Here is the CCPA request. Please add this to your agendas.
julie
From: Molly McCracken [mailto:molly.mccracken@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:40 AM
To: Julie Guard
Cc: Ellen Smirl
Subject: Re: 2019 speaking event
Hi Julie
I hope this email does not come too late for the committee meeting. I spoke with Jason Hooper last week. Upon reflection, I changed what I suggested to you earlier regarding possible CCPA MB involvement to the following:
Would the committee and WECC be supportive of a third event with Bragg where he speaks at Knox Church? We could have an interesting format, perhaps interview style with a prominent Winnipegger. I understand Bragg is a good speaker and has
done this type of thing before.
I suggested this to Jason and he said he'd think about it and talk to the committee.
Thanks
Molly
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Thanks for your input Molly. I will share your suggestions with the committee, at our meeting in
three weeks (yoiks! I thought I had shed some of my meeting obligations!)
julie
From: Molly
McCracken [mailto:molly.mccracken@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 4:56 PM
To: Julie Guard
Cc: Ellen Smirl
Subject: Re: 2019 speaking event
Thanks Julie. Billy Bragg will be fantastic. His name came up when we met on the collaboration between the 1919 Strike Committee and CCPA MB at the Good Will back in the summer.
I'm suggesting that it be explored that the public event be held at a larger venue, Knox. WECC will sell out very quickly for Bragg. It sounds like the conference committee wants
to hold the event for conference attendees at the Labour Temple, which makes a lot of sense to me.
I'd like to just float the idea by Jason to see what he thinks.
It sounds like the Billy Bragg events are taking precedence so I'd like to explore CCPA's involvement.
Thanks
Molly
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Hi Ellen:
I will pass that suggestion on to the committee. I know the group was quite intent on getting the
Labour Temple for the evening, and we have had to negotiate with the Labour Council to get it, but we can certainly add it to the agenda of our next meeting. We didn’t set a date, but I think we expect to meet again in a few weeks.
julie
From: Ellen
Smirl [mailto:ellen@policyalternatives.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 3:44 PM
To: Julie Guard
Cc: Molly McCracken
Subject: Re: 2019 speaking event
Hi Julie,
I was speaking with Molly and we are wondering if there might be room for CCPA to partner to bring Billy Bragg to a larger venue? It sounds like the Labour Temple is for the conference
attendees, but would there be a possibility to bring Billy to Knox United rather than WECC to draw a bigger crowd? CCPA would love to be able to support this event if possible, and if so, Molly suggested she could speak to Jason about how CCPA could partner
in hosting a larger event. I’m going to cc Molly here so she can be part of this conversation.
On Mar 6, 2018, at 2:42 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
Hi Ellen:
I think we’ve more or less opted to try to get Billy Bragg and not worry about trying to get a really high-profile speaker like Arundhati Roy, fabulous as that would be. Jason from WECC came to our last meeting, and my understanding is that he is working on setting up two events, one at the Labour Temple for the conference and another at the WECC. I regret to tell you that we neglected to discuss the role of the CCPA. It just slipped by us, but I don’t think the opportunity has disappeared. Our understanding is that the conference would engage him, if he is available and will come, to perform, as would the WECC. So if we can either singly or jointly arrange a speaking engagement, that should still be possible.
Do you want to discuss that with the Steering Committee?
julie
From: Ellen Smirl [mailto:ellen@policyalternatives.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 2:37 PM
To: Julie Guard
Subject: 2019 speaking event
Hi Julie,
I just wanted to touch base to see where we are at in terms of the 2019 event. Unfortunately my notes on our meeting are not very clear (note to self: take better meeting notes!) but I do remember that we were supposed to receive some sort of confirmation from U of M organizing committee about feedback on the idea of bringing in a speaker. I think we were also tossing the idea around about music as well (Billy Bragg). And is there any support that CCPA can give you at this time?
Talk soon,
Ellen