Dear all,

we started establishing a working group to prepare our activities around the meeting of the Administrative Council on 13 October in Munich.

We had a first exchange of ideas (see below). Please come back to us with any comments, ideas or objections and please let us know if you want to be part of the working group.

Best,

Johanna

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General idea

- Prepare 38 + 1 pots of barley plants that will be handed over to the 38 representatives of the AC and 1 to be handed over to the EPO.

- The meeting will take place in Munich. In case it will be switched to an online meeting, we will still organise the event. Hand over at around 12h.

- The goal is to address the countries and ask them to fix the problem.

The picture

- Have the 38 barley plants (photo attached) visible, maybe stacked on different height benches and tables.

- Have the flags and the names of the countries represented on the pots.

- Have our existing beer flags (see attached, "No patents on barley & beer!") in each pot.

- Maybe have individual messages for each country (f.e. from WeMove members).

- Have the barley breeder Karl Josef hand over barley plants to the representatives/the EPO. He is a very good ambassador for our message. Or have several people hand over the plants.

Contact to the experts

- Try to individually contact (some of) the member states beforehand. The national organisations could invite their representatives to receive the plants and our message.

- They might come out to receive the plants or not. If not, we can hand over the plants to the EPO.

Communication

- We'll prepare a press release, invite the press. Hopefully we'll have a TV team covering the event.

- We'll have a photographer.

- WeMove can make a video, we can prepare statements that will be filmed.

Participants in Munich

- Martha (Friends of the Earth), Verena (Umweltinstitut), Annemarie, Georg (AbL) and some of their colleagues, Giulio (WeMove) or a colleague

- Dagmar (Arche Noah) and Johanna unless travelling from Austria is impossible due to Corona.

- the breeder Karl Josef

- maybe breweries we are in contact with might join

- Christoph can not be there, but can help with all the preparations

Participants in the working group until now

- Georg, Annemarie (AbL), Giulio (WeMove), Martha (Friends of the Earth), Verena (Umweltinstitut), Dagmar (ARCHE NOAH), Christoph, Johanna

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

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