DF News 1998 Winter

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NE Winter 'l 999 Contents 2 Report from DF Conference 3 Motions passed at Conference 4 Venturer Camp 1999 5 Jubilee 2000 6 House Demohtion in palestine 7 lFl.4 Report I International youth Forum, DF Internet Mailing List 9 Leadership page 'lO PoetryPage l1 Workers Beer 12 Height Gate, Reclaim the Streets 13 Winter Wonderland 14 lce Skating 1 6 DF Committee Address List Theviews expressed in thisnewsletter are rot those ofDF committee or lhe woodqaft Forkasa whole, but tbeviews ofthe individuar contributors. we werco,ne anyopinions you may want to share please send a.ticles, poems" pictures or anything else to Bronia Housman. Aaaress on rheback paqe.

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Transcript of DF News 1998 Winter

Page 1: DF News 1998 Winter

NEWinter ' l 999

Contents

2 Report from DF Conference3 Motions passed at Conference4 Venturer Camp 1999

5 Jubi lee 2000

6 House Demoht ion in palest ine

7 lFl.4 Report

I International youth Forum, DF Internet Mailing List9 Leadership page

'lO Poetry Page

l1 Workers Beer

12 Height Gate, Reclaim the Streets13 Winter Wonderland

14 lce Skat ing

1 6 DF Committee Address List

The views expressed in this newsletter are rot those ofDF committee or lhe woodqaft Fork as a whole,but tbe views ofthe individuar contributors. we werco,ne any opinions you may want to share pleasesend a.ticles, poems" pictures or anything else to Bronia Housman. Aaaress on rhe back paqe.

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.ons From DF Conferencefhese are Ihe issues that rhose ofvou *ho u"." , , .^nF--^^^^ .L- , _w^erediscussecrthereandil;i.;;'r.ltlj:rl,,l!i,":r..,.J,THjl1f#XT#fffil:,fln?l:1lf",'

of DF News, many of them have even been acted upon alreaiy.

A This Contbrence instruuts DF C(exchanges and orher i";;;;;;;.,::fi^t'ee

to write a "Roush Guide' to tund raising for intemationala rhis DF Conference instructs DF committee to send the 'Rough Guide to

'f$ and districts, and theRough Guide to DF G.oups' to a' venturer croups and Drs with ir,"Ji,,i-on nr"** oreach acadcmic

A This Conl-erence instructs each regional rep liom committee to find at lea$ one camp conmitteerepresenlalivc to panic;patc in the organisarion ofDt ( arnpI nrs uf ( onterence encourages DFs to foster better ljnks with Venturer Croups by:al Going to \ entrtrcr proups and runn,nc nr.tshr\ ahoul l) l-.\Dr Kunntns more Venturcr & DF L\enr\

l This DF Conmittee ;nstructs l;olk llousc to send one copy ofevery issue of I)! Nc\.vs to a Venttn.crcontact in all Ventur{]r (jroups

'\ l-his DF Conf'erence suppons thc Jubilee 2000 campaign In llrthcrance to th,s, groups areencouragcd fo parlicipate in the ietter lencourascd to pubrici,",,,r. "o''pu;.n lJillilf ;ilrftT;ll;,;"J,llfi;:::.:llT:,fi:;::J,"rn\'olved in An inlbrmation rcafrcr or articrc is to b" ;*r"a"J ;" or,-r,r"*s ai*out .runrrce zoool This DIj ao' l 'ercncc proposes that thc I)F ( 'ommittee rcg,,rn or,r,"..NJnr,,, spl i ts into two coopcrating reqions ol thc..Nonh l._asl., and thc ,.North

West,.\ Ihis t)f (\)ntbrcnce instructs I)F

rclared 1() rhe rLrnning o, o,, ,,,"",. u;oto'lJ,Ti::TIt; ffijil:"ilfucin8 a set orsuidelincs specilicallv

,r This DF Confi:rence recognises the need for co ordinntion ofllad"r.,hip ono ut ".

.ontribrrting rolcsol ' l)Fs within the natiooal nctwork l l is proposcd thal this c() ordinator is 'an ctecred p()sif iolr within l) l i( onrrnilrce t'hcir rote shoutd cnrait nr.rnorinS rraininS onn.;ir;,;;;];;;;B pe", rrarnrng workshopson Dl cvents and rink u'ith regionar workshops on r)i Irv;nrs and rirr *iirr'."gi.n"r workers, kinsli)rkand the national training oflicer\ r'his D! (bnrercnce rccognises thal cunentrv DF committee is not running ai irs fut capacily and inordcr .u rcsolvc this. unlillcd regional posts at DF (,onliiren"" uutu,noti"otiv t".ume .Othcr, positions'l-hesc aae elccted posts fba a vear onlvA r-his DF (bnlercnce recognises the complexity ol thejob .frreasurer and agrees that lhe position

T.e!: 1: be-lille9 tbl a pcriod oltwo years. 1o execule the job eli.iciently. The.ireasurer rs strll etecredriternally after they have been on Committee for a year. l.he position is treated as an extra and does notfeplace any other position

,\,l his DF Conference recogniscs the piilJht ofthe palestinian people in Isracl who f.ace landconliscation and destruction oftheir homes as a resurt ofthe Arab- rsraeti confrict. r.his conference carsupon Folk members to raise awareness ofthis issue and .p""ifi"afyio ,rppo.t the letter w tingcampalgn organised bv the palestinian Land Delbnce Committee'To thq people whose basic human rights are being violated in lsrael, the l)istrict Fellowship sendsa stronlJ message ofsolidarily ,

,t This DF Conference note that in the past DF attendance at National Council meetlngs has been poor

ilrltf;::t u*'

"u ol" representation is vital and therefore suggert. u .utr,irui".o. ."rerve scheme is put

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DF Conference, One DF,s perspectiveAfter the journcy the Manchester DFs hadgerung lo Lougiborough rhings could onl! telbetler 'We had been refused entrv lo ouf traln

:11 endcd up reaching Louqhbo:oush

approxtmalelr an hour and a half l , l l ( Wemdnaged,lo gel our tent. pitched in almo\t pltchblaLk and then proceeded to a Conference Vjrginsmeeting.

. Later on during the eveninl \ c learnl a ,acl

lhal,w,l l l altadvs. be rcmembercd bv the maiorit lor.tnose attending (_.onfbrence. .l-amstn pearcenad rnanaged to get Slanli lrd l lal l ro prorrdc rrs\ ] tn a hnt breaLfa:.t on Sarurrlar . l he nr.,rtmorninp. the dinrng room fi l led up q,r;rc rdfr(th.as we al l rushed in t iom thc c,, l , l and I rar\ qrjr lca f'ew studenls who werc eating e ougn to tastlhcm unt i l rhcv ucnr honre t r r vt \ i t rheu parcntsat Christmas!

Regrettably, Sunday's .firn, *ork.hop. i""r.canc€lled so that we co! d finish.

, ,4, i1cr Iea,dinner \upper (a pefenniat re!ronal

. lcbale'). there uerc \adoLJs hinge uqrr,5r1L,ps 1alleldcd a rejaxatrun \ orksh()p. m\ b ck ha\ne\cr l( l t better ' Olher t j inqe meelinj. t ! In(ludeoan Inlernariondl Aflajrs uorkshop. portr\ a drne Karrbou Ner[ork Thcre uas als,, .r \er\lnlerestins lhlk ol l rhe campait ln \\oodcral l rr i l ibc launchinu i i thc vear:0o0. lo lower the ale olvotirg to sixteen

At the campsite, there waswhich was nliraculouslyAnthony, thc Midlancl Rep,corlain that i t had died.

a small campfire,resurrectcd bv

long aftcr jt was

Alier lhc opening of Conlerence on Satur.laymorning. I attcndcd an Advice, lntormarron andEducalion workshop ln this wc rl iscrrsseo rne

.Alier lpr,, t bar.k r. V3nshqrlcr. | \aas reltahly

rnl . ) r rnel l that lent fcralurcs in l ruqhbrrro,rr ,h orr\unda\ nl,\rni A l tn,J d,,\nned to l \ dcctcc{('cnlilrade. along with a hafd liost .l.har

coutdc)plaln why peoplc awoke shivering in thcir

:,'ecp]nt ba!,t\ evcn though tley were wearing all

wc'rc ptovided at IntefnationalLantp I9c)5 and Vcll turer ( 'aorp1996, and how thcy should be provrded al l i r ture cvents l t wasquilc a sural l workshop, \,vithiuslsix of us. bul it was vcry inlercsnDq an(|thoughtlirt

_Aftef a quict recap, the ,real, work be!{an Wcsplit into si\ groups (usinlr the classic anintalnolses game), and thc motions werc handedround - a total of lillcen Our job was ro otscussthem. and come up with any anlendrncnts wethought .lvere n.€ded.

Alier lunch. each motion and amenornenr wasdebated and we voled on whethcr thcy shouicl beaccepted. lt got quite complicated at somepoints, as some am€ndments were vol{jo ln anoothers out, and the motion itself kept changin&leavng poor Broda to read out the suosranlvemotron ag?un and again, so that we knew what wewe.e votng onl

By the time we were meant to finish, we hadcompleted only five out of the fifteen mofior]s.meaning we had ten to get through on Sunday.

Mtrtthev, South MLrrchester llF'

.!lll!ll!\r net hat.l l\r.turhl rr rth t;cm - I harlthrce pairs of lh ic l \ocks on, and: l i l l coukln l Ieel Inv l io l l l .hcrcwcle rur l()urs ( t sh() l rers. lhouqhrn)_ oprnlon was the sarnc, i rs

-__ _l Ale\ Wiklc. who sai(l (1oPataphra\() ' lhe th,rurhr ot rcnx, \ I t ! in lcbthos at al l at rhis l ime isjust. jusl , '

We then had our last volinli session on thcreminnlog len motions lhc dcbates ofl nrotrc sin_ this sessior !aricd liom unMimous acceprancc--Lceping on lhe l)fi l rcasr:rer lirr a third year onDl ( ( 'mnr i t ! ( .e rs i t Id l r r thern a \ear to gel Int , )tn( JoF - l{ ' , , rr-v heatcd ,,n a nr,, l i . ,n .rhtrrrt {rabhuman rights in lsrael/palestine

. A st()v\ n icLinu arrJ t rJrrrrc of ts l l ts ;nr j H,r l l

Iolh)wcd and thcn a f inal crrcjc. per,plc then saidtnerr goodbyes, as groups leil to LoughboroughStation

. But the curse of the trains that obviously

hangs over Manchester f,l-s was not banishedyer - our lraln on the way home was cancelled atSheffield due to technical failuresl

. All in all, it was a very tirin-q vet (apart from

the travel) enioyable we€kend, and I am alreadylooking fonvard to ne)rl year!

"l am alreadylooking forwardto next year."

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Venturer Camp 1999

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l l )1 's t i tc t l l ) lcusc {r1 involvcd i l ] l l te | lan|) i l rg l l r is yclrr .s ta l | ) l tl r . ( | r l rs l { i r rhr rurrrp i rr \ ' r , r . r .y sr 'c.nrr . f A.qrst r i , s i r{ufrr i rv rrr . r i rLrr tL.r . i r r t r

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I t l r l rs srr l l t t lut :, \ lJ cr t ( . | | \ r \ r , i l l latr lo{rrr l ln( lc\ . | i r r t f I . ( r ! r i l | l r | tx , u, i lh l l loI lca- sPrnt . r t r r r i r i r r l r lccksi l | ( l ! r rcf i r t , r f ! i rn( l l r r :h l l lU c lc. l lhc l lor . i Ig ' ,v i l l nol r r i r l l \ c \ js l )l l r !hxlr \ l I r i j t r { i t ( ) th, . \ , j l l i tAcsrfrrr . tur( . i l rx l i t n.v() lLr t i ( )n i l r y wrrr Lr l r t r t r . i l ;I )ofosr ' ( l : i tcs:r f . in \ Wrlc\r)r rhc t . rkc l ) i \ l f iL l .

l l v( ,u ( l ! ) u.ant lo al t( f tx l lhc cvel l l )1r l r hi lv( , lo hrvc r cont l i l )ut ing t . () l r l ) is { i r l1 l)eir o$D wi l l l lor l )c i r l l (J$c( l . ( iJnlaet yodl. i r i :a l vr:rr lL[er.grLrup u|( l ot l i ] r to q. i rs ulcr( lar i r ! ! ! r taraf i r l :aclLr)rJ)r l 'ca.r l l r$ryrrhrrar( i r r r i r rcvr l l ts() fvrnt ' far le,(r . rs.

' l 'he clrrrp is l i)f v()otrlrcrs so pleasr: elcoutag(] Lltenr to conlc toplallrr]g ntactings so tha1 thcy can (leclde whilt wil l i lappen otr cltrup.

t l re l lexl nr! 'e! i ! l wi l ] hc hele. l in Sh.t i i r ld rr shr+] ield Hir l l i rnr u i \ ,ersi ly.( l i rnr rx)t \ul \ . oi ' thc drtes )

[3rr l i f r ' ' ru hve lr l l sugestions. Skil ls ldeas (n.querie\ iheu l lease c{)uti lclEllcf - ndrlrr:ss on buck rt1 t)F Nc\1,s.

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: i lee 2000: Breaking the chains of Debt.

rn lanzania every baby is /\ debts canc€iled for the ,1 targei rTfiich is the American

born owing nearh t lr ice the/ |mrl lennium. There are manr / \ rmbassador fsee addreqs

narional annual income pcr I l*ry. vuu can help One ofl lbelo$) fhc {mbassador nced

person Children are dying of[,,1/the easiest is to till Ihe !,--./to get lhe message - -[he US

porenv-relatcd problems. /r\-l{ pelrl ion iotm included and /9,2t should ure it ' cnormou'

rhere govemment. having to{ I 'end ir to chlisl ian Ard. panl loolit icat and ccononuc

r.:ivc many more rimes ro rhe\-/ of the Juhilee :0o0 coalit ion [ ,". i inl luence to push dehr rclief

rich counrrv to r.rhrch thevfV\ 22 \l i l l ions sir:narurc are /af

forward br,t insread il hcs\22 \ l i l t ions siunaturc ,,re'1)/ forward. br,t instead it hcs

lneeded ro make ir lhe brggesr | - \nppo.ed an'vrhinc ore than

,/petit ion cver You can huv I f the iurrent l imited proposals

{ tapcl ch-ains

_lo r enr { lrke

^ "\ { 11.,. i t al.o. a letter rr i t ing

rich country to which theyo\l-n there dcbt than they canspeod on health care andeducation. Manv of the pooreducdlion. Manv (tt the p('or V \ lapcl cnalns Io went (r 'Ke \1 d rclrr rrrrrrrs

counrries ha\e alreadl paid /- lr ihhont lor aids cancer' , tci / .9\campaign tothe same cl lbct

ol l whal lhe\ honowcd but | | tr"m Dchl l i lpcl ( hatn: ' . l ' ()f I tr i t campa'urt i ' rcrr

th ly st i l l have lo conl inue f l ao. +Z Brr lenhead l4 l x l -P \ ^ / rc lcvant ro man\ pirn\ o l lhc

y,a1inlr hr\ iruse al l ther havr f "

I v, ' ,r g.r i t dr\rotrnl tbr \-\ Arm* ' lnd Princif lcs ol th"

{( 'vcrnmenl\ , , t rhc rrch (V\ \rrorher rnrf 'ortant \r- ' . . / rh"rj ld rc r l l \ h( tnvolred tn

corrrr l r res havc rhc p, , r rcr ro l | *a ' r , ' I 'e lp is a, l rarn maI i r ry fJ l l ' t .nr"r , r invt ' l reLl arrd hclp

ehinsc thr.. hut rhcr rc \,-. J rarnJ'aiur Get c\(nont rn I l t ' r tr i i 'n pcn|lc a ehancc t '

- . - - ;^ - . . . , ' . . . - . , / \ - .4 , , , . ' , ' " rn, ,n r , ' r retc, ,hr in t I l . r . r r r thc nc* \ l i t lunrr i r r rehingc thr.. hut thcr rc \,^ J (alnlrai l l Gel c\(nont ln I lhl l l l i rn pcn|lc a cnancc r^

r , lnr le n, , t , l , rn,r /Vi *" | I l ' rorrp r , ' tnalc a.hain t I f : ' r ' r | rh ' n '* \ | i t I r ' n I I i r r I r r

lhc iaurc r . cvcrr l l t int t t , ,nu ( teprescntrn; : lhr I / wrth hopc l i ' r thc l i l ' r ' re I l

morr rmDor' lant no* in rhel / three ., ct.t \ In 2ri(rrr) arl \ u,rv 7Q\ tt ' r ' afc i l l tcrr: ' l r- 'r ' in! f irnhcr

, ate.t ihe qlnrnr. In ccnlralYX rrtr l ofanv lhrnu A nicc thinr ' : . f \camParun

packs carr be

Amcrica I hr . . uour he5 Inl- | r , ' r lor . 1. , u rc I m(.ssa{c ol [ / r ' l ' ra incd l i 'nr Chr i r r ia| Ard

thcsc tuea cannot possiblvl _f Sot'd r.r l t t 'n cach l inl i Yirrr$"n0l7l-5212248

all ir !Ll lu Dsy back rhcir dchrs !] \ coulLl rrralc l ' :r f 'cr clrr ins l lr l I \and !:,et them sel\es and lhcir f- | card chains. ( hains rnadc lionr I lour target

peouie I ' r ,k on thcrr ic t t | | rubts {cs Ioo t t ' l ls) . ( lo lht \n/ Ihr ' \nrbastaL. iur

l l rN n! ,cd lo hc l ' rven tnonev 'pr too, l oran\ lhrnt e lsc lhcse 1v\ Anrcr i 'an l rnhasr.

not have it takcn away | )chain should be sent elore 1r' | | Crt 'svenor Squarc.

l"he Jubilce campai'rn [ / rhe 27ll l /qx. 7, ' i ' o'r \ / f l ontlon

ir, i camnargn lo 8d lhc<e \-/ l t , t t t 'n" al ld l '1 tro i)o to(tur \_/ Wl |\ l

paict so ta, rs thr inrcrcsr. | | "rdcrin;r ntore rhan 1,, I hr.,v [ \u,,o.tcratt

rnd is r, 'nrcrhrng

rrhrch Letps etrmiru l h. !- i , . 'sr I l each I lr \L u ' ' ' r l ' rat i thl l m'i tnher' '

Urgent APPeal: Nicaraguacenhal America a d Panicularly Nicaragua has been devaslaled by lhrfricane Mitch Il is Nicaragua's

Worsr natural disaster since the i972 earthquake. Vimrally the whole courrtry has been flooded Although

statistics are unreliable, one estimate is that there are 142000 refugees. manv have lost all there

possessions and most are without ponable water, lbod, matches or dry clothing. fhorrsands ofacres of

crops are lost - in a country \r'here the majority ofthe poor are reliant on agriculture

San Franciso l-ibre. Somotillo and Tola are the absolute pdority areas. Money is urgenlly need 10 send out

to chris Barid at the Nicaragua Soiidarity campaign in Managua and used for urgent reiiefofthose most

in leed\Ioney should be send as soon as possible via sarah Reardon. 30 llbberston Place, Leeds. LS6 1AU eve

0i i3 2786208 / dav 01 l3 2784030 e-mai| resources(a)ieedsdec.demon co.Lrk

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House demoli t ion in

As ),ou may have read inthe Autumn edition ofWoodcraft World, the Sakhnin- DF erchange was. in moreways than onq an eye_openrng and memorcbleexperielce.

Thefe are many tlings Iwill ndt forget about my timespent In Israel; the imrnenseand unconditional generosityoI our Arab hosts. and thescoaching desert cumcs.

yet one memorv whichremarns clearly in my mind. isthe day we visited SalinrShawantreh We wereintroduccd to Salim through aman called JL{I Halpcri \a,ho isinvolvcd in a non-profitorganrsation rvhich supporlsI 'alestinian pcople whoschomes havc bcco destroyed

Whcn we \ isitcd Salim. hishousc had bem donrolished;lbr the second time in lessthan three wceks IIe invi ledus to sit with hinr, undcr thetemporaay sheher that wasiris homc lle showcd us grcathospital i ty and kindness;irsisting wc all had a drink ofwiiicr, in the hot sunAlthough Salirr had losrmuch. he gave to us with anopenness which we all valued

Palestine - What you

and were gratelirl fbr.Salin explained to us that

soldiers had cofte to bulldozehis house, after he haclpractically fi nished rebuijdjnqit. Where we sat. the remain-sof Saiim's house surroundedus. Ihe ruins were not iustphystcal, Salim's voice andhis lace communicatedanother rDore personal pain

Listening to Salim, and theinjustice and suflering whichhe and his ianily w€re lJoingInrough struck a human rootwrthin us all lt is so wronqlnat anyone should havc l()sullir like thal, tod bc madeto I'ecl. so powcrless

.leff llclper who has becnliving rnd working .r,r,.irh inlstael lbr the last t\.venry_flveyeats, has a rcal uDderstandinli01- the issucs surroundinrhouse dcmolit ion, and thesrgnilicancc ol' land b thcIsracl is and Palcstinians

"Natiorral

can do.

people lilie Salim. there arethree main ways you could dotfrs.

lnilially, by {,riring iettersor e-mails to politicians andother influential people. in theIJK and in Israet and rhe US.

Another. more direct waVthat you can gef involveci arrdactive ln thjs importantnulnanta0an campaign is by',taklng part in a programwnere vou/your t'amily/groLrpsupport and urite ldters onbehalf of one palestinjanlami ly

J,inal lv. althoueh wc don,thavc much detailed inlb yet.,low itbout firnd_raising. inorder to ntake a donation tolhe ShalDwan)rch t:artr i lyRebuilding Fund. ..1

'Ihc acldr.css of rhc ol.theorqantsi l l ion which supportsl 'alcsl inian l irrr i l ios who haveunder{one house demolitionrs: l'hc lsracli (ixnmilt|reAgalnst flouse f)cn(ritions.Rchov I iveria i7, .lcrusalem^lsraci

halper/a,i1o.co i l

conll icllntersecls with personal livesand Palcstinian l'amilies tri- tocafte out a senli-nortnillexrstencc !lndcf occupation,human sulli:ring is the qrcatcslproblem "

I1-you. and hopelir l ly yourgroup would l ike to suppor.t

amos harr. i1,nctvis ion nel i lrh( l l , in ler net i l

t-rpdate next Dl- newsArD.t L. tqlt'.r ,\ni|l1

From York to paris- The Long WayHow does standing beside a busy moror.wav

in lhe tieezinB cold at rir in thc morning srrunJ.,To know you'll be travelling for at least the nexlthineen hours and most likely a lot longerl

Weli crazy though ir may sound I declded tohitch hike to Paris, in aid of Cthild.en in Need I

was gtven a paatner, Simon, with whorn I wagdestined to spend the next eighteen hou.s, notthe beginnine ofa long f i icndship. vou could sa) ,\ [e lefr Yorl al 5 10. $alked lor aboL]l dn hour rothe ring road and then stood and waited. >,

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first lift was shared \uith another couple.,cn miles, before standinll at a very busy

rndabout where a kind man from BT took usJown to Nottingham setvices. Here we nranaliedto hitch alift in a lorry, nhich was very excrtrngfor me at least; Simon tbll asleep. as he renained

, lot mosl ofthe iourney our lrt is in Lorries andt ars gol us to Dolcr in l ime lor lhe 4 45 lerry.By this time standing waving and smiiing wearinga huge silly hat and a rather crushed picce oi.cardboard saying l)over had taken it,s toilHowever row was the time to get a hltch toParis. Alier asking every driver on the ferrymost ol who spoke only Spanish or Czech Ibegan to lose faith.

scrambled. or should t say rolled down a hiil in towhat milst bethe original of deserted places. Noslrp wav to the molor way- no holel. no_one andnolhlng al al l : JLtst a sl ight panic afldcl rom rne.smon placidl) a+ireed. making me just a lrt e

should ue \av or mavoe anenWell lhe slress no$ gefling lo mc: I r(frainedrom \houlrnp or hitt irrp him and bur\ l rnro tear\.aht2r5.16" salb opti()n: feel ing enough of aoamsel ln drstress" I approached a car stopped

at ljghts banged on the window and asked fbrhelp. This wonderful l.renchnrao dfove to theser ces on the motor wav where mrracle ol.mrracleJ we catne across a couple dnvrng notonry rnto Paris but straight to the Afcd'Triumph. Ihey were fiom Nerv Zealand andI lolland and u,orked for M & M s.

All not being losr. we went fiom the terr\, tolhe main roundah()ut ;n Calai. an(, \^a\eLl ar{, lrnduntil a nice Frenchnran ollered to tale us to thcservices by l,ille When I say servjces. I thinkthere was a misundcrstanding li)r we were lell inthe middle ofa motorway at ninc at night. not aal all nrce We lbund a town heft)u, us,

We were in parjs bv I l::i0 that nighr. releveclbul still at each other,s throafs What can I sav,llt was an amazinq e\pcrionce, hut ncver hltchwrlh someone you dortt know

Report of

This rvas an importanlnreeting lbr thc WoodcraftFolk in oLrr history wilh theM due to thc decision nradeal lhe last AIX' to apply fbrI'uil mcmbcrship Fourmenrbers ol the lblk altendedthe me€ling and ourapplication wenl throughwithout hindrancc

WF ARE NOW TT]LI,MEMBERS!

There was ntuchcelebrating as thc woodcrafttblk has rradidonally playedan rmpo.ta.nt role within IFMand full membership is a keystep for us to take

Another of the main issueson the a!€oda was the IFM_SEI carDp in the year 2000.The camp is to be hekj inVienna and w€ were taken tolook at the sire (ln snowy

thE IFM-SFI E XECUT iVE2O'h to 22"d Nov. Vierrna

November i t didn,r look tooinvit ing bur st j l l l l !) We archoprng lo takc a lair ly largcljroup ro tnls camp s0 watchDli Ncws and Woodctal iWorld fbr morc details

A really positive part ofthe weckend was the reporl ofthe seminar held in StrasbourSa lew \.\'eeks ago I)Fsattended this event liomBrighton (sorry if there wereolhers I didot know) and rhetheme was "Arc IIiM's valuesstill up to date?,,

The seminar was attendedby youn!! peopl€ between theages of 15 ard 2l and irsounded like a really positiveweek. At the executivecommiltee the outcomes ofthe seminar were looked at inderail which I believe ro be avery positive step fo.ward for

Committee

young pcoplc. lIrM nccds k)ld)k at thc wav i l prcsenlsitself lo youtut pcoplc anclthcv want k) know whal'sgoing ()n wit l l in theirorganisation

"lhe Olive l ' rce youthMovement" (an organisationberng sct up in Sakhnio.Israel) was preseoted to thecoDmiflee fbr applioalion asobservcr members of [FMUnfbrtunately the applicationcame too late for a decision tobe made but a lidl assessntenlwill be made before the nex.tmeeting in March when theapplication will be coruidered.('Ihis is the organiMrion rbatonginated from our exchangein the summer)Overall, it was a productiveweekend.

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Internat ional Youth Forum 20O0This is a proposed project,rvhich u'ill hopefullv takeplace in the ruillennium aocjv/iil be nrn by and fbr youngPeople lt is a perfectopporlunrt) .for delegalcsrom across the tsritain andabroad to gef logether tocelebrale otrl fuhrre an<ldiscuss reJevant issues. l.heproject has been initiated byShellieid DFs arcl it has beenproposcd for Shelliokt ro bethe basis f'or it

. Wc wanl lo build onalready existingintqnati{)nal l inks.part iclr larly rvi lh l lochrrrrr(;cnlrany) and Dolrctsk

(' l he t lkraine), SheDickl 's

' l'hc proposcd age rznge is15-25. aiminlt nr.r inly all6-2 | ] ,ear () lds

' I he rvert \ .vould lasl 7- 10days

Do .you

. lnvolve 30-60 people. Possible thcntes arc

educa|lon, cnvironlltent.equaltty and environlnent(and possibly a few olhcrthings beginnirg with el)

Seriousiy though it is alsoan imporlant t;nte to discussthe fulure and what it lvillbnng. positjve and negativeIlovv logether *e can build abrilihter iirlure

Al l lre momenf thefe arcabout l0 .,olunlcers to hclpwrth thc ptoject. somc cornnlernbcrs and othersconlr iblr l ine ideas and nroralsupport llopelirlly a rcgulartutaulirrs wil j bc scl Lrp to kcct)lhose rnvolvcd up-k)_dale

Il_ you htve an intcrcsl iobcconrirrg involvcd or anyrdeas or advicc fleasc contact

Alcx LLilJt(Address on thc back)

We lrow have an e-majlmailing list for DFs ro join. tfyou \'e ever wanted 10 finciout what is happenirrg iu rhel)F $orld in between issuesot t)F Ncws. then yo1 may\,\,cll flnd it uselul

lhe r lav i l worls is thatanyone citn send a message toI) l is/.r i(xlel ist.com. and thentessagc will go out ta'cve,yonc on the mail ing i ist.

So hor.v do I join thc l isr? I tercis lllaftlleu to lcll us morc,:

' 'Rigl l . l i rsl l} you rron,t bcablc to l lnd thc l)I . l isr in lhcOnet. isf I ist of nrai l ing l ists(rncre c so ntanr, l islsr ) )as Ieslcd lhal i t wasnl as wcdon'l want any old petson<liscovcdng it and.joiningr ; )

I o subsclibe. go Io.

www.onelrst.com/subscnbe.cgi iDFs

usinq louf pleflrr.ed Wcbbrowscl. at lblk)w lbctlstr Ucltons ()noe you aaeapprovcd vou're joinedlSjnrplc as that ! -

For more inlbrmation contactNtarthcrv Somervillelnlsollleryill(1.?targonet co.uk

what you see DF News

' 'Whtt 's this') ' l hear you l l l cry! Thc DIr Ncw5 t l lat vvcknow and lovc/ hatc (dcletc accordinlt to vicws) scems lo havegone throulth ve1 anolher changc ofstylet Gone are the hand-waittcn irticlcs ofycslcrycar irnd in arc cornpulcrs, c,mail dnd lllcuse of just two lbntsl

Do vou like it. do you hate il, have vou any responses to thcnew formatt We necd lctters. articlcs, reports, upcoming events.and pretly visual things so there jsn't so nuch solid tcxt Soplease send them all in

You can either email stuffof just send things by the oldtliedaod lested lelter-box t-outel Whichever way you croosc, get l[ toBronia Housman by the beginning ol Febtuary 1999 in o.der tosee ],our work in print

DF Int e rn etMai l ing List

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,mmary report o f-Leadership res e a rch

(Jh no not anothe. of Alex,s leaderslxp reportWcl l l . r t r : ignirrg o{ l .now Jl tJlelt 'ng the bab\ salk al ier a year ol. \ , ,"orlqhof..

repons, colt\,€rsations etc. I can say thoLrg.h. thatr \c.lcarnt a iol and enjol,ed hearing a variety ()1.oprnlons on the subject

I . r i l l rh inh rhat Dl s as lcalcrs i \ an imp,rr tanll \slrc and lhi l by .e!:egarin8 it irotn orhclreadcrshrp r\\ues there i \ a lot ro be gainrd Ir i .Inlponenl lbr al l leaderr within t lr . . narronatnel\r'ork to support and learo lion cacn otncr.lhis is sornelhir)t i that we can rvork on Wtrat Ihave come 1() belicve is that encouraging t)t_s toInregralc themsclvcs and l ind ,c[,ardrngcontributions thcy cat) lrule as Ic,adcfs. wr l)urlcla rol id l i \rndalt(rn ol empowere(l {) l . .sj . l I tr(nrgl l

IaCr cOlt(al torr t r , l in i r r , r , \ ( 'nt . r r r ro l tcnrenr indi l l i rcnt evcnts, cxplndin.q opportunit ies. hcinrpart 01'a lcant and ntanv olhcr possibrlt l les $,ccan ream what arc ou,.n ski l ls anrl abi l i t i ( 's are andrealisc oLrr po{cntial

I havc lbund a bl of posil ivc rcsponsc wjthinl)ls and was pleased to stj,c a noli()n enrctllc olrtol thc lcadership evalirat ion workshop atc{)nlcfencc. Wc low havc a posl otr I)1,committec whosc rolc is lo move lbrwaro ano acton the lssues that I uncoveted. I've passec or,ernry rcsearch and jdcas to thc ncw post (.ead'(;rcel ing from the t_AOCRo(,,) but I wil t srj l l bein a support int positron l.hank_you foreveryonc's help and I hope that I have <lone agood enoughjob. there is a fi_rll report available il.anyone wouid like a copy (address on the back).Not really over and never oul.

.. Alct Wild? .

Greet ings f rom the LAOCRoC

Some ofyou may be wondering exacdy who orwhat lhc L^O( RoC rs The ansuer i \ lhat I amrr Rarher lhal I atn the . t eader ih in and olhercol)UrDulrng rrr 'qr ro orLl inarur ( i e l l te

1-lOCRo() l he next quesrion you are probably

a\l irng ir \^_h. am I 'WeJl rorr.rc prohahlv n,,r a:\ nu shoul( l ln, , r r u l to.rr , r rarc, I louc,"cr inoughof ti)is bantcr. I am Ollie Harris .l

his of courseprnhabl \ mean\ nothin! ,o \ . \ | l sn I l l t i l t vor. InI Anl d nru mcmhcf ol ' l ) l ( .rmmilec crcctcL, .rtcorlerencc into onc of olhcr. posiliels Sonrc

l, l) i , '1., f ir lr cornnri lcc rneding. | (rrocn uf

\ { r 'n t , tc toh i . I \ { )CR,,( hrrr h i l \ in! l ,ecn lo al l

l , l . , : : ,1: l : ' , 'n u, , r l ' , r r , ,ps arrr rurrrr i r ry a Ar, ,upmvs! I tct l qual i l ie( i rr , dn t1

Nolv a bir ahorrt nrv rolc . Ihc LA(X.t{o(. rolc

uas crcalcd as a lc\ponsc to a nro( iol t pdsscd 4lcontere0ce ( lemanditg the crcat ing ol .such a posl\h basic job is. I_o bc i t c(nttrc l l in I) I is \ ,"ant i l )g inlblnr0l ion

alrout [_ei tdcrship. Io tl, and o.g:rnisc/raise awarcness ol

Minutes of DF Commit teeMeet ings

Exciting DF Commifiee stufl is available toanyone out there who wants irl lfyou wish torcad Ihe n-inutc5 of CornnitteL, meelingscontact Bro|tia Housmnn

tririniDla cvcnls. ( )ruanisc trainirtl and cmpowc, ntcnl

. I ' 'y and hclp gct l) |s gcl involled at tocaland National levdsIfvou help with/ lead a sloup or havo any useli l lkn. ' \a led!c. , t rvor l iny ! r r th young fc.) l tc r rl \(, tr ld [,(.urcal i l ' t r ,rr i ,rrr ld cdnt:rL.t nre erplarningabout how vou t'ind it. how you got involved-,what lrolrblcs you had and how vou overcamelhcm crf I rrn c\plcial lv hnkintl t irr pc,,prc uno$oLrld (.\ i l l int to dit(.ct l \ Djl \ \ on thc b(ncfi t oftheir wisdom to other people (via pnone.reports. workShops or whnlever).I also want to heai ticrm you ifyou wanr to getrlvolved with groups, diJlricls or col|lmiltees. Oryou are involved but are having ditliculties be itwith the kids or the older leaders. I . l l rr1. annpass on what advice I can.For anv of lhe ibole. ur iu5l more Inlormalion.my address etc can be lbund on the back of DFNews. IhanksO/re Hcrris. the I,AOCRoC

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UPDATE UPDATE DF poem book page. UPDATE UPDATEIfyou donrt know that DF comrnittee is plinning on prodrLcing collection of DFZoer?.- wellrvhere have you been the last 2 years, ifyou have been in Venturcs thcn that's im excuse. or ifyou have just joined the lolk then I'11 accept that, oi ifyou have not been to a residential orhave lroublc gctting I)F news then your cxempt froo blame too. As for the rest ofyou (deepintakc ofbreath and patronising sigh,like all rhose aoroying tcachers)But any way il's rloi to latc for all DF's to put pen to paper and get scrlbing. Rcmemberpoenr,rcan bc , ,1 / sho . funny / sad, serious and strange or stmnge, any thing really. Allpoe/rr\ili be anonymous with a list ofcontributor at the bach ofthe book, but ifyou rvish yorLrnamc not to be on thc listjust say so, BUT renlember 10 include your nanle and address in$ith the lrrcrr.r as .!vc necd this for copyrjght and so you can chcck yourloemls hale beent_vped up right. The new and f inal closing date for poerns is 3l st I)eccmbcr 1998 i.c. the cnd ofWinter Wondcr larrd, scnd your pocms to tsdcrr Ballantync al lhc ne\\, addrcss oll0 the Cresccnt. Sl AnDes on sca. t-xncs, FYii ISZ.horc arc sorllcpocfr,J (o inspire you

hslruc1iao$fa A S!.rdcut Olfhe WritilgOtloatf, -

' I he \!f i l ing ol-

lsVcrr di l l l( lL' l t .

You lry 1()

l .OOKAl lhc piccc

I'upor.l l is whitcAnd(' lcar and( lcar.SoYou wrrtc thc LlrLtitlcdFirsl thing thalComes iD The shocs on my IictTo your they hale pink plcatsIlead such But the socks ol1 voursAs Walk across floorsTHIS I take you to a strange place.See il is And \\,hen I look at your ,lcc-EasY All I see is happiness

FS ifyou ha\e alreddy sent in poems thanks but ifyou have not sent nle your address pleasedrop me nole saying wllat your poems weie and yoru address

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WORKERS BEER

,

? [,rce enlrance (lot kr be sniffco? Sccure camping (no r.isk of lhcn

festival)

What is Workers lJeer?

Workcrs flecr is arr organisaliol rvhich allows mernbcrs ol.youth grorrps and clraril icsto stall thc llccr stllnds al all thc ma-jor..l-cst ivals of lhc run,,u"i n,,J,n"n], ol tltc stnallclones rhis vear the wooricrafr 'ork

irirr t'c. rc'res;;i;;";i"iili iil srrrnnrer l.esrivars.' l bc Woodcral't t;olk arc paid fbr yorrr work.

So if thc Dli movement receiveol it,f

s paymcnt ti,r thc work you do. so what do you gct or(

at whcn Cilastonbury cost t8J this ycar)rrom your tcnt, onc thing that can really Nreck a

i;:i';I'i-;;i:l HlJ"illli" ::^u^':::l fa c i r il i .. s ( wonh srva pp i n g m o st of vo'r'1 Travel expenses

area suclr as (ilastonbury)

? CHL\P BEE.R? Last but not leasl the cornpany of the alamringlv attractive Anthony Lyons.To do Workers Beer you mus! hc^ova. lg b1, sumrner 1999 snd pllljlg 1s 1y6r1.Wtxkcls Hecr,is a hugc tirndraiscr for Dfs rnd .;; b; l.'""; fu;:"

*(i)ntact Anrhony Lyorrs, Mrdland ,ep. 1udar".s o,l Lit nf il'l m.*.,

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Heioht Gate Barn

Height Gate barn, near Hebden Bridge in Wasi Yorkshire is due to open in thespring, thanks to masses of help from many dedicated peopleIt is now taking bookings from May onwards and is looking for Woodie groups ihatare interested.They have a gfeat deal orl no\,! where it is 950 for the tirst night and f75 aftelthe first two ltsafabbargain.It is very cheap, it's easy to get to and is in superb settings' ior mcre informationcontact lovely Gwen , on 01422 842558.To suggest a time for a nationai DF event, or to publicise whef you are going toHeight Gate. please phone Bosie (see back page)

Fieclaim the Streets

These groovy protesters have helcl protests around the country and ate boomlngright now. Their message is that people have the riqht to clarm the streets and tnerrt;ns as their own, instead of letting the car culture pollute and domrnate thrsworld The mass str€et parties are active and full cf life, with links to other protests

and actions going on around the world There have been suggestlons that the DFmovement should actively sLlpport this campaign and shollld get involvedIt is a fantastic party with sound systems, drummlng, dancing and all solts tocornment on what the llF position should be, get in touch with Rosle (see backoaoe)

*Woodie Winter Wonderland, the next qeneratio!=:

"*z7lhto the 30th of December"*It s that iime of year again and one of the most exciting and successful DF eventsis about to take Place againWe welcome new people and r/Yould love to hear from qroups that have beenunder ropresented at the last events {!the }vho Llarc:^ wrnl: ,.r i(Jir* {f' r " r':)

We are looking fot people who want to get involved in organlsing and helplng outThe places are oh so very limited, we are starting a fresh slate so Iin afrard that nopriority will be given to those who were disappointed last time This ensures that

the llrst come, first serve system rs not messed wtthWe rnust stick to this so please don't wait around othel'wise there will be no cigarIF YOU SFND IN YOUR FORM LATE THERE WILL NOT BF A PL-ACE FOF YOUThere will be panies, there will be fun, there will be prizes for every one there will

also be lots oi workshops and sharing and lriendship making so come along it 's

oh so much fun. send forms to:Rosie Heller at 91 Western 8oad, Shefiield' S10 ILB

Workshops! Peoplel Gamesl Partiesl Walksl CountrysidelYahoo! l- iorrah! Yippiel Horray! YablWee! Woo woo wool

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. ,NTER WONDERLAND 1 998*BOOKING FORMCONFIDENT]AL

I Name

Address

Phone no.

Sigrrcd

llocent ilroculaliorrs (last fivc ycars)

Mcdical conditions (allerjies, disabili l ies)

I)ietary requircrnenls (lood wili be veggre.)

D,O B.

Essential bit lbr under l g,s

I .

. , . , . . . . . . . . . (parerr t /guarci ian) give pernr ission l i r r . . . . . . . . . . . ( l ) l i )1o ilttcnd Wintcr Wondorli rd If at any poiirt cluiing thc r'"uiJ"nii"i tfr"v urgcntly rcquircl]:11:il ll""l,l''1,. ard providirrg rhat r cannor b"

"'.,,r;";,i ;;.;,;;,,,,1u. r giu" l,ennissionlor trcalnlcllt to bc givcn b1,a rcgistcrcd conr.cntionalr,horncopafhic practrttollor orsurgeon.

I )lltc

[)octor's name and address

Nanre. addrcss and tel. no.of Ncxl of Kirr

I enclose a deposil of Five pounds rnade pavable to ..Nofthern I.orum,,

srgned.. . . .

Please send-this fb_rm back with your deposit as soon as possible to ensur€ a place at thisevent. .The final full price for the €vcnt has not been set, it .nouta t" between f l5 andf20 will endeavour to keep costs down ard there wili hopefully be a tare pool.

P coAse, M*lu '1orq E ns, t e t -o/ ,s iJ r , ih A SrAR

r'J Hr l .J Slul . r \ /n4 B*cp Ya,: f - Aoop. ' . ' tA 1", tU.+rl

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,'"'r.:. rr"'':.., ,,-,1 '1'; i' ::l' r:.1 : : - : : , . , t r . . . . : :

WHAT? Ice Skating

WHEN? Unconfirmed (near christmas)

. .

WHERE? Broadgate East,nr. Liverpool St. Stafion

t:, .:

Fnozen Fu

sI WANI tO KNOW MORE:

(like when it is)Contact;

Anna Treadwav40 Essex Rd.'

LeytonLondon

ElO 6HF

0181 539 3781

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Money for nothing!low the Woodcraft Folk can beiefit from tax relief

The Woodcralt Folk rs co{lectively lostng hundreds perhaps tholrsands o, pounds becaLtsenot everyone rs alvare of the Gift Ard scnenle Grft Ard donarrons recerve extra tax rel ief sothat eg a f250 do.ratron wrth ?3yo slandard rncome lax added back s wo|th over !1324

::",".^"::l lg i9if] l id donarion may rake a I trte extra wofk t.lowevei rve ncpe tnar yorr willDe fraopy to do t l . l ts as a way of supporttnq lhe work of the whole nrovenrenr

What you need to know.. Gi f t A d is only avar lable for stng e donat ons of

. l l rs ava labi€r ol l g l ls frcm taxpaytncJ nd v dUalsco-opeTat ve so( etr.- '-c)

' . , l f , r ,o.r :1,) ,r | ' a, r , - i i r to, ' l i r c l . rd l i 1 i l ' t r j , l i : , i l l !1,e w":t \ r{r r ! i i5( lar. . , i I r r i r i ia a,ol l tp ut9 i i f i j r5, l jc l lo:s are,, 'Voar: ," . .a ' i r : . r I rJ i , . : : l ' i I fLr l thef i : I f r t f rr r . t l l r

al least 1250 Tha:re rs no lppef rmrl

and On cl f ts f ron'r .Orfpa. eS ( lnc l rdrnq

. lo Eet t i tar talx l raLt l l l re donr)r nt !s l L: .- , |Dlr) le a short fornt Ihrs ts st f atqnitofwar. j Wetraver stoc(s ot I l j . t lor i l l l l90SD for q 1is oV n. l rv l . j !a ls l l i l l0SD fo. ar l ts by corrpaIresJ loryo| to ( l \ r . r , ,olr , l l r j | r rr lna) f . {nls . i t n. . . )nt l l . r la)d aftcr i ) r . o Ft l_ i :s bor, .n mat( j r)

[ ' r ( jept ]o, ,s Y.)rr r ) i l t Iot iJct ( l t l t A r l l i l ! r . ar f oI qr ' ts.ra)f ] l o lha] l . l r i t I l r . ! ( | ( . tuaj . r ( l( r f [ ] r l ; rb e l r ! ! i ls J l1( i ba)alr . rs srrch i r \ l l ( I I r . j I ; rb lcS) ol lerr , . t ,arnls qr l ts l rOrt adVi l ! : t lsr ' / l r ( ) ( lar f l l l )nv: : t . i t r , ! r ) , " | , Iar) l | t l ie. r . , l l l . r . . r lc l I L l f r l r f t , l jar l l lcsAalI ( I i r I , I j i I I I ( , I I l l l , ; r r l , r , r ,1 j a i . ( I . l r i ] l iV a, . r , ) I !Lr t t tntar ocir at , r i l roT lV l l r i ] i j lS q, i ls ntnd{r i r ! ,l r r r r i , ( i r i : i l l l l l l | r r J, , ! I r r i i r t . t i t ' , , r i r , r i , ,_, ' t t rasla ani l l , r r t i lc fs

l l vor arc in r lo.bt about whether a donal ion of f25o or;rbove is chqiblc for Gi f t Aid.()r i f you wanl a R190SD or R240SD forr I . Phorrc Folk HoUsr. {O1B J 6/2-6031) andspcak to Bcatt ic Slavin, our Finance & Administrat ion Off icer

For donattorrs nrhtclt are eligible: for Gift Aid.

I As{ t l r r r i lcnr) , 1, , \ ! r le at c l t i i ( luat l ! ) l l | ] , j !ar . (Jc, i t t t Fo k

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