[Imc-midwest-regional] Intro

[Brian Hagy]

i think that imcs should form locally (thus, OKIMC, UCIMC, STLOUISIMC,
etc.) and we could link into a midwest imc through this list, for now.
I'm not sure of the usefulness yet of a midwest regional imc site, unless
it's only to connect people to all the midwest IMCs, which it seems the
left hand sidebar on any IMC site already does, to some degree at least.

of course, what the ohio valley imc has done is also interesting.  what
they've done is become the local site for many cities in ohio, and then
linked from their banner to other closeby imcs.  this might be a useful
measure to do with the proposed OKIMC, which is to host nearby states
*until they can form a local imc* and then link via the banner at the top
to the other midwest imcs.

if one imc site tries to cover all the news in the midwest, i suspect the
newswire sidebar would scroll through too fast, as well as possibly start
losing interest from folks far away from the central server.

that's not to say that the midwest imcs shouldn't be linked in
communication.  we recently hosted here at the urbana-champaign imc a
midwest regional gathering (hence the reason this listserv came to be in
the first place) in which we could begin networking ourselves, without
losing the independences of each site.  the notes from that conference
have been posted to every US imc, so you should be able to find them.


On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jaime A Bailey wrote:

> Hi
> I'm Jaime from Oklahoma.  Chris and I are starting to form and IMC in OK.  I just subscribed to this list today, and I wanted to say that I am in support of a midwest regional IMC.  In my opinion, the IMC's would really benefit from this.  It's not a totalitarian tactic, it's just a way to bring people together on a larger level.  The aim for a midwest IMC based out of OK was far fetched, but we felt that in this four state region, it would be important to incorporate those that are in small towns or the suburbs into the IMC, because their voices ar unheard by local media.  As a small town resident, I identify with those feelings.  It is not to say that already existing IMC's should not be included.  With regional outreach in this area, there could be a network of sources for independently minded individuals to identify with.  Then, maybe more people will find it easier to form local IMC's.  For people living in cities, I think it is harder for them to identify with the difficu
> lty of just finding like minded people in their area, the population density almost guarantees that.  We must keep in mind that the midwest is often called the Bible Belt for a reason, and those that do not take the same political stance as the majority must find some sort of common ground.  A midwest IMC is a good start.
> Peace
> -Jaime
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