[Imc-newsroom] rough meeting minutes 2-4-01

[Peter Miller]

news working group
2/4/01
at the IMC

meeting began at about 1:20 p.m.
attending:  paul r, david johnson, maiko, nacny dietrich pauline paul kotheimer danielle, molly mark, brian hagy peter miller, russ, mike lehman

Stories to cover this week:
·       R McChesney 8pm Levis Faculty Center: Molly will record with Peter's help; to archive: Paul R will encode for web
·       Press Conf IP Customers to Save Our Trees Wed. 405 W Pennsylvania 9am, Matt Andow's (sp?) house; Molly will attend Danielle (photo) Pauline (audio); prairie monk? Bill Saylor is interested. 
·       Thurs Feb 8 night 7:30-9pm Urbana Civic Center IPCSOT community meeting  where to put stuff: web, Tuesday morning weft drop in.  Molly point person for this issue
·       Paul Lauterbur, UI prof who invented MRI, U of I booting prof because UofI not making money on the invention lately.
·       "Killing Floor" film at 7 Allen Hall Main lounge (sponsored by Socialist Forum) discussion recorded by Mike Lehman & Brent
·       Sehvilla Monsanto in Gifford and Consumers Union talk at Law School ; working on story for Monday.
·       Racial Climate Survey was just given to Champaign School Board members; someone to call for inverview? Nancy.
·       noon tuesday feb 6 YMCA friendly dialogue on Chief pro and con film makers Sascha & Maiko will cover. Danielle will call all morning menu weft airshifters about drop ins.
·       Nancy and Russ will cover David Green on Zionism at Channing-Murray on Sunday at 4.
·       2pm today Sandra Ahten giving a talk at her art opening Illini Union Gallery.  Danielle and Molly may attend
·       Un-drug bust at Urbana High School, Mike Lehman & Sarah
·       Green party endorsements in city council primaries.  Zach will put the Greens' press release on the website.
·       Dennis Green union carpenter running for city council in Champaign
·       Living Wage survey: Paul R will write about it
·       Dave Johnson will go to San Francisco for rank and file orgs & green party (report on WEFT Labor Hour)

week in review

·       Mike story on Inst for Policy Studies on global domination posted on Soc forum list and IMC 
·       Paul K GEO event on Monday : posted web; GEO press contact Storm Heater repor for labor hour
·       Pauline: IPSOT for Monday
·       Zach on Danielle's campaign Wed WEFT 8pm
·       Sidetrack WILL wednesday 10pm
·       layoff story nobody
·       ag expo: Sehvilla
·       org lunch me sacha molly family center meeting Saturday location may move  feb 21 11:45-1pm

Campaign 2001

local urbana politics as a beat: Maiko (her IMC shift conflicts with city council meetings)
covering the more mundane stuff: league of women voters: ask them to post their reports to IMC site--Maiko will call Carolyn Mullaly
dAVE J, pAULINE, MOLLy
uNIV POLITICS brent sascha
labor Peter, Dave
GEO, sascha
african community, civil rights; 
sascha brian mark
business development danielle, pauline, maiko, 
cops, danielle, mike
latino community, brent, pauline, 
consumer issues, simple living Nancy
ag Sehvilla, molly, 
energy molly
media paul r
art & culture brent, paul kotheimer
nukes militarization, mike 
history, maiko, librarians
tech, paul r
children & family issues, paul kaiser

greg brown story: tim, danielle, mike--maiko will contribute expenses

next weeks agenda
suggestion: bulletin board listing beats and contacts
choose empowered spokes
next facilitators; paul kotheimer and maiko
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