[Imc-tech] Re: IMC, & a void...

Tue Jan 21 11:30:49 CST 2003

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Paul Riismandel wrote:

> Also, two WEFT volunteers have stepped forward to make a commitment to
> an entertainment calendar -- one is willing to make a pretty major
> commitment.

This sounds like a highly beneficial cooperation opportunity -- the IMC
could provide the tech backend and mad skills (and some on-the-ground
support -- through both the Web and Tech Groups), WEFT could provide folks
to update the calendar; we could bill it as the WEFT/IMC Community
Calendar and broadcast its existence through multiple different media
outlets.  Personally, I think it's a golden opportunity for actually
filling this void effectively.  What would be needed next steps and who
are the various stakeholders working on this right now?

--Sascha

> Paul Riismandel wrote:
>
> > WEFT and the public i are each working on different aspects of a
> > calendar. Sandra is heading up an effort to put together a community
> > calendar, and WEFT a music/entertainment calendar.  There is some
> > basic coordination between both orgs.
> > The biggest problem is that it is like pulling teeth from a rhino to
> > get everyone (bands, groups, venues, etc) to use a web interface and
> > put data in themselves, or to even fax in data.  It's still a paper
> > organization thing.
> >
> > A small tech company in town has made an initial offer to WEFT to
> > provide a tech backend for inputting this data and turning it into
> > multiple pretty outputs -- web, paper, on-air reads, etc.
> > --Paul
> >
> >
> >
> > Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, rosemary braun wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hey Sascha -- this is probably an old idea, but:
> >>>
> >>> There's two problems in CU right now.  One is that, with the demise of
> >>> the CityView, there is no good weekly comprehensive calendar of events.
> >>> The other is that there's a whole heap of people out there who aren't
> >>> going to the IMC website or picking up the public-i because, well,
> >>> it's those crazy hippie kids and what could I possibly have in common
> >>> with them?
> >>>
> >>> I think that if the IMC produced such a comprehensive calendar, it'd
> >>> solve
> >>> the first problem and might draw more people in who won't come
> >>> otherwise.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> yes, absolutely -- we've talked at length about getting a better
> >> calendar.
> >> i've been negotiating with some university folks about using one of
> >> theirs, but they haven't decided whether to make the code open source
> >> (and
> >> i suspect it'll take the university another 3-years to come to a
> >> decision
> >> on that).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> The webified community calendar is a start, but the problem with that
> >>> is that it relies on the artists/venues to populate it and so it's not
> >>> terribly comprehensive.  If the various
> >>> venues/galleries/theatres/cinemas
> >>> could be convinced to fax in a schedule of their events for the week,
> >>> or if someone could get on the phone with them and write it all down,
> >>> and if some poor sod could take the time to compile them, that'd be
> >>> a lot
> >>> more useful to the person who's bored on a Friday night.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> a large group of former cu-cityview staff are meeting regularly to
> >> discuss
> >> options.  i think there are two situations -- the first is that there
> >> needs to be a weekly calendar; the second is that there should be a
> >> central on-line place to look for shows info.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Print would be nice, too.  I know that the IMC doesn't have the
> >>> resources
> >>> to churn out a public-i on a weekly basis, but how about a flier, with
> >>> just a schedule grid for music (like the old Octopus one) on the front,
> >>> and Art/Theatre/Movie listings on the back?  I don't really know what
> >>> these things cost, but such a listing -- in terms of effort -- could be
> >>> produced more regularly than a full paper.  I know that distribution
> >>> can
> >>> be a nightmare, too; it'd be nice if people could find it in the places
> >>> that they're used to finding the Octopus, theoretically.
> >>>
> >>> But at very least, a comprehensive weekly webified calendar, well-
> >>> publicized, could really do the IMC -- and CU as a whole -- a lot of
> >>> good.
> >>>
> >>> Whaddaya think?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> i couldn't agree more.   one possibility is to create a web-calendar
> >> that
> >> uses a fairly good content management system and that could be output
> >> to a
> >> flyer directly.  more realistically (perhaps) is to create a calendar
> >> program that is easy to use, "pretty", easily accessed, etc. and start
> >> using our connections in the community to point people to it.  this
> >> wouldn't be too much of a hassle -- but what we're missing is someone
> >> with
> >> tech skills to coordinate the effort.  you're definitly right, we have a
> >> tremendous opportunity right now to fill a major void; all we need is a
> >> volunteer.
> >>
> >> --sascha
> >>
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