SOTA fund meeting 25.3.2020 / 13:00
Meeting begins:
nicolas, einat, justine, philippine, Kobe
introduction: context of this meeting.
we make a round
Kobe: in favour of smaller solidarity intitaives.
Tool box for this
Not in favour of a large seperate emergency fund for artists to solde this crisis. Precarious work should be illegal. In the current Belgium labor law crisis measures are already foreseen. People with a worker status have the right for temporary unemployment as a default. Many proffesions are inherently temporal, seaonal workers, parlementaireors, arists, etc. and these professions are made compatible with the general social security system of all workers.
and we should work to a maximum inclusion towards the general social security system. Aside of the general security system, which we have to defend in a longtime social struggle, Aside of the longer term strategy of working at small mutuality solidarity citizens initiatives, which can provide direct immediate relieve for worse case scenarios.
Justine: Tool box and initaiatves plus 1. But we should do something now: sharing / solidarity. Even if intiating for others. Not wait and do nothing. Nice moment to initiate someting. F.e. August Oorts: continuing to work, freeing up 30% of their income to give to people in need. Small things.
Nicolas: Future might look different. Expecting major changes. Potential for shift. Be cautious what we do, speculate about the future. Diversifying the possibility of funding. Diversitfying ways of being economically active. Tool box. Discours. Fund is tricky. Wher is the money coming from, who do we invole and how do we distribute. No Private fund, should be a state fund. If private, small and diversified, not take over the responsibility of the state. Alternative currency. Cryptocurrency f.e.. Coalition with this govermnent. Tricky.
Einat: Governmental collaboration out of the question. Local or regional could be. Look for ideologically more aligned governmental collaborations. Should not be specialised artfund but addresses a shift in economical ideology. Basic income. Social welfare. Big. In dialogue with a group how to attack capitalist system, to install new economical, social, envirnmental systems. Small steps: Fund towards precarious persons/workers... Start to tackle urgencies aiming towards social shift.
Tool kit ok but quite complicated, how to address outside our own community with all the same economical level.
Philippine: looked at Jiustine's links and find them very interesting. (see bellow)
In general agrees with what was said. But also sees a lot of people in probem, and would like to set up something very small to support in this stituation. She is in favour of the artist releave tree: worldwide movement, everyone pays 250$ ; no evaluation; who applies to get fund, get it;...
Something similar in small scale could be done now. Crowdfunding, and thinking about a distribution system.
Direct initiatives Corona:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/1080011789032749/
https://www.kbs-frb.be/en/Newsroom/Press-releases/2020/20200313ND
Funding Initiatives:
https://www.mein-grundeinkommen.de
Overview of all kind of responses and resources:
http://on-the-move.org/news/article/20675/corona-virus-resources-arts-culture-and-cultural/
more US based:
https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com
https://creative-capital.org/2020/03/13/list-of-arts-resources-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/resources-for-artists-coronavirus
Other:
https://www.culturalfoundation.eu/library/corona-crisis-calls-for-a-culture-of-solidarity
For inspiration and information:
https://www.degrowth.info/en/dim/degrowth-in-movements/transition-initiatives/
http://www.socioeco.org/bdf_axe-4_en.html
http://www.workerscontrol.net
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/fi/data/platform-economy/initiatives#socialprotection
Einat: claims that a small intitiative only for artist is nat what she wants. There are many people much more in need then we are.
There are many bad situation which need a bigger system shift.
fund for people in precarity.
Kobe working with wouter on making precarious work illegal.
We agree and decide on working on a small scale action now:
crowdfunding?
Something else?
who exactly will be the receivers. How to formulate that?
Make sure it preludes on a longer term vision, and gives a vision on precarity.
Should be clear its a small initiative for immediate relief.
Discussion about this notion of 'illegality of precarity)
Talking about crowdfunding, other forms etc.. We talk about different possibilities of acknowledging donaters / gifters?
Ask constant: open scource software for crwodfunding? Alternative?
Formulate the criteria precicely. those in need. people evaluate themselves. everyone who apllies gets it.
Maybe not in the name of SOTA but: immediate relief? or State of the People?
TO DO:
-research the possibilites of crowdfuning and alternatives: (Kobe costant, Ph crowdfunding)
-text: formulating a blurb for the fund. Einat starts and the others comment or elabortate.
-formulating our target audiences: donors plus receivers.
-Criteria for receivers
(people who cannot fall back on existing resources... )
should we collect a list of excisting resources. compiling a list. (nicoals)
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Justine knows a good example, network of all available help in DE:
https://padlet.com/kreativedeutschland/zu41puas9yk3?fbclid=IwAR1Wj3wf95WfSTcaA4glRCL7A22vkynpul_w_VL1Ii4CjKFUKKjuz-TN174
http://www.suisseculturesociale.ch/index.php?id=153
shouldn't kunstenpunt do this?
https://www.cultuurloket.be/inspiratie/gevolgen-coronacrisis
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Group is about alternative economies. The fund is one activety, but it also looks at longer term visions on alternative economies.