[Rfu-barnraising] Re: [Salon] WRFU Barnraising housing

Fri Oct 14 16:03:04 CDT 2005

how about if you start yours and we'll wait a bit longer on mine?

i can look at the results in surveymonkey, but since there's only 5 people 
in there right now, it seems kind of silly to download the file just yet.

send me what you've got on monday!

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Hannah Sassaman wrote:

> excellent.  shall we take time monday to start the spreadsheet madness?
>
>>
>> I'm the housing point person. Pete and I talked last night. Hannah and I
>> talked yesterday afternoon. We're all on the same page.
>>
>> I have 5 people already signed up for housing, as well as verbal
>> commitments from several other people. Someone is also going to the local
>> anti-war group's meeting this sunday to solicit housing there.
>>
>>
>> Faith
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 katharan at prometheusradio.org wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are, like molly pointed out, going to need tons of volunteers to help
>>> during the weekend of the barnraising--in particular with meals, but also
>>> with transportation and registration--plugging volunteers into various
>>> tasks during the weekend.  We'll need everything from people to manage
>>> tools and equipment for the studio building to help preparing food and
>>> cleaning up and taking out trash to  a driver or two on call at all times
>>> to make last minute home depot and bus station runs.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the students could help during the barnraising as well as attend
>>> workshops for extra credit.  This will be a huge help. Sign them up!
>>>
>>> among millions of other things!  Start gathering a crew of people who are
>>> willing to be core volunteers during the weekend!
>>>
>>> Do we have a Transportation, Volunteer, or Registration point person yet?
>>>
>>> Housing was most pressing, but there should be points for these areas as
>>> well!  Rides will need to be coordinated, and Anthony will need help
>>> manning the registration table over the weekend, which usually serves as
>>> our information base and where we plug volunteers in.  A volunteer
>>> coordinator will help us manage our volunteer power, and ensure that we
>>> have enough local volunteers to make the event run smoothly--the more
>>> volunteers, the easier it is on everyone.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Kate
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure, but my guess is that since it's a media literacy class,
>>>> they'd probably need to be doing something that's directly media related.
>>>>
>>>> You should ask Ivy though, Molly. YOu never know.
>>>>
>>>> Faith
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Molly Stentz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That is so freaking awesome. Do you know if they will be available to
>>>>> work
>>>>> prior to the event (to help with planning) or the weekend of, or both?
>>>>>
>>>>> I need folks right now to help continue to solicit food donations.
>>>>> Lynsee has
>>>>> done an amazing job contacting lots of stores around town. We need to
>>>>> follow
>>>>> up with some; others we still need to contact. Some have pledged
>>>>> donations
>>>>> that we need to pick up and/or finalize arrangements for picking up the
>>>>> weekend of. I have a list.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the weekend of, I will need a TON of help preparing food,
>>>>> transporting it
>>>>> to the IMC, serving and cleaning up afterward.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Molly
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, faith swords wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> From one of the College of Communications professors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What can we come up with for the students to do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> F.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:46:40 -0500
>>>>>> From: Ivy Glennon <iglennon at uiuc.edu>
>>>>>> To: faith swords <faith at chambana.net>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Salon] WRFU Barnraising housing volunteers needed!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Faith,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you need more volunteers for errands, etc.  I'm allowing
>>>>>> credit for a class exercise for my media literacy students
>>>>>> if they help with this.  I sent them to the webpage for
>>>>>> registration and gave them a sheet a coordinator of this has
>>>>>> to sign for their credit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If they do ALOT of work, it is okay with me if the
>>>>>> coordinator says they went above and beyond what was asked
>>>>>> (I might increase the credit) but I'm not advertising that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ivy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:25:24 -0500 (CDT)
>>>>>>> From: faith swords <faith at chambana.net>
>>>>>>> Subject: [Salon] WRFU Barnraising housing volunteers
>>>>>> needed!
>>>>>>> To: salon at chambana.net
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you help us host the wonderful volunteers who will help
>>>>>> build your new
>>>>>>> community radio station in Mid November?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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,
>>>>>> as well as
>>>>>>> attend the Barnraising in November. For more information,
>>>>>> check out the
>>>>>>> Prometheus Radio Project site at
>>>>>> http://prometheusradio.org/urbana/.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>> ________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dr. Ivy Glennon, Associate Professor
>>>>>> Institute of Communications Research &
>>>>>> Department of Advertising
>>>>>> Director of Advising, Advertising and Media Studies
>>>>>> 228 Gregory Hall, UIUC
>>>>>> 810 S. Wright St.
>>>>>> Urbana, IL  61801
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (217) 333-0967
>>>>>> iglennon at uiuc.edu
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Roosevelt
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