TAC in Christchurch

Hi all,

This post relates to our discussion of re-membering TAC, and setting up individual TAC centres in other parts of the country. As sole member of TAC in Christchurch I have obviously been thinking a lot about the potential of setting up a similar group here. As a preliminary step, I have been talking with a number of people who I thought might be interested in being part of something, and in the interested of not being exclusive to people I know, I also got them to extend the network and ask other people around and about if it would be something that would interest them.

After a couple of months of testing the feeling on the ground, I just don't think that there is enough interest here to make TAC worthwhile or beneficial in any way. There just doesn't seem to be enough people who are interested in the idea of collaboration or testing the possibilities of this paradigm.

Another reason for not instigating a TAC in Christchurch was also because I'm not sure that I would have enought time to create recruitment packs and go through the setting up period, which would take quite a bit of energy. I didn't want to get involved in something down here that I wouldn't be able to properly facilitate from the development period which would be important for the group. I'm also probably going to be leaving Christchurch in March which would be a factor as well for the group.

I would still like to involved in TAC and would like to contribute as much as possibly to the Wellington group, although I realise that this is increasingly becoming unfeasible for quick decision making and action-taking on projects. So, once TAC in Wgton has recruited some more members I guess we can assess the situation further and see how our diasporic TAC members can work with this group in the best way?