CAMBRIDGE WORLD DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Cambridge WDM www.cambridgewdm.org.uk

MINUTES For 15 February 2006 7.45pm at Raju’s

Thanks to Raju for his Hospitality.

PRESENT: Raju R(Chair), Beth C, Aidan B, Clare B, Pat S, Sheila B, Rachel N, Shilpa S, Mike B and Sue W

APOLOGIES : Bernard S, Tom H, Paul C, Ray G, Fabiola B, Alex S

1. MINUTES FROM MEETING 18 Jan 2006 approved as a correct record with amendments to item 5.

2. Matters Arising

a) Letter from Lord Warner Minister of Health. Sue to reply suggesting that UK could offer UK medical staff to fill the gaps left by the emigration of doctors and nurses from poor countries, perhaps by offering it as an option to UK doctors for a new kind of elective year or option for medics of 60yrs + wanting a change.

b) Fairtrade Guide to Cambridge Updated Waiting to hear from Roots & Shoots and Just Living by end February about their research on which places sell Fairtrade goods and what these goods are so this update can me made. Sue already found four new FT outlets to add. Please send any more to Sue to add.

c) Fairtrade Café Crawl for FT Fortnight 6 – 19 March 2006 (Correction of Jan 06 minutes item 5)

Students are running a Fairtrade stall in big Sainsbury’s, Coldham’s Lane and other actions are planned. Agreed to Shilpa’s idea that our WDM group would run a Fairtrade Café Crawl on Saturday 11 March, visiting cafes around the city with balloons, face painting etc awarding certificates to those selling Fairtrade products and giving info to those not doing so. Warn all establishments beforehand by letter that this is to happen. Sub group of Shilpa, Mike, Sue, Pat, Raju agreed to organise this event. Queries to Shilpa.

3. Speaker Meeting 14 Feb at Clare College “Where Next For Make Poverty History? Moving Forward for Global Economic Justice” Speakers Kofi Mawuli-Klu of the Pan African Task Force for International Dialogue and Vicky Cann WDM HQ Campaigns Officer

Very successful public meeting with about 50 people attending. Vicky spoke about trade justice and Kofi spoke about racism. Essay by Peggy Mackintosh USA 1990 on racism “White Privilege etc” (available from Aidan) makes Kofi’s point. Vicky's contribution had rather more content to it than Kofi's, but Kofi's more challenging & provoked more thought, reflected in the relative number of questions that each speaker got afterwards. Raju made an excellent chair combining wit and tact with good timing. Many thanks to him and Jenny for securing the room for us. Either Sue W or Katherine Bosman from WDM HQ will write up the talks so ask them for copies. Clear message needs circulating that MPH had no African content and how can we right that? Ask wider membership how we can follow this meeting and keep up momentum. Ideas to Sue.

4. Campaign Leaflet Still need quotes for printing. Mike offered to get 2 for us. Text almost final. Can decide on how many to print when we get these quotes to compare and Julian sends us end/year accounts.

5. AOB Letter from Jubilee Debt Campaign

Invitation from Susie Broadly asking us join this JD campaign. Aidan said as WDM is to scale down its Debt campaigning we should join. Cost £25 for full info with membership. We can support without paying. Beth to reply saying we would like to join but at present have big financial commitments so cannot promise money. When campaigns leaflet finished, our way should be clearer to support them fully.

6. AOB Cambridge Action Network

East Anglian Social Forum, a microcosm of the World Social Forum is meeting Saturday 18 Feb Friends Meeting House Jesus Lane 12 – 4pm addressing issues around the NHS. Raju to attend with our literature.

Other meetings follow on Corporate Responsibility a) at Friends Meeting House Euston London at 7pm on 2 March on protecting the Right to Water b) Simultaneous Policy at Parliament 2.30pm on 8 March c) local SimPol meeting at Emmauel URC 16 Feb d) at LSE 22 Feb 7.30pm.

7. AOB Cambridge Forum meets on Tues 22 Feb 7.30pm at CB1 Café, 31 Mill Rd to address the Arms Trade with CAAT speakers. This will follow up on our CWDM meeting in Dec on same topic with Jim Jepps of Cambridge CAAT.

6. Next meeting – 15 March 2006 at Sue’s at 7.45pm at 14 Chesterton Hall Crescent

Further Cambridge WDM meetings in 2006, held monthly on third Wednesday in the month :

19 April at Pat’s, 17 May at Aidan and Clare’s, 21 June at Beth’s and 19 July at Sue’s