Your humble organizers, Walter Williams and myself, having felt the need for a regular gathering of anarchists for some time and envisioning a space in which to incubate and disseminate ideas and projects face to face are pleased to announce:
The New York City Anarchist Open Forum!
NYCAOF is organized to facilitate in-person discussion forums for topics of interest to the NYC anarchist community. Gathering monthly, in spaces conductive to discussion, we plan to give members of the community a space to hold discussions on topics of mutual interest, announce or promote projects they are organizing and, generally, to socialize with other anarchists.
The Format
The forum is open. The discussion agenda will be determined by community members. Those who wish to sponsor a topic may identify themselves to the group during introductions and will be allotted a brief post-introduction time slot to introduce their proposed topic or project. After all proposals have been made the meeting will reorganize into breakout groups around the several topics proposed, attendees joining that breakout which interests them most. Breakouts are imagined to meet for 45 minuets to an hour.
Refreshments will be served after the breakout meetings giving all participants an opportunity to socialize and share ideas discussed. There will be no time scheduled for report backs, it is our intension that summaries of the several breakout's discussions can be posted to a web page for all to read afterwards.
Time and Place
The first meeting of the open forum will be Tuesday November 15th from 7 PM to 9 PM at the 6th Street Community Center, 638 East 6th St. Manhattan.
Point of Contact
Walter and I can be reached at nycaof at gmail dot com or if your in a hurry Walter is available at six four six four five eight one three two six.
Sincerely,
Evan Courtney
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."