[Imc-midwest-regional] RE: [IMC-Tech] upcoming imc gathering in urbana, illinois (fwd)

[Brian Hagy]

can anyone help this guy (he's needing a ride from toronto to urbana)?

brian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun,  7 Oct 2001 13:33:11 -0700
From: druidarab <druidarab at mac.com>
To: bhagy at onthejob.net
Subject: RE: [IMC-Tech] upcoming imc gathering in urbana, illinois


are any of you folks going to toronto and if so could i hitch
a ride back from toronto to attend the grassroots convergence
in urbana.  yes, being laid-off gives one ample time to network.
:-)

peace,

salem




>--- Original Message ---
>From: Brian Hagy <bhagy at onthejob.net>
>To: <imc-tech at indymedia.org>
>Date: 10/7/01 5:08:10 AM
>

>
>howdy tech folks in seattle.
>
>my name is Brian Hagy. I'm one of the coordinators for an upcoming
>imc/grassroots media gathering to be held in urbana, illinois
on October
>19-21 (Friday-Sunday).
>
>i'm writing to you (with the knowledge that you all are probably
really
>busy) to actually invite you to this event.
>
>yes, i realize it's in the middle of central illinois.  not
so convenient
>for you all to just up and come.  we sent word of this event
to the
>seattle imc a while back and haven't heard any response (if
you all are as
>busy as we are, then the silence is quite understood).  however,
part of
>the focus of this gathering will be to figure out ways to network
and
>share resources between imcs/grassroot medias.  one idea proposed
is to
>figure out ways to help pull some of the imc pages off of your
all server
>and try to get them locally based (or some alternative).  given
the
>possiblity of a FBI/CIA retaliation against the imcs, it probably
isn't
>such a wise idea to have a significant number of imcs based
off the
>seattle server.  this particular concern is why i personally
would love to
>have you all have some sort of presence in the festival.  thus,
if i may
>suggest, if you cannot attend in person, if you could email
me proposals
>that you all may have fantasized or even discussed about dealing
with this
>issue (i'm assuming of course that you have thought about this
dilemma),
>and i could enter them into the discourse during the gathering.
 also, if
>you cannot attend and would like to send information you consider
critical
>to setting up a server, please do so.
>
>i've gotta run to our imc steering focus group meeting.  i hope
the above
>makes some sort of sense.  if not, please feel free to email
me back for
>further clarification (or see our website for scant details
about the
>gathering....http://urbana.indymedia.org).
>
>thanks, and i hope to hear from someone soon, so i can start
coordinating
>things here.
>
>brian hagy
>outreach spoke
>
>
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