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

Hi,

yes, I like this idea. Making the bulletin look nice and printing
causes probably most of the time need and cost. So, it is better
to have a lightweigt version of the bulletin than not having
any at all.

Keeping carfree activists worldwide connected and informed is important.
And in times of economic crisis, it is even more important to 
celebrate carfree life. Because cars are unnecessary luxury 
that destroy enonomics means that could be invested better elsewhere.
And many people can not afford cars and longer. They need our advice. :-)

Justin, I would be willing to spend a bit more time in the 
newsletter. How can I help you?

Andrea



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> Datum: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:33:04 -0500
> Von: "J.H. Crawford" <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> CC: carfree_network <carfree_network-/[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [carfree_network] 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.
> (Looking 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
> the first time in years I've been asked to make a major presentation
> (Stockholm), 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
> and energy. I would, therefore, suggest that if Justin is willing to do it,
> he put out an e-mail bulletin (simple, unformatted, with in-line links)
> every two or three months. That gets us most of the benefit of something more
> formal (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
> get 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 -
> should have read earlier, there was a decision made late last year to combine
> the Bulletin with Carbusters, and have both work in a combo way, on website
> and electronic distribution (with the possibility for local printing by
> interested orgs). Since then, an editors email group was started, to oversee
> this 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-handedly bringing this CB-Bulletin joining/transformation about. Without
> additional 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
> skills (drupal or wordpress, CMS installation capacity), some graphic design
> help, 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
> missing, and told me so) is it still something that can be of support to the
> global carfree movement, even if the World Carfree Network itself is not
> particularly active these times? If it is desirable to keep, are there people
> around 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
> strategy that works. However if it is time to decide to put this on the
> backburner 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
> silence concerning this email, that is a kind of answer too.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Justin
> >
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