<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;" id="internal-source-marker_0.3195893899416796"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All-IMC-Tech Klatch</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">January 24, 2011</span></font></p>
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<i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In
attendance: Austin McCann (Finance), Kristina Williams (WRFU/Print),
Isak Griffiths (Shows), Jay Schubert (B2P), Barry Isralewitz (Bike
Project), Brian Duggan (Tech/Makerspace), Chris Ritzo (Tech), Bob Illyes
(Print), Tatyana Safranova (volunteer), Carl Stewart (Bike Project)</span></i><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></font><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduction</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Web sign-ups</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob: There’s going to be limited return on this project, b/c not everyone looks at the websites</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shows announcements list</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Group-specific Membership link, connected to CiviCRM/Paypal</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Complaints about Finance</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris:
Some groups manage their own finances and don’t see the value of
getting regular reports, esp. as Finance has been historically bad at
getting people the information they need</span></font></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brian:
Finance are not generally responsive to Tech needs; people in Finance
actively challenge suggestions that Brian makes, ignore attempts at
configuration and training</span></font></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob/Chris: And no one goes to Steering from Finance; somebody used to do that to give a financial update of our organization</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Groups need to be getting regular reports</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Explanation of Finance practices & personnel changes</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob:
Steering voted on allocating 5% of all money taken in from working
groups to give to the IMC; talk of it given up to 10% -- look that up!</span></font></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob: I’m partial to paying even higher than 5%</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the difficulties is people don’t know where the money is going</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: We’re going to be releasing a 2010 Annual Report; has that been done before?</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris: It used to be done</span></font></li>
</ul></ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Donate” link</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharing contacts that exist: putting them in the IMC database</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Incl. non-members, e.g. people on the Shows list</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris: Is there any reason you want to do that? </span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Yes, including those people in Membership drives and annual appeals would be helpful</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shows email</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maybe
this shouldn’t be just Shows info: what about other kinds of news?,
like when the paper gets published, there are new RFU programs, etc.</span></font></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Let’s not make the perfect the enemy of the good here: getting out an email </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">just with Shows stuff </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">right now would be an improvement</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Long discussion about using CiviMail vs. using listserv for the Shows email purpose</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry: We make people sign-in when they come in to events</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That would be more difficult for the IMC as a whole</span></font></li>
</ul></ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Membership Drive</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob:
You should consider sending out to anyone that has an IMC listserv
account a request for Membership or donations; do this annually or 2wice
a year</span></font></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prorating membership</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry: We have really big memberships</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We have a link to join the IMC on the Bike Project site</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If they want 24 hour access, they have to join the IMC</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jay: I need to see a list of who is up-to-date on their dues</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris: Community Connections wiki has info on membership</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Each working group listed benefits</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris: What’s the process of getting keys back?</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include footer of “Become an IMC member” on various pages?</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brian: What about an IMC banner? Incl. IMC membership links, logos</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We want to be able to identify each project</span></font></li>
</ul></ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions for a later date from Barry</span></font></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From
Barry: Argus or similar automatic monitoring of services (e.g. emails
Tech that web site is down before Mike Lehman notices)</span></font></li><ul><li style="list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry: I ask for it every 3 months!</span></font></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-type: circle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Return IP numbers to web logs</span></font></li>
</ul></ul><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PROJECTS:</span></font><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Figure out precise updates for online Membership form, send to Chris to be worked-out (collaboratively)</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Write language for each sub-site to incl. re: “Sign up to stay in touch!” and “Become a Member of the UC-IMC!”</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Austin: Create a “Benefits of UC-IMC Membership” page on website to be linked to</span></font></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Isak:
Think about the Shows email: who could be writing it? What platform for
dissemination should we use? How can we get more people on the list?</span></font></li></ul>Are folks interested in having a follow-up meeting at some point? Would using a Tech meeting time be inappropriate for our purposes?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Austin<br><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">-- </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Austin McCann, Development Adviser</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.ucimc.org" target="_blank">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">austinmccann[at]ucimc[dot]org</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">202 S. Broadway Ave. #100</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Urbana, IL 61801</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(217) 344-8820</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">*Member of the </span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.digitalartscorps.org/" target="_blank">Digital Arts Service Corps*</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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