Re: News letter & more

["George Kokkas's Law Office" <geoko(at)otenet.gr>]

  Dear mr. Tonini,

    I absolutely  agree with  your proposal  for  Jiri Polak.

    Please help  us to make  a mini WDDM Conference  happen in Aarus, as  mr. Bruno  Kaufman  has  permitted it! He wrote me:

----- Original Message -----

From: Kaufmann Bruno

To: George Kokkas's Law Office

Cc: felder(at)iri-europe.org

Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:16 PM

Subject: Re: Cooperation in Direct Dmocratic affairs

Dear George,

Thanks a lot, your activities and proposals are most welcome. The meeting is designed a s network meeting which gives many opportunities for contacts and exchange. Regarding the academic forum, this is organised by the C2D center at Zurich university. Contact there is Uwe Serdült (uwe.serdult(at)zda.uzh.ch).

For practical issues and registrations please use the appropriate tools on the website (www.iri-europe.org).

Please feel free to forward the invitation and information of our seminar as well as the public event (and the academic forum) to your worldwide network.

Regarding your envisaged short statement during the EWednesday afternoon round, please let me know, which initiative you would like to introduce - as you are involved in many things, you will should choose the most concrete and illustrative one.

Best regards

Bruno

Am 11.08.2008 um 14:34 schrieb George Kokkas's Law Office:

 Dear  Bruno,

    we are  really interested  in participating in the Aaru Conference in Switzerland,  not only for the  5 minutes report about our  ideas and  tactics in Greece and Europe(Wednesday), but also in the next days, we could offer in the public debate (Thursday) and  for the Balkan issues (on Friday).Please inform me  for the  contacts  I should have  for the rest.

    I think  that it would be  good  to  have ALSO, a separate panel  and discussion about the CICDD ( Continuing International Congress on Direct  Democracy) that celebrates this  year  its 10th anniversary since the  1st International Conference in Prague, Pribram (1998), as well as  WDDM ( www. world-wide-democray.net) that continues offering its services  to  direct  democracy worldwide, though its  site  and  diferent  practices  among  its members.I wonder why haven't you thought  about  it, when  progamming  the  whole week of Democracy? Believe me  that  it  will have  a big interest  for  all the participants to  have  the opportunity  to hear the _expression_ of  our experiences at  the end of the already  scheduled programme on Saturday  aftennoon and evening Oct 4th  or maybe Sunday morning , Oct 5th.

George  L. Kokkas

----- Original Message -----

From: Federico Tonini

To: Jiri Polak

Cc: George Kokkas's Law Office

Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:28 AM

Subject: News letter & more

Dear Mr Polak,

I received by e-mail from Antonio Rossin a copy of your newsletter, which is very interesting

Just two comments on this.

1

I want to send your newsletter around on the web in Italy, because this would add prestige to our ideas,

but you mention my business e-mail, and the name of the Company I work for ( Pnr Italia is my Company )

in your September report when talking about Democrazia Federale.

These kind of information I find inappropriate to show in a political document.

Would you please be so kind as to replace them with just the following e-mail  Tobuz(at)libero.it ?

Thankyou in advance

2

My plans are to contact several Movements active in the DD world ( many links I have found your newsletter )

and try to arrange a common action for the next elections, in as many countries as possible all over Europe.

However, this kind of cohordination requires a pivot point, which means a point where a theoretical frame

with the basic principles of DD is safeguarded and a committee with the required charism and experience is available

for the purpose of keeping all actions originating from different places in line with the targets.

I believe your newsletter might be the virtual place, and you in person would be a good President for the committee.

Let me invite you for a dinner when I am in Sweden, and feel free to give me your comments and suggestions.

I remain at your disposal, and please accept in the meantime

my best regards

Federico Tonini

----- Original Message -----

From: Jiri Polak

To: Federico Tonini

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:55 AM

Subject: Re: Cooperation

I have been publishing a Worldwide DD Newsletter for ten years - in print. If you give me your postal address, I will send you the next issue, free of charge.

For the time being I remain with my best regards

Jiri Polak

----- Original Message -----

From: Federico Tonini

To: Jiri Polak

Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:44 AM

Subject: Re: Cooperation

Dear Mr Polak

it is a pity you are not attending the Congress, it would have been

a nice occasion for meeting you.

From what you write I understand that you think the outcome of any

referendum ( intended as an _expression_ of the people will ) must

automatically result into a political decision, to be executed as an

irrevocable and immediately executable order.

In this case we are exactly in the same position.

I am now working into translating into English our ideas, as expressed

in our website.

I shall attend the meeting, where I expect to meet George Kokkas and other

people in the hope they are not limiting their action within long and

theoretical discussions but have the desire to transfer the ideas of

Direct Democracy and Federalism into practice, as we are doing in Italy.

You mention that you will talk about our movement in your bulletin,

is this maybe published into a website ?

Can you briefly describe your activity in this field ?

I will come to Brno for business in November, and maybe we shall

have a chance to meet.

I wait to read from you, and in the meantime please accept

my best regards.

Federico Tonini

----- Original Message -----

From: Jiri Polak

To: Federico Tonini - PNR Italia

Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:27 PM

Subject: Re: Cooperation

Dear Mr.Tonini,

thank you for your letter! I have already hear about the Arau Conference from Mr.George Kokkas. Unfortunately, I could not afford such a trip and besides, evidently, the conference will only focus on I&R, while I promote the idea that deliberation should be included in the referendum process. There already is an establish term - e-DDD instead of simply DD.

I will include the information oaboutyour movement in the next issue of my newsletter.

With my best regards,                          Jiri Polak

----- Original Message -----

From: Federico Tonini - PNR Italia

To: jiri.polak(at)swipnet.se

Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:45 PM

Subject: Cooperation

Dear Mr Polak,

I read with extreme interest your writings about Direct Democracy, because of the fact we have started in Italy a political movement ( www.democrazia-federale.it ) based on exactly the same ideas and with a similar program.

I ask myself if you shall attend the coming DD meeting in Aarau / Switzerland.

It would be an honour and a pleasure to meet you and discuss together the possible ways for a cooperation+

With my best regards

Federico Tonini