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IMC Steering Group Meeting<br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica">8/19/01<br>
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Attending: Brian Hagy (facilitator), James Jacobs, Mike Lehman, Becca
Glaser, Sascha Meinrath, Peter Miller (note-taker), Mark Enslin, Brent
MacDonald.<br>
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<b>Updates:<br>
</b>Finance things are going well. Donate to IMC audio workstation
fund. Trying to raise $1000 by October 1. Send checks made
out to the IMC with "audio workstation" in the memo.
Raised $200 (after expenses) from the Alix Olsen show. (Actually
raised $280, but needed to buy equipment for the front-room video
feed.) <br>
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Print is well underway for its second issue. Paul Mueth is worried
about a shortage of articles.<br>
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Outreach: Quad Day--Mike, Aaron, Paul R. wil be there (Civic Action's
booth) and others should come on out! (11 a. -5 p.) Reporter from
Parkland came to Alix O's show and will write an article. <br>
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Tech, Librarians, Space haven't met due to vacations.<br>
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<b>Old Things <br>
</b>Membership Meeting--James reported that it's jelling. *** WED
at 7 P.M. at the IMC *** The mailing went out to all members and
many others (170 total) on Monday. Catering fell through, so we
need people to bring food. Don't know if Ellen has received the
write-ups for the working groups. The charrette (what's the IMC,
where should it go?) will be finished up on Tuesday evening. The
celebration--Paul Kotheimer will play.<br>
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Regional IMC Meeting -- No update. Sascha said some problem with
the server slowed things down.<br>
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Decision making -- Some discussion about the 8/12 discussion.
Print, in particular has had some difficulty holding effective
meetings. Don't want consensus to be a barrier to
participation. People have felt that consensus is needed for every
decision, big and small, and this has hurt participation. Is it
just a problem in a particular group, or with the steering group and IMC
as a whole? It's mostly a problem in just the print group.<br>
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3 Issues<br>
1) Print group issue. If print has a problem, what should
happen? Danielle will make a consensus presentation to the print
group and prepare a one-page consensus explanation.<br>
2) Need for IMC decision-making orientation--include at Membership
meeting? (Yes.) Distribute the one-page flow chart to new
IMC'ers. Make a real effort to tell new IMC'ers about consensus
during any forum aimed at new IMC'ers.<br>
3) When a decision needs to be made, review the process as necessary to
ensure that all understand.<br>
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<b>Upcoming Things<br>
</b>Sweetcorn Festival -- 8/25. Have a little booth right outside
the front of the IMC.<br>
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Lease Renewal -- Up in January, but landlords will want a decision some
time soon. Finance has been discussing it. (If they want us
out, then we'd need at least 4 months to relocate.) Sascha will
talk to the landlords.<br>
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<b>Anti-Whine</b> (Announcements)<br>
Quad day, sweet corn festival, PAZ (permanent autonomous zone festival in
Louisville--labor day weekend. James, Ellen, and Paul are talking
about going); IMF/WB? (Sascha plans on going--8/28--as a reporter for the
IMC, documenting the protests.); Queeruption (San Francisco, 10/4-10/8,
Becca & Suzanne will be going. 2nd gathering of the punk,
train-hopping, squat-living, artist, queer gathering with workshops,
music, and other stuff). <br>
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