Hi Rhona,
There is a survey facility, and a discussion room too.  The survey tool could be easily used to run a poll and I'd be very happy to set polls up (that is the catch compared to doodle, only the list owners can create them on JISCmail).  And there are just under 200 subscribers to this list at the moment ...
Rebekah

From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brown, Rhona
Sent: 01 October 2008 15:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference, Paris 2009

Hi, is there a poll facility within JISCmail?  I know with some online groups there are. Rebekah & Grant I assume you’ll know the ins and outs of the software? If not, then there are some free web-based services we could use as a group if we decided to go down the route of voting/setting up a poll.  Eg see http://www.doodle.ch/about/doodle.html for instance.  One thing I feel aware of is that I have no idea how big this group/community is.  Just having a sense of that would help me shift into participative action mode (or not!)   

Rhona Brown

 

From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wendy Franks
Sent: 01 October 2008 14:46
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference, Paris 2009

 

Hello,

 

I'm happy with supporting the conference as a network, if that would be meaningful to the ECPA. Otherwise, I don't think there's much we can do in the immediate term, as we have no existing formal structure.

 

I thought the idea of setting up a poll (kind of like a vote) would be a fairly democratic way to make decisions for the moment.

 

I thought that Paul's summary at the conference of our various historical means of decision making on the list was quite enlightening.

 

This question is another example of a situation we've been in again and again on the list. Are we able to think any more as a group about whether or how we'd like to develop as a network?  Could we bear to have an away day to work on this?

 

Wendy

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From: Thorne Lisa (DEVON PCT) <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference, Paris 2009
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, 29 September, 2008, 11:26 AM

Dear all,
I am also in favour of supporting the ECPA conference as the UK CP Network.  I
like Mark's suggestion that we go ahead unless there are 10 or more
objections.
Lisa
 
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:49:11 +0100
>From: Rachael Fox <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference,
Paris 2009  
>To: [log in to unmask]
> 
>Hi All,
>I am in favour of supporting the ECPA conference as the UK CP Network - no
logo, just the name
> 
>Rachael
> 
>________________________________
> 
>From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of Elaine
Douglas
>Sent: Fri 26/09/2008 10:34
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference,
Paris 2009
> 
> 
> 
>Hello,
> 
>I, too, am in favour of supporting the ECPA conference. 
> 
>I also am in favour of forming some kind of organisational structure to the
CP UK network with the aim that we may collectively act and represent ourselves.
 Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the Edinburgh conference so am not privy
to the discussions (other than references made on list) that took place there in
relation to this issue, so welcome this opportunity to discuss the matter
further. 
> 
>Best wishes,
> 
>Elaine
> 
> 
> 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of Jacqueline
Akhurst (J.Akhurst)
>Sent: Fri 26/09/2008 09:46
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference,
Paris 2009
> 
>Hi David and readers of these emails,
> 
> 
> 
>I would like to support the endorsement of the ECPA conference in Paris
next year by CP UK network (as represented by this list). I believe it is
important that we develop a collective voice in European Psychology that is
distinctive from the influence of US CP, and particularly to enable us to engage
in critical community psychology discourses beginning to emerge in France,
Germany and the Scandinavian countries. I believe that this would assist those
of us trying to 'infiltrate' mainstream psychology here, and could
potentially support academic development of critical and community psychology
programmes.
> 
> 
> 
>All the best,
> 
>Jacqui
> 
> 
> 
>________________________________
> 
>From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Fryer
>Sent: 25 September 2008 23:04
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference,
Paris 2009
> 
> 
> 
>Hi Rachael,
> 
> 
> 
>I cant speak for others of course and the list archives would reveal the
actual posts but in brief, as I recall it, a debate occured after it had been
suggested we endorse the second international conference of CP (2iccp) held in
Lisbon. (You might recall there was discussion about a logo and the Ken Sprague
fish were suggested).
> 
> 
> 
>I think there were two main sets of considerations debated at the time. 
First was whether we are 'just' a collection of individual people who
happen to have joined a list or whether we constitute some sort of collective
entity. Related to this was how any decision could be reached in practice on any
given issue given those who post have such diverse positions and the positions
of the majority who don't post is unknown. Second was the merit or otherwise
of the particular conference which it had been suggested we endorse - one
reservation here was whether we might endorse something inconsistent with
community critical psychology as we understand it. One fear here was that
although called 'international', 2iccp would actually be a marketing
event for US community psychology and thus a vehicle for intellectual and
cultural colonisation. (Personally I think that fear was largely borne out).
> 
> 
> 
>I think the situation has moved on since then however. First, many at the
Edinburgh UK CP conference seemed to want to moving towards establishing a
collective identity for CP in the UK built out of the list. Second, endorsing a
European Community Psychology Association Conference in France may be less
contentious than the Lisbon meeting. The ECPA has a number of features which
might make it attractive to us: you can join it without any credentials in
psychology, it has a critical interest group, it has members who speak Spanish
and Portuguese who are well versed with the community psychology in central and
South America and it already took a collective stand against the involvement of
psychologists in torture etc).
> 
> 
> 
>Personally I am a member of ECPA and whilst of course I have reservations
about it in a number of respects I support its activities and I am working for
the conference and would be happy if it could be endorsed (even though  I argued
against the endorsement of 2iccp).  However I do think that the list membership
very seldom speaks with one voice about anything and that there are currently no
satisfactory ways to ensure any decision is collectively endorsed.
> 
> 
> 
>I am unsure where we go from here but think many of us want to go
somewhere!.
> 
> 
> 
>David 
> 
> 
> 
>________________________________
> 
>From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rachael Fox
[[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 25 September 2008 09:34
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference,
Paris 2009
> 
>Hi David,
> 
>Can you explain to us a little bit about why people felt it was wrong to
endorse the conference at Lisbon (the 2nd International Community Psychology
one?) and also whether there might be differences in this European conference -
is this conference something we might be more likely to want to endorse in some
way or are there more general reasons for not wanting to be 'partners'?
> 
> 
> 
>Rachael
> 
> 
> 
>________________________________
> 
>From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Fryer
>Sent: 24 September 2008 21:22
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] European community psychology conference, Paris
2009
> 
> 
> 
>Dear everyone,
> 
> 
> 
>as mentioned at the Edinburgh UK CP Conference, the ECPA (European
Community Psychology Association) will be convening a conference of European
Community Psychology in Paris late in 2009. (I am on the organising committee).
The local organiser is Thomas Sais of the French Community Psychology
Association (Assoc. Française de Psychologie Communautaire). Thomas has emailed
me as follows:
> 
> 
> 
>"In order to be legitimated to the eyes of the potential financers,
could you please tell me if your national CP associations (or psychologists'
association) would like to be mentioned as "partners" of the congress,
without necessarily financing it ? That would be very helpful right now (I'm
asking for sponsorships everywhere)."
> 
>We in the UK do not have a national CP association ... the closest we come
to it is the UK CP Network.
> 
> 
> 
>I am assuming that previous discussion regarding 2iccp at Lisbon has set a
precedent for us - as a network or list or whatever - not becoming
'partners' or 'endorsers' but thought I would bring this request
to the list anyway, even though it is a trivial matter compared to some issues
on which many of us would like to be able to have a collective voice.
> 
> 
> 
>Anyone disagree that I should reply to Thomas and say that we do not have a
body such as national CP association which could legitimately be a partner?
> 
> 
> 
>Of course whether or not a UK CP association were a partner, CPs from the
UK will be very welcome at the conference and I will keep you posted re further
details as they emerge
> 
> 
> 
>David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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