[Imc] Minutes/notes from last meeting
Paul Riismandel
p-riism at uiuc.edu
Thu Oct 26 07:22:23 UTC 2000
Urbana Champaign IMC meeting 10/22/00
In attendance: Mike, Peter (facilitating), Molly, Cope, Danielle, Paul R.
(notetaking), Sascha, Sara, Sehvilla
Next meeting facilitator: Sehvilla
Committee/Collective Updates:
Tech:
Molly: Zach and Molly couldnt meet, maybe next Monday. Goal is to have a
website by 11/5 fundraiser. Perhaps end up creating documentation for the
server software.
News:
Peter: Trying to get things together for elections.
Sehvilla: has an audio tape of Nader caravan and rally in St. Louis.
Sascha: putting together spreadsheet of news archive.
Mike: possible story re: living wage and county nursing home.
Cope: What happens to stories that are covered?
Peter: post to website, aired on WEFT
Cope: N-G could use some progressive letters.
Sara: Some people are interested in starting a real alternative newspapera
longer term goal.
Paul: We should think about Public Access TV.
Molly: Connecting to Deep dish TV and the like.
Peter: Gregory Brown murder story he mentioned it to N-G writer and an
editorial subsequently showed up on Friday regarding police power. We have
an effect.
Paul: and ideathe website might have a potential story board/database.
Peter: is there yet a news e-mail list?
Danielle: Yes, but people not added yet. Can sign up at groogroo.com.
Molly: Is someone following local news? We should know who is following what.
Space:
Sara: Has a meeting 10am Monday to see Cinema Café space2000 sq ft. Lori
Patterson, who is versed in real estate, will take a look at it. Another
option is the Chub Conner office space. Called downtown Champaign
landlords to get comparison prices.
Danielle: has floor plan. Estimated gas & electric is $333/mo.
Equipment:
Mike: Next meeting at his house at 7:00pm Wed. Work on training presentation.
Molly: Will we publicize trainings? Make them public?
Mike: This ones just for us, perhaps future ones will be public.
RFU:
Mike: Sen. Fitzgerald has come down hard with the NAB and supports
anti-LPFM legislation. Cal l you senators!
Peter: Durbin is working hard to help LPFM
Mike: According to FCC rules programming created at WEFT doesnt count as
local programming for RFU.
Radical Librarians:
Sara: We have seven items. Need rest of stuff from S26.
Sascha: Any materials not archived? What about photos?
Paul: Need to dupe video materials.
Incorporation:
Sascha: Forms and checks sent to govt.
Sara: Got first check from Belden.
Sascha: Make checks payable to U-C IMC.
Peter: Were incorporated with the state?
Sascha: Yes.
Peter: Then we can go 501(c)(3)?
Sascha: Not yet.
Bank Account:
Sascha: Found a good unofficial deal at Busey, as long as we dont make
too many deposits or transactions in a week.
Mike: Living Wage found a good deal at First Federal.
Sascha: U of I Credit Union is free.
Molly: Union Planters has lowest fees and no per transaction fee.
Peter: So should we just let Sascha go ahead and open an account?
Everyone agrees.
Molly: What about accessibility? Credit union is least accessible.
Danielle: Downtown Urbana is best.
Peter: Are single signature checks OK?
Everyone says its OK.
Mike: Who will deal with landlords and such?
Molly will do it.
Tech Training:
Session next meeting.
Old Business:
Meeting Location:
Peter: How about McKinley. Free b/c he has an office there.
Sarah: Had an appt. with Urban League but got stood up. Can rent
facilities from Champaign Park District for $5 fee and $6.50 /hr.
Mike: Douglass Center may be important.
Danielle: We should table since weve had small meetings lately.
Agreed.
Fundraiser:
Sara and Sascha will meet with Jim Buell.
These are the details: Nov 5 7pm to Midnight, featuring speeches, music
and skits. Music is Paul Kottheimer and the Poster Children, other
performers are News Poets and a theater group. Will have an info table and
are looking for speaker, need a rabble-rouser to talk about independent
media and independent politics. Show videos from S26Brian Hagy will head
that up. IMC gets 50% of door, asking for $10-$50 donation, sliding scale,
$5 for students and limited income.
Peter: We should contact people who came to S26 events.
Sarah: Hidive will have usual publicity, Maiko will make invitations.
Cost at facility is $100-150 to cover sound and doorman.
Peter: Will contact Black Grad Student Uniontheyre getting political.
Sascha: Need people to contact groups for info.
Fundraising:
Sascha: has large list of people who have made some commitment. Hit people
up for $ if you know them. We have about a dozen at $50/mo. We still need
ideas.
Sara: Would like to invent a structure, boilerplate e-mail, letter,
reminder, solicitation.
Danielle: Post these template to the listserve since its archived and
searchable.
Mike: Talk to Mike Doyle about a software package.
Peter: think of ways to delegate to helpers dont have to rely on the core
group.
Danielle: the space is important for thiswe can have it staffed.
Sascha: Whats the deductible status of donations right now, pending
tax-exempt status?
Danielle: Ask Zeigfried to find out.
Pacifica Crisis:
Peter: Talk of Democracy Now going away at WEFT. Possibly replace with
expanded role for local public affairs.
Paul: Its not impossible.
Mike: we need to think both short term and long term.
Summary of situation (lost track of notes):
Danielle will attend WEFT Programming Committee meeting on Thursday to find
out whats going on and answer any questions. Paul, Peter and Danielle
will meet to put together a proposal for the IMC taking a role in producing
local public affairs on WEFT should Amy Goodman be fired from DN or should
DN go away altogether. Suggested Nov. 1 deadline for this proposal.
Mission Statement:
What is it?
Danielle: We should make it a writing assignment who will help?
Sascha: Someone should write a seed statement.
Paul: Interested in hacking one out.
Organizational Issues:
Peter: The Sunday meetings are not conducive to growth into a larger body.
Were all busy and we tend to run about 2 hours.
Danielle: Need to organize into smaller focus groups empowered to make
decisions.
Paul: These meetings are more like board of directors meetings, which is
OK. We cant reduce them until we have more people who can form smaller
groups.
Peter: We should aim to keep meetings shorter, like an hour.
Paul: Good idea, but we should be realistic, perhaps start by cutting down
by a half hour or so.
Then things pretty much ended
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