Assembly 03 - Machynlleth

After an exciting finale to our online voting for Assembly 03 the winner by a narrow margin was proposal 6 - Machynlleth.  This discussion strand will help to document the process we embark on before the event on Friday 8th June 2012.

 

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Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on May 30, 2012 at 4:10

Nice - enjoyed that summary very much.

Well let's talk later.

 

Permalink Reply by Sarah Mumford on May 30, 2012 at 5:14

Brilliant! @ Jenny, totally agree with your summary, I guess it's a case of looking at logistics in order for it to work successfully!! @ Kate, that is exactly what I was getting at in my previous post, and all that you are saying is so important. Great to have this insight before next week, thank you all, and thanks Esther :) 

Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on June 1, 2012 at 4:57

Spent some time in Machynlleth #assembly03 and feel that this Assembly is less to do with a new Tesco and more to do with people who arrive in Machynlleth with particular dreams and aspirations for the area vs the locals and their dreams and aspirations.  Think the project will be challenging however the conversations will be very fruitful and interesting.

Excited by whats to come next week.


 

Permalink Reply by Jane Lloyd Francis on June 3, 2012 at 1:42

I believe that the control of our food supply is an issue of the most fundamental importance for the future .Large corporations are motivated mainly by financial return and controlling the markets for their own gain.Its not that I think that there are a gang of big fat baddies out there aiming to starve us, just that it is the only way that large corporations driven by capitalism can work.

Where our food comes from affects every single one of us.The more we support small local producers the more we have control over choices, markets, welfare, transport costs, accountability and so much more including what it TASTES like!

This is Rubbish have made a fantastic job of raising awareness about the immorality of food waste and made great partnerships across the food industry, they have approached the issue creatively and made it fun. How about extending that approach to sourcing good fresh food in our locality, taking the choice into our own hands by supporting the suppliers who work best for us, who we can trust to understand the needs of all of us in this community.

That means which ever supermarket comes to town must support rather than crush local growers and prove that they will listen, respond and react to our needs and continue to do so into the future.

Permalink Reply by Jenny Hall on June 7, 2012 at 9:26

Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on June 14, 2012 at 2:45

Wow what an event #assembly03 turned out to be.  With the rain and wind at full pelt, there were points in the day where the notion of an assembly event taking place seemed difficult.  However the team came through it and put on an event which delighted and provoked in equal measure.  So what is next?  That is one you guys to consider and decide. 

I do want to take this opportunity to say well done to all who were involved and reiterate that without everyone this event wouldn't  have worked as well as it did - thank you very much.


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Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on June 15, 2012 at 0:45

Feedback from Assembly 03

 

Shopping experiences & slogans

 

 

-Mummmmm!

-Affordability

-Cost Effective

-Healthy Selection

-Yummy treats

-No Nonsense

-Local Foods

-Late Shopping

-Environmentally friendly

-Traditional surrounding compatible

-Happy customers 

 

 

+

-Cheap/ Pricing

-Deals

-Range

-Community projects/ funding/ Co-op

-Draw shoppers into area

-Potential development

 

-

-Too big

-Waste

-Soulless

-Aggressive competition

 

 

-Good Stuff

-Fairly Traded

-From people who know their stuff

-People First

 

 

-Food shopping should be fun

-It should be fresh and yum

-Go down well into your tum

 

 

 

 

-Keep it personal

-Everyone has a share

-If we back you, you’ll back us

-If we back you, you’ll back us or we’ll back off

-Every little helps

 

 

-No unnecessary packaging

-Friendly service

-Well-paid staff

-Everything recyclable 

-No Pesticides

-Cheap ethical products

-Guaranteed local where possible

 

 

-1 Stop Shop

-Local, seasonal, good quality, affordable

-Personal shoppers, Tattooists on children’s foreheads, Midnight shopping – less tannoy announcement, live music, better lighting, less florescent stamps, less Christmas music, less queuing, self service/ vs. less self service, larger reduced section, reduced sooner when it is fresh.

-Fishing equipment

-Home delivery with free food

-Cheap, more drugs (only good quality)

-Healthy food

-Promote local growers

 

-Good customer services (help with bags etc.)

-Convenience

-Full shelves at all times

-Affordability

-Charitable donations

-3-1 for supermarkets generally

 

 

-Clean & well lit, good entrance display

-Internet shopping (save on fuel costs)

 

Group 10

 

Choice & no choice

-Overrated

-To confusing

+Different brands, different costs

 

Consistency

 

Costs

 

Small 

+Say hello, know you & can remember what you want

+Not anonymous

-Close on Sundays

 

Long opening hours

 

+Helps unemployment – an extra day provide more employment

 

Large Shop

-Anonymity (can be good)

+Quicker experience

 

Friendly staff

 

-Too big

-Too busy

-So many cars there are huge traffic jams you can’t get anywhere

-Not personal

 

-Self service

-Clothes + shoes + bags + make up

-Trolleys! Could we have high street trolleys to go from shop to shop?

 

-Friendly Affordable Fresh & Local

-Personal, Cheap, Fresh, Friendly, Intimacy, Local Products

 

 

-Stocks locally sourced products

-Music that we like

-Reasonable parking

-Far away

-Staff who know you and you know them – appropriately friendly not over familiar.

 

-Cheap food exploitation

-Do we pay enough for food?

-Is it a pleasant experience?

 

-Long hours

-Fresh producer

-Cheap prices

-Parking

-Personal Service

-Local Produce

-Can buy all in one go

-Convenience

-Home delivery service

-Value for money

 

 

-Shouldn’t repeat what local shops sell already

-Fresh produce

 

-Press the life out of Shopping

 

-Less choice, more revolution!

 

-Null & Void

 

 

Receipt:

 

-       Small shopping hours need to change, to escape their historical narrow times, open later.

-       Thought provoking, good chats thanks

-       Fun, thought provoking & non-confrontational (this is important)

-       Nice to have discussion space. Worked better in some zones than others.

-       More development time needed to engage people with a variety of opinions – too much consensus to make debate possible.  Message of ‘Old good’, ‘new bad’ will turn many people off sustainability.  But nice and creative. Thanks

-       Don’t feel the pro supermarket argument was really pushed. Feels like the experience was set up to push us towards local food.

-       People in Mach are already aware of the issues with local shopping/ markets/ Tesco. It would have been good if the spaces provoked deeper discussion, but it felt like going over the same surface arguments.  But really interesting way to talk about food in creative environments…  Maybe if people from National Theatre Wales had been here for longer to learn more about issues.  Good fun! Thanks.

-       V. Well done just shows how Mach people CARE.

-       Have awakened the discussion AGAIN.

-       Would have liked to have a deeper discussion & actual debate.

-       The posters weren’t bilingual and this may have had a negative i.e. perhaps more ‘pro Tesco’ people may have come thus leading to more ‘lively’ debate/discussion.  The experiences were ‘one sided’ or provoked a one sided argument.

-       Don’t feel it moved anything on.

-       Brilliant way into an issue – allowing different opinions to surface whilst keeping people connected and having fun.  Really helps to bring out pros & cons of something and hopefully not get too polarized too early… 

Permalink Reply by Luke Ryan Herbert on June 15, 2012 at 4:13

Well I was happy about it some people just wanted it to be a boring discussion if they want one of them they should n't of gone... 

Permalink Reply by Jane Lloyd Francis on July 2, 2012 at 20:04

I have heard since the event from several shop owners and people in the town, some who displayed the posters, that they did not understand what an Assembly was or who NTW were.

Just a thought for future Assemblies  - maybe key people in the town and main shop owners need a verbal explanation when publicity goes out or maybe there should be an initial gathering in the town to launch the event and explaining its process? The Assembly concept is new to most people if they are not already followers of NTW.

 - or maybe as numbers are usually limited to 100 the idea to attract those who will make the effort to find out about it?

Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on July 2, 2012 at 1:27
Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on August 10, 2012 at 5:44
Permalink Reply by abdul shayek on September 3, 2012 at 4:03

Hi everyone 

quick email to ask if anyone is around for a meeting this week Wednesday.

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