What's Our Strategy?

I think it would be a good idea to brain storm on ideas on how to make our protest as efficient and effective as possible. I know for a fact that the members who are currently very actively involved, like K and AG, have come up with some really good ideas. Why not use this blog to discuss that?

We must have posts/threads concentrating on

1) Visible and effective means of protest

2) Possible outcomes of protest and how to leverage/counter them

3) Assuming we get a chance to meet the authorities who can really make a difference, what valid reasons are we going to present to them, how are we planning to validate them with facts? ie. How do we ensure that we appeal not just to their hearts but also to their brains? We need some solid facts to tell them that shutting this down won’t be such a good idea. Emotional appeal will work only so far and no further, imho.

4) Sources of information related to similar closures elsewhere

5) Statistics – on general readership, british council membership, revenue and whatever we can get our hands on to start with.

6) How can we rope in companies to sponsor and support our cause? Also educational institutions. What should be our strategy? How will it help?

7) Who are the people whom we should contact? How are we to contact them? What are we aiming to learn from them and how do we leverage that knowledge to our advantage?

8) What percentage of time are each of us willing to spend on activities that will help take this forward and how are we to distribute work?

Let’s have at least a post each on the major areas addressed above, we can use the comments section to discuss.

I was not able to make it to the meeting, but I would really like to know what happened there, so would a lot of others I’m sure. May I request someone who was present at the meeting to post an overview of the whole thing.