[Imc-web] Re: thoughts on Indymedia caucus in Madison (fwd)

[Sascha Meinrath]

I thought you'd all like to see this -- apparantly our newswire gets more
interest than we think.  Keep up the great work.

--Sascha

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Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:37:13 -0600
From: David Garcia <dgarcia at arkansas.indymedia.org>
To: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
Subject: Re: thoughts on Indymedia caucus in Madison

Hey Sascha,
Thanks for the willingness to help.  It looks like one of the local 501 (c)
3s that works with our IMC will be able to do it.  It turns out all that's
needed is a copy of the official (c) 3 letter and a group address to send
the check to.  Since it doesn't involve spending any money, the chair and
treasure of our local Bicycle Coalition were able to make a decision on the
spot this morning.  They're already in touch with the Media Justice Fund to
get the paperwork taken care of.

It hadn't been clear to me that they could make a decision that fast, so
knowing that you folks would probably be able to step in if needed was much
appreciated.

I am looking forward to meeting the Champaign Urbana folks.  You all seem to
be one of the more active IMCs and we've put links in our razorwire to a
number of your stories.  Most recently there was one to the nerve gas
article and to the report about the demo at the Senator's office.  Thanks
for the good work you folks do.

See you in Madison,
David
Sascha Meinrath writes:

> Hi David,
>
> I'm certain that we'll sponsor you, but I need to get the finance group's
> official o.k. before having the definitive answer to you.  We meet
> tomorrow evening (Wednesday) and I'll have a final answer to you then --
> but you can pretty much assume that we'll do it.
>
> --Sascha
>
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, David Garcia wrote:
>
>> Sheri, Thanks for the quick response and the information.  Hey Urbana, if
>> you all are a 501(c)3, would you be able to "sponsor" the Arkansas
>> contingent to the conference?  We've been approved for a Media Justice Fund
>> travel scholarship but apparently they need a (c)3 to funnel the check
>> through.  I just got the email about that requirement this evening, so I'll
>> call them Tuesday morning to get the details and will let you know what's
>> involved as soon as I find out.  If Seajay, another Arkansas IMCista, gets
>> two deadlined video projects done in time, she'll be riding up to the
>> conference with me, so hopefully you'll be helping two of us get there.
>>
>> And speaking of riding up there, assuming we get this last minute snag
>> worked out, we'll be leaving early on Thursday morning from Fayetteville in
>> Northwest Arkansas.  We'll be going through southern Missouri, to St Louis,
>> up past Springfield, and north to Madison via Rockford.  There may be room
>> for one or two riders on the way, if anyone needs to be picked up along that
>> route.
>>
>> Finally, to get back to the agenda discussion.  Three topics interested me
>> personally, out of the ones tossed out so far.  First, is the women's list
>> issue.  We haven't heard anything about that in Arkansas, but as an APOC
>> with a strong feminist perspective, I definitely want to hear more.
>>
>> Second, is the question of us using each other's stories.  Arkansas IMC
>> routinely links to stories on other IMCs in our razorwire.  And if there's
>> something on another site that seems especially important here, we'll even
>> repost the entire article, with appropriate links and credits given.  For
>> example, we reposted a story from Madison IMC about the Tyson's strike,
>> since Tyson's corporate headquarters is in Northwest Arkansas, not more than
>> 15 minutes away from where I'm typing this.
>>
>> Is it kosher for us to be doing that?  Are people okay with us reposting
>> their stuff?  Or are there protocol/courtesy issues involved that we're not
>> aware of yet.  That's one of the things I'd like to talk with you all about
>> while we're in Madison.
>>
>> Third, is Houston's dealings with the police.  Although our IMC hasn't had
>> any dealings with the Feds or the local police that we know of, we are very
>> aware of the Homeland Security noose drawing tighter around all activists.
>> Northwest Arkansas has its very own Joint Terrorism Task Force,
>> headquartered right here in Fayetteville.  As there aren't too many Al Queda
>> operatives running around in the Ozarks, we assume that it's folks like us
>> that the Task Force was really set up to watch.  So I'd like to hear what
>> other IMCs may have experienced along these lines.
>>
>> Assuming that we take the time for introductions and then list the issues
>> people would like to pursue further, these are three of the things I'd like
>> to see up on that big sheet of paper somebody mentioned.
>>
>> Paz,
>> David
>>
>>
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