WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Are the hotel packages posted on the website yet?
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On Oct 23, 2018, at 4:29 PM, James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA wrote:
Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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They aren't yet, Tim.
I actually need to organize a major overhaul of the website by mid-November (six months ahead of the conference start), but, in advance of said, we also need to determine what information should be released and when. I would advise not advertising anything new until we begin establishing a more fixed conference timeline, which, as Jim notes above, should form the major focus of our meeting on Saturday.
Best!
Krishna 204.899.8687
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 8:03 AM Tim timgordie@mymts.net wrote:
Are the hotel packages posted on the website yet?
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On Oct 23, 2018, at 4:29 PM, James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA wrote:
Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.ca
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Hello all,
Further to yesterday’s discussion, and before any decisions are made, I would like to add a few points regarding my proposal that we offer to cover expenses for David Frank to attend the conference.
I see now that I did not fully understand the financial, and perhaps status, implications involved when we created our three categories of conference speakers – the keynote, round table, and panelist speakers.
What we did was to create a hierarchy of participants. We are paying, and covering all expenses for our keynote speakers; and we are covering most expenses of our roundtable speakers. We are not applying a ‘means’ test to these people, because their sessions are plenaries that we consider to be important, and we want these people to be there.
This implies that in providing a platform for our other speakers we are doing them a favour - rather than that they doing us a favour by adding valuable content and analysis to our conference. This may hold true for young academics who are trying to advance their careers, but it’s not true of everyone.
This takes me the role we have assigned to public and popular history in the conference. Perhaps I should have argued for a roundtable session on popular/public interpretations of the strike and its meaning today. Maybe we all should have thought about this. We have said that we want the conference to be meaningful to a broad audience and not just academics, but maybe we could have done more to structure it that way.
Perhaps because, initially, we had trouble getting people interested in participating in the conference, we did not really do much in the way of critically appraising the final content of the conference. We had last minute discussions about youth and workers with disabilities.
As David Camfield pointed out, we should be making decisions based on principles rather than personalities, and think about all our presenters. I would suggest an alternate means test. In the case of the public history session, we can have our three local artists – Danny Schur, Noam Gonick, and Tom Monteyne – speak quite eloquently about their projects. I’m sure they will all give interesting presentations. If we also want a respected labour historian who has also worked with the labour movement and published in the field of public history to add some analysis to this session, then we should ‘put our money where our mouths are’ – as Janis’ mother might say!
Thank you for considering these points. All that said, I will accept whatever decision is made.
Best wishes,
Sharon
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM James Naylor Naylor@brandonu.ca wrote:
Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.ca
people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference
Hi everyone,
Sharon’s post got me thinking in a bit of new direction. Leaving the issue of funding to the conference participants aside (for the moment), the points about public history are well worth consideration. We do want to focus at the conference on the ways in which the strike is remembered and marked. When you combine this with an ongoing concern that’s been raised in meetings a few times – that we need a time and a place to talk about the strike in general – I have a proposal:
What do people think about having this public history panel on the Wednesday night (combined with the reception). This will also allow us to put the strike front and centre, to talk about what the strike was and its meanings, and so on. Remember that we are thinking of this as an open, public event, so it might gather a few people who would then stay for the conference. And it would help frame the conference in a particular way.
I think it would have a different tenor than the second keynote idea (which was so readily dropped), and I’ve come to question (to myself) whether we want two evenings of entertainment; I think Friday night suffices here whether we get Bragg or not (unfortunately this is still not resolved).
Comments?
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca On Behalf Of Sharon Reilly Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 1:35 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hello all, Further to yesterday’s discussion, and before any decisions are made, I would like to add a few points regarding my proposal that we offer to cover expenses for David Frank to attend the conference. I see now that I did not fully understand the financial, and perhaps status, implications involved when we created our three categories of conference speakers – the keynote, round table, and panelist speakers. What we did was to create a hierarchy of participants. We are paying, and covering all expenses for our keynote speakers; and we are covering most expenses of our roundtable speakers. We are not applying a ‘means’ test to these people, because their sessions are plenaries that we consider to be important, and we want these people to be there. This implies that in providing a platform for our other speakers we are doing them a favour - rather than that they doing us a favour by adding valuable content and analysis to our conference. This may hold true for young academics who are trying to advance their careers, but it’s not true of everyone. This takes me the role we have assigned to public and popular history in the conference. Perhaps I should have argued for a roundtable session on popular/public interpretations of the strike and its meaning today. Maybe we all should have thought about this. We have said that we want the conference to be meaningful to a broad audience and not just academics, but maybe we could have done more to structure it that way. Perhaps because, initially, we had trouble getting people interested in participating in the conference, we did not really do much in the way of critically appraising the final content of the conference. We had last minute discussions about youth and workers with disabilities. As David Camfield pointed out, we should be making decisions based on principles rather than personalities, and think about all our presenters. I would suggest an alternate means test. In the case of the public history session, we can have our three local artists – Danny Schur, Noam Gonick, and Tom Monteyne – speak quite eloquently about their projects. I’m sure they will all give interesting presentations. If we also want a respected labour historian who has also worked with the labour movement and published in the field of public history to add some analysis to this session, then we should ‘put our money where our mouths are’ – as Janis’ mother might say! Thank you for considering these points. All that said, I will accept whatever decision is made. Best wishes, Sharon
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM James Naylor <Naylor@brandonu.camailto:Naylor@brandonu.ca> wrote: Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Sharon Reilly
48 Glen Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2M 1V5 tel: 204-255-4446 cell: 204-590-7051 reillysharonmarie@gmail.commailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com
Hi all.
I do not normally say much, but for what it is worth, I think Sharon raised a number of important points. Personally, I have long believed that the historian-as-professor ideal that has come to dominate the profession has had a damaging discriminatory effect, and undermined the broad professional vision of history that was prevalent a century ago. I like your suggestion Jim and think adding an explicitly public historical dimension to the 1919 conference is both fitting and proper. Certainly, it represents a great opportunity to remind, or indeed show people why what historians (both public and academic) do matters. Extending Rorty’s claims for philosophy, history represent a form of “social hope,” a means of not simply knowing ourselves, but a way of “creating ourselves” and of shaping who we want to be, as well as a more just and fair world. Granted this is not my area of expertise, but this seems entirely in keeping with the spirit of Winnipeg in 1919.
Paul
Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Programming Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba ________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca on behalf of James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA Sent: 05 November 2018 12:13:47 To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hi everyone,
Sharon’s post got me thinking in a bit of new direction. Leaving the issue of funding to the conference participants aside (for the moment), the points about public history are well worth consideration. We do want to focus at the conference on the ways in which the strike is remembered and marked. When you combine this with an ongoing concern that’s been raised in meetings a few times – that we need a time and a place to talk about the strike in general – I have a proposal:
What do people think about having this public history panel on the Wednesday night (combined with the reception). This will also allow us to put the strike front and centre, to talk about what the strike was and its meanings, and so on. Remember that we are thinking of this as an open, public event, so it might gather a few people who would then stay for the conference. And it would help frame the conference in a particular way.
I think it would have a different tenor than the second keynote idea (which was so readily dropped), and I’ve come to question (to myself) whether we want two evenings of entertainment; I think Friday night suffices here whether we get Bragg or not (unfortunately this is still not resolved).
Comments?
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca On Behalf Of Sharon Reilly Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 1:35 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hello all, Further to yesterday’s discussion, and before any decisions are made, I would like to add a few points regarding my proposal that we offer to cover expenses for David Frank to attend the conference. I see now that I did not fully understand the financial, and perhaps status, implications involved when we created our three categories of conference speakers – the keynote, round table, and panelist speakers. What we did was to create a hierarchy of participants. We are paying, and covering all expenses for our keynote speakers; and we are covering most expenses of our roundtable speakers. We are not applying a ‘means’ test to these people, because their sessions are plenaries that we consider to be important, and we want these people to be there. This implies that in providing a platform for our other speakers we are doing them a favour - rather than that they doing us a favour by adding valuable content and analysis to our conference. This may hold true for young academics who are trying to advance their careers, but it’s not true of everyone. This takes me the role we have assigned to public and popular history in the conference. Perhaps I should have argued for a roundtable session on popular/public interpretations of the strike and its meaning today. Maybe we all should have thought about this. We have said that we want the conference to be meaningful to a broad audience and not just academics, but maybe we could have done more to structure it that way. Perhaps because, initially, we had trouble getting people interested in participating in the conference, we did not really do much in the way of critically appraising the final content of the conference. We had last minute discussions about youth and workers with disabilities. As David Camfield pointed out, we should be making decisions based on principles rather than personalities, and think about all our presenters. I would suggest an alternate means test. In the case of the public history session, we can have our three local artists – Danny Schur, Noam Gonick, and Tom Monteyne – speak quite eloquently about their projects. I’m sure they will all give interesting presentations. If we also want a respected labour historian who has also worked with the labour movement and published in the field of public history to add some analysis to this session, then we should ‘put our money where our mouths are’ – as Janis’ mother might say! Thank you for considering these points. All that said, I will accept whatever decision is made. Best wishes, Sharon
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM James Naylor <Naylor@brandonu.camailto:Naylor@brandonu.ca> wrote: Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Sharon Reilly
48 Glen Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2M 1V5 tel: 204-255-4446 cell: 204-590-7051 reillysharonmarie@gmail.commailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com
Dear Colleagues:
I have to ponder Jim's idea before I weigh in firmly, but off the top of my head, I think the suggestion that we highlight public history and public historians this way has merit and could be a very engaging start to the conference.
My endorsement of that idea should not, however, be assumed to be an affirmation of the argument that the field suffers from the "dominance" of university-based historians or that such "dominance" of the field is somehow discriminatory. Some might prefer that there be fewer scholars and more community-based or informal historians, but I suspect the field itself would lose depth and breadth by reducing the influence of those whose lives are devoted to it full-time.
Best, julie
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Paul Jenkins Sent: Monday, November 05, 2018 12:45 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hi all.
I do not normally say much, but for what it is worth, I think Sharon raised a number of important points. Personally, I have long believed that the historian-as-professor ideal that has come to dominate the profession has had a damaging discriminatory effect, and undermined the broad professional vision of history that was prevalent a century ago. I like your suggestion Jim and think adding an explicitly public historical dimension to the 1919 conference is both fitting and proper. Certainly, it represents a great opportunity to remind, or indeed show people why what historians (both public and academic) do matters. Extending Rorty's claims for philosophy, history represent a form of "social hope," a means of not simply knowing ourselves, but a way of "creating ourselves" and of shaping who we want to be, as well as a more just and fair world. Granted this is not my area of expertise, but this seems entirely in keeping with the spirit of Winnipeg in 1919.
Paul
Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Programming Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba ________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca on behalf of James Naylor Naylor@BrandonU.CA Sent: 05 November 2018 12:13:47 To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hi everyone,
Sharon's post got me thinking in a bit of new direction. Leaving the issue of funding to the conference participants aside (for the moment), the points about public history are well worth consideration. We do want to focus at the conference on the ways in which the strike is remembered and marked. When you combine this with an ongoing concern that's been raised in meetings a few times - that we need a time and a place to talk about the strike in general - I have a proposal:
What do people think about having this public history panel on the Wednesday night (combined with the reception). This will also allow us to put the strike front and centre, to talk about what the strike was and its meanings, and so on. Remember that we are thinking of this as an open, public event, so it might gather a few people who would then stay for the conference. And it would help frame the conference in a particular way.
I think it would have a different tenor than the second keynote idea (which was so readily dropped), and I've come to question (to myself) whether we want two evenings of entertainment; I think Friday night suffices here whether we get Bragg or not (unfortunately this is still not resolved).
Comments?
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca On Behalf Of Sharon Reilly Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 1:35 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] WGSCC Meeting this Saturday!
Hello all, Further to yesterday's discussion, and before any decisions are made, I would like to add a few points regarding my proposal that we offer to cover expenses for David Frank to attend the conference. I see now that I did not fully understand the financial, and perhaps status, implications involved when we created our three categories of conference speakers - the keynote, round table, and panelist speakers. What we did was to create a hierarchy of participants. We are paying, and covering all expenses for our keynote speakers; and we are covering most expenses of our roundtable speakers. We are not applying a 'means' test to these people, because their sessions are plenaries that we consider to be important, and we want these people to be there. This implies that in providing a platform for our other speakers we are doing them a favour - rather than that they doing us a favour by adding valuable content and analysis to our conference. This may hold true for young academics who are trying to advance their careers, but it's not true of everyone. This takes me the role we have assigned to public and popular history in the conference. Perhaps I should have argued for a roundtable session on popular/public interpretations of the strike and its meaning today. Maybe we all should have thought about this. We have said that we want the conference to be meaningful to a broad audience and not just academics, but maybe we could have done more to structure it that way. Perhaps because, initially, we had trouble getting people interested in participating in the conference, we did not really do much in the way of critically appraising the final content of the conference. We had last minute discussions about youth and workers with disabilities. As David Camfield pointed out, we should be making decisions based on principles rather than personalities, and think about all our presenters. I would suggest an alternate means test. In the case of the public history session, we can have our three local artists - Danny Schur, Noam Gonick, and Tom Monteyne - speak quite eloquently about their projects. I'm sure they will all give interesting presentations. If we also want a respected labour historian who has also worked with the labour movement and published in the field of public history to add some analysis to this session, then we should 'put our money where our mouths are' - as Janis' mother might say! Thank you for considering these points. All that said, I will accept whatever decision is made. Best wishes, Sharon
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM James Naylor <Naylor@brandonu.camailto:Naylor@brandonu.ca> wrote: Hi Everyone,
A reminder that the Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, October 27, at 1:30 at 2B23, University of Winnipeg.
I think the main order of business is to develop a timeline to the Conference, think of the tasks that have to be undertaken, and ensure that they are covered by our current committees. Please let me know of any specific items that should be placed on the agenda.
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@BrandonU.camailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/
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Sharon Reilly
48 Glen Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2M 1V5 tel: 204-255-4446 cell: 204-590-7051 reillysharonmarie@gmail.commailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com
Hi, folks!
I hope this accurately reflects what we discussed (see attached and below in the body of this email).
My apologies, again, to our Finance Committee for missing this morning's meeting. Good luck!
My best to you all!
Krishna 204.899.8687
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*MINUTES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 | 1:30PM | UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG1919 GENERAL STRIKE CENTENARY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE *
Present: Julie Guard Janis Thiessen Jim Naylor Tim Gordienko Victor Dobchuk Paul Moist Sharon Reilly David Camfield Paul Jenkins Jeff Taylor Rhonda L. Hinther Scott Price Krishna Lalbiharie
*1. ANNOUNCEMENTS*
*(a) SSHRC GRANT:* We successfully received our applied SSHRC grant (2ndround) in the full amount of $25,000.00, which we’ve earmarked for conference travel and hotel monies re: roundtable participants and graduate students.
*(b) BILLY BRAGG:* We have negotiated with the West End Cultural Centre at a rate of 150 tickets at $80 per, alongside a contribution of $3,000.00 to WECC.
There are possibilities for tour dates in Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. Jason Hooper (WECC) is in the process of coordinating possibilities to that end.
Jim Naylor notes that CCPA has dropped-out of sponsoring Bragg.
*(c) TENTATIVE CONFERENCE EVENING SCHEDULE:*
• Wednesday, May 8, 2019: Opening Event | Location (TBD) • Thursday, May 9, 2019: Gathering and Keynote (Jane McAlevey) | Ukranian Labour Temple • Friday, May 10, 2019: West End Cultural Centre (WECC)
Sharon Riley and Jeff Taylor note that efforts out West are being organized in connection with 1919 commemorative activities, and that Jason Hooper should see about coordinating with groups there who might be interested in producing a Bragg tour.
*(d) BRAGG HONOURARY DEGREE: *Janis Thiessen is given direction to approach the appropriate U of W committees and boards to investigate the conferral of an Honourary Degree to Bragg.
*(e) RILEY FELLOWSHIP IN CANADIAN HISTORY: *Janis Thiessen reports that her application for conference-related funding has been the only application received by the granting committee – this, in the amount of $20,000.00.
*(f) UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG FACULTY OF ARTS FUNDING:* Janis Thiessen has also been directed to formally approach the U of W’s Faculty of Arts for funding in the amount of $20,000.000-$30,000.00 (or more) — this, taken together with what the U of M’s Faculty of Arts has promised, which approximates $40,000.00 (+).
*(g) COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES AT THE MILLENNIUM LIBRARY:* Paul Moist and Janis Thiessen report that a five-part 1919 series in connection with the Millennium Library is in the works, which is shaping-up as follows:
Week One: The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Tour / 100th Anniversary Edition (Nolan Reilly): March 20, 2019.
Week Two: Labour Protest Songs (Kent Davies; Darryl Reilly; Derek Black): March 27, 2019.
Week Three: Reflection on Revolt: Remembering the Winnipeg General Strike (Book Launch – Dennis Lewycky): April 3, 2019.
Week Four: Brookside Cemetery Virtual Tour (Paul Moist): April 10, 2019.
Week Five: Panel: the Fight for a Better Life – Contemporary Lessons from the General Strike (Basia Sokal; Kevin Rebeck; Indigenous Representative): April 17, 2019 — Note that organizers are contemplating Darla Laird of the CLC to fill the third seat on this panel.
*2. COMMITTEES:*
*(a) Entertainment Committee [Julie Guard, Scott Price, Janis Thiessen, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
Julie Guard reports that the committee met to discuss possibilities of programming local artists and will consult with Jason Hooper about the best means of approaching said.
Dates of local programming would be for the Wednesday, May 8, 2019 opening and possibly for the Friday, May 10, 2019 WECC event (should Bragg fall-through??)
Considerations include: rates of pay re: performers in accordance with union rates.
*(b) Finance Committee [Jim Naylor, Jeff Taylor, Jim Mochoruk, Rhonda Hinther, Paul Jenkins, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
*SUBSIDIES:*
(i) Jim Naylor reports that he will email all roundtable participants re: airfare and hotel bookings subsidies — that each participant’s flight and accommodations are fully paid for, but that we ask, in the event that individuals coming from organizations with providing and affordable budget lines for conference attendance, approach their orgs. to pay “their own way” where possible.
(ii) Jim Naylor reports that he will email students, post-docs, sessional teachers, the underemployed: airfare and hotel bookings subsidies — that each of these participant’s flight and accommodations are fully paid for, but that we ask, in the event that individuals coming from organizations with providing and affordable budget lines for conference attendance, approach their orgs. to pay “their own way” where possible.
Some debate on point (ii) and considering a revised fee for delegates under this category was raised. The Finance Committee will meet to discuss said and offer suggestions in keeping with financial accessibility particularly for students and the underemployed.
(iii) The idea of a daily conference rate was suggested, relative to the estimated regular conference fee of $100.00, which was reflected in our SSHRC grant application. David Camfield noted that we had discussed (as early as 2016) another fee schedule, which provided for other rates reflective of lower-income conference prospectives, etc., which will be revisited by the Finance Committee for discussion and report-back.
*(c) Communications Committee [Jim Naylor, Rhonda Hinther, Paul Jenkins, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
(i) Krishna Lalbiharie reports that he will supply a fully revised website by mid-November, which will hopefully include a preliminary conference schedule, booking offerings re: rooms, rates, etc.
(ii) Jim Naylor notes that registration will be carried out through the University of Brandon’s website which will be linked on our page.
(iii) Further social media promotion will be carried out following the re-launch of our website. Krishna will also investigate merch (tote bags, tee shirts, etc.)
(iv) Paul Jenkins was tasked with securing further rooms for attendees.
*(d) Programming Committee and Roundtable Committee [David Camfield, Scott Price, Paul Moist, Jim Naylor]:*
It’s imperative that we secure facilitators for each roundtable session. This committee will consider candidates re: said.
*(e) Logistics Committee [Paul Jenkins, Jim Naylor, Janis Thiessen]:*
(i) Paul Jenkins is directed to secure buses in advance (possibly 5 buses) for transport to events and for Strike tours. We will also need to acquire tour guides. Kevin Rebeck and Paul Moist are assets for recommending people.
(ii) The idea of doing bag lunches on the bus tours was raised and agreed upon.
(iii) Logistics re: coffee breaks and food was also raised throughout the conference. Janis Thiessen will see about securing quotes from Diversity Catering. Rhonda Hinther will connect with Janis on finances and food.
(iv) Tim Gordienko reports that the Thursday evening at the Ukranian Labour Temple will include a perogie meal, Ukranian dancers, etc. It will also include an historic tour of the Temple.
(v) Krishna will speak with MFL re: 1919 Beer sponsorship.
*3. NEXT MEETING: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 NOTE: A TASK REVIEW SHOULD FORM PART OF EACH WGSCC COMMITTEE MEETING*
Apologies. I, too, am a member of the LOGISTICS COMMITTEE.
KL 204.899.8687
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 6:22 AM Krishna Lalbiharie < krishna.lalbiharie@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, folks!
I hope this accurately reflects what we discussed (see attached and below in the body of this email).
My apologies, again, to our Finance Committee for missing this morning's meeting. Good luck!
My best to you all!
Krishna 204.899.8687
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*MINUTES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 | 1:30PM | UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG1919 GENERAL STRIKE CENTENARY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE *
Present: Julie Guard Janis Thiessen Jim Naylor Tim Gordienko Victor Dobchuk Paul Moist Sharon Reilly David Camfield Paul Jenkins Jeff Taylor Rhonda L. Hinther Scott Price Krishna Lalbiharie
*1. ANNOUNCEMENTS*
*(a) SSHRC GRANT:* We successfully received our applied SSHRC grant (2ndround) in the full amount of $25,000.00, which we’ve earmarked for conference travel and hotel monies re: roundtable participants and graduate students.
*(b) BILLY BRAGG:* We have negotiated with the West End Cultural Centre at a rate of 150 tickets at $80 per, alongside a contribution of $3,000.00 to WECC.
There are possibilities for tour dates in Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. Jason Hooper (WECC) is in the process of coordinating possibilities to that end.
Jim Naylor notes that CCPA has dropped-out of sponsoring Bragg.
*(c) TENTATIVE CONFERENCE EVENING SCHEDULE:*
• Wednesday, May 8, 2019: Opening Event | Location (TBD) • Thursday, May 9, 2019: Gathering and Keynote (Jane McAlevey) | Ukranian Labour Temple • Friday, May 10, 2019: West End Cultural Centre (WECC)
Sharon Riley and Jeff Taylor note that efforts out West are being organized in connection with 1919 commemorative activities, and that Jason Hooper should see about coordinating with groups there who might be interested in producing a Bragg tour.
*(d) BRAGG HONOURARY DEGREE: *Janis Thiessen is given direction to approach the appropriate U of W committees and boards to investigate the conferral of an Honourary Degree to Bragg.
*(e) RILEY FELLOWSHIP IN CANADIAN HISTORY: *Janis Thiessen reports that her application for conference-related funding has been the only application received by the granting committee – this, in the amount of $20,000.00.
*(f) UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG FACULTY OF ARTS FUNDING:* Janis Thiessen has also been directed to formally approach the U of W’s Faculty of Arts for funding in the amount of $20,000.000-$30,000.00 (or more) — this, taken together with what the U of M’s Faculty of Arts has promised, which approximates $40,000.00 (+).
*(g) COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES AT THE MILLENNIUM LIBRARY:* Paul Moist and Janis Thiessen report that a five-part 1919 series in connection with the Millennium Library is in the works, which is shaping-up as follows:
Week One: The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Tour / 100th Anniversary Edition (Nolan Reilly): March 20, 2019.
Week Two: Labour Protest Songs (Kent Davies; Darryl Reilly; Derek Black): March 27, 2019.
Week Three: Reflection on Revolt: Remembering the Winnipeg General Strike (Book Launch – Dennis Lewycky): April 3, 2019.
Week Four: Brookside Cemetery Virtual Tour (Paul Moist): April 10, 2019.
Week Five: Panel: the Fight for a Better Life – Contemporary Lessons from the General Strike (Basia Sokal; Kevin Rebeck; Indigenous Representative): April 17, 2019 — Note that organizers are contemplating Darla Laird of the CLC to fill the third seat on this panel.
*2. COMMITTEES:*
*(a) Entertainment Committee [Julie Guard, Scott Price, Janis Thiessen, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
Julie Guard reports that the committee met to discuss possibilities of programming local artists and will consult with Jason Hooper about the best means of approaching said.
Dates of local programming would be for the Wednesday, May 8, 2019 opening and possibly for the Friday, May 10, 2019 WECC event (should Bragg fall-through??)
Considerations include: rates of pay re: performers in accordance with union rates.
*(b) Finance Committee [Jim Naylor, Jeff Taylor, Jim Mochoruk, Rhonda Hinther, Paul Jenkins, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
*SUBSIDIES:*
(i) Jim Naylor reports that he will email all roundtable participants re: airfare and hotel bookings subsidies — that each participant’s flight and accommodations are fully paid for, but that we ask, in the event that individuals coming from organizations with providing and affordable budget lines for conference attendance, approach their orgs. to pay “their own way” where possible.
(ii) Jim Naylor reports that he will email students, post-docs, sessional teachers, the underemployed: airfare and hotel bookings subsidies — that each of these participant’s flight and accommodations are fully paid for, but that we ask, in the event that individuals coming from organizations with providing and affordable budget lines for conference attendance, approach their orgs. to pay “their own way” where possible.
Some debate on point (ii) and considering a revised fee for delegates under this category was raised. The Finance Committee will meet to discuss said and offer suggestions in keeping with financial accessibility particularly for students and the underemployed.
(iii) The idea of a daily conference rate was suggested, relative to the estimated regular conference fee of $100.00, which was reflected in our SSHRC grant application. David Camfield noted that we had discussed (as early as 2016) another fee schedule, which provided for other rates reflective of lower-income conference prospectives, etc., which will be revisited by the Finance Committee for discussion and report-back.
*(c) Communications Committee [Jim Naylor, Rhonda Hinther, Paul Jenkins, Krishna Lalbiharie]:*
(i) Krishna Lalbiharie reports that he will supply a fully revised website by mid-November, which will hopefully include a preliminary conference schedule, booking offerings re: rooms, rates, etc.
(ii) Jim Naylor notes that registration will be carried out through the University of Brandon’s website which will be linked on our page.
(iii) Further social media promotion will be carried out following the re-launch of our website. Krishna will also investigate merch (tote bags, tee shirts, etc.)
(iv) Paul Jenkins was tasked with securing further rooms for attendees.
*(d) Programming Committee and Roundtable Committee [David Camfield, Scott Price, Paul Moist, Jim Naylor]:*
It’s imperative that we secure facilitators for each roundtable session. This committee will consider candidates re: said.
*(e) Logistics Committee [Paul Jenkins, Jim Naylor, Janis Thiessen]:*
(i) Paul Jenkins is directed to secure buses in advance (possibly 5 buses) for transport to events and for Strike tours. We will also need to acquire tour guides. Kevin Rebeck and Paul Moist are assets for recommending people.
(ii) The idea of doing bag lunches on the bus tours was raised and agreed upon.
(iii) Logistics re: coffee breaks and food was also raised throughout the conference. Janis Thiessen will see about securing quotes from Diversity Catering. Rhonda Hinther will connect with Janis on finances and food.
(iv) Tim Gordienko reports that the Thursday evening at the Ukranian Labour Temple will include a perogie meal, Ukranian dancers, etc. It will also include an historic tour of the Temple.
(v) Krishna will speak with MFL re: 1919 Beer sponsorship.
*3. NEXT MEETING: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 NOTE: A TASK REVIEW SHOULD FORM PART OF EACH WGSCC COMMITTEE MEETING*
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