Re: Bulletin (+CB) to continue or not to continue?

Hi Justin and others,

First of all, thanks, Justin, for keeping this in front of us.

In general, I do see some resurgence of interest in carfree cities. (Lookin=
g back, WCN died along with the rest of the global economy. Maybe the need =
for a shift to a green economy is driving some new interest in our ideas.) =
Traffic on my web site is back up, although not to pre-crash levels. For th=
e first time in years I've been asked to make a major presentation (Stockho=
lm), and Montreal is considering a large carfree development on the site of=
 a former horse racing track.

However, I don't think we can plan on a large increase in available time an=
d energy. I would, therefore, suggest that if Justin is willing to do it, h=
e put out an e-mail bulletin (simple, unformatted, with in-line links) ever=
y two or three months. That gets us most of the benefit of something more f=
ormal (and prettier!) at the minimum expenditure of effort.

Yes, I know we like things to look nice and to be available in print, too, =
but that's not a realistic goal at this time, I think.

What do others think?

By the way, I REALLY need help promoting my videos. It's all I can do to ge=
t them made; getting people to watch is beyond me. Latest ones are at:

https://vimeo.com/jhcrawford/videos

Hitting Like after you watch is really important to spreading them.

Best,

Joel


>Dear Carbusting WCNers, WCN-loving Carbusters, and bulletin readers!
>
>As those of you following the bulletin - monthly carfree newsletter - shou=
ld have read earlier, there was a decision made late last year to combine t=
he Bulletin with Carbusters, and have both work in a combo way, on website =
and electronic distribution (with the possibility for local printing by int=
erested orgs). Since then, an editors email group was started, to oversee t=
his project. Yet precious little else has happened.
>
>I have come to realize that even on the editors group there are not a lot =
of people with lots of time on their hands, and I now see that more people =
will be needed who are enthusiastic, can at least commit to a certain (not =
huge, but useful) amount of time, and then work towards the goal. However, =
under the current conditions, I can not foresee myself mostly single-handed=
ly bringing this CB-Bulletin joining/transformation about. Without addition=
al help, i could at most agree to put out a simple bulletin, as earlier, on=
 a 2-3 monthly basis.
>
>In order to do the transformation, we'd need someone with programming skil=
ls (drupal or wordpress, CMS installation capacity), some graphic design he=
lp, and editorial work help.
>
>But this might also be the time to pause and reflect - is keeping the WCN =
news organs going, something that is desirable? (some have noticed it missi=
ng, and told me so) is it still something that can be of support to the glo=
bal carfree movement, even if the World Carfree Network itself is not parti=
cularly active these times? If it is desirable to keep, are there people ar=
ound who have the will and the energy to help make it happen?
>
>I'm happy to put in effort here - but it will be conditional on having a s=
trategy that works. However if it is time to decide to put this on the back=
burner for now, and pursue other activities supportive of carfree causes, i=
'm happy to hear what people think. if there is little comment and mostly s=
ilence concerning this email, that is a kind of answer too.
>
>Thanks,
>Justin
>
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