[New-imc] KANSAS CITY (response)

[Jay]

Hi Samantha,

This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC.  A couple weeks ago you sent the 
below note to Indymedia's imc-tech list.  It made its way to the new-imc 
working group, the group that helps aspiring IMCs go through the process of 
joining the Indymedia network.

I'm really glad to hear you're forming an IMC in Kansas City!  About a year 
and a half ago I was passing through town and happened to hear about a 
showing of a movie about the Latin Kings by Big Noise Films.  I went, and 
the room was packed.  People were excitedly preparing to go to protests 
against the FTAA in Quebec City.  Kansas City seemed like a great place for 
an IMC.  Soon thereafter the new-imc working group received a request for 
more information about forming an IMC from Andy J. Barenberg 
(ABarenbe at swbell.net).  Do you know him?  I believe I wrote back, but 
didn't hear much more.

As people may have already told you, the best place to find information 
about the organizational steps necessary to form an IMC is 
"http://newimc.indymedia.org".  Look there and you'll find lots of 
background about Indymedia, as well as suggestions as to what steps to take 
to form your IMC.  After that, it's all up to you.  Organize well, and when 
you're ready, you're ready.

I'm going to be away from e-mail for the next couple months, but feel free 
to e-mail the new-imc working group (new-imc at indymedia.org) with any 
questions.  You're already in touch with imc-tech, which is the place to go 
with technical questions like the one you asked below.

Good luck!

Jay


At 9/28/2002, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark/Sam Adams" <sadams7 at kc.rr.com>
>To: <imc-tech at indymedia.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 12:28 AM
>Subject: [IMC-Tech] new imc questions
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I've been reading for the last few hours about setting up an IMC. We're
>having our first group meeting next week, and there's a lot of enthusiasm
>about this project because Kansas City desperately needs a progressive media
>source online.
>
>I have my own site and work on web pages every day, but I only use HTML,
>JavaScript and Java applets. I've worked with and modified ASP pages before,
>but I've never created them from scratch.
>
>As far as hosting, I don't know if the person who host my HTML site has a
>UNIX server, if she'll accept StandardActive pages, etc.
>
>My questions to you guys are: is it that hard to learn StandardActive (it
>looks like most of the US IMCs are using it), and is it hard to find someone
>to host the pages or are they pretty standard?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Samantha
>
>
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