 |
 |
Dear Ian, I agree with you, that too many emails were sent to the steering group. I sent too many mails as well. I know. I wanted to stop this, but I kept on receiving (sometimes privately) mails from colleagues with interesting content to discuss. That is why I went on until now. Concerning the discussion room: you (or someone else) should explain a little more how we can get on that "discussion room". I didn't succeed right now. But I am in a hurry, so maybe later. I am a volonteer for the thinking about the creation of the "organised network" (from my practical international screenwriting and production knowledge), but I don't have any personal ambition for the network. I have made my choice: my ambition is in professionalism: international financing and screenwriting. But I can learn a lot from the academics, from other screenwriters and from my own reflections and research. Best regards, Hugo Op 7-dec-11, om 12:50 heeft Ian MacDonald het volgende geschreven: > Dear all > > The Steering Group has occupied quite a lot of server space lately > with wide-ranging discussions and suggestions. Some of this has also > reached the whole Network, which might be a bit confusing! > > I suggest we separate out our burgeoning business. > > I'm delighted people are discussing screenwriting issues daily now - > that's what the Network was set up to do! It needs that free-flowing > social network approach, and I'm pleased to say we already have a > Discussion Room. You should see this on your jiscmail Home Page, > towards the RH side. You'll need some Java software (all available > through jiscmail), and maybe some adjustments to your firewall. Then > you can access the DR and post ideas/respond in real time. You can > save your discussion and can ask SRN to place this in the Files > section. > > The business of the Steering Group concerns the running of the SRN, > and messages for the specific email list for the SRG should be > restricted to items relating to this topic. > > The Steering Group is also now working on formalising the SRN, with > a constitutional structure. I have called for 5 volunteers to help > with administering this process. The intention is to bring a > suggested structure to the SG in the New Year, and after a short > time, suggest an agreed structure to the whole membership. If > agreed, it would be adopted by the AGM in Sydney 2012. Comments and > suggestions welcome from all. However, at this stage, it is best to > send them only to me at [log in to unmask] The full debate > will happen later. > > Any general message/news/new publication/everything else will > continue to be posted to the SRN as usual. More info will follow on > conferences from 2014 onwards, for example. > > In the near future, it is intended we should have a separate > website. I am working on this now with Jamie Sherry from Bangor > University, Wales. Any comments or suggestions should also be sent > to me in the first instance. > > You might also like to note that our current membership exceeds 200, > following the successful Brussels conference! > > Best wishes to all > > Ian > > Hugo Vercauteren tel. + 32 (0) 3 440 20 23 mob. + 32 (0) 494 17 10 89