[Imc-makerspace] A Call to Arms (OR: let's hang out and talk about revolution)

[Jeffrey Putney]

Nice! I'm interested, keep me posted of anything is happening.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Colten,
> There's interest beyond makerspace already. Maggie & Jeanie & I with the
> IMC library talked about hosting a Occupy Wall St solidarity thing on 10/9,
> but things can happen more quickly too. This is also just the kind of thing
> that the IMC was started for.
>
> -Chris
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Colten Jackson <jazzyjackson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I've hooked myself some momentum on a fresh subreddit I started about 6
>> hours ago: the99.reddit.com
>>
>> It's intended to be a parallel movement to OccupyWallSt, but on a larger
>> scale. Inspired by the General Assembly method being used by protesters in
>> NYC to gain a consensus on grievances, demands, and how to move forward, I'm
>> proposing we build a structure for General Assemblies across the country to
>> build consensus on a town, to county, to region, to state, to nationwide
>> level. The method for communication I've chosen being reddit - seeing as how
>> its popular, dead simple for people to start a new subreddit to have
>> locally-relevant conversations, and allows for in-depth conversation on
>> several topics simultaneously. If you go to the link above, you can read
>> move about what I have in mind and read the introductions of a few people
>> who have expressed why they have joined the subreddit. I'm hoping for it to
>> become more well established and get some direction before / as it gets
>> larger.
>>
>> So, what do I want to talk to you makerspace types about? I have some
>> ideas on how the makerspaces and IMCs across the country can help with this:
>> I'm going to contact the OccupyWallSt media tent and see if I can set up
>> some way for us to collect raw footage, ftp it over to a server a little
>> heftier that macbooks on mcdonalds' wifi or whatever their working with on
>> Wall Street. Mirror them through other makerspaces, fire up a torrent so
>> anyone can download raw footage for the purpose of putting together media
>> reports. Maybe leverage the IMCs to use the raw footage (epic collab between
>> public media and makerspaces) - maybe turn makerspaces into video editing
>> and social media labs where we can better organize some of these General
>> Assemblies here in Urbana, document it, make stories to pass on to media
>> about the progress being made and the possibilities of this movement.
>>
>> Well, I've been working off coffee since midnight, so I hope I've been
>> articulate enough here. Can we get anyone interested to meet at the
>> makerspace for a special session this weekend?
>>
>>
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