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And don't forget Marks recently added fourth step ... Disregard any of that and just send it anyway. Not much incentive for engaging in a meaningful process of what it means to make collective statements there!! Or perhaps it is just beyond 'us' after all. The 50% objection process outlined by Mark and Paul (as Mark described it) is not one I want to sign up to, and I don't see why signing up to a mail discussion list means I now have. Rebekah -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -----Original Message----- From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Duckett Sent: 21 January 2009 12:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] petition/ from community psychologists? Also, it is not always safe for people to sign a petition. If you do not have the social, political, cultural and economic resources to protect yourself from highly litigious corporations and repressive laws (e.g., UK anti-terrorism legislation). It is not always easy to speak up against a powerful interest group, especially when it involves making your identity known to them when your identity is low status to them. It is not beyond us to come up with some rules and regs of how we express our collective voice and our collective will and there are ways of using ICT to allow people to vote anonymously for or against or abstain from a statement being made anonymously. First step is to decide whether we want a collective voice. Second step is to decide how we identify it (e.g., via consensus or majority rule). Third step is to decide how we use it. It is and was important for a statement of support to get sent to organisations in Gaza, before they had all their bits blown off. p Paul Duckett Senior Lecturer Community Psychology Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology Manchester Metropolitan University I am out fo the office on study leave from 2nd - 7th June (inclusive). During this time I cannot be contacted by phone, but can be contacted by e-mail. However, I will have limited e-mail access and there may therefore be a delay until I can reply. ___________________________________ 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/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK For any problems or queries, contact the list moderators: Rebekah Pratt ([log in to unmask]) or Grant Jeffrey ([log in to unmask])