SussexSocialist wrote:I don’t

December 2025 Forums World Socialist Movement Kent and Sussex Branch SussexSocialist wrote:I don’t

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SussexSocialist wrote:
I don’t think it’s that serious, although there are things to discuss I grant you. ‘Parlous’ and ‘jeopardy’ are not words I would use to describe the situation and is more likley to put people off attending than encourage them.

Not “that serious” when, in the forseeable future, K&SRB can probably only guarantee two regular attendees when the required quorum is three?   Out of eight members, one has never been, one is often in Wales, one is going to Spain, one is in hospital for an indeterminate period, one has a possible prison sentence in the offing and the sixth you know about.[quote-SussexSocialist]And whilst I welcome open and honesty within the Party, is there a need or tradition to publish full Party internal meeting minutes online in such a fashion?I am acutely aware that many people would be less than encouraged to attend and contribute to discussions and meetings if they knwo that thier names are to be minuted and then published in such a fashion. This is not an argument for clandestine operation or paranoid secrecy, but I sometimes wonder at the lack of decorum and discretion in the conduct of Party activities…..[/quote]Which fashion did you have in mind?  You can either have openness and “honesty within the Party” OR “clandestine operation or paranoid secrecy” which, whether you admit it or not, is precisely what is being suggested.  Any member who objects to their name being minuted is free to say so; up to now the silence has been deafening.  Does your perceived “lack of decorum and discretion” within the Party apply also to EC, Conference and ADM minutes then; should we cease to publish them online……..?