thanks, and thanks to everyone else who has written a 'directions mail'. will find it now. was i so silly not to have seen the directions in the earlier registration info. perhaps? so maybe it was just my stupidity... Ursula --- Rebekah Pratt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Ursula and others, > This attachment I received from Kay Worswick should > help with finding > the venue. > Hope that helps, > Rebekah > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Ursula Troche > Sent: 03 October 2005 09:37 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: The European Comm. / train > > > Dear David and all, > > thanks for the interesting information. I have just > sent them a mail. Will they have any rep. of ENCP > attending 'our' Newcastle conference - which would > be > a perfect opp. to network? > > Now a different question, which i asked before. Re. > the Newcastle conference: how do I get from the > railway station to the conference venue? > > thanks, Ursula > > > > --- David Fryer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Dear Annie, > > > > 'Organisational membership' was discussed but no > > decision recorded in the minutes. A sub-committee, > > composed of Jose Ornelas, Terri Mannarini and > Serdar Degirmencioglu. > > > > Jose's email address is: [log in to unmask] > > > > Terri's email address is below > > > > Serdar's email address is: [log in to unmask] > > > > The emerging consensus seemed likely to be that > > organisations should be able to join at the same > > rates at individual members (free for community > > groups with no income . . . etc) but such > > membership would only provide one vote at a > general > > assembly (the key decision making body in theory). > > > > As I said before this matter is really still to be > > settled but rather than just waiting I would > suggest > > you set the pace by making enquiries re how - if > > your SW groups wants to join - but remember the > more > > members the more votes you have and many of your > > members would - I imagine and hope - be able to > ECPA > > members with a fee of zero euro. > > > > Serdar (Turkey) is a very hard working and > committed > > member of ECPA and could be relied upon to follow > up enquiries > > especially proactively and swiftly. > > > > Re the hard work you referred to: I should have > said > > that Jim Orford as the last Co-ordinator of ENCP > did > > a massive amount of work in making the setting up > > ECPA possible. Jim did not want to stand for the > > ECPA President position and is not listed in the > > minutes as a member of an ECPA working group. > > > > David > > > > David Fryer > > Community Psychology Group > > University of Stirling > > FK9 4LA > > Scotland > > +44 (0) 1786 467650 (tel) > > +44 (0) 1786 467641 (fax) > > [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Annie Mitchell > > Sent: 30 September 2005 10:16 am > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: The European Community Psychology > > Association > > > > > > Hi David ( and all) > > > > Thanks for thoughtful presentation to us of the > > issues, and for the > > incredible hard amount of work that goes into this > > sort of development. > > > > We have a meeting next Friday of the Southwest > > Community Psychology network > > ( our theme: social exclusion/ inclusion). Our > > network is totally informal > > and comprises community members all walks of life > - > > could we be affiliated > > in some way, or would we need to join individually > ? > > What is the practical > > next step we would need to take as individuals or > > collectively to get > > involved? > > > > Thanks > > > > Annie- > > > > --On 30 September 2005 10:12 +0100 David Fryer > <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear Dawn, > > > > > > Great questions - thanks. > > > > > > You do not need to have psychology credentials > > (undergraduate or > > > postgraduate) to be a member of ECPA - ECPA > > members are very explicit > > > that we want to be accessible to / inclusive of > > people from other > > > disciplines and from no disciplines, including > > people who have done no > > > tertiary study; also to / of other professionals > > than psychologists > > > and non-professionals including community > > activists. We explicitly > > > reject the idea that only credentialed > > psychologists have the relevant > > > skills and expertise. > > > > > > You also do not need to come from 'Europe' (in > > either the EU sense or > > > a wider sense) to be a member of ECPA. People > from > > all over the world > > > (and beyond if any apply!) are welcome. However, > > ECPA is in its very > > > early stages. Decisions could not legitimately > be > > made for ECPA by > > > ENCP and until ECPA had members it could not > have > > a General Assembly > > > or an Executive Committee (Board) or President. > So > > at the first > > > General Assembly people attending from outside > > Europe (USA and South > > > Africa) were welcomed as members and able to > vote > > in the election for > > > ECPA President but an informal agreement was > > reached that it would not > > > be appropriate for non Europeans to be members > of > > the first Executive > > > committee, one of whose first tasks once > appointed > > was to make some > > > recommendations to the next General Assembly re > > membership. A working > > > group is currently looking into organisational > > membership. There are > > > issues to work out here. > > > > > > To be a member of ECPA you DO have to subscribe > to > > the set of values > > > and assumptions given below, pay the relevant > fee > > (or non fee if > > > unwaged) and be accepted by the General > Assembly. > > The meaning in > > > practice of the latter requirement has still to > be > > worked out. It is > > > required by the founding Constitution imposed by > === message truncated === ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]