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<font face="Arial, Helvetica">IMC Notes<br>
4/1/01<br>
at 218 W. Main (The IMC)<br>
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Attending (10 present): Paul Riismandel, Brent McDonald, Mike
Lehman, Peter Miller, Brian Hagy, Ellen Knutsen, Mark Enslin, Sascha
Meinrath, Sehvilla Mann, Mitra, Cherie Lyn.<br>
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Mike Lehman facilitated.<br>
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Meeting began at 12:10 p.m.<br>
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<b>Issues<br>
</b>Space usage by heavy internet-user Doug was discussed. While
Paul R. was at the IMC, Doug made a phone call yelled at the person on
the receiving end. <br>
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Should we require that people using the IMC be doing media
production-related work? Should we put a 20-minute time limit on
computer use if someone is waiting to use it? Should we post a
policy on space use? How should we handle/keep track of computer
use?<br>
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Mark Enslin: implementing a policy to indirectly push Doug out of
the IMC isn't a good way to handle the situation. We should address
the issue directly.<br>
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Brian Hagy: A problem with Doug's computer use is that he's
impatient with the slow computer, so he turns it off (which he shouldn't
do), messing up the computer.<br>
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Paul Riismandel: If nobody else is using the computer, people off
the street--including Doug--should be able to use it. IMC shouldn't
be a "half-way house."<br>
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Sehvilla: Doesn't feel safe staffing the IMC if Doug's around.<br>
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The group agreed on the following criteria for a computer use
policy.<br>
-> Computer use policy good<br>
-> Producers have priority<br>
-> Damage to equipment = cause to ask someone to leave<br>
-> Threats to staff = cause for eviction<br>
-> Time limits on non-production usage when others are waiting<br>
-> Sign-in sheets for computer use are necessary <br>
-> Sign-in sheets should not contain a person's identity <br>
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-> No phone usage, except for IMC business<br>
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Regarding Dough, the group said the following:<br>
-> Doug: no real problems yet (except perhaps equipment abuse),
so he should continue to be allowed to use the computers.<br>
-> Doug may have threatened people at the IDF.<br>
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Should we ask Doug to leave?<br>
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Sascha: We're dealing with Doug's reputation and peoples' feelings
about safety. Put up a sign saying, "Please be courteous to
other computer users." Put up a sign saying "Phones are
for IMC-related business." Talk to others (Mick Woolf at WEFT,
and Molly Stentz (Co-op), and Robin Arbiter (social worker who might know
about Doug)) to ensure that Doug is the same person who's been sighted at
WEFT and the IDF. Talk to Doug ("We live in a small community, and
we're concerned about what we've heard about you.") <br>
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Mitra will make the signs.<br>
Brent and Sascha will talk to Doug.<br>
Paul Riismandel will talk to Mick, et. al.<br>
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We ask the Space Committee to write a computer use policy and a phone use
policy.<br>
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<i>Space</i>--It's getting dirty. We need to remember to
clean. See the cleaning schedule on the wall. <br>
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Noise: We should try to finish loud concerts before 10 p.m. unless
we've cleared it with the landlord. They've been very flexible
about our need for loud events, so let's be as accommodating as possible
with them. <br>
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Display counters were installed.<br>
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Electric bill: it doubled from February ($88) to March
($165). (Recall that the landlords are covering the first $175 in
electric usage.) We should not turn off fluorescent lights because
most of the energy usage comes from turning them on and off (we may need
to change the lighting in the back to fix this). We should turn off
computers if they're not in use.<br>
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<i>Finance</i>--Going great! We have our FIRST space rental money,
one new founding funder. We have a retail license, and we're
re-selling things from Common Ground Food Co-op. We buy things at a
discount in return for "advertising" the co-op. People
who want to sell their crafts should talk to Sarah Kanouse.
Proceeds go: 80-20 for audio; 70-30 for art (see last week's
notes).<br>
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Minidisc Deck fundraiser (Paul K., Allette) raised enough to buy the
minidisc player and have $50 left over:)<br>
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<i>Tech</i>--Having a little trouble getting the staff computer
on-line. Zach's on sabbatical and Brian's been busy.<br>
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Paul K. will do 2 post-production workshops in May 8, 15. 6:15 p.m.
for 1.5 hours.<br>
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Advertising events on the website: We should post our events on the
website (we haven't been doing this). Maiko is programming a
calendar for the IMC, but we need to put our own events up on the site
until it's done. <u>Publish events as news stories.<br>
<br>
</u>Can we upload audio, yet? No. If you want to put an audio
story on the web, upload it to
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org/" eudora="autourl">www.indymedia.org</a>,
then cross-post the link on the urbana.indymedia.org site. We need
a "how to upload audio/video" workshop. Paul R. will try
to plan it for the future.<br>
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<i>Outreach</i>--Paul R. is planning an orientation session, scheduled
for April 21, noon - 2 p.m. We'll try to encourage people to become
members. We need people from each working group to come and
participate (like the WEFT airshifter training). Working
group members who want to make presentations should contact Paul.<br>
<br>
Community center planners will meet at the IMC. Great opportunity
to build alliances with minority community members. They're very
excited about the attention that IMC has given to their project.<br>
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<i>News</i>--WEFT's Friday Forum spot (Mondays from 6 - 7 p.m.) ends on
April 16. Kimberlie Kranich (on the WEFT programming committee) has
solicited more IMC programs. The spot is open for the whole
summer.<br>
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Climate survey reporting (Mark E., Crystal Marshall, Gina Langhout)
continues, and may turn into a much bigger project.<br>
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<i>Library</i>--No report.<br>
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<b>Other Issues<br>
</b><i>Nader event</i>--Sascha has received quite a bit of flack over the
Nader visit. It's not an IMC event, it's a Green Party event, and
they've set the $40 entrance fee. Bob Cook and Sascha are working
to fund people who can't pay for him/herself to attend. Contact Bob
(bobcook@onthejob.net). We're trying to make it accessible.
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People who want to attend the event as press should be work with the News
Group (Sehvilla and Mark E. are liaisons). <br>
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Next Facilitator: Sehvilla<br>
Meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.<br>
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