This Fine Crew -- the UK edition

[tanaqui]

Following on from cesy's comment asking about doing equivalent stuff for the UK, I've decided to launch a UK version of thisfinecrew.

(In case you missed the news, the UK re-elected its own narcissist-in-chief and his party this week with a large majority, so the government can now push ahead with Brexit and get back to implementing the rest of its nasty domestic agenda.)

Just like here, the comm will be about practical activism and gathering links and resources for relatively low-key, simple things you can do to oppose detrimental government proposals and improve the lives of people already suffering. That means actions related to things like: the "hostile environment"; racism, anti-semitism, islamophobia and other forms of bigotry; poverty; the broken social care and healthcare systems; justice, crime and policing; and the future of the constituent countries of the UK. (And all the rest….)

While the focus is on the UK, the comm is open to anyone who wants to join, from any country. As many of the UK government's actions over the next few years will affect citizens of other European and Commonwealth countries, they're especially welcome.

Right now, I am in the very early planning stages and would love to find at least a couple of co-mods. Being a co-mod involves helping with some combination of:

• bouncing ideas around and formulating responses when issues come up
  
• crafting content for mod posts
  
• monitoring the comm and responding to posts and questions
  
• making check-in posts
  
• tagging posts
  
• helping promote the comm

Please comment on this post or PM me if you're interested in becoming a co-mod. Co-mods don't need to come from or live in the UK!

I'm also looking for a (fannish) name and tag line for the comm, so suggestions in comments are very welcome. (I could just make it "This Fine Crew UK", but where's the fun in that?)

Your nervous but determined future mod, Tanaqui

Comments

[cesy]

I would be happy to co-mod. I am also thinking we should work out some kind of collaboration with spoonlessactivists, which works slightly differently but has a lot of overlap.

"This Fine Crew UK" might be less fun but will be easily findable for people who've already come across this group, and makes the relationship between the two clear.

[green_knight]

"This Fine Crew UK" might be less fun but will be easily findable for people who've already come across this group,

I think in this case clarity beats wit; go wild on the tagline, but make it findable. (I can see finding a different adjective, so 'This Splendid Crew' etc.)

[tanaqui]

Thank you for volunteering -- much appreciated!

If you PM a suitable email address, I can add you to the Google Docs folder where I'm figuring things out.

Very happy to collaborate with spoonlessactivists -- we can work out how best to complement and support each other and avoid unnecessary duplication.

[pensnest]

How about 'this sterling crew'? Or would that feel too determinedly British?

[cesy]

Oh, I quite like that.

[tanaqui]

I like that too! It keeps the link with This Fine Crew, but puts a UK twist on it. (And, as far as I'm aware, most people don't have particularly strong feelings about sterling (still) being the currency in the UK, so it's probably not contentious or divisive.)

Thank you for the suggestion!

[executrix]

The Brexit Extended Universe (EU)?

[tanaqui]

Thanks for the suggestion -- it's very cute!

However, Brexit is such a divisive issue, with strong opinions on both sides, that my aim is to keep any Brexit references as low-key as possible. So I'm going to go with pensnest's idea above. But thanks again. :-)