Nonviolence Gathering

At the Melbourne gathering after the Gulf Peace Team's return, it was agreed
that we needed to revive and promote a national Nonviolent Action (NvA)
network, including regional and international links.

A series of national gatherings was held in the early 1980's but the last one
was in 1988.  In the last year the Gulf Peace Team, Aidex, and the PBI have
provided a focus for further work on Nonviolent Action.  At the same time we
need to take into account the antipathy to NvA that sees to have developed
since 1983/84, and the fact that there are now many new activists who have no
awareness of NvA in terms of philosophy or practice.

At this gathering at Commonground we hope to evaluate some of these
experiences and plan ahead for the future of the network in Australia.


FRIDAY 13 - WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH, 1992
(To gather after lunch Friday and disperse Wednesday)

at COMMONGROUND COMMUNITY, SEYMOUR, VICTORIA


Commonground is a social change community situated on ninety-five acres of
land near Seymour.  The workshop space is a beautiful mud brick octagon
together with three accommodation huts that have twelve comfortable beds. 
Amenities are comfortable including hot bush showers and cooking facilities. 

If you would like to attend please respond to and return this enrolment form
with deposit by January 31, 1992.


Name(s)

Address



Will you bring children?  Y / N  How many?	Are you Vegan? Y / N   (Food will
otherwise be vegetarian)


PROVISIONAL TOPICS FOR INCLUSION IN THE AGENDA
To help us in formulating a provisional agenda, please number the following
by preference
__ introductions, expectations, agenda review 	__ communication 
__ international networking 	__ better use of magazine 
__ coordinating nonviolence workshops 	__ identifying appropriate people as
regional contacts 
__ promotion of network 	__ issue-based workshops 
__ feedback and reports 	__ theoretical issues  
__ coordinating and organising for events with a national focus 
__ How to integrate the Australian connection of the Global networks such as
PBI, IFOR,WRI, INEB 
__ other (including theoretical issues you may be interested in discussing)


HOW SHOULD WE DECIDE COSTS?  (please tick)
__ fixed fee            	__ sliding scale	__ cost sharing	__  other


To indicate enrolment and facilitate organising please send a deposit of $20
unwaged, $30 waged, with cheques made payable to the Nonviolence Workshops
Collective, to:

Nonviolence Gathering
PO Box 167,
North Carlton VIC 3054

Enrolment should be received by the 31st January 1992, and money is
non-refundable after February 29