[Rfu-barnraising] Text of housing email:

[faith swords]

I will add Hannah's line and Danielle's suggestion and send this out this 
afternoon. (I have a meeting in 15 minutes for an hour or so, so hearing 
no objections after that, I'll start getting the word out.)

F.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:

> 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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