Minutes of Red Rag meeting 28th March 1982
                  	   A.U.E.W. Cttee Room 121 Oxford Rd.

1) From last time.
	i) No collecting tin yet in Acorn. Mark and Sue will see to
	it.
	ii} Bankers Order forms not yet re-circulated.
	iii) Trades Council. Mark and Christopher spoke with Trades
	Council Executive, reached an agreement which gives us
	a right to report Trades Council meetings and gives them a
	delegate on Red Rag meetings. Full Trades Council has endorsed
	this but provided no delegate. No voices raised in horror on
	Red Rag side, so presumably we are now a respectable
	organisation.
	iv) Lesley met with someone at the centre of the current move
	to form a Federation of Residents' Associations. The upshot
	seems to be that Red Rag would probably not be welcomed by
	many of the members. But, we do have sources via which the
	more radical of the Residents' groups can be identified, so
	there is still a good chance that we can find more people to
	co-operate with. Forthcoming Rag should include appeal to
	Community Groups for news and views.
	v) Christopher will write to the Council for Racial Equality
	inviting and urging co-operation with the Rag.

2) mayday Issue Deadline for this will be early. Will be produced by
whoever is available because so many of us doing other
things. Christopher will advise contributors of early deadline (That
means YOU John Hoggett!). We'll finish the rag at the old towm
hall. We'll have a stall, badges, and like that.

3} Potential Money Nick is looking closely at getting us lots of money
by organising a benefit gig.

4) Real Money. We have £51.48 and some paper, ink etc.  Sue says
please please please let her KNOW when you spend money for the Rag.

5) Revered Institutions.  Mark wants to write, and wants other people
to write, factual and therefore maybe scathing articles about things
like the Labour Party, the Trade Union Movement, the Womens' Movement
etc. Please help him.

6) Machines.  We may have an A4 offset litho press very cheap. Acorn
has a machine that might be a platemaker.  Nick bought a duplicator
for £3 in a jumble sale Mike Cavanagh, remember to give us the address
of the firm that we can get a duplicator blanket from.  Discussion
centred on WHERE we might put all this stuff, and was unresolved.

7) Our next meeting (please come) is at 4pm Sunday 9th May,
at AUEW Cttee room again if Pete can get it.

                   love, Christopher.


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