[Rfu-barnraising] Text of housing email:
Danielle Chynoweth
chyn at ojctech.com
Thu Oct 13 12:45:17 CDT 2005
great! You should include an invite to the BR itself with a link directly
to the info and registration page on the prometheus site. - d
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, faith swords wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Below is the email I plan to send out soliciting housing offers.
>
> Does anyone have anything they'd like to add/subtract/change?
>
> Let me know asap,
>
> Faith
>
> ***
>
> Dear friends,
>
>
> >From November 10-14, hundreds of people will converge on Urbana to help us
> "raise the roof" on our community's new low power FM station -- WRFU Radio
> Free Urbana, 104.5FM. The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
> (IMC), in collaboration with Prometheus Radio Project, a national
> grassroots radio organization, will host a Radio Station Barnraising
> during the weekend of November 11-13, 2005 -- the first ever in the
> Midwest! And we need your help to house Barnraising participants who are
> driving, flying, hitching, training and busing to the area. If you have
> an extra couch, a guest bedroom, an unused futon, or even a spare bit of
> floor space you're willing to share, please respond. We're especially
> interested in people who live within a mile of downtown Urbana.
>
>
> The Barnraising will feature the construction of the entire station with
> the help of hundreds of volunteers from around the globe; and on November
> 13th we'll have a new community radio station on the air. Radio Free
> Urbana will be broadcasting out of the new IMC Community Media and Arts
> Center and will reach most residents in Champaign and Urbana. The program
> schedule will feature an eclectic mix of talk, music, and radio drama
> including shows on food commentary, Chicano issues, "drum n bass", and
> sound art (to name just a few). Members of the community will run these
> programs, and everyone is invited to put in a show request.
>
>
> If you are willing to house some of our out of town guests during the
> Barnraising, please fill out the housing volunteer form located at:
>
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=614281417440
>
>
> or contact me directly at faith at ucimc.org with any questions you might
> have about housing or anything else related to the Barnraising!
>
>
> Let me know & thanks for your help,
>
>
> Faith Swords
> Housing Coordinator
> WRFU Barnraising
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