[Imc-newsroom] continue imc news hour in august?

[Paul Riismandel]

If the newsgroup would like to propose the news hour for Aug. will it be on 
the agenda for sunday's meeting?  If so, I can be there.

--paul

At 04:30 PM 6/27/2001 -0500, Mark Enslin wrote:

>dear news working group--
>kimberlie kranich, the outside programming liason for the weft programming
>committee, has announced publicly that the programming committee is taking
>proposals for the open times for the monday 6-7pm slot. this is the time
>that we have been offering the imc news hour. the programming committee
>granted us custody of the slot through july, and we have feature topics
>and main producers scheduled through that time.
>
>sascha has suggested we propose to continue the imc news hour through the
>remaining times until the ymca friday forum starts up again, that is 6
>open shows through september 10.
>
>I'd like to echo sascha's suggestion. while we can make a formal decision
>before our next meeting on sunday, i'd like to know whether we can
>announce informally at tomorrow's weft programming committee meeting that
>we plan to apply.
>
>paul riismandel offered to be weft liason for us even though he's not
>working with the news group. (daniele decided not to, and it would be
>awkward for me or sehvilla to do that since we are both on the programming
>committee.)
>
>the feature topics I can forsee as doable:
>
>interview Dennis Grammenos on current situation in Colombia (he's a
>geography professor in chicago who was a mainspring for colombia
>solidarity activism in CU while he was a student, and publishes a thorough
>daily news service on Colombia as well as the Colombia Labor Monitor).
>
>Update on activism in St. Louis (there was a Monsanto action there
>recently; I know several people who are active there)
>
>Report on meeting at the gesundheit institute (free silly hospital project
>in west virginia) with Jim Hightower that I will be at in late July
>
>anti-globalizatin activism in Genoa, Italy (idea discussed at last
>meeting)
>
>...that's four ideas. Any others? Any objections to applying for
>continuing the newshour? Also there's a strong chance that the weft
>programming committee will be interested in knowing whether the imc would
>want to do a show in the fall at a different time...
>
>The weft programming committee meets every 2nd and 4th thursday at 7pm.
>
>--mark
>
>------
>To submit a proposal, please send an email to me that includes the following
>information:
>
>Your name, email and phone, proposed show title, proposed airdate(s)(must be
>one of the open FF slots listed below), description of proposed show, why
>proposed program is a good idea, your affiliation with WEFT, and your
>volunteer commitment (if you have one).
>
>Open Friday Forum slots are:
>
>8/6, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3 (Labor Day), and 9/10.
>
>Please submit proposals by July 6th.  Once a proposal is submitted, you will
>be invited to a July PC meeting to discuss your idea with the Committee.
>
>Thanks much!
>
>Kimberlie
>PC Member, Outside Programming Liaison
>
>
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