Dear Axel
thanks for your input. There was not very much discussion so far. I hope your intervention helps to bring us forward.
My position is clear: I am voting for a protest visual with the hope it will be used by the media that report about the anniversary anyway. I am not in favor of another 'document handing' over as we did the last time.
We developed the screaming vegetables, they allow us to present ourselves in public without having 100 persons with us. They can work very well as visual, especially if the do something interesting like bringing a 'birthday song'. In short: it depends on the context, not only on the vegetables if and how they work.
We have strong messages that will suite for this purpose (never had a problem with content, slogans, messages). But this time, what makes the difference: part of the message is the protest, not another handshake or just release of media material.
I understand there are some other positions but most members did not voice their ideas so far.
If necessary we can have another online meeting.
So please, other members come up with your thoughts.
cheers
Christoph
Am 31.08.23 um 09:09 schrieb axel.grunt@arche-noah.at:
Dear all,
just some remarks:
I do not see any bigger potential for the screaming vegetables in front of the EPO. We already did something quite similar and I am worried that the combination with pots and spoons would make the picture more funny than alarming - which we do not intend.
I just went through my emails again but could not find any details about what the core message should be. what is the reason for creating noise? That the EPO tries to hush something up and we come as a wake-up call? That we have to alarm the public/politicians? My mind needs the content first. The key message, a rough idea of the catchy phrase. Then I can think about the action design. For me an important message is, that it’s not time for celebration and parties, while diversity and agriculture are at risk.
And I totally agree with Dagmar's earlier call for press material (“50 years – 50+ failures to protect diversity”)
Best Axel
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Npos_2018 npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de Im Auftrag von Christoph Then Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. August 2023 12:26 An: npos_2018@testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] update on planned activities
Dear all
welcome back from summer break.
within last weeks, Erling tried to arrange some happenings in Denmark and Norway, however could not succeed. Thanks to Erling and lets us start a new try on a better date ...
there are already up to three events for this autumn:
(1) on 12 of September we will have an (online) hearing on the bushy melon (BASF) - we will prepare for media work
(2) on 5 October the 50 anniversary of the EPO will take place. We could contribute with our vegetable, this time being noisy by hammering a cooking pot with a cooking spoon. We will try to arrange for test-session in Munich (slightly changed idea compared to last mail) to see if this can work as picture. Please, if you can reserve that date, we will need around 20 people if we perform this activity. we also may need old cooking pots.
(3) we consider to travel to Berlin to meet the German Ag minister. He voiced concerns about patents granted on plants in the context of the NGT regulation. We could inform him that NGT plants always will go along with patents but he should do something to solve the problem with patents on conventional seeds. Maybe we can manage at end of September. We will try to get some other German organisations on board.
Since our trip to Denmark did not yet materialize, I think we should try to use all three events to push our message. We can also use some several brand new patents granted (all applied before 2017), I will try to give some overview soon. If we go to Berlin, I think we should reserve them for this event.
So let us start a first round of comments via e-mail and Johanna will try to organize a date for another exciting zoom meeting.
cheers
Christoph
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