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[<P.Tsiavos AT lse.ac.uk>]

Dear All,

With a great delay due to my involvement in the organisation of this COMMUNIA 
meeting, I would like to invite you all to the 6th CC Europe meeting that 
will take place on Saturday the 28th of March at the London School of 
Economics between 11:00 and 14:00 at the New Academic Building (the same as 
the one where the main COMMUNIA event will take place 
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/newAcademicBuilding/). I will be giving you 
the exact name of the room by tomorrow.

In the previous meeting we have discussed extensively on the possibility of 
forming a legal entity under the Creative Commons Europe banner and you may 
find an abstract of the minutes on the cc-Europe wiki 
http://cc-europe.jottit.com/5th_cc_europe_meeting_notes (password: Vilnius). 
Many thanks to Peter Troxler for compiling the relevant document!

As you may see from the discussion the main outcome of the Zurich meeting was 
to all work towards the setting of a minimum set of principles we would like 
CC Europe to adhere to. John has kindly drafted a Memorandum of Cooperation, 
which you may find in the CC Europe wiki at 
http://cc-europe.jottit.com/draft_memorandum_of_cooperation  (password: 
Vilnius)

The core focus of the London meeting is the discussion and signing of the 
memorandum of understanding, so I would urge everyone to have a read and make 
amendments or comments on the wiki. The idea is to first have all European CC 
projects agreeing on a common set of principles and objectives and then see 
if we could potentially move to the stage of having a permanent legal form. 
In this context, it is important to position the CC Europe working group in 
relation to the COMMUNIA project, particularly with respect to what is going 
to happen once the COMMUNIA project that funds our meetings is over, so any 
thoughts on this issue are more than welcome.

Another target of the London meeting is to discuss possible funding options 
for the national CC projects based on our current experience. I have tried to 
get someone from the Open Society Institute to talk to us about these issues 
but with not much luck especially due their conflict of interest, but I am 
looking at other options as well.

Again due to the really heavy schedule in the COMMUNIA and the need to have 
the working groups spending some time on Friday evening, I did not plan any 
CC showcase event this time, but I could contribute more actively in terms of 
the organisation of such an event for the Torino meeting.

After the meeting we could all go for late lunch at a nearby restaurant at 
Covent Garden.

I hope that those of you that will be attending the COMMUNIA meeting will 
also be able to attend the CC Europe meeting.

Looking forward to receiving your comments and seeing you in London.

Best wishes,
pRo 



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