[Imc] Message from a newspoet

[chyn at onthejob.net]

Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:43:52 -0500
From: Joe Futrelle <futrelle at ncsa.uiuc.edu>

Hi, I don't have time for meetings right now but I would like to offer
Newspoetry both as a content resource and as an outlet for any
newspoetryworthy content coming out of this effort.  Mostly I would
like to encourage people involved to take up the newspoety assignment
as a practice to inform the activity of constructing news and being a
media resource, and to think of newspoetry.com as a kind of sandbox or
playpen which they can use to let all their newspoetic ideas hang out.




On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 07:19:52PM -0500, chyn at onthejob.net wrote:
> 
> Dear SF, SDAS, and Newspoets - 
> 
> I will not be regularly mailing IMC news to these lists. Lots has happened
> in the last 2 weeks and I wanted to give you all an ear into the
> discussions so far.  What follows is a map of all the different working
> groups in the IMC.  Please contact the names next to a particular task to
> get involved, or come to our next meeting this Sunday at Noon at 1006 S.
> Garfield (NE corner of Carle Park).
> 
> If you want future news of the IMC, you can get on our listserv at:
> 
> http://lists.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc
> 
> --danielle
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> INDYMEDIA UPDATE 10.5.00
> 
> 
> NEXT MEETING - working meeting
> ---------------------------------
> SUNDAY Oct 8 NOON 1006 S. Garfield, food provided
> Bring your thoughts, to do lists, phone numbers, cell phones, and
> computers and lets make this mostly a working meeting.
> 
> 
> OUR TO DO LIST (details follow)
> ---------------------------------
> 1.    Name
> 2.    News Collective
> 3.    People list
> 4.    Listserv
> 5.    Website
> 6.    Space
> 7.    Incorporation
> 8.    Funding
> 9.    Equipment
> 10.   Radio Free Urbana
> 11.   Networking with Chicago
> 
> 
> DO TO DETAILS
> -------------------------------
> 1.  Name
> -------------------------------
> *possible names*
> 
> 	- Urbana Indymedia Center
> 	- Free to Be Media
> 	- CU Independent Media Alliance
> 	- CU Media Alliance
> 	- Urbana Civic Media Center
> 
> *criteria for choosing a name*
> 
> - fun, help us get grants, helps up get inside meetings as
> reporters, help us nurture a good relationship with mainstream press,
> something we don't mind saying over and over
> - we could have two names - one for the non-profit and another for the
> center.
> 
> *left to do*
> 
> - bring name ideas to the next meeting
> 
> 
> --------------------------------
> 2.  News Collective - MarkE, Danielle, Sascha, Molly, Andy, PaulK, MikeL,
> Peter, Jamie, PaulR, JimB, Anora, ...
> --------------------------------
> 
> *S26*
> 
> On the first IMC assignment, we produced extensive video, photo, and
> written coverage!  See the coverage at:
> 
> 	Billionaires for Bush of Gore (video) - PaulR
> 	http://chicago.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=117
> 
> 	The Radical Cheerleaders (video) - PaulR
>  	http://chicago.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=139
> 
> 	The Clown Chorus Serenades the US State Department (video) - PaulR
> 	http://chicago.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=169
> 
> 	Billionaires for Bush or Gore (photo) - PaulR	
> 	http://chicago.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=88
> 
> There is a VHS tape of the the carnival and candidates forum by Jim Buell
> at 1006 S. Garfield
> 
> Photos by PaulineB are viewable at the SDAS schoolhouse 409 N. Race St.
> 
> Audio was recorded by PaulK, Sascha, and Zach on minidisc.  The discs are
> with PaulK at SDAS  
> These were aired on WEFT: 
> 	Wed Sept 27 6-8 PM - Eclectic Seizure - aired teach-in
> 	Sat Sept 30 11-12 PM - Labor Hour - aired Maiko's part of Teach-in
> 	Wed Oct 4 6-8 PM - Zach and Arun's show - aired candidates forum(?)
> 		
> There is also a MD recording of Sun Sept 24 1-2PM News From Neptune with
> Host Danielle Chynoweth and Guests Meadow Jones talking about how
> globalization affects women and Michael Brun describing the conflict
> between pro-market people and civil-rights advocates.  The MD is at
> Danielle's.
> 
> Whew!  GOOD JOB!!!
> 
> *left to do*
> 
> - Molly will be sending traces of our S26 day to Jobs With Justice and 50
> Years is Enough.  they are compiling an archive of all S26 local events.
> - Anora and others took photos we haven't seen.
> - Sacha's excellent MD full of skits and interviews has not been aired
> adequately.  PaulK has gone through and recorded what's on each track.
> - All this documentation all over the place just goes to show how much we
> need a space!
> 
> *upcoming events we could cover*
> 
> - O10 in Chicago - Nader's speech
> - O17 in St. Louis - prez debates between Bush and Gore  
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 3.  People list - Danielle
> -------------------------------
> Danielle made an Excel spreadsheet of IMC members, contributors, and
> consultants with interests, contact info, and list of equipment they could
> loan.
> 
> *left to do*
> revise and add to it at the next meeting
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 4.  Listserv - Zach, Danielle
> -------------------------------
> 
> Zach set up an IMC listserv.  Write this URL down to sign up yourself and
> your friends:
> http://lists.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc
> The list address is: imc at lists.groogroo.com
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 5.  Website - Molly, Zach, PaulR
> -------------------------------
> 
> PaulR made an initial contact with indymedia.org who say they have some
> but not much space left on their server.
> 
> Molly agreed to look into getting urbana.indymedia.org and
> champaign.indymedia.org.  Both would point to our site.  She will ask Zach
> if we can host it on his server, at least at the beginning.  Also
> http://process.indymedia.org describes how to join the Indymedia.org
> network.  
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 6.  Space - Sascha, Danielle, JimB
> -------------------------------
> 
> - JimB offered that the IMC take whatever space the Greens get after the
> elections.
> - The corner of Race and Main 2nd floor (where we were looking) is rented.
> There are 2 other spaces up there, though.  If we move there we can share
> DSL and copier with ISEN.
> - Owners of Cinema are considering having a townhall in the Cinema about
> what to do with the space.  We could present putting an IMC+newsstand+cafe
> there.  Cinema wants $1400/mo + utilities.  Sascha and Danielle are
> looking into rustling up someone to partner with us who could run the
> business part.
> - Chub Conner's campaign is in the Stephens building - a storefront space
> with lots of room in the back on Main St W of Race.  It will probably be
> available after the elections. 
> 
> *left to do*
> 
> - find out owners of all available downtown spaces, call them, and look at
> the spaces
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 7.  Incorporation - not assigned
> -------------------------------
> 
> Molly raised the question - should we start incorporating now?  The sense
> was YES.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 8.  Funding - Sascha, Sarah
> -------------------------------
> 
> - Sascha made a 3 year plan for funding:
> 	year 1: $ from community members who agree to give $50/mo for 1 yr
> 	year 2: $ from local donations/fundrasiers + $ from memberships
> 	year 3: same as 1 and 2 + $ from cafe, news stand, and book/zine
> 		distribution
>   	look for grant money throughout this time.
> 
> - Danielle has received committments from 8-10 people to give $50/mo for a
> year.
> - Sarah researched grants.  She suggested we apply to the PEW center for
> Civic Journalism as well as others.
> - Sascha is looking into how to make the IMC a project he is funded for.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 9.  Equipment - PaulK, MikeL, William
> -------------------------------
> 
> - We need to start putting together a wish list for equipment.
> - BrianH has offered his fast honkin' AV machine with CD burner and tons
> of software.
> - Danielle is donating a Powermac,  Scanner,  modem, loads of software,
> and possibly a mini laptop running Windows 95 with a modem and a portable
> minidisc recorder with clip on and area mics.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 10.  Radio Free Urbana - MikeL
> -------------------------------
> 
> We need to merge our 4 applications into 1.  We are waiting for FCC
> notification to do this.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 11.  Networking with other Indymedias- PaulK, Molly
> -------------------------------
> 
> PaulK went to a Chicago Indymedia meeting Sat. Sept 30.  
> 
> - there were 25 folks - using consensus - arguing what to put in the
> middle panel of their website (from the look of their site, that argument
> is resolved for the time being) - the IMC idea started when indy reporters
> were shut out of the Democratic National Convention in 1996 - they hooked
> up with la and philly during the recent conventions - from green party,
> azone, In These Times - S26 was the catalyst they needed to get going -
> they seem to need facilitation skills.
> 
> *Ideas for us that came out of Paul's visit*
> - We should research what constitutes official reporter credentials.  In
> Chicago, you need to be registered with the police.
> - Philly and LA put together documentaroes that will be available Oct. 10.
> We could show them and the DC Indymedia documentary at a fundraiser.
> - Chicago IMC is talking about putting together a Midwest Indymedia
> Convergence after the elections.  In addition to Chicago and CU, there are
> groups in Madison, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Cincinnati
> - We should try to get to another one of Chicago IMC's meetings.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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joe