[Imc-radio] Radio News needs your help

[Clint Popetz]

Hi all,

In case you hadn't heard, the grant which funds the Radio News
Coordinator position did not get renewed.  My employment ends
officially tomorrow, and yesterday was the last show I coordinated as
a paid employee.

So...we need to start making the transition back to an all-volunteer
radio show.  Frankly, I think it will be good for the show, that it
will energize the group to have to pull together to make sure the show
happens on a weekly basis, without relying on me :)

We will be having the monthly Radio News Group meeting on December
15th (two weeks from yesterday) at 6:30pm.  This is an important
meeting to help chart the next few months of radio news.  In
particular, I will be leaving town for a little over 2 months on
January 20th.  Until then I can still help keep things going as a
volunteer, but we'll definitely need to have a good team in place by
mid-January.  I expect we'll need to move to weekly meetings again,
for one thing.  

I am very optimistic; the show was a great show before I was here, and
I'm sure it will continue to be.  But it definitely needs people.  If
you have any interest in radio news, please come on the 15th.  I can
still train people on audio up until I leave (and when I return I plan
to be part of the group again) and I will be documenting procedures
over the next few weeks to help enable a smooth transition.

Thanks for having me as your radio news coordinator.  

				Take care,
				-Clint