WRI Council meeting 2012
The War Resisters' International Council meeting 2012 will take place from 15-17 September 2012 in Bilbao, Basque Country, state of Spain.
As the Council meeting will begin on 15 September in the morning, you should plan your travel to arrive on 14 September in the afternoon/evening.
As a reminder: this Council meeting had to be organised on short notice, without the chance to also organise a seminar which would have allowed us to do some fundraising. This was because Red Juvenil decided to cancel the planned seminar and Council in Medellin in February 2012 (see
the message from WRI's Chair Howard Clark on wri-internal on 29 February 2012).
Nevertheless, we hope for an exciting Council meeting, which will be a bit different from our usual Council meetings. Some of the agenda items are:
- A vision for WRI 2022 (this will take up a big chunk of the time)
- WRI report 2011-2012
- WRI Budget & Finances
- New affiliates (we received applications from Amargi in Turkey and Centre Delas in Spain)
- WRI's international conference in South Africa in 2014
- The "parliamentary coup" in Paraguay
- Some discussion on WRI's programme work
Practicalities:
We are organising accommodation in a hostel and in a nearby hotel (Hotel Vista Alegre), so please let us know as soon as possible what accommodation option you prefer. You do not need to book your own accommodation, as we made some reservations, which we need to fill.
On Saturday and Monday the Council itself will meet in the old town, and on Sunday we will be meeting at the hostel.
Food is organised with vegan caterers for most of the days, but on Sunday we will have lunch at the hostel, and for dinner we might do a barbecue (including vegetarian and vegan) somewhere outside Bilbao, weather permitting. Otherwise dinner will be organised at the KEM MOC offices.
Fees
We ask you to pay the following fees, which include participation in the Council, accommodation, and food expenses from Friday, 14 September, dinner time until Tuesday, 18 September breakfast:
- Standard fee: 200€ (£160). This includes hostel accommodation in rooms with 4-6 beds
- Hotel fee: 250€ (£200). This includes a double room at the hotel. To make use of this, you will need to let us know who you are sharing the room with, otherwise we cannot book this.
- Hotel, single room: 300€ (£250).
Deadline for registration:
We need to know before 31 August if you are coming. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that we can organise accommodation for you.
You can pay us in cash at the Council, or contact us if you want to pay by other means.