[Imc] brainstorming

[Sascha Meinrath]

hey all,

i like all of these ideas.  if you are interested in helping out with
fundraising, we are forming a fundraising focus group and will be having our
first meeting this tuesday at 9:30 p.m. at 604 south race st (1st floor north
apartment).  we will be discussing fundraising options, creating a master list
of ideas, and beginning the process of looking for ways to make the IMC
sustainable in the long-term.

--sascha

At 05:06 PM 12/10/00 Sunday, Zachary C.Miller wrote:
>I wanted to get a bunch of ideas for revenue generation that came up
>yesterday all in one place, I'm sorry if this has all already been
>discussed and summarized before. 
>
>Selling blank media at slightly over bulk cost (but cheaper than Best
>Buy) rates from the storefront.
>
>Selling progressive and independent magazines and newsletters from the
>storefront. This would be like the magazine rack that horizon
>bookstore used to have but more extensive. I'm _extremely_ interested
>in this and I'd be interested in helping to organize this if others
>would join me.
>
>Hosting benefit concerts at the space on a regular basis. I think once
>we knock out that front wall we'd be totally set up to have a small
>performance space with chairs and such, perfect for folk shows and
>such, maybe (news)poetry slams or open mics too. I'd be interested in
>helping to organize this if others would join me.
>
>Selling locally produced IMC products. 
>
>Selling locally produced merchandising. UCIMC shirts, buttons,
>stickers, etc. All easily produced with bulk materials and an ink jet
>printer. 
>
>One awesome thing they do in Chicago is they have a flyer mailing
>collective. Many local progressive groups share their mailing lists
>with each other into a single giant mailing list and once a month they
>get together and bring flyers and do a single mailing to the whole
>list combining all their flyers and newsletters. And they share the
>cost. We should organize something like this and offer the IMC space
>as the central gathering point for doing the mailing each month. We
>should publish a newsletter with a plea for donation every month. By
>combining with other local groups we can really get the word out to a
>huge number of people. This benefits everyone in so many ways, it
>saves on postage, it allows groups which aren't organized legal
>corporate entities to take advantage of an organized group's
>non-profit postal status, it reduces the amount of separate mailings
>that people receive, it expands the reach of every group's mailings to
>a bigger combined mailing list.
>
>All of these things need committees to form around them if we are
>going to do them. There is a lot of ground work for each one. What do
>people think?
>
>-- 
>Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/
>IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet
> Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
> Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology
>Ya Basta! - http://www.greens.org
>
>
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