[Rfu-barnraising] Re: WRFU Barnraising

[Kate Protagonist]

Thanks, Ivy.

I'm copying the RFU list on this email to see if anyone would be
interested in coming to talk to your class briefly on Nov 1 about Radio
Free Urbana and the barnraising--we'll still be in Philly then.

Kate

> Hi Kate,
>
> I just sent a reminder to the students about this
> yesterday.  Here is the relevant part of the first e-mail I
> sent them (right below this note).
>
> The assignment is also up on the college course compass
> website which I don't think you can access.
>
> And yes, I would like someone to speak to them.  NOv 1 (if
> you could do it that soon) would be best because they have a
> quiz and that means virtually all 100 of them will be there
> (usually lower attendance).  Could you provide details?
>
> Ivy
>
> *************************************
>
>
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:30:59 -0500
> From: Ivy Glennon <iglennon at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: extra exercises with new Urbana radio station, and
> odds and ends
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>
> Dear Students,
>
> Three items today. Much of this can also be found on the
> Comm 166 compass website.
>
> . . . .
> Finally, if you are interested in the exercise credit for
> participating in the "barnraising" of our new local low
> power FM radio station (Radio Free Urbana WRFU-FM) the
> organizers have told me they will waive fees for workshops
> for media literacy students if they agree to volunteer for a
> few hours on the project (see note below).  You can get
> credit for attending a workshop (one exercise credit---you
> would get a signed note and write a page or so about the
> workshop) and another credit for doing the volunteer work
> (another exercise---you would get a note and write a page on
> the meaning of a barnraising like this) if you wish.
>
> You might want to do it anyway because you can learn a lot
> of hands on stuff in the workshops.  Besides the usual
> communal toil of such events (e.g. getting food etc.) you
> might get to use a skill or two in the barnraising.  Hard to
> say but you will learn much.
>
> These two exercise credits can replace missing exercises
> from the past or two upcoming exercises (we have three left
> # 8, # 9, # 10---They will each be on line a week before
> they are due).
>
> To register for the WRFU barnraising, you go online to
> www.prometheusradio.org.  when it asks about you, say you
> are a media literacy student in my class.
>
> Here are relevant sections of the e-mail I received from one
> of the organizers (Kate Protagonist.  hmmmm)
>
> ******************
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:20:17 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Kate Protagonist" <katharan at prometheusradio.org>
> Subject: WRFU Barnraising
> To: iglennon at uiuc.edu
>
>
> hi ivy, it was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone
> last night about
> the 100 students in your fresh/soph Media Literacy class at
> U illinois,
> and the possibility for offering them credit by
> participating in the
> Radio Free Urbana radio station barnraising and CU Wireless
> node build
> out
>
> If you are offering credit, students could attend
> workshops, and we
> would waive the registration fee in return for a couple of
> hours of
> volunteer shifts on the behind the scenes aspects of the
> barnraising: food
> preparation and clean up, registration, childcare, etc.
>
>  While we build a radio station over the course of the
> weekend, and that's a feat in itself, at the heart of a
> barnraising is the
> community-building that happens when people from all around
> the country
> come together to share skills and resources--mainly,
> knowledge and
> experience.  Professional engineers pitch in to build the
> station, side by
> side with volunteers who may have never touched a cable,
> much less a
> soldering iron.  Volunteers make it possible the station go
> on the air
> after three days, and
> power the barnraising model.  Barnraisings are about
> demystifying
> technology, and sharing and dispersing knowledge, and thus
> the tools for
> communities to create their own media.
>
> This barnraising is exciting because we are including
> community wireless,
> in the barnraising model.  Community wireless is, I think,
> especially
> relevant to Media Literacy issues, as it provides low cost
> access to
> broadband services, implemented by communities and for
> communities, using
> unlicensed spectrum that communities still have access to,
> that
> telecommunications corporations like Verizon, say, are
> currently trying to
> usurp.
>
> Here are some links to get you started:
>
> our workshops (over 80) at the GRC, to give an idea of some
> of the stuff
> that will be going on at the barnraising:
>
> prometheusradio.org/grc.shtml  Workshop schedule &
> description pdfs in
> "hot Links" box on right hand side
>
> prometheusradio.org/presscenter.shtml  more about PRP's work
>
> prometheusradio.org/barn.shtml         about other
> barnraisings
>
> ***********************************************************
>
>
> ________________
>
> 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
>
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> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:12:14 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: "Kate Protagonist" <katharan at prometheusradio.org>
>>Subject: Re: WRFU Barnraising
>>To: "Ivy Glennon" <iglennon at uiuc.edu>
>>
>>
>>Great, Ivy.  I was thinking, I could possibly arrange for
> someone to come
>>speak with your class the week prior to the barnraising--or
> possibly
>>someone from RFU next week.  What do you think?
>>
>>Also, we've been getting a couple fo registrations from your
>>students--what's the URL you set up?  I know that we talked
> about it at
>>first, but I don't think I included in my long email that
> students ought
>>to note iin the "Anything else" section of registration
> that they are in
>>your class....
>>
>>thanks Ivy!
>>
>>Kate
>>
>>> Thanks Kate,
>>>
>>> I gave them relevant information and I'm hoping a few of
>>> them at least will want to participate.
>>>
>>> Ivy
>>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:20:17 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>From: "Kate Protagonist" <katharan at prometheusradio.org>
>>>>Subject: WRFU Barnraising
>>>>To: iglennon at uiuc.edu
>>>>Cc: lynsee at illinoisalumni.org,
>>> hannahjs at prometheusradio.org, anthony at prometheusradio.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>hi ivy, it was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone
>>> last night about
>>>>the 100 students in your fresh/soph Media Literacy class
> at
>>> U illinois,
>>>>and the possibility for offering them extra credit by
>>> participating in the
>>>>Radio Free Urbana radio station barnraising and CU
> Wireless
>>> node build
>>>>out.
>>>>
>>>>There will be about 30 workshops focussing on community
>>> media:  four or so
>>>>on community wireless, and the rest around radio: station
>>> organization &
>>>>management, production, programming and policy. There is
>>> also a technical
>>>>track which includes workshops on radio engineering and
>>> studio and station
>>>>building--this track offers the opportunity to actually
>>> participate in
>>>>building the Radio Free Urbana studio, installing & wiring
>>> the studio
>>>>equipment, testing the transmitter, and running co-ax to
>>> and raising the
>>>>tower.
>>>>
>>>>If you are offering extra credit, students could attend
>>> workshops, and we
>>>>would waive the registration fee in return for a couple of
>>> hours of
>>>>volunteer shifts on the behind the scenes aspects of the
>>> barnraising: food
>>>>preparation and clean up, registration, childcare, etc.  I
>>> would suggest
>>>>combining it with asking students to write up their
>>> thoughts on the
>>>>significance of the barnraising itself, and how it relates
>>> to work around
>>>>media literacy.  While we build a radio station over the
>>> course of the
>>>>weekend, and that's a feat in itself, at the heart of a
>>> barnraising is the
>>>>community-building that happens when people from all
> around
>>> the country
>>>>come together to share skills and resources--mainly,
>>> knowledge and
>>>>experience.  Professional engineers pitch in to build the
>>> station, side by
>>>>side with volunteers who may have never touched a cable,
>>> much less a
>>>>soldering iron.  Volunteers make it possible the station
> go
>>> on the air
>>>>after three days, and
>>>>power the barnraising model.  Barnraisings are about
>>> demystifying
>>>>technology, and sharing and dispersing knowledge, and thus
>>> the tools for
>>>>communities to create their own media.
>>>>
>>>>This barnraising is exciting because we are including
>>> community wireless,
>>>>in the barnraising model.  Community wireless is, I think,
>>> especially
>>>>relevant to Media Literacy issues, as it provides low cost
>>> access to
>>>>broadband services, implemented by communities and for
>>> communities, using
>>>>unlicensed spectrum that communities still have access to,
>>> that
>>>>telecommunications corporations like Verizon, say, are
>>> currently trying to
>>>>usurp.
>>>>
>>>>Another interesting extra credit project could involve
>>> research on
>>>>Prometheus, or any work on community media projects like
>>> Independent Media
>>>>Centers or CU Wireless itself, and how organizations like
>>> these are linked
>>>>to media literacy intiatives/programs/issues.
>>>>
>>>>Feel free to communicate with me further about this--these
>>> are just
>>>>initial thoughts to get you started on setting up the
>>> parameterss of these
>>>>extra credit projects.
>>>>
>>>>Here are some links to get you started:
>>>>
>>>>our workshops (over 80) at the GRC, to give an idea of
> some
>>> of the stuff
>>>>that will be going on at the barnraising:
>>>>
>>>>prometheusradio.org/grc.shtml  Workshop schedule &
>>> description pdfs in
>>>>"hot Links" box on right hand side
>>>>
>>>>prometheusradio.org/presscenter.shtml  more about PRP's
> work
>>>>
>>>>prometheusradio.org/barn.shtml         about other
>>> barnraisings
>>>>
>>>>a good browse through our website would be helpful!  it is
>>> chaotic.
>>>>
>>>>students that want to participate must register, and, as
> we
>>> talked about,
>>>>expect to volunteer for 3 hours, possibly more, depending
>>> on how much of
>>>>the event they want to attend.  Barnraisings are super
> fun.
>>>>
>>>>they can register online & learn more about the event
>>>>prometheusradio.org/urbana
>>>>
>>>>here are other links
>>>>cuwireless.net
>>>>indymedia.org & ucimc.org
>>>>
>>>>you could get some interesting papers & projects out of
>>> this!
>>>>
>>>>thanks, ivy, let's keep talking!
>>>>
>>>>Kate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>LPFM and Community Wireless Join Forces!
>>>>
>>>>Don't miss out on our next barnraising in Champaign Urbana
>>> Illinois
>>>>November 11-13, 2005.
>>>>
>>>>In collaboration with the Independent Media Center and CU
>>> Wireless, we
>>>>will build Radio Free Urbana, WRFU-LP, and build out the
> CU
>>> community
>>>>wireless network!
>>>>
>>>>Register now www.prometheusradio.org/urbana
>>>>
>>> ________________
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>LPFM and Community Wireless Join Forces!
>>
>>Don't miss out on our next barnraising in Champaign Urbana
> Illinois
>>November 11-13, 2005.
>>
>>In collaboration with the Independent Media Center and CU
> Wireless, we
>>will build Radio Free Urbana, WRFU-LP, and build out the CU
> community
>>wireless network!
>>
>>Register now www.prometheusradio.org/urbana
>>
>


LPFM and Community Wireless Join Forces!

Don't miss out on our next barnraising in Champaign Urbana Illinois
November 11-13, 2005.

In collaboration with the Independent Media Center and CU Wireless, we
will build Radio Free Urbana, WRFU-LP, and build out the CU community
wireless network!

Register now www.prometheusradio.org/urbana