Omar Salem for Fabian Exec

Message from Omar below.

Graham

Dear Manchester Fabian Meber, As Fabian members, I know we share a pride in the Fabian contribution to the Labour movement: - idealistic yet practical responses to challenging social problems which resulted in the founding of the welfare state.

Today, Britain and Labour face new challenges—and the Fabians have a vital contribution to make. I am standing for the Fabian Executive because I am passionate about making sure we rise to this challenge. My manifesto is available online here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/20186485/Elect-Omar-to-the-Fabians

Fabian members like us should be at the heart of the society’s efforts. The Fabians should provide a platform for ideas developed, and argued for, by a progressive movement of people. In short, the Fabians should be a movement, not just a think tank.

If elected to the Fabian executive I will push for:

-Involving members More participatory approaches to Fabian events, with space for members to develop ideas. I will push for a national Fabian discussion network based around monthly themes or publications, supported through the Fabian website and toolkits in every Fabian publication.

-Supporting local societies, the Fabian Women's Network and Young Fabians Promote local societies, the Fabian Women’s Network, and the Young Fabians, including developing the Fabian website to help local groups promote their activities. I’ll also consult local societies, the Fabian Women’s Network, and the Young Fabians on what they want done.

-Practical ideas for a progressive future Developing practical ideas for national and local government and research how to get more people involved in Labour’s activities—including a hard and detailed look at the pros and cons of primaries.

-Openness and transparencyTo promote greater openness around the work of the Executive and the Society as a whole, including the financing of the Fabians, I will personally send out regular reports of Executive meetings, so you are kept informed.

-Reaching out Push for the Fabians to reach out beyond the ‘Westminster bubble’, drawing new members into progressive politics, and building on the excellent example of the Young Fabians’ Schools project. I stood for election last year and got 166 votes - as whisker from being elected.

I hope that this year with your support I can get elected and start bringing the above changes
about.

I will be an energetic and hard working executive member- keeping in touch with you. You can get in touch now at omarsalem@gmail.com.

Best wishes,

Omar Salem