[Rfu-barnraising] Re: [hannahjs@babel.serve.com: hi zoe, hannah from prometheus here]

[Kate Protagonist]

ah--thanks, faith!  a great heads up.  Hannah or I will get in touch with
her.  keep the ideas coming....

k.

> One of people volunteering to house people at her apartment (Suzanne
> Linder) also teaches at University High School. She teaches a Social
> Justice class (it's kind of like a practicum -- we have a bunch of people
> in this class doing work with Food Not Bombs right now). She might be a
> good person to start with.
>
> Her email is suzanne.linder at gmail.com
>
> Faith
>
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Kate Protagonist wrote:
>
>>
>> great ideas, hannah.  let's im/chat & try to follow through with some of
>> this today.  I'm copying lynsee on this, FTI lynsee, some brainstorms of
>> hannah's as to local outreach and volunteers for the barnraising!
>>
>> Lynsee, we'll let you know what we do on this front, and see what you
>> can
>> do as well.  RFU listers, can you put your brains on the following
>> question, as well as any other volunteer/outreach ideas?
>>
>> We'd also like to do outreach to local high schools (within walking
>> distance of IMC) to get students involved--has the IMC worked with any
>> teachers and/or schools that would be interested in this project?  could
>> you send us the names of said schools/teachers?  Students could attend
>> workshops and volunteer--it's great to have young people involved with
>> barnraisings, and it might be something RFU is interested in as well.  A
>> lot of stations have youth programming.
>>
>> please advise of your thoughts!
>>
>> thanks, Kate
>>
>>
>>
>>> fyi sent to zoe at RFU under faith's recommendation.  here are a few
>>> other
>>> places we could try for volunteers and
>>> attendees:
>>>
>>> http://www.cuvolunteer.org/
>>>
>>> http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp/
>>>
>>> http://www.will.uiuc.edu/support/volunteer.htm -- this is the WILL
>>> station
>>> -- public radio station at UIllinois!  i
>>> wonder if we can get on their radar
>>>
>>> http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/ -- electrical engineering at UIUC
>>>
>>> http://www.prairienet.org/prc/ -- they are likely tapped out and on the
>>> RFU radar... at any rate someone local MUST
>>> go flyer at this...!
>>>
>>> hannah s.
>>> prometheusradioproject
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded message from Hannah Sassaman <hannahjs at babel.serve.com>
>>> -----
>>>
>>> X-Original-To: chanalternate at babel.serve.com
>>> To: zoespice66 at hotmail.com
>>> Subject: hi zoe, hannah from prometheus here
>>> From: Hannah Sassaman <hannahjs at babel.serve.com>
>>>
>>> hey zoe, hannah from prometheus radio project here!  faith said i might
>>> wanna get in touch with you to talk through
>>> some of the best ways to get volunteers to help out at this lovely
>>> barnraising shindig we are all planning!  i see
>>> you are on entertainment committee though, so if this email is
>>> misdirected
>>> please let me know.
>>>
>>> at any rate, as you may see in the various barnraising manuals that
>>> have
>>> been going through the RFU community, all
>>> folks who come to a barnraising are encouraged to volunteer some of
>>> their
>>> time to make the event work.  many folks
>>> ask for a cheaper or free registration rate in exchange for their
>>> efforts
>>> (and because money is tight) and this is
>>> also totally fine with us!  we especially encourage locals to
>>> volunteer,
>>> as they know the area better, are more
>>> comfortable taking ownership or charge of a volunteer task that
>>> involves
>>> driving or picking something up, and because
>>> it gives them a tie-in to the event and the new station -- they feel
>>> like
>>> they've helped to build it as they help
>>> prepare dinner, pick up out-of-towners, make posters, or deliver a
>>> trash
>>> haul to the dump.  of course locals also
>>> help build the station, lead and attend workshops, and lend their
>>> voices
>>> to the first broadcast too!
>>>
>>> can we do a little thinking on how to encourage locals to come by and
>>> help
>>> with these basics, as well as attend this
>>> rockin event and become supporters of WRFU and the indymedia center?  i
>>> was thinking:
>>> 	-- highschools, kids and parents -- does the school system have a
>>> community service requirement?
>>> 	-- local churches and synagogues
>>> 	-- college students (ivy from the university already emailed about her
>>> media literacy class students)
>>> 		-- can this be a service project for the university?
>>> http://vip.union.uiuc.edu/
>>> 	-- local event organizers might email their lists (i saw y'all just
>>> had a
>>> beer and chili cookoff!)
>>>
>>> at any rate, what will be the responsiblity of some of us at the
>>> barnraising -- potentially those at registration --
>>> will be to take in volunteers and help them get plugged into the meals,
>>> transportation, entertainment and workshop
>>> setup -- anything that needs doing.  so we should talk about that as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> cool zoe.  thanks much for reading this and hope we can talk soon!
>>>
>>> hannah s.
>>> prometheusradioproject
>>>
>>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>>
>>
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