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

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Real quick:

- I support a US-midwest.indymedia.org type of site, for more
region-generalized cross-posts of news. Hopefully the more newsworthy
stories for the region can be surveyed (re-posted) at this level.

- I am most concerned with people's interest and personal resources taken up
with inter-IMC organizing. I have no set position on this issue, except to
ask that we participants not let up on our newsgathering efforts.

- If localities like Nebraska want to participate in the IMC network they
should start local-specific sites, like any other city/region, the more
specifically local, the better.


Chris Kaihatsu
(Chicago IMC)




on 11/4/01 10:25 PM, Chris Bryant at chris at urbandiscourse.com wrote:

> 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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