World Carfree Network

Present: Randy, Michal, Justin, Bas

Announcements:

CB magazine 31 is printed and looking good! Will be sent tomorrow, we need more people to help. Maybe contact prague tv and expats?
Randy applied for UK residency in July. requested expedited. Randy is worried if it will be processed on time.
Computers being updated in office: internet breakdown (hacking), this weekend everything will be fixed. We need to tell them which programs we use (doc's will be saved). Randy says it used to be very expensive to have more pc's on internet. Now situation's changed and easier to get it (Michal)

Randy: do we know size of office A & B? Would be good to backup to portable harddisk , to be sure we are safe (for pc problems or hackers).

We had a CB meeting yesterday: talked about possible changes to style/content and how to get more subscriptions. We'll have another meeting for next issue (content) next week with Christi, Justin and Bas.
Music in the park festival, last weekend in Prague: a Czech friend of Radka dropped by at our stand, she works for media company and could arrange free billboard space. Would be good in September for mobility week (cyklojizda).

Agenda:
1. EVS applications
2. Car vandalism vs. WCN
3. Visegrad project update
4. Istanbul Youth exchange update

1. EVS applications

2 people are interested in doing EVS: Chris and Camille. Both look like good candidates. Chris has writing skills and is very interested in magazine and WCN in general. Bas knows Chris from Prague life and can arrange meeting with office people to get to know him a little. Camille has good background and interests: transport and mobility issues. She's french studying in Sweden and going to the Istanbul exchange. We should definitely interview her and ask for her availability. oNLY THING IS the space in the office (we will have 3 evs at once).

The press release is on WCN website. Justin did a phone interview for bbc world (radio) yesterday. The interviewer will tell justin when it'll be "on air" and on their website. He gave an explanation of our point of view and emphasized the positive actions and message. He made sure we're not related to the vandalism. It will be in a radio show together with something about the 4x4 alliance.
Randy: We should find out website visits connected with this issue! Provider should be able to give it. It would be good also to get the message out even more, to get more coverage while the item is "hot".

Michal: Introduction to CB reader is finished, almost ready to publish Czech version. This week is the final session for layout (very new and original graphics), they expect good combination of text and graphics. English version ready for translation in Poland and Hungary. Slovakia will get Czech version to translate. Czech lounge planned on Monday September 17 with screening in kino Svetozor (European Mobility week). Still looking for good distributors in Czech Rep. A leaflet will be printed as well.
Randy: If we could get a high-quality version of the video "En 2 Ruedas" from www.proyectozoom.org/contenidos/video_zoom.php?id=79 -- that would be great for the screening.

And new society publishers is interested in the reader, to publish in english. Standard conditions, Newsociety.com. Michal will get in touch http://www.newsociety.com/NSPeditorialguidelines.php

Travel budget is tight. Some countries are OK but others over-budget (f.a. sweden). We have to ask people to travel as cheap as possible, in total we're over budget.