[New-imc] IDAHO (initial response)

[Jay]

Hi Martin,

Glad to hear from you.  This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC, and the 
new-imc working group.  Have  we been in touch before . . . ?  I know I 
sent a couple e-mails to Brett, and to Jeremy Maxand, a while ago when they 
were trying to put together someting in Idaho.  I'm happy to see that 
effort continuing.

As you probably know, the new-imc working group is here to help you through 
the process of joining the network by answering your questions and by 
asking a lot of others.  You've already seen the documents at 
"http://newimc.indymedia.org".  The next step would be to make sure 
everyone else in the forming collective is familiar with them, and to start 
following the suggested organizing steps.

You indicate that you've been doing a lot of outreach, which the new-imc 
working group has emphasized a lot in recent months.  We've also been 
really enthusiastic about aspiring IMCs that attract a lot of diverse 
people from the community, as those groups have proved to be the most 
sustainable.  So, if those are already priorities, you're a step ahead of 
the game.

Take your time to do good organizing as you go through the steps suggested 
at the newimc.indymedia page.  Feel free to ask me or the new-imc working 
group any questions you may have.  When you're ready, drop 
new-imc at indymedia.org a line with your responses to the membership 
criteria, and we'll be off to the races.

Good luck,

Jay


At 9/19/2002, info at idahomediaproject.org wrote:
>Submitted by: Martin Orr <info at idahomediaproject.org> on Thursday, 
>September 19th, 2002 @ 10:02:36 am (-0700)
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>tech_name:
>Brett Nelson
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>tech_email:
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>tech_phone:
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>Idaho Media Project
>Snake River Alliance
>Working Group for Fair Elections
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>350MGHZ - 16gig drive - 256K DSL; Programmer with 21 years experience 
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>outreach:
>The Idaho Indymedia working group has held a number of public meetings, 
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>GLBT, disability and other groups to participate.  We will redouble our 
>outreach efforts once the site is active.
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>activists around the world.  Idahoans have been working since the 
>inception of Indymedia to bring this resource home.  In Idaho, politics 
>are more unrepresentative than in many other parts of the US and the world 
>(as represented by the gulf between public opinion polls and the 
>composition of the Legislature).  A major reason for this is an extremely 
>closed media system.  In Idaho, the major outlets are either owned by out 
>of state interests, or by very powerful local interests.  We believe Idaho 
>Indymedia will become one of most effective tools in bringing activists 
>together, and in challenging the media and political monopoly in our 
>state.  We will be proud to uphold the ideals and further the mission of 
>Indymedia\'s global network.
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