Past Events

StopMAI (WA) --Calendar Events 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 end		MEETINGS: StopMAI's committee is informally constituted and open to volunteers prepared to contribute ideas, research and other work to the campaign. Observers are always welcome at the alfresco gatherings with refreshments. When: at 2pm on the last Saturday of each calendar month; ~~Where:~~ ~~Rear of~~ ~~53 Wood Street, Fremantle, near Stack Street~~ (more).
1999
15 March, 6 pm	Roundtable Planning/network meeting at Dee Margetts Senate Office	Victoria Park
Sat 20 March at Fremantle	StopMAI committee
Mon 12 April, 6pm, Perth	Roundtable Planning/network meeting	Contact JJ
Sat 17 April, 2pm, Fremantle	Stop MAI Open Meeting	53 Wood St, Fremantle (anyone welcome to attend)
Tue Apr 27, 5.30pm, Subiaco	'June 18' Planning committee	at Community Aid Abroad, 99 Hay Street Subiaco (Open invitation)
Sat May 1	Canberra	Closing date for citizens' submissions to DFaT. Emails to Mr Steve Moran, trade.consult@dfat.gov.au [NB this address is now defunct!]
Sat 1 May,	Stop MAI Meeting	Fremantle
Sat 15 May	Stop MAI Meeting	Fremantle
Sat 29 May	Stop MAI Meeting	Fremantle
24 May - 10 Jun	Canberra	Senate Estimates - Senator Margetts pursuing WTO, MAI/Investment issues through the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee. http://argo.net.au/GreensWA
Sat 12 Jun,	Stop MAI Meeting	Fremantle
Fri 18 June	International Day of Action	"ALIVE AND GLOBAL" Activists' party night at office of Dee Margetts, 4 Salford Street, Vic Park Contact Brenda Conochie brencon@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
Sat 19 Jun	Stop MAI Mtg	Fremantle
Sat 26 June	PUBLIC FORUM	at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands; 7th Floor Lecture Room with guest speakers Patricia Ranald and Tony Cooke
Sat 3 Jul	Stop MAI Mtg	Fremantle
Wed 14 Jul	NEWSLETTER #1	Ready for posting. Contact Dion Giles
Sat 24 Jul, 2 pm	StopMAI Meeting	Fremantle
30 Jul - 2 Aug	mv Global Mariner in port	Fremantle! (StopMAI coordinators visited on Sunday, 1 Aug)
Sat Aug 14	StopMAI meeting	2.00, 53 Wood St, Fremantle [Cancelled]
Sat Aug 28	StopMAI Coordinators' meeting	2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle
Wed Sep 15	International Day of Action	WA media announcement (dropped, owing to East Timor crisis priorities)
Mon Sep 20	DFAT public hearing in Perth	10.00 am, 5th Flr, Sherwood Court
Sat Sep 25	StopMAI Coordinators' meeting	2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle
Sat Oct 23	StopMAI Coordinators' meeting	2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle
Sun Oct 24	United Nations Day	(UK launch of Charter 99)
Mon Oct 25	Aust launch Charter 99	Media release
Sat Nov 27	StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm,	FREMANTLE
Tue Nov 30	SEATTLE & INTERNAT DAY OF ACTION AGAINST WTO	PERTH N30 Update Page
Sat Dec 11	StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm,	FREMANTLE
2000
Sat Jan 29	StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm,	FREMANTLE
Fri Feb 25	Submission to Treasury on OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. No Perth hearing
Sat Feb 26, 2pm	StopMAI Committee Meeting and FORUM on AFTINET principles	Fremantle
Sat Mar 25,	StopMAI Committee Meeting, 2pm	53 Wood Street, Fremantle (near Stack Street)
Wed Mar 29, 7.30 - 9.30pm	CAA Forum, Reflections on Seattle - The WTO , Loaded Against the Poor? with Jonathan Schultz, Prof Jim Ife (UWA) and Harold Clough	Phillimores (cnr of Mouat and Phillimore Streets) Fremantle)
Sun Apr 16	ACTIONS AGAINST IMF/WB	WASHINGTON DC
Sat Apr 29, 2pm	StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome)	Fremantle
Sun May 7	May Day march and rally (with StopMAI information stall)	Fremantle Esplanade
Tues 9 May 2 - 3.30 pm	Seminar by WA office of DFAT - "The WTO Legal System: Making it Work for Australian Exporters"	Duxton Hotel, 1 St Geo Tce
Sat May 27	StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome)	Fremantle
Sat 3 Jun	Resistance Public Forum for World Environment Day, 2-4 pm. Rodney Vlais is a StopMAI guest speaker	Unit 5, 2-5 Short St, East Perth
Wed Jun 7	StopMAI Evening forum, 6.30 pm at 15 Bannister Street ($5 admission)	Fremantle Club
Sat June 24	StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome)	Fremantle
6 - 8 June	APEC Trade Ministers meeting	Darwin
Mon 24 July	First meeting of N25 Convention group	CAA, 99 Hay St, Subiaco
Sat July 29	StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome)	Fremantle
26 Aug	StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome)	Fremantle
26 Aug	Resistance Globalis'n Forum at 5 Short Street (B Jenkins speaker)	Perth
11 Sep	Anti-WEF rally, Parliament House, 12 noon; march on Stock Exchange/DFAT	Perth
11 Sep	WEF Forum, ("Business Olympics") Major shut-down demonstration!	Melbourne
26 Sep	IMF and World Bank Prague Summit Major international protests	Prague
30 Sept	StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts	Fremantle
28 Oct	StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts	Fremantle
12 -13 Nov	APEC 12th Ministerial Summit	Brunei
Sat 18 Nov	StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts	Fremantle
Sat 25 Nov	N25 Convention on Globalisation (See ECWA website for more information)	Perth
30 Nov	Anniversary of the Turnaround Battle of Seattle, 1999	World
5 Dec	DFAT seminar on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) --and earlier StopMAI interview	Perth
Sun 10 Dec	BYO Picnic/Social, Children's Playground in King's Park	Perth
2001
Jan 20	StopMAI committee meeting	Fremantle
Feb 24	StopMAI special meeting to discuss antiglobalist campaign for 2001 federal election	Fremantle
Feb 24	StopMAI special meeting to discuss antiglobalist campaign for 2001 federal election	Fremantle
Mar 22-26	Treasury holding consultations on OECD MNE Guidelines implementation	Sydney, Melb, Canberra only
Mar 31	StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting	Fremantle
Apr 20	11am StopMAI evidence at JSCOT Perth hearing, Conference Room Level 39, Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade. Public statements, 11.30 to 12 noon	Perth
Apr 28	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting	Fremantle
May 1	International May Day actions. For further information, see M1 website	International
May 6	Sunday May Day Rally at the Esplanade, Fremantle. All day, march off 12 noon	Fremantle
May 26	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting	Fremantle
Jun 2	Saturday street stall, all day at Fremantle Town Hall. We are urging citizens to sign and submit representations to their Federal Member about the dangers of GATS. We need more volunteers to man the stall-- Phone Gwyneth on 9335 5939 or email Dion.	Fremantle
Jun 7	7.30 pm Thur. Free Public Forum on GATS at UnionsWA 4th Floor Meeting Room, 79 Stirling Street, Perth. For further information, see press release, or email	Perth
Jun 15-16	Development Network of Western Australia Conference: Fri 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wesley Centre Auditorium, 2nd Fl, William & Hay Sts, Perth Sat 9am -7pm, Noalimba Conference Centre, Mandala Cres, Bateman For further information, email organisers or phone 9388 2508	Perth and Bateman
Jun 30	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting	Fremantle
Jul 11	DFAT Perth forum with WTO Aust Ambassador, Mr. David Spencer	Perth
Jul 28	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting	Fremantle
Aug 25	(Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome)	Fremantle
Sep 11	7 to 9 pm Free Public Forum: 'Whose Trade Organisation?' - First Floor, Fremantle Club, Bannister Street (go to Full details)	Fremantle
Sept 28-Oct 4 IMF and World Bank protest actions in Washington D.C. (see website)		U.S.A.
Sep 29	(Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome)	Fremantle
early Oct	Proposed Activists-NGOs Roundtable (stay tuned for news)	Perth
Oct 13	Prominent GATS-Attack advertisement in West Australian	Statewide (CANCELLED - undersubscribed)
Oct 27	(Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome)	Fremantle
Nov 8	OCAA political public forum - Clancys Fish Pub, cnr Cantonment and Parry Sts	Fremantle
Nov 1-13	"November Magic" -- variety of NGO and grassroot protest initiatives (contact)	Perth
Nov 6-8	World Civil Society Forum on the World Trade Organisation	Beirut
Nov 9	Global Unions Action Day, ICFTU (see media release)	Worldwide
Nov 9-13	WTO ministerial summit at Doha	Qatar
Nov 13	Tues 12 noon: Rally in Sydney (?and other capital cities), coinciding with the WTO Ministerial meeting in Qatar.	Nationwide
Nov 24	(Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome)	Fremantle

2002	Local events	Global events
Jan 31 to Feb 5		2nd World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil (website) "In place of the cold dictatorship of the market; the logic of rights for all" [Parallel with WEF meeting, New York]
Feb 4	John Pilger forum and film screening at Curtin University, Bentley
Feb 23	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome)
Feb 23	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome)
Feb 27	4.30 pm DFAT roundtable meeting with Mr Tim Yeend, 17th Floor, Exchange Plaza, Perth
Mar 16	Globalisation Roundtable Forum, ALGA conf.room	Mar 15-16, EU Summit Barcelona
Mar 21	6-8 pm Meet OCAA's Andrew Hewett, Clancy's Fish Pub, Fremantle.
Mar 23	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome). Note: Date brought forward to avoid Easter.
Apr 20-21		IMF/WB meetings. Washington D.C.
Apr 27	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle
Apr 30	7-9 pm knowledge forum with Prof Jane Kelsey in UnionsWA 4th Floor Meeting Room, 79 Stirling Street, Perth. See details. Email bookings.
May 5	May Day Rally, Fremantle Esplanade, 10 am - 3 pm (March off, 12 noon)
May 10	9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 4th meeting, at WA Local Govt Assn
May 23-24		OECD Forum, Paris
May 25	2 pm Public Forum: Privatisation of Water Supply, at 53 Wood St, Fremantle
Jun 21-22		EU Summit in Seville
Jun 26-28		G8 Kananaskis, Canada
Jun 29	2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle
Jul 9	7 pm at UWA: "GM Seeds of Doubt" seminar with US/Canadian farmers.
Jul 10	7 pm Sophia Murphy Forum: Markets, Farmers and International Trade organised by OxfamCAA at The Palms, Nicholson/Rokeby Rds, Subiaco. $8/$5.
Jul 20	9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 5th meeting, at WA Local Govt Assn
Jul 27	2 pm Public Forum on International Simultaneous Policy --Guest speaker, Hon Dr Doug Everingham, MUA Function Room, 2-4 Kwong Alley, North Fremantle. See the press release and download the SP leaflet	26 Aug - 4 Sep, Rio+10 Conf, Johannesburg
Aug 31	StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle
Sep 28	StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle
Oct 26	StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle	Oct 16 US Media Democracy Day - Try flash intro page
Nov 30	StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle

2003	Local events	Global events
15 Feb	No War rally in Forrest Place. See media release. Download flyer (rtf)	Worldwide antiwar actions
22 Feb	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
1 Mar	9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 8th meeting, on GATS and AUSFTA. Addressed by Pat Ranald (landline) and Ted Murphy.
22 Mar	NoWar rally, 11am Perth Esplanade, March 12.30pm
29 Mar	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
15 Apr	ALP Caucus Taskforce forum on GATS and AUSFTA, 9.30am Lathlain Oval
26 Apr	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
4 May	Annual May Day Rally, from 10 am, Fremantle Esplanade. March 12 noon	May Day
10 May	WA Globalisation Roundtable, 9 am - 12.30 pm, City West Lotteries House
10 May	The Trade Invasion forum, 2 - 4 pm, Conf Room, City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street. Speakers Jeff Atkinson, Dee Margetts et al. (Download flyer.)
28 Jun	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
28 Jun	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
26 Jul	9am-1pm Globalisation Roundtable at 2 Delhi St, West Perth StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 Aug	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
17-19 Sept	Regional Governance for Sustainability Conference at Notre Dame University, Fremantle. Details
27 Sept	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
29 Nov	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
2004	Local events	Global events
10 Jan	StopMAI extraordinary meeting at Salter's Point
24 Feb	6 pm-9 pm Globalisation Roundtable "After the decline of the American Empire: Global Democracy?" with Professor Johan Galtung. Also, Mumbai WSF report by Scott Ludlam.(Building 202, Room 122, Curtin University of Technology, Kent Street, Bentley)
28 Feb	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
20 Mar	1st Anniversary of illegal invasion of Iraq. more	International Anti-war Day
27 Mar	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 Mar	6 pm, OCAA forum, Jane Hutchison on Sportswear manufacture, at Juicy Beetroot Caf�, Tum Tum Tree Lane, 132 High St Fremantle
3 Apr	10a-12n Roundtable AUSFTA Submissions Workshop at Conservation Council Boardroom, 2 Delhi St West Perth
13-15 Apr		Afro-Asian Civil Society Seminar, New Delhi
23 Apr	8.45 am Action against AUSFTA at State Parlt. Details -- 9 am JSCOT Perth hearing on AUSFTA commences. More
24 Apr	50th StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
28-30 Apr		World Economic Forum and Alternative Economic Summit, Warsaw
1 May		International May Day events
2 May	10 am Fremantle Esplanade May Day Rally, UnionsWA
7-9 May		Brisbane Social Forum. Details
29 May	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
13-18 Jun		UNCTAD XI in S�o Paulo, Brazil. More
26 Jun	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
29 Jun	Tariq Ali at UWA Octagon Theatre 7.30 pm
30 Jun	Tariq Ali in Roundtable forum, Delhi St. Bookings
7 Jul	Perth Social Forum Launch, 6 pm at 315 Bagot Road Subiaco. Book by email or phone 0423 356 415
Sat 31 July	11 am Rally Against AUSFTA outside electoral office of the Hon. Kim Beazley, Cr Council Av/Hefron St, Rockingham. More 12.30 pm optional lunch at Ho Wan Restaurant, Malibu Shopping Centre, Malibu Road, Rockingham. (Around $10, BYO drinks.) 2.00 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at above restaurant
23-25 Jul		Boston Social Forum (more)
26-29 Jul		US Democrats Nat Convention
12 Aug	Date by which the Senate will determine the fate of the AUS Free Trade Agreement	US 'Democracy Uprising' 258km march from Boston to New York. Story and Journal
19 Aug	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details
26 Aug	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details
28 Aug	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point	29 Aug Massive New York Rally and March against the Bush Agenda (Coincides with the Republican Convention) More
2 Sept	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details
9 Sept	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details
16 Sept	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details
25 Sept	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
7 Oct	Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details. Pre-election special with speakers Dr Carmen Lawrence MHR (ALP), Senator Brian Greig (AD), Rachel Siewert (Greens WA) and Ian Jamieson (Socialist Alliance)
9 Oct	Polling Day--Federal General Election
30 Oct	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
27 Nov	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
2005	Local events	Global events
26 Feb	WA State General Election
5 Mar	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
18-20 Mar	Perth Social Forum. Details
2 Apr	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 Apr	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
28 May	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
25 June	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 July	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
27 Aug	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
24 Sep	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
29 Oct	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
Tues 8 Nov	Philosophy Cafe of the Association for Philosophy in Schools (APIS) 7.30pm, Suite 5 Biscuit Factory, 330 South Terrace, Sth Fremantle
12-19 Nov		APEC Summit in Busan, Korea. Schedule Activism report
26 Nov	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
Nov 7 to Dec 18		Hong Kong Protest Actions
13-18 Dec	(There will be no StopMAI meeting in December)	WTO Hong Kong
2006	Local events	Global events
Jan	(There will be no StopMAI meeting in January)
25 Feb	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
25 Mar	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
29 Apr	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
27 May	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point: Presentation by Rowland Benjamin on Informaction
24 Jun	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
29 Jul	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point	24 Jul Failure of Doha Round discussions at Geneva "informal meeting"
26 Aug	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 Sep	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
14 Oct	10.30 am Globalisation Roundtable Planning Meeting at Conservation Council Boardroom, 2 Delhi St West Perth
28 Oct	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
25 Nov	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
2007	Local events	Global events
Jan 27	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
18 Feb	10 am Roundtable Forum with Dee Margetts. Deregulation of the dairy industry [Report] At Conservation Ccil meeting room, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth
Feb 24	StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
Mar 31	2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
22 Apr	~~10 am~~ ~~Roundtable Forum with~~ ~~Brian Fleay.~~ ~~Environmental policy in light of unsustainability of fossil fuel energy. At Conservation Ccil meeting room, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth~~
28 Apr	2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point (At which the quest for a suitable and permanent venue for WA Globalisation Roundtable meetings is an agenda item)
20 May	10 am Roundtable Forum with Dr Max Whisson. Concerns about collection and distribution of blood and blood products.
27 May	2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point
30 Jun	2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point	Pres. Bush's FastTrack authority expires
24 July		Anniversary of the Failure and Suspension of WTO Doha Agenda Talks, 2006. Status now
28 July	2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point

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