[Imc-production] Re: [UCIMC-Tech] production room cleanup > Re: RFU Public Files

[Danielle Chynoweth]

*Here's a proposal:*

Let's convene at IMC Steering Group meeting to discuss the use of the
Production Room.  I propose Thursday, May 1st at 8 PM.

We would discuss:
- The formation of a working group called the Production Group.
- WRFU usage of the Production Room and how the IMC can support WRFU meeting
its needs.
- Security & access issues.
- Ways the production group can help support the building like other groups
do.

In the meantime, there are plans to clean up the production room this
Saturday - those should go forward without removing any WRFU equipment.

*Here's some historical information:*

No working group "owns" any particular space in the IMC in any way.  The
Steering Group, made up of all groups, manages space allocation and provides
groups with space based on their needs.  Groups pay into the building fund
based on their ability to contribute - this is not rent and the relationship
is not one of tenancy.

No group called the "Production Group" exists, although there is a listserv
for key access to the Production Room space.  That said, the IMC has a rich
history of producing radio and video - and used to have active working
groups for both.  The IMC is sorely in need of a production group to manage
production activities and welcome public involvement.

The radio group waned and funds for radio equipment that it managed were
transferred to management by WRFU as long as the funds went for media
production equipment.  The video group has been on hiatus for almost 3
years, although some folks produce video for UPTV in the production room
from time to time.

For a working group to exist it must:
- Get approval from the Steering Group to be a working group.
- Consense on two empowered spokes to represent it at Steering and have
those spokes show up.
- Manage a listserv which anyone can join.
- Be open to the public and hold public meetings.
- Post the notes of its meeting to its listserv and imc at ucimc.org.
- Use consensus in its decision making.

I applaud that there is finally interest in taking care of the production
room.  Yea!  I have personally cleaned it up 3 times in 3 years and it
always gets trashed and filled with junk - which is what happens with space
when no group is assigned as a caretaker.

cheers,

- Danielle




On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Thanks for volunteering. As a fellow volunteer I appreciate your
> contribution to our operations.
>
> I think you misunderstand my comments about the 'production group' - it's
> not that it has been dormant, it's that there hasn't previously been a
> production working group. Creating a list to manage code access to the room
> isn't the same as having a working group that has rights and
> responsibilities within the IMC structure. I can find no record of a
> production group being recognized by Steering (or of such a proposal being
> made), a necessary step for it to be vested with power over access to IMC
> resources. This may appear pedantic - but a transparent structure and
> process is necessary for participation to be properly fostered. Creation of
> an informal group can perhaps occur by fiat, but creation of a group
> claiming ownership/stewardship of IMC resources (particularly resources as
> central as our audio and video production) *must* occur in an open and
> inclusive manner.
>
> In a related vein, I agree with your calls for consensus - my concerns are
> in part that recent steering meetings have not been announced to the IMC
> list (as required by our structure document) and this and other issues mean
> that participation is not being facilitated and encouraged in a manner
> consistent with our mission or necessary for a healthy IMC community.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Apr 21, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
>
>  I'd like it known that I came forward to suggest working on the
> > production workstation, and the production room, to make good on a
> > commitment I made in the tech group meeting a couple months ago to work on
> > the production workstation since Dan and Josh's duties have piled up.
> >  Tommy, Dan and others in the shows and tech groups have spearheaded this
> > long before me, so I'm glad you guys spoke up.  My suggestion to move things
> > in or out of that space was to make room in there to work on this project.
> >
> > I've only been involved as a volunteer and IMC member for 6-8 months,
> > but one thing I've learned is that no single person makes decisions about
> > the space. And just because a group is inactive doesn't negate its existence
> > or mean that it's been made up. This is a democratically run organization
> > after all, and we need to come to consensus.
> >
> > Before I joined the tech group last fall it was Dan and Josh. If
> > requests seem to be taking time, consider that we're all volunteers here and
> > for active members how quickly tasks/requests can pile up.
> > I'm not saying this to back out of helping on this project, or to
> > counter your concerns Andrew, but to ask that you give the process a chance
> > and bring the concerns to the appropriate groups to start the discussion.
> >  Dan's suggestion of reviving the production group is the right way to go,
> > and all the interested members from other groups should join the list and
> > make the Wed. meeting.  We all believe in the mission of the IMC enough to
> > donate our time, money, and creativity, and in that sense we're all on the
> > same side of this.
> >
> > Hope to see you Wednesday.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
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