[Imc-members] LAST TOWER MEETING AND PETITION! Almost there!

[Tatyana Safronova]

Hi, all. My name is Tatyana and I'm a RFU volunteer. Last Thursday, IMC
volunteers like you went in front of the Plan Commission at the City of
Urbana and made a compelling case for a new RFU tower (check out the awesome
Photoshopped pictures I've attached). In 6 days, we will go before the
Urbana City Council, the last step in the process to get the 100-foot tower
approved. RFU has been working on this for years. A higher tower will allow
RFU to broadcast further and reach more listeners in the area! It will also
allow the IMC to have a greater reach into the community. We're almost there
and we need your help.

1) *Forward this email* to your working groups.
2) *Sign the petition* at the bottom (letter is pasted below and attached),
include an optional message about your working group and your projects at
the IMC, and write an optional personal message about why *you* believe we
need this great new resource
3) *Come to the City Council meeting* on MONDAY, APRIL 4th at 7p.m. Busy
with other engagements? Bring them to the city chambers for an hour. It's
just across Vine street from Lincoln Square Mall:
*map*<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=400+South+Vine+Street,+Urbana,+IL&aq=&sll=40.110901,-88.201504&sspn=0.016837,0.042272&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=400+S+Vine+St,+Urbana,+Champaign,+Illinois+61801&ll=40.109785,-88.204744&spn=0.008829,0.021136&z=16>
*.*

After you're done, e-mail me (tsafro at gmail.com) your letters and we'll take
them to the city on Monday. OR bring your letter and come to the meeting
yourself, so that the City Council members can see their constituency and
see that people are watching and really care about this cause.

This is the most important issue for WRFU now. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND
BE THERE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.* You don't need to speak if you don't want
to. THANK YOU!

*Note: AmeriCorps members can't sign these letters, but can
most definitely show up to the meeting!

LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL

Hello. I am one of more than 1200 volunteers at the Urbana-Champaign
Independent Media Center and I am writing you to show my support for the new
100-foot radio tower for our radio station, WRFU.

(Optional message about your working group or your projects)

WRFU is a community radio station which broadcasts the voices of the people
in Urbana. Forty-six volunteers host weekly shows about topics as varied as
Native American and Latino issues, politics, blues, children’s literature,
and sports. Our syndicated shows include the widely popular news show
Democracy Now! among others and programming in Spanish. Most importantly,
however, this station allows anyone in the community to get involved and
start his or her own show, whether they have experience or not. It’s an
invaluable training resource, as well as a way for people in the community
to learn about each other and the issues that matter to us all.

With the new tower, we will reach further into the community allowing more
people the opportunity to learn about their neighbors and to have a locally
controlled media outlet for their voices. We are promoting public discussion
and dialogue, as well as artistic and political expression, and believe that
a more widespread reach of this community resource will allow WRFU to
empower more local citizens with the tools to impact their own lives and the
lives of others in Urbana and Champaign.

Please consider our mission and the benefits it will bring to our community
and vote in support of the new tower.


-- 
Tatyana Safronova

Interview Radio Show Host, "The Big Boom," bigboomcu.wordpress.com
Blogger, A Continental Drift, acontinentaldrift.blogspot.com
tsafro at gmail.com
(224) 828 3442

"An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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