[IMC] College Senior Conducting Research on Infoshops

[Ciupalo,Alexander J]

Hi,

I am currently conducting research for a senior paper on infoshops in 
the United States.  My name is Sasha Ciupalo, and I am an undergraduate 
student at the University of Florida and a dedicated intern at 
Gainesville's infoshop, the Civic Media Center.  I am sending out a 
brief survey to a list of infoshops with the hope of receieving 
responses within 2-3 weeks, as the deadline for the final draft of my 
paper approaches.  Filling out the survey should take no more than 15-20 
minutes.  Responses will be compared and may be included in my research 
essay.  Your contributions to this survey will not only enlighten 
myself, but hopefully a wider audience, too, as I will be submitting my 
paper for presentation at an upcoming academic conference.

Thank you,
Sasha Ciupalo

SURVEY:

1.	Briefly, what is The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center?
2.	How did The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center come to exist?
3.	Are there any organizations that The Urbana-Champaign Independent 
Media Center looked to, or looks to, for guidance?
4.	What is The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center's mission?
5.	How does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center fulfill its 
mission?
6.	How could The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center do a better 
job, in your opinion, fulfilling its mission?
7.	How important are The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center and 
similar organizations to both the local and broader, global community?
8.	What is The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center's primary 
source of funding?
9.	Has there ever been, or do you anticipate, a shift in the source of 
funding?
10.	Should the board of trustees be ultimately responsible for securing 
funding?
11.	How important are government grants?
12.	Has maintaining 501(c)(3) status ever been an issue?
13.	In what ways does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center 
strengthen community ties?
14.	Can you give an example of how the interests of the local community 
helped The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center fulfill its 
mission?
15.	Does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center network with 
other similar organizations?
16.	How does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center network in 
order to achieve certain goals?
17.	How are staff operations divided?
18.	Did this mode of operation come out of experience, or was it 
designed prior?
19.	Specifically, how could efficiency and effectiveness of staff 
operations improve, in your opinion?
20.	How are board of trustees duties structured at The Urbana-Champaign 
Independent Media Center?
21.	What are the pros and cons of having a distinctively active, 
involved board of trustees?
22.	Who develops the strategies for fulfilling The Urbana-Champaign 
Independent Media Center's mission, the board, staff, or both?
23.	To what extent are commercial activities pursued at The 
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center?
24.	Are there any cautions taken at The Urbana-Champaign Independent 
Media Center with regard to commercial activities?
25.	What does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center do to 
promote grassroots activism and assist broader social movements?
26.	What are the difficulties in remaining politically impartial?
27.	In your opinion, what is the most important service The 
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center provides?
28.	How did you, personally, become involved with The Urbana-Champaign 
Independent Media Center?
29.	What do you hope to see happen at The Urbana-Champaign Independent 
Media Center within the next five years?
30.	What challenges does The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center 
face in the future?