Ah now surely this is a clever ploy to facilitate interaction amongst the 3 parallel workshops on the Thursday afternoon - media & press management; our online community; and developing our collective voice....it throws into relief all of these issues and how they intersect - who are 'we' as a community? How does/can an online community function and make decisions? To whom are we accountable? And what relationship do we want to have with the media? If this is what the mail was about Paul I think it's very clever and will follow with interest the debates that follow.....
Rhona Brown
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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Penny Priest
Sent: 05 September 2008 09:33
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Subject: Re: urgent CPUK press release
Yes, quite. I think this was a test to see who has a sense of humour or
who takes themselves too seriously...
> C'mon, surely this is a joke? Supporting statements made by Cameron &
> asserting that all property is theft in the same statement???? And the bit
> about estate agents? Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh on a wet Friday
> morning.
>
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> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Annie Mitchell
> Sent: 05 September 2008 07:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: urgent CPUK press release
>
> Hi Paul, I agree with the concerns raised by Wendy and others. I couldnt
> support this statement going out in my name, though I appreciate and
> support the concerns behind it.
>
> I support the process though - ie a grroup meeting, proposing a statement
> then checking with the rest of us before issuing it.
>
> I would support issuing a collective statement calling on the government
> to take urgent action to tackle the (economically induced) increasing
> inequalities in access to secure housing and safe communities.
>
> Certainly would not want such a statement explicitly supporting the
> conservatives; nor referring to people as " the poor" or " criminally
> minded".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Annie
>
>
>
>
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> Sent: 04 September 2008 21:31
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> Subject: urgent CPUK press release
>
> Dear CPUK list
> Some established CPUK list members and I met recently to discuss what
> action the network needs to take in relation to the crisis in the housing
> market. Though our views were divergent, our meeting was amicable and we
> were able to reach consensus through including all of our views on the
> subject in the following statement which we intend to issue as a statement
> to the press tomorrow:
> "We, as a network of community psychologists, support the criticism made
> by the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, of the Chancellor
> of the Exchequer's suspension of the Stamp Duty for properties under
> £150,000. We believe the poor should not be encouraged to buy properties
> at a time of such economic uncertainty and should instead be encouraged to
> rent property from housing associations. Further, we believe all property
> is theft and that the Chancellor's decision to stimulate the property
> market makes him an accessory to a social crime and makes estate agents
> entrepreneurial pimps (though we in no way condone the recent job cuts in
> the sector). As a network of community psychologists, community activists
> and users of psychological services we encourage the government to make
> greater use of public-private enterprise initiatives in the housing sector
> to ensure the poor have increased opportunities for housing as such
> opportunities will provide the poor with pathways to full citizenship
> through legitimate economic activity in their respective communities and
> this will help regenerate those areas where the underprivileged and
> criminally minded live." (Press statement released on
> behalf of the UK Community Psychology Network, Sept 3rd 2008)"
> Given the urgency of the issue, we intend to release the statement to the
> press tomorrow morning unless a significant number of list members raise
> substantial enough objections to us doing so.We are sending this statement
> because we wish to show stoicism in the face of the current economic
> crisis and hope that this will maintain our focus at the CPUK conference
> in Edinburgh on issues of import.
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