Forest BB

HGiles

I reckon this is a good plan! I'm either busy or away this week, but maybe we could meet up some time next week to plan it?

HGiles

If we go ahead with this, I'm gonna have to pass on co-ordinating it to someone else -- a little too much on my plate! If anyone's into it, let me know and I'll pass you the details.

HGiles

Are there even any working computers in the action room? Yes. Currently the middle one, which used to have internet, but no longer. Quite a lot of us use it for printing. Mike, would it be possible to train up a couple of seconds in maintaining Forest's internet? We're getting too many errors to re...

HGiles

WiFi in the cafe is down again, with different computers reporting different errors. Internet is working in the office, but not in the Action Room - where it's been down for weeks, now that I think about it. Mike, would it be possible to train up a couple of seconds in maintaining Forest's internet?...

HGiles

Hey all, If you move stuff from one Cave to another, or from a Cave to somewhere else, please put it back! People are paying for the Caves, and should be able to use them straight away without having to root around the building looking for equipment. Also I get paid to do room booking stuff, and it'...

HGiles

Hey -- just quickly -- Cassandra would like the form sent in ASAP! Is it done? Phone me if problems.

HGiles

okay, saw that info but am i supposed to buy this stuff with my own cash and then wait for reinbursement or what? Just want to know before i act... make sure i do the right thing xx Buy yourself, keep the receipts, and claim with the form I linked to in my last post. All the info is here: http://ww...

HGiles

Got this in my inbox today. Leith Festival Gala Day – Saturday 11th June 2011 Parade Form THE THEME FOR 2010 IS - ‘The Monsters Are Coming’ The PARADE starts at 12pm. on Saturday 11th June 2011, from Lochend Park. All participants, bands, groups, charities, etc. will assemble at Lochend Park by 11:3...

HGiles

Just got another email with more info in. Could someone else take this from here? I'm absolutely chocka this week.

Download the info and form: http://www.filedropper.com/informationf ... stheforest

HGiles

Posted the latest email on the other thread, it has the details!

HGiles

Thanks, Mike.

HGiles

Maybe a plan. Mike?

Internet still intermittent; problem seems to be getting worse, but maybe that's just me projecting.

HGiles

Still throwing up the error. For some reason, seems to be a little bit more stable in IE. But might be coincidence.

HGiles

Isn't the Buckfast issue that it's a fortified wine, so it's too high alcohol strength, and thus causesa licensing issue? Or did I misunderstand?

HGiles

We're @foresttweets. It's mainly me, tho' I've trained up a couple of others. We got a Stephen Fry mention!

HGiles

Chris and I are in the office and getting strange internet errors. Inermittently my browser (Firefox) and email client (Thunderbird) will refuse to load a page or my inbox, and a dialog box comes up asing for a username and password, saying "A user name and password are being requested by http://192...

HGiles

I will definitely buy this!

(How tall is it? I am quite tall. But I know shorter people in need of a bike.)

I won't be in today, but will be in Forest tomorrow afternoon.

I hope I'm the first to message you.

I'm 07766191817.

HGiles

Hit a bit of a wall tho in that it seems Birgit's the only one with the password for this calendar. Unless anyone else has it? PM!

HGiles

I can give you a hand in learning how to use it while Birgit's away if you want?

HGiles

OK, cool. I don't have access to the Workshops calendar myself, only Forest downstairs and upstairs. Looks like a bit of maintenance is needed: - Life drawing is now 12-4 on Sunday, not Saturday - Forest Drama is 4-7 on Sunday, not 1-4 - Is the Hoop Jam still happening? - Margarida's Portugese works...

HGiles

there is a Screen printing workshop every other sat there is a darkroom workshop. Portuguese workshop, every Sunday at 4pm ^^ Are either of you admins on the Google Calendarderdar? If not, can someone edit the calenderdarder so it's up-to-date? Who's currently organising/promoting/bottomlining work...

HGiles

Does anyone know if Drama Drama is still running on Sundays? We have block bookings in the bookings book from them, but I don't know if they're being used. Does anyone have their current contact person/email/number?

HGiles

If you're up for taking that on, that might be good. On the other hand, might be tricky to get everyone on the same page while Chris is away. On the other hand, it would be great if at least someone could write a new website text so that at least the information is accurate! Aye, there're no screenp...

HGiles

Hey Brittonie, Lien, I've just met with Matthew, who it turns out *has* been inducted by Chris, and is using the screenprinting room 1-5 today. He doesn't have an ID card, but seems to know what he's doing. Cc'ing this into Chris to double-check that it is all kosher. One problem: online it says "£4...

HGiles

Hey!

So, what regular workshops do we currently have running? It's all a little ambiguous. Is the Calendar accurate/complete?

HGiles

Hallo, I've just has this email through to forestroombooking@gmail.com, which I'm looking after while Chris is away: Hi there I recently signed up for the screen printing workshop and I have been trying to book through the online booking service, which doesn't work... I can see the availability of t...

HGiles

#alsoiameatingafuckingbrilliantburritorightnowthankslien

HGiles

Amid all the meetings and the worries about the future and the burnout and the occasional disagreements and resentments and the admin and the annoying people and the problems and the failures and the near-successes and the things-not-running-quite-perfectly I worry that we forget how amazing this bu...

HGiles

Cool. Let us know!

I've sent them our current listings for the week. I couldn't find info about your Darkroom workshops, though. Would you be able to send me --

Event Name
Start and End date
Start and End Time ie. Opening time
Brief intro to the event/exhibition/performance

--? Cheers!

HGiles

brittonie wrote:I asked Hailey Beavis to play.

Did they say yes? Can you put them in touch with me, and I'll fix up the slot with the VAW folk?

HGiles

How long are they staying for? My communal anarcho house has a spare room coming up in May. Cheap but not free. Scottish anti-squatting laws make what they're looking for a bit rarer

HGiles

Between the 16th and the 24th, currently any evening except Monday 18th and Wednesday 20th: I work Monday and Wednesday nights in Perth. But I'm sure others also have unexpected commitments.

HGiles

I'd have to pull a sickie to be able to make this, but I will if necessary.

HGiles

I met this guy recently, who does film journalism who was interested in writing some stuff about the film things that happen at Forest. Is there more information about film hunt anywhere that I could send along to him?

HGiles

Good plan.

By coincidence, Rob of the media teaqm has just made a Flickr pool, which would be a really simple way to colllate photos:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/forestcafe/

HGiles

I reckon there are some fantastic opportunities to do a bit of outreach here, which Forest is often sorely lacking. We can raise some awareness of what we do, and show that we're up for participating in community projects. Here's what we've been offered by Leith Festival, thanks to Rob chasing them ...

HGiles

I'm afraid student theatre types, in my experience (of having been one), have a tendency to be pretty over-exuberant and unthinking/irresponsible.

HGiles

Hallo all, You may have heard the news already, or read about it here : this week we received an official letter terminating our current lease at 3 Bristo Place, and asking us to leave by 31st August. This is obviously bad news -- we were holding out some hope that the lawyers&bankers&buyers wouldn'...

HGiles

I liked the film very much. I think it threaded together a few interesting and insightful stories about Forest with admirable balance. Of course there's no such thing as a neutral perspective, but there was an earnest attempt to show conflicts, their sources and how they get resolved. I too think it...

HGiles

Thanks for bringing this up. There's been a lot of rumbling about giving it a major spring clean, but no definite plans as far as I know. Shall we make a date for an action day to overhaul it?

HGiles

Yes, I think the reason for the quiet on this is both that we don't have specific questions to go on and that the organisational structure is currently somewhat in flux.

HGiles

Sounds cool. I might well be up for pitching in at the performance end of things, though taking on much organisaton of a new project might be beyond me! Keep me in touch.

HGiles

Alba and I did some thinking about FoH today, and we're really keen to get the outside chalkboards up and running again. Having good events noices out there really helps bring people in and keep us looking alive, which is especially important as we drive on with fundraising. Problem 1: rain. Problem...

HGiles

Email me at fundraising@theforest.org.uk and I'll make sure you hear about things that are happening

-- or come to Tuesday's meeting!

HGiles

We didn't specificaly give people action points at that meeting, no, as it was more about bringing in new people and getting some ideas flowing. But some people have started taking some ideas forward -- and if you're inspired by any of them, get in touch!

HGiles

Posting this here so that more people see it. We had a really successful public meeting yesterday, with lots of new faces and energy. Hopefully it'll give us a boost! PUBLIC MEETING NOTES - 5th MARCH FIRSTLY, A QUICK WORD - Thanks to everyone who came! It was a real boost to us at the fundraising ca...

HGiles

Do we have the final word on funds raised yet? Want to send a thank you message out with some good news in it

HGiles

Oh, you guys . . .

You're right though, maybe this is the prompt I needed to go Linux.

HGiles

What a night!

Massive success.

Details to come soon.

Thanks to all who made it happen.

HGiles

It's one of those situations where people know a little and so feel they can ignore that, so they need an explanation as to why it's a bad idea, annoyingly. * * * I'm having my own problem; I thought I'd lob it in here in case any geeks have time to think about it. Recently got a new laptop, and it'...

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