[Imc-midwest-regional] forming a midwest regional IMC:

[Chris Bryant]

Hi there,

I am on this list now, but I'm not sure if Jaime is. I'll cc her on this and
ask her to join.

Our original idea was for an imc that would serve okla, kansas, arkansas,
maybe part of missouri. The 'midwest' name is a little to broad for that,
and we never intended to include existing imcs. Since we began thinking
about it, it seems like  starting an Okla imc would make more sense. We
could still cover stories in KS and Ark. I didn't realize there was a
midwest regional meeting until after Jaime and I originally met. Like you
said, it make more sense to focus locally, especially since that has been
the formula for most imcs.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: imc-midwest-regional-admin at urbana.indymedia.org
[mailto:imc-midwest-regional-admin at urbana.indymedia.org]On Behalf Of
Paul Riismandel
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:24 PM
To: imc-midwest-regional at urbana.indymedia.org
Subject: Re: [Imc-midwest-regional] forming a midwest regional IMC:


I'm not so sure about a midwest IMC.  Mostly, I don't understand what
purpose it would serve -- what issues are there that affect the entire
midwest that aren't being dealt with, or, more importantly, can't be dealt
with by individual IMCs by themselves or in coordination with one another?

When we were first discussion the formation of the U-C IMC, we considered
making our's a "Central Illinois" IMC, but ultimately decided that we were
encouraging localism, and so would rather that other cities and towns in
Central Ill. start their own IMCs rather than have Urbana umbrella
them.  It seems like the way we've been approaching the IMC idea here in
Urbana is that it should be a community resource, both in the virtual and
physical world.  That's also the impression I've gotten from the other
IMCistas from other cities whom I've met.  I have a hard time seeing how a
midwest IMC in Oklahoma can be any more of a community resource for someone
in Nebraska or Missouri than the global IMC other other local Midwest IMCs.

Since AFAIK there is no Oklahoma IMC, I'd suggest that this group try and
cover their local region first and maybe all the midwestern US IMCs can
join together if we see a need for an umbrella midwest IMC.

Can we ask this person to join the imc-midwest-regional mailing list so
that there can be a more direct dialog?

--Paul


At 09:19 AM 11/2/2001 -0600, christopher mitchell wrote:
>While I am not sure how I feel about a midwest imc umbrella group, I
>really feel it should be named something like midwest-us.indy or something
>because the network is already us centric enough without us taking
midwest...
>--chrisotopher, t-c IMC volunteer
>
>At 05:25 AM 10/31/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>on the new-imc list it recently came up that Jaime and Chris have asked
>>about forming a midwest.indymedia.org site.  i thought this is something
>>that should be talked about on our list.  if you're not already on this
>>e-mail list, or know of others who should be on this list but are not,
>>please get (them) signed up.
>>
>> > A proposed new IMC is being requested.
>> > Details are as follows:
>> >
>> > Proposed IMC Name:    midwest.indymedia.org
>> > Contact Name:         Jaime Bailey
>> > Email:                songbird96 at lycos.com
>> > Phone:                918-458-0439
>> > City:                 Tahlequah
>> > State:                OK
>> > Country:              USA
>> > Tech Contact Name:    Chris Bryant
>> > Tech Contact Email:   chris at urbandiscourse.com
>> > Tech Contact Phone:   918-592-2317
>> > Critical Dates:
>>
>>i'd like to hear more about the idea, and know more about what people
>>think about the idea.  this is one of the first times when an umbrella
>>IMC proposal will encompass more local IMCs and should probably be given
>>a lot of thought.
>>
>>--sascha
>
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