[Rfu-barnraising] Barnraising 9.28.05

[Margo Robb]

howdy folks,

we decided that the space on-line board was a bust.  someone still 
needed to monitor the whole process and it was rather clunky.  the 
board does seem to work for ride shares, though i have no idea how many 
people used it for the GRC/northampton barnraising.

i JUST finished a rough draft of the complete conference manual.  it is 
all in one document right now and i'm trying to figure out how to send 
it (54 pages!), but it seems like you all are doing a great job.  
thanks for taking on this organizing. it is for a really good cause -- 
getting people together to demystify radio broadcasting.

-margo

On Thursday, September 29, 2005, at 07:20  AM, btaylor at prairienet.org 
wrote:

> hi molly,
>
> thanks for all the excellent work.  prometheus has used a computer ride
> and space matching system in the past.  i found it awkward to navigate 
> and
> extract info from, and not too many folks used it for the 
> grc/northampton
> barnraising, but it's already a functional system.
>
> if need to store bread, etc. in the kalyx freezer, let me know.  i can
> stop by somewhere every trip i make to town to haul stuff back.
>
> peace, bill
>
>> Food Update:
>> I have talked with the Herring and Channing Murray folks, who have
>> preliminarily said yes. The channing is fine as long as herring 
>> approves.
>> They also wanted to know what we could offer them in return for using
>> their space.. (uh... a community radio station that will be a public 
>> asset
>> for years to come? how about that?) I told them they could be listed 
>> as
>> sponsors on literature (when we have some!) and that we could do PSAs 
>> for
>> them once the station is on air. Is there anything else?
>>
>> The herring doesn't use their kitchen on the weekends and some 
>> staffers
>> indicated they thought it would be fine to let us use it. One caveat 
>> is
>> that the herring has a Friday night dinner so we could most likely 
>> not use
>> the kitchen at that time. But, that being said, the herring has a 
>> friday
>> night dinner and maybe we could join them if we sent over some 
>> volunteers
>> to help prepare! I will talk to Katie the RHVR mgr to get a firmer 
>> idea of
>> what is possible.
>>
>> So, that's good news, eh?
>>
>> RE: housing-
>>
>> can we set up an online CGI form that people could fill out to 
>> register
>> for a place to stay? Then we could get a list of responses and match 
>> them
>> local homes here in the order in which they reply and it could be 
>> somewhat
>> more manageable. We should send out a call now and start building a 
>> list
>> of all local people that could host a few people on their couches and
>> spare rooms. that list should have name, contact info, proximity to 
>> IMC, #
>> of people they can host, and then brief discription of their situation
>> (couch, bed, futon, floor - we need to know) & anything else we need 
>> to
>> know (they have dogs, cats, velociraptors, small children, go to bed
>> early, etc - anything that would help us make a good match with 
>> visitors)
>> I could make the list template this weekend (and a phone list of 
>> folks to
>> call) IF i can hand it off to someone else to start the emailing and 
>> phone
>> calling. Someone who is super fast w CGI should do the form (for 
>> people to
>> sign up for housing and to offer housing). Question: does that go
>> on Prometheus website or wRFU site? Who can make the CGI webform? Who 
>> can
>> volunteer to call folks?
>>
>> RE: the schedule-
>>
>> What abt Kim Kranich? She is a fabulous local media resource.
>> Sandra Ahten is a great reporter, also, with lots to teach.
>> Anyone from WEFT with experience to share? Lori Serb, Janet Lowry?
>> I also think it would be kinda cool to invite the mainstreamers and 
>> show
>> them another vision of radio. (reporters from WILL? Jim Meadows, Tom
>> Rogers?) - do a roundtable discussion on broadcast journalism with IMC
>> reporters?
>> And what abt someone from WBCP?
>>
>> -Molly
>> Food-gatherer
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>>
>>> Barnraising 9.28.05
>>>
>>> Food - Stuart Tarr
>>> - folks canned pasta sauce, and froze peppers etc
>>> - Kaylx center has freezer if Molly can get bread from Mirabelle to
>>> freeze
>>> - We have a list of caterers from the Visitors Bureau who may donate
>>> food.
>>> Lynsee is sending this to Stuart.
>>> - Still need a kitchen - Molly is following up with the Herring.
>>>
>>> Housing - no point yet
>>> - Needs a point person.
>>> - Danielle asked Carol Inskeep if she would coordinate.  They are 
>>> still
>>> in
>>> discussion.
>>> - Lynsee will get visitors bureau to get competitive group rate 
>>> pricing
>>> from local hotels/motels for an estimated 75-100 people.  We can ask
>>> Jumers to match it.  They have offered $65 for a double.  That's 
>>> good,
>>> but
>>> maybe we could do better if we get them to match other rates.
>>> - Sascha
>>>
>>> Publicity - Lynsee the great
>>> - Lynsee is starting the publicity bomb soon!
>>> - Prometheus is sending a write up we can use as text by the end of 
>>> the
>>> week - Lynsee will cook it up and send a shout out to the list.
>>> - Let's use the RFU image for the barnraising.
>>> - let's get on the cover of the HUB
>>> - Lynsee will drop request to video group
>>> - Lynsee contacted WEFT and others to let them know about the
>>> barnraising
>>> as a potential point of collaboration.
>>> - What does sponsorship mean?  What do sponsors get out of it?  We 
>>> will
>>> discuss this next week.
>>>
>>> Prep Tech - Doug
>>> - windows are the biggest issue - Rod Van Buskirk was a WEFTie and he
>>> owns
>>> Bacon Van Buskirk and maybe they would donate
>>> - PACA and Homeworks search is planned
>>> - Lynsee has a wish list from RFU and will start the search for
>>> materials
>>> - Tower drawings were submitted to the city Wednesday for a special 
>>> use
>>> permit.
>>>
>>> Space - Danielle
>>> - we will spec out the layout with Prometheus when they come.  - 
>>> Pete or
>>> someone is coming probably weekend of Oct 15-16.
>>>
>>> Entertainment - Jenny
>>> - Jenny has booked bands
>>> - We need a shows rep at the barnraising - who?  Jenny can't come to
>>> meetings.
>>>
>>> Role of Wireless in the Barnraising
>>> - We need a CUWiN point person and some folks to teach how tos 
>>> workshop
>>> - Dave Young offered a talk about DIY networking - what's possible
>>> - Andrew raised a concern about streaming over the internet - maybe 
>>> RFU
>>> doesn't walk to go this route.
>>> - Idea: use community wireless to do remote production to send back 
>>> to
>>> the
>>> station and go out over the air.  We could demo this.
>>>
>>> Weekend Schedule
>>> - William Gillespie - radio theater and sound production
>>> - Dave Young - DIY networking
>>> - Bob McChesney - will give talk on the 12th
>>> - Pauline Bartolone - invite her to come back to teach radio 
>>> production
>>> - Aaron Ammons - hip hop poetry
>>> - Paul Riismandel - pirate radio
>>> - John Anderson?
>>> - Andrew Baoill - digitization of radio
>>> Can we make sure we have women too?
>>> When we go on the air perhaps invite the Mayor, councilmembers, etc?
>>>
>>>
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