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

Fri Oct 14 16:04:08 CDT 2005

ok cool.  sorry for doublesend of that email, my accounts are acting up.

> 
> 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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>>> Salon mailing list
> >>>>>>> Salon at lists.chambana.net
> >>>>>>> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/salon
> >>>>>> ________________
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"  Eleanor
> >>>>>> Roosevelt
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