[Imc-newsroom] Re: WORT visit

[Al Kagan]

Pauline,

Many thanks for working on this.  You have it right.  However, WEFT 
should have officially been asked to co-sponsor a long time ago.  So 
I think we now have to be a bit careful in asking them to come on 
board.  The workshop will hopefully help the IMC anyway, but we would 
like it to help WEFT too.  There is an obvious danger of putting them 
off if we come on too strong at this point.  I am not on the WEFT 
listserv. It would be much better if someone who is involved with 
WEFT programing  to send out the message.  The message should say 
that we invite their participation, rather than just show up.

At 2:45 PM -0500 1/29/02, Pauline Bartolone wrote:
>ok. So this is what I am going to tell Mick tomorrow afternoon, 
>correct me if I am wrong:
>
>The IMC is doing all the organizing of the the WORT visit, and we 
>require no financial contribution from WEFT. The IMC is organizing a 
>discussion about IMC/WEFT collaboration regarding public affairs 
>programming that will take place during the afternoon, during which 
>we request WEFTie presence. Co-sponsorship from WEFT only means that 
>WEFTies will be present.
>
>Can I also tell mick that we will send out an email to the WEFTa 
>list requesting WEFT people to show up for the WORT visit? Al will 
>you do this? Will you also facilitate the discussion about improving 
>public affairs production?
>
>Anything I left out?
>
>Pauline
>
>
>>From: Al Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>
>>To: "Pauline Bartolone" <paulinebartolone at hotmail.com>, 
>>imc-newsroom at lists.groogroo.com
>>CC: enslin at prairienet.org
>>Subject: [Imc-newsroom] Re: WORT visit
>>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:42:50 -0600
>>
>>This is perplexing.  I know Mark raised this with at least some folks
>>at WEFT.  It is a shame he is out of town.  Regarding co-sponsorship,
>>there is no financial commitment involved.  The IMC will deal with
>>all the expenses. The hope was that we could all have a fruitful
>>discussion on how to do more and better news and public affairs.  As
>>far as I know there are no specific proposals on how to accomplish
>>better collaboration.  That would have to be discussed at the
>>workshop or later on.
>>
>>Some of us have been discussing these ideas publicly for several
>>months beginning at the first AWARE teach-in with Bob McChesney, and
>>then at AWARE events and meetings.   Some WEFT people come to these
>>meetings.  I have personally discussed this with Carl Estabrook, Paul
>>Mueth, Peter Miller, Danielle, and Mark Enslin.  I don't know where
>>the communications breakdown happened.
>>
>>Anyway, what we need to do now is see if people from WEFT want to
>>participate and/or co-sponsor.  Mick needs a special invitation.
>>
>>
>>At 6:32 PM -0500 1/28/02, Pauline Bartolone wrote:
>>>Hey folks.
>>>
>>>I talked to Mick Wolf about the WORT visit on the 9th, and there is
>>>confusion/miscommunication about what it means for WEFT to be a
>>>"co-sponsor" of the WORT event. According to him, noone from WEFT
>>>was notified about sponsorship or other participation.
>>>
>>>What kind of participation does the IMC request of WEFT to be
>>>co-sponsor? What else do we request from them besides reading a PSA
>>>on the air?
>>>
>>>On the flyer for the event that Al Kagan made, it mentions using the
>>>event to strengthen collaboration between WEFT and the IMC. How
>>>exactly is this going to happen? Is there going to be a panel of
>>>reps from each organization? Or is there going to be some sort of
>>>discussion about collaboration after the WORT workshops?
>>>
>>>I told Mick I'd tell him the scoop during the WEFT Courier on Wednesday.
>>>
>>>Can anyone enlighten me?
>>>
>>>Thanks, Pauline
>>>
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>>
>>Al Kagan
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>>Africana Unit, Room 328
>>University of Illinois Library
>>1408 W. Gregory Drive
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Al Kagan
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Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
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Urbana, IL 61801, USA

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