twitter account @worldsocialism.com

[Anonymous]

No one knew this existed until I asked for it. Now all the committees of the SPGB are preventing me from using it. Why?

 

NERB asked for it years ago so dont bullshit me

[Young Master Smeet]

Don't think the Election Dept is preventing anything. Could you fill us on what is happeneing?  What do you mean 'preventing me from using it'?  Do you mean they won't give you the password?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your interest YMS but it is the end of the matter for me. I do not desire more suspensions for speaking my mind. A little upset at the deliberate snub but I'll get over it, 

[Anonymous]

Vin, why not get your branch to place an Item for Discussion on the Conference agenda or, alternatively, send an email to the new Executive Committee which meets for the first time this coming Saturday?

[Anonymous]

 I think that ship has sailed as they say. I would only appear to resent  the 'companion party' having access to the account.But I appreciate your comments

[northern light]

On the N.E.R.B.site, under, " Items for discussion for Jan. 2016 emeeting," post #2 refers to this matter. It includes a link to the Dec. 2014 emeeting, where a motion was accepted to ask the I.C. about the Twitter account, @worldsocialism.  A courtesy copy was sent to the E.C. Unfortunately voting figures for the motion were not included with the courtesy copy sent to the E.C. so the E.C. defered discussing this matter till they had received the voting figures.I seem to recall reading that the @worldsocialism account had been suspended by the people who own/run Twitter and that any delay in dealing with this matter was not the fault of the I.C. Hopefully this matter will be resolved before, or during the Jan. meeting Comrade Maratty is a regular contributor to this Forum. He is very active on both Facebook and Twitter and is single handedly exploring the potential of internet videos for Party propoganda purposes. I think the Party should be getting behind Vin and giving him as much encouragement as possible.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your support. It goes back even further, I only raised the matter with my branch a year ago because I had no joy with the IC.A couple of years ago while trying to set up a twitter account emphasising – world socialism, I came across an unused account @worldsocialism which claimed to be an 'official account of the SPGB' I did a bit of research and found that the account could be claimed by an official approach from the party.The IC knew nothing about it so I asked them to claim the account, which they have.  It has not published a tweet in years but when I approached a member of the IC last week I was informed that the account is about to be handed over to a 'companion party'

[jondwhite]

Given the activity online of companion parties (WSPZ couldn't even tell WSM they had the wrong website listed for WSPZ) and the activity of NERB members, averaging about a post a day on this forum alone, the obvious choice would be to have a NERB tweet from worldsocialism twitter account.

[Anonymous]

This is an email received a few days ago from the Internet Committee after I inquired about progress. "The Internet Committee is mandated to look after the party's web presence and after discussion and voting that's what we decided to do. We felt that it would be best for the @worldsocialism account to be managed by a companion party. The World Socialist Movement is more than just the SPGB."A number of question come to mind:When and where was the meeting held and how was this decision arrived at?Did the IC have any intention of informing the EC or NERB branch?Which members of the IC were opposed to NERB's rquest?

[DJP]

Vin wrote:

When and where was the meeting held and how was this decision arrived at?

Like most all other committees internet committee activity is conducted via email and all decisions arrived at through these means.

Quote:

Did the IC have any intention of informing the EC or NERB branch?

There would have been no need to inform the EC, though a reply to you should have come sooner.

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Which members of the IC were opposed to NERB's rquest?

As far as I recall the decision was pretty much unanimously agreed.If you unhappy with a decision made by any committee you can raise the issue with the relevant committee, or through your branch to the EC. Or even contact the EC as an individual

[Anonymous]

DJP wrote:

 Or even contact the EC as an individual

 done

[Anonymous]

DJP wrote:

There would have been no need to inform the EC, though a reply to you should have come sooner.

I only received the reply from you AFTER I emailed you. How did you find out about the account and who originally asked you to recover it?Has it made any tweets since I requested it and my branch resolution to the EC.?Would you email the voting figures and emails involved in the open democratic process?  

[northern light]

I have a couple of questions.Which "companion party" has the Internet Committee offered the twitter account to ?Has any "companion party" reached out to the Internet Committee, asking to be more involved in Socialist activities?

[Anonymous]

DJP wrote:

Vin wrote:

Did the IC have any intention of informing the EC or NERB branch?

There would have been no need to inform the EC, though a reply to you should have come sooner.

Positively bizarre.  For a decision of this 'magnitude' the EC should have been informed prior to any action being taken by the IC particularly when it was well known that a branch of the SPGB was prepared to take over the account.

[Anonymous]

gnome wrote:

Positively bizarre.  For a decision of this 'magnitude' the EC should have been informed prior to any action being taken by the IC particularly when it was well known that a branch of the SPGB was prepared to take over the account.

 appreciated cde

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