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From: "Chris Strohm" <chris.strohm@iwpnews.com><br>
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Subject: [IMC-Audio] IMC Gathering in DC!<br>
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DC-IMC General Contact Information:<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:dc@indymedia.org">dc@indymedia.org</a><br>
Phone: (202) 452-5936<br>
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Come one, Come all....<br>
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The D.C. Independent Media Center will host a Media Gathering Sept. 7-9
to prepare for coverage of events around the fall meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The financial institutions
will be holding their meetings in D.C. during the weekend of Sept. 29-30,
and up to 10 days of alternative events and protests are being
planned.<br>
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The goal of the gathering is to conduct skill trainings, organize
logistics for running the IMC, and to give working groups the chance to
plan their production and develop their story ideas. We highly encourage
as many people as possible to attend the gathering to prepare for the end
of September.<br>
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This email is broken into the following sections: GATHERING AGENDA /
COMMUNICATIONS / HOUSING<br>
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GATHERING AGENDA<br>
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The exact schedule for the weekend and details of the workshops are still
being worked out. An announcement of the final schedule will be sent out
once it is completed. If you have ideas for workshops or would like to
run a workshop, please contact the appropriate coordinator (see
below).<br>
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The (very) tentative schedule is as follows:<br>
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Friday evening -- reception, networking, films<br>
Saturday all day and night -- group gathering, trainings, working groups
meet, party<br>
Sunday day -- trainings, planning<br>
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We will have access to a working space with Internet connection on Friday
and Saturday. Other spaces will be available without Internet access for
trainings and workshops throughout the weekend.<br>
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COMMUNICATIONS<br>
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To make the weekend as productive as possible, please coordinate with the
working group you'd like to be involved with ahead of time. We hope that
working groups will be able to use the time to do concrete work on
ironing out their production. At the same time, we think it will be
invaluable if all groups spend some time on skills sharing to get new
people plugged into their projects, as well as other IMCers.<br>
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Volunteer coordinators are as follows:<br>
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Video: Eddie <a href="mailto:ebecker@cni.org">ebecker@cni.org</a> , Eric
<a href="mailto:ericgalatas@msn.com">ericgalatas@msn.com</a><br>
Audio: Rupert
<a href="mailto:dnrusso@earthlink.net">dnrusso@earthlink.net</a><br>
Print: Zoe
<a href="mailto:zoe_mitchell@yahoo.com">zoe_mitchell@yahoo.com</a>
, Chris <a href="mailto:madformedia@hotmail.com">madformedia@hotmail.com</a><br>
Tech: Alan <a href="mailto:bushnell@cs.oberlin.edu">bushnell@cs.oberlin.edu</a><br>
Photo: Annette <a href="mailto:amnormand@hushmail.com">amnormand@hushmail.com</a><br>
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We also want to have an online IRC meeting as soon as possible to help organize the gathering. An announcement will be sent out when a time and date is confirmed.<br>
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HOUSING<br>
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The DC-IMC will help to provide housing for all who need it. Please let us know when you will be coming to town, how many of you will be coming and whether you need any special accommodations. However, housing is limited. If you have contacts in D.C. you are *strongly* encouraged to seek housing on your own. We also plan to provide childcare during the gathering.<br>
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