There's quite a lot to respond to here, I'm not going to attempt it all here.
I would make the observation that there have been concerns expressed by a number of people on the list about CCA - whether it's because of this event specifically or for other reasons. Graham's suggestion of constructive dialogue seems a good one - maybe we ought to take him up on this? In the meantime, for those who are still interested in the DDA and its role, a quick search on Google brought up some items for further reading: DDA home page - http://www.dda.gov.uk STUC's position on Defence Diversification - http://nfpb.gn.apc.org/stuc.htm Scottish Office statement from 1999 - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/releas98_3/pr2282.htm Campaign Against Arms Trade lobbying statement - http://www.caat.org.uk/lobbying/employment.html -- -------------------------------------------------------- Chris Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------- New Media Scotland tel: +44 131 477 3774 P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ fax: +44 131 477 3775 Scotland, UK http://www.mediascot.org -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
