DF Annual Review 2011

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Welcome

Motions

Musings

A motion is a shape shifter and can be many

things. It can be is the solution to a problem faced by

the DF movement, or it can also be more of an instructionto Committee to do something different and/or better. Anyone can

bring a motion to Althing, where every single DF present can have the opportunity to

voice their opinions on the motion.

Often motions are ammended before theyre debated. If you feel a motion is

nearly right you can ammend it. A motion can be ammended by anyone (including the

origional author) to make it better in the eyes of the ammender! After a motion has

been sufficiently debated, the motion is voted on.

All motions require a 50% majority for it to pass, unless the motion is ammending

the DF Constitution, in which case it needs 66% of the vote, also taking into account

any abstentions.

A musing is different to a motion. A motion allows

the person proposing the motion to propose the solution.

But often a solution is not easily found. Without the solution, there is

no motion.

A musing gives us the opportunity to bring a problem or issue to the floor of Alth

ing and let a solution rise from the debate and discussion. A musing could be brought

as a question or a statement or really, in any way at all. Why not devise a short sketch to

illustrate your musing? A discussion about the musing may bring about a solution and a

motion could be written from the floor and voted on. Or, it might be a useful way of in

structing the next committee and council to do something or to work on something

further.

Welcome to Althing, the absolute heart of

DF democracy. The place where all manner of

things Great and small are discussed, where

ideas become reality and where we choose the

next generation of DF committees.

Here are some things you can do while you are

here:

Think you have an idea that would improve the movement? Suggest a motionHave a problem you want to discuss? Suggest a musing

Feel strongly about an issue? Talk on a motion

Want to discuss solutions to a problem Take part in open space discussion

Want to get more involved in how DFs works Stand for election


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)*# +*,"&-Its wonderfully impossible to sum up a year of District Fellows in a few short sentences. For me this

year has been about seeing the massive variety of different approaches people have to being a DF, but also

the links between these ideas, discovering the core DNA of Dfs, if you will. Where past years have seen

huge leaps forward in terms of branding and publicity, this year weve spent a lot of time trying to re es

tablish what Dfs stands for, what we do and who we want to be. We started real time coverage of Dfs at the

tuition fee and EMA protests, which then morphed into a hugely successful Kettled Generation blog on the

Woodcraft website, gaining national press coverage. This for me was a really great example of how the na

tional connections we have established as Dfs can become incredibly useful in terms of sharing skills, infor

mation and ideas when our core values of Education for Social Change are under threat. Consequent work

on sexism, queer rights and inclusion was tough but important and timely, as was our continued work on

safeguarding and making Things accessible. Each of our three Things this year was a joy to be part of, from

the icy depths of Midlands, through the gorgeous hills of Scotland to the sunny pastures of the South West,

they worked as a great balance between important discussions, meeting regions and making friends. Weve

created some brilliant resources: The A to Z of Good Discussion, The Transition Pack, The Mestup Zine,

Putting and End to Boys Will be Boys, Archivethatworld.com and of course three totally amazing DF Zines.

Weve had mini things at every event and a hugely successful introduction session at Co Camp, where I got

to ask around 200 DF age campers How many poos have you had on camp? during a speed dating session,

a definite highlight. All in all I wouldnt pretend that there have not been some serious challenges this year,

but it has also been amazing fun and weve had a really wonderful set of people surrounding and helping us.

It makes me really rather sad to say goodbye to all this, but Im also full of excitement about what you, the

next generation of Dfs, will make of this movement. Good luck!

Heres what we have so far:

!" the best ever spanthatworldwithmusic!" had a mini thing at every DF event

!" elected a nature person

!" Scottish thing

!" the DF lounge at CoCamp (is it a lounge?)

!" Huge Ideas Pot II

!" Written new policies for payments, the age range...

!" a fabulous spring awakening

!" Sorted out that GREY area!

!" Midlands thing

!" worked on our safeguarding

!" strong work against sexism

!" elected a tea ninja/snow monitor!" had the first EVER spanthatworldwithcostume

!" the first EVER double winter wonderland

!" raised MORE than enough money to bring a family of refugees to cocamp

!" had a huge turnout at all the anti cuts demonstrations/marches

!"fantastic work to put the district back in district fellows

!" the DF transition pack!" the Boys will be Boys workshop pack

!" elected a fire poker delegator

!" the affiliations wall

!" huge MEST UP team at CoCamp

!" The A to Z of Good Discussion

!" set up the DF buddy system

!" South West Thing

!" Lots of successful Wwwoofing trips

!" DFs at CoCamp? MESTUP?

!" Archivethatworld.com


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ElectionsFs is intensely democratic. Every year we elect DFs to certain roles in the movement. You can ei

her stand yourself for election or nominate somebody else who you think would be good. To Stand

r nominate somebody all you need to do is talk to one of the chairs. At Althing every candidate par cipates in hustings which is essentially a Q&A with everyone else there starting off with a short

peech.

ere is a list of all the roles available for election this year. If you have any questions about any of

he roles why not ask one of the chairs. Note that some roles (such as Vice Chair and Events) are

ecided at Old/New once all of DF Committee has been elected that is why there are several Lay

member posts for people who will probably take on specific roles at Old/New.

.% /#0"'1,2 +'314"2Role Length of RoleWales Rep 1 Year

cotland Rep 1 Year

ondon Rep 1 Year

outh West Rep 1 Year

outh East Rep 1 Year

orth East Rep 1 Year

orth West Rep 1 Year

astern Rep 1 Year

What does being on regional council involve?egional reps have the task of facilitating DF activity regionally, funnily enough. But this role has many other aspectso it. For example, facilitating or organising Spanthatworldwithmusic, forming committees for the region, and attending

egional councils and organising Things. Its much easier to co ordinate things locally but acting as a messenger is

so important to make sure DFs in your region know about stuff they can get involved with and important dates for their

ary. Also getting involved with the regional council is important as well in this role to get more in touch with Woodcraft

olk regionally. Being regional rep is a really valuable thing to do, so go for it!

.% +'(("55##Role Length of Role

Lay member 2 Yearsay members are elected at althing and then stand for one of the roles not elected at Althing at an event called Old/New

few weeks later.Campaigns Rep 2 Years

he Campaigns Rep should be a person who can help faciliate peoples actions based on the movements campaigns.

hey should also try to provide oppurtunitys Dfs to learn about the campaigns so that they are aware of the issues

volved in the campaigns.

Communications Rep 2 Yearshe communications rep is about communicating things within DFs, although you dont need to know a lot about website

aagement, you will need to write for it, It is a role fore someone who is interested in design and writing.

Fundraiser 2 Yearsundraising Rep has a few key responsibilities. One of the key ones is making sure that DFs has enough money to run

l its events and projects. While the Treasurer deals more with managing money DFs raise internally (ie. In camp costs

c.), the Fundraising Rep deals with getting funding from the wider Woodcraft Folk or outside the movement. This

eans stuff like TREE, or big funds, like the National Lottery or Coop Regional Grants. As well as this, the Fundraising

ep coordinates any nationwide fundraising activities.

Treasurer 2 Yearshe Treasurer is responsible for all financial matters involving DFs including:

aking sure money is collected at events, Paying invoices, Compiling financial returns, Writing the Annual Budget and

dividual event budgets, Keeping the books, Writing/updating policies on financial issues.


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F Committee roles not decided at Althing:

ole Decided?Chair of Regional Council By Regional Council

chair of regional council you will need to facilitate communication between the regional developers and spearhead

gional developement as a whole.

Chair of DF Committee Old/Newair in my eyes in almost solely a facilitation role. . Facilitating discussions at meetings, facilitating input from as many

ferent Dfs as possible; making the decision making element of Dfs as welcoming, inclusive and democratic as can

. There are also a lot of times when a chair needs to provide support for members of CTTE that may be struggling, to

al with important or difficult matters which have arisen and liaise with staff at Woodcraft HQ or members of General

ouncil. You will also often find yourself as the first point of contact for a variety of queries, along with a person people

l turn to in order to relay or spread information. Theres usually quite a bit of website work, plenty of phone calls and

stering, and time put into the planning of Things and Althing. Ultimately you are a conduit and a connecting point for a

hole glorious collective of ideas, debates and people.

Events Rep Old/Newents rep involves finding and supporting coordinators for events and making sure they go as well as possible. It also

volves procedure on events and how they are run including things such as pricing and safeguarding. It is also the duty

the events rep to work alongside other members of ctte to make sure that their area of work is displayed at events.

Secretary of The Movement Old/Newcretary involves making minutes for meetings, knowing the constiution, helping with administration and generally

eping everything on the business side of DFs neat, accesible and documented.International Opportunities Officer Old/Newbig part of being international rep involves making people aware of all the opportunities that are available to them

rough the IFM SEI. Organising the WWOOFing trip/s can also be a big part of being international rep, although you can

legate the job of co ordinating the trip to someone else once youve made the initial contact with the people involved.

her things that international reps have done is raise money to bring international delegations (in this case a refugee

legation) to a Woodcraft or DF event.

Vice Chair of DF Committee Old/Newis is a role which you can make your own. There are a few things expected of you jointly facilitating things, mini things

d Althing with others in the chairing team. Other expectation include supporting committee members in what they are

ing and jumping in to take on responsibility when tasks arise that dont fit perfectly into the roles of others.

Training Rep Old/Newtraining rep it is your responsibility to provide training for the rest of the DF movement, as the name of the role sug

sts. The only mandatory piece of training that needs to take place each year is first aid training as we always need

ore first aiders, also it is your job to find out what people want and need training for and provide that for them either at

other event or at a time that is convenient.

Projects rep Old/Newell, in theory world, this should be a role thats job it is to bring together all the different people spearheading all the dif

rent projects to help them and create a cohesive set of projects for DFS to run and get involved in.

Affiliations reps your responsibility to forge links with other organisations and strengthen already built ones. You are expected to in

e them to events, find out about their events and now to run our own affiliations event. Blank Canvas is extremely excit

g and as affiliations rep you will be making this excitement a reality. You need to be good at talking, emailing and calling.

Shadow treasurer Old/Newadow Treasurer involves learning how to keep DF accounts in order to take on the role of treasurer.

on committee roles:Venturer Committee liason 1 year

orking with Jack Brown (general council rep to v ctte) to support the venturer committee

ganising the logistics of the meetings; like the venue, dates, and making sure everyones okay to get there

lping venturers facilitate their own meetings

aking sure things get done efficiently and that the committee functions well as a group, gets things done in and out of

eetings, has some aims, and progresses.

ing a link between venturer committee and DFs

Zine editor 1 yeare role obviously involves designing pages and graphics, putting together pages and getting the thing into the format

nters need. It isa bit of a crash course in photoshop and other creative software. The role also involves running work

ops at events to create content. Another crucial part of the role; communicating the need for subscription well, moti

ting people and giving them structure and ideas as well as creative freedom. Ideas, organisation, good communication

d motivation are as crucial as creative talent.

Workers beer rep 1 yearis role involves organising the DF presence at festival bars through Workers Beer and is extremely important in terms

DF fundraising.


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Joel- Chair of CommitteeHere is a list of thing Committee have helped work on this year, which I by no means attribute to mealone but which have been the main focus of my time: A hugely successful spanthatworldwithmusic, raisedmore than enough money to help Stanley District bring a family of refugees to cocamp, had a mini thingat every DF event, Scottish thing, The DF Centre, Huge Ideas Pot II, Written new policies for payments,the age range, a fabulous spring awakening, Sorted out that the Grey area in terms of age, Midlands thing,worked on our safeguarding, lots of work against sexism, South West Thing, Lots of successful Wwwoof!"#$%&'"()*%+,-(,.%"#/0-/,%12)%3&%40435(*%)&3'&,.%6'78"/,&83&90'-.:705*%83.%&8,%;')&%,3''3#$,.%&8,%)A"--)%F0'5%&83&%O-D3%)&3'&,.[%Q&3'&,.%3%-")&%0F%&8"#$)%(,0(-,%93#&%&'3"#"#$%F0'%F0'%#,T&%.F%D,3'


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Bridget - Scottish repIn DF terms Scotland is well its Scotland and its still quite far away from the goings on and hubbub of

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W

INTERW

ONDERLAND

I met so many lovely people andthey were all really nice and

helpful.


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SPRING AWAKENING

I remembered what it was like

to be a child and played partygames.

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DFCAMP

All camps should have a village of

hammocks... truly awesome andone of the best camps I have everbeen on.


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