* She will focus on stuff for Bogota and also the New York campaign and mobility justice, matching funds for the Visegrad Fund

Present: Steve, Steven, Vincent, Kamila, Roeland, Arie, Radka

* mobile phone - we found that we can use smart call for calling mobile phones at 5,90 minute
* Arie sent the EYF core cost administrative grant application and the youth programme grant for travel to Bogota
* Kamila sent the final report for Roeland's EVS
* Steven did not go to Berlin this week, but he will be going next thursday
* Vincent has mid-term evaluation meeting and will be away tomorrow and Friday
* March 3,4,5 for team building at Ondra's cottage
* WCN USA has held its elections for directors: They are Gus Yates, Brian Smith, and Sara Stout
* EVS conditions - we cannot put EVS costs to grant applications because EVS is already 100% covered

* The main reason for being WCN Europe is that we can get the DG Environment grant and it gives us official status as a Europe- wide network
* DO we need WCN International as well as WCN Europe?
* Arie believes this is important as an international network to have both WCN International and WCN Europe
* WCN International would receive fees from the other WCN groups
* Kamila raises the idea that it will be very difficult for us to handle both of these groups
* Arie: we could register WCN International somewhere other than in the Czech Republic, for example, with one of the steering committee members
* So, WCN International would be the steering committee, and WCN USA and WCN Europe would have their own projects and budgets

'''2. Magazine'''
* the magazine is coming tomorrow
* possible themes for next issue: trains or global suburbia

'''3. Ian Aley internship'''
* Do we need an intern?
* If someone wants to volunteer, why not take it?
* We can wait on this particular intern
* One proposal is to put out a call for unpaid internships based on campaigning, magazine, websites
* we will discuss next week projects that need help and see if the current projects can be suited to people that we have already

'''4. Internet'''
* Two weeks ago we talked about a cheaper internet connection
* Now we spend 1500 Kc a month on internet
* From Telecom for half the price we get something at half the speed
* Will Skype still work?
* Steve will investigate further
* We need to renew our domain registration for carbusters.org within the next two weeks

'''5. ESF Climate Change Meeting'''
* We were invited by Global Climate campaign prep. meeting for the European Social Fourm
* do we want to go to this meeting on March 4 in Frankfurt
* this meeting is related to the next round of Global Climate Change talks
* Arie said she would go and it is good to set up these links with the climate change movement

'''6. WCN USA and other offiliate web pages'''
* Because it has been registered WCN USA should have a website
* Could we get a new domain with some very simple information until it gets more developed?
* It needs basic information, like mission statement, founding members, by-laws

'''7. Visegrad Project'''
* we will have a meeting on Tuesday at 2 pm

'''8. Arie - Executive Board'''
* Arie can be on the executive board, changing with Petr Kurfurst

'''9. Grant ideas'''
* Arie has time to work on foundation grants
* She will focus on stuff for Bogota and also the New York campaign and mobility justice

1. WCN Europe - questions?

4.

* Steven did not go to Berlin this week, but he will be going next week
*

Present: Steve, Steven, Vincent, Kamila, Roeland, Arie

'''Announcements:'''
* mobile phone

'''Agenda:'''\\
1. AGM 2006 location
* ''Disadvantages for Bogota:''

2. Magazine

3. Ian Aley internship

3. Visegrad Project
* let's get it to the printer on Wednesday
* articles are printed out. Come and read them.