Minutes, END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN meeting. Durban. Dec 6 th. 19S4

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2 January 6th, 1964 Minutes, END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN meeting. Durban. Dec 6 th. 19S4 Gathering and Introductions. L / ' A b j / " Agenda review. J Rer>ort-ba;k from groups. Not many groups had had a chance*.to neat since the ECC workshop on October 27th, but generally' the feedback from groups end individua Is ' is supportive end enthusiastic Structure of ECC* LOCAL. a. Rather than ju3t meeting a3 a forum, the group fe lt it would be better for groups to formally a ffilia t e with ECC. This would involve a greater level of committment. b. Work w ill be done mainly by tho organisations rather than the ECC mee ting *i e. f c. The procedure for a ffilia t io n has aot yet been decided on. d. A simple constitution is being draftee for presentation to the national meeting in January* This cam'll be uiied as a baris for a ffilia t io n. e. Groups not wanting to 1'orzally aft.llete» and individuals, are still very welcome to bo part of ECC. f. A coordinating group is to be selected from the mee ting to help maintain coherence and continuity in th* Campaign. They can also be resource people for the organisa tions of ECC anci anyone e ls e. This group will be selected fron the working group t o o arepreparing for the national ECC meeting in January. NATIONAL: a. 3he group agreed that a national organise r /fie lr worker be appointed for Thf* appointment will take place a ; ch? national meeting. This worker w ill live ineach region fcr a wnile, and work according to a timetable and agenda sot by the regions. This person's salary w il l come from the national budget. b. The three areas with active ECCs are Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg. The Eastern Cape is becoming mere involved, and Namibia is actively mobilising against conscription. Links are being established wisi these two regions. c. At the national meeting i n January, national campaign themes w ill * be decided on. Each region w ill s t ill be able to run their own campai campaigns as w e l l.i f they so wish. Looking forward to 1985 a. The national meeting, January , at Koinonia (just outside Durban). IBiis w ill be a working meeting, with 8-1C representatives from eaoh of the three main regions. The main aims of the meeting are to decide on ( i ) structures (e.g.' field w o rker, national administration e t c.) ; ( i i ) budget; ( i i i ) national campaign theme/s. Vfe agreed that the Durban reps to the meeting should be from the following organisations: NTTSAS (F io n a?), Black Sash (A nn?), CCSG^ (R ichard), NOW (? ), Youth Fcrum (A lv in? ), Diakonia (S u e), AZASO»?), NEUSA (Jeremy), IFOR (A n it a ), Methodist CEYD (P a u l), Klaarwater (M ike), (N ozipho), (L in d a n i). These people w ill function as a planning group fo r the national m eeting. b. The twice-yearly call-up for conscripts i* between Jan 9-15, We decided we would like to go ther-j to fe e l what happens tbere, snc to register some aort of symbolic protest, ffe theugnt wt roula ^sar T-shirt3 with peace slogans on.»»; planned to noet on Jun 2 to sil^screen T-shirts and plan thr r c t ir n, j^t thf Bcefcing did not goahead because of the low -turnout.

3 t C t, i e o b i h, pci^o z 9 tt.jp own organisations.» S. b ^ m l g a ^ t e d a r t h? SO we have an Idea of how ECC can f i t f tha next no e-~-3 d. Campaign themes: n ln wlth upcoming a c t iv it ie s. conscription of taxes fo r military purposes ' f r ^ r 0rtPtl n C0n0mlC P" " UPM ««* * volunteer ff^ f? r i Pi i0n ln thb hom9la»ds by homeland governments ' 1 ^ 4 ' bslns c a U a d «% i t h ^ - conscription of older white men f? V XJ a! I i0 n f ooncription to womon, Coloureds and I n d 'a r * - links between the m ilit a y and Indust-v a-d tha - highlight the c i v i l war and toe economy I SAD* in ^ al ars33 0 S * as taacl^ 3» doctors t in the uroan a re a s, enforcing aoartheid laws ' S! ^ 33? * * ^ T O s i t i e a which support th- mili-a-^ - SAD? indoctrination through the media - exo^sinc- it a 2 ^ ^, - opposing war toys fo r children? 5 co^ * r l x L Z it 0 ' a ^ W S S s bulldlns bl0ck= f C ' t a ' a ^ h S d l T s 00 W<>ek0n!i can?a ror y uth and P «s r a for childr» ' 4t!! b! r 3 ' pupils, school coonitteea ^ p a b L c a u L?or y o u ^ " 1 * Z h O U black school, 5. Budget Jp e T e ail ^ f 7 * 1 * * oxporting and importing arms i e L 4 m s ^ parades e.g. the Durban Tattoo. s. brsos^k^gsirsrii^ss wber a, others i f they so w is h. rk on an7 of the The central fund is not yet a r^ali-* -,,. The^national budget being motivated for looks like t h is: ap^ oac:ie;:- O 1 * Field Worker: s rla ry Es000 trevel and additions2 \ eipansoa * 400t S10 00C 2. National Coordination: travel * phone lot'o PcstaSe National Conference, approx 100 d ile g a tes. 4 davs: trsvel. _ " 30H0 accomodation <fc food 6000 speskers I qqc preparation and rssourcss 1000 lltfu? less conference fees 3000 S National Adm inistration: bookkeeping, auditing, bank 1500 legal fees 1000 international contact ooo

4 f C C,4rc 2, f Regional 5. J»Activities and campaigns (4 regions I.e. Jh b, Dbn, C.T. and E Cape and Namibia counting as a h a l f each): media (in cludin g a nat. newsletter) video project hiring halls 4 speakers administration m iscellane ous equipment in the regions TOTAL H * Next meetirx: whole ""of! Ja^uar7 1 5 > a * S.3 0 pm, Diakonia, Ecumenical Co--- whole of jlc C, Saturday January 19, 10.30am, Ecumenical C a n c e l A-* i. c

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