.
Thanks,
Jim
James Naylor
Professor
Department of History
Brandon University
270 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Canada
Office: 204 727 9664
Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca>
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/>
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Sorry to get this to you at the last moment:
WGS Conference Committee Agenda
March 23, 2019
MFL Committee Report - Sharon and Jeff
- Including other projects
Chair's Report - Jim N.
Finance Committee Report on Budget - Jim M.
Friday Evening
Printed Program, Delegates' bags, etc. - Krishna
Logistics - Janis
- Rooms
- Food
Roundtable Committee - Paul
- Instructions to Moderators, etc.
Buses - Thursday and Saturday - Amber
Brandon - Rhonda
Student Assistants - Jeff
Next Meeting
See you tomorrow,
Jim
James Naylor
Professor
Department of History
Brandon University
270 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Canada
Office: 204 727 9664
Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca>
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/>
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Hi everybody,
The next meeting of the Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee is this Saturday at 1:30 in our regular place (2B23 Bryce Hall, University of Winnipeg).
I'll send out an agenda before the meeting, but let me know if you have anything to put on it.
Thanks,
Jim
James Naylor
Professor
Department of History
Brandon University
270 18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Canada
Office: 204 727 9664
Cell: 204 720 2117
Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca>
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/>
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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to make a formal proposal to the committee about a Friday
night event.
Fight for 15 Manitoba (FF15MB) will be organizing a social at X-cues (551
Sargent ave) on the night of May 10th. It will be a casual event meant for
socializing and a networking opportunity for FF15MB. We'll have a 50\50 to
raise money for FF15MB. We might organize a pool tournament depending if
people are interested.
In terms of advertising and arrangements for event FF15MB will be handling
that.
The only requests are if the event could be placed in the conference
schedule and if the committee could cover the cost of the space booking
($200).
Thank you for the consideration.
Scott Price
Decisions need to be made regarding room choices (see below). Please add this to the agenda for our next meeting.
Thank you.
Janis
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From: Marina Britten
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:14 PM
To: Janis Thiessen
Subject: RE: 1919-2019 conference
Good Afternoon Janis,
The classrooms have been released and I was able to book your additional breakout spaces.
For the duration of the conference you already have Manitoba Theatres 4M31 and 4M47 booked. In addition to those I have the following options for you:
Thursday, May 9 (Booked 8:00- 3:45 p.m.) :
3C01 (120 capacity)
3M59 (39 capacity)
3M64 (36 capacity)
3M67 (35 capacity)
Friday, May 10 (Booked 8:00- 3:45 p.m.):
3C01 (120 capacity)
3M59 (39 capacity)
3M64 (36 capacity)
3M67 (35 capacity)
2M67 (36 capacity)
2M74 (35 capacity)
Saturday, May 11 (Booked 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.) :
3C01 (120 capacity)
3M59 (39 capacity)
3M64 (36 capacity)
3M67 (35 capacity)
2M67 (36 capacity)
2M74 (35 capacity)
2M72 (81 capacity)
For childcare I have 1 room available at 8:00 a.m. Thursday until 1:00 p.m. Saturday on the second floor of Manitoba I think might be best, it is 2M73. It does seat 77 so if you would prefer to use it for the conference and a smaller room on the 3rd floor let me know, I just thought it was more central to Convocation Hall and the book fair and has the washrooms close by.
Please let me know your preferences and if you have any questions!
Best,
Marina Britten
Event Coordinator
Conference and Events Services
P 204.988.7525
Hello all,
FYI.
Krishna, if we have some handouts for the conference we could distribute
them at this event.
Also at the Millennium Library sessions - beginning March 20th.
Please let me know.
Best,
Sharon
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Sharon Reilly
48 Glen Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R2M 1V5
tel: 204-255-4446
cell: 204-590-7051
reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com