[Boston-print] Mtg. Minutes 9/14

[tiffany dumont]

RE bands:  I can spin some conscious experimental
records.  But for what event now?
tiff
--- Sofia JarrinT <sofiajt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi There!
> See below meeting minutes for our gathering this
> past Tuesday.  Our next meeting is TBA--we need a
> new place to meet.  Anyone generous enough to offer
> us their home, let us know. 
> Peace! 
> Sofia
>  
> PAPER PRODUCTION DEADLINE
>  
> We have a target deadline for the paper!! OCTOBER
> 13TH, one day after Columbus Day (what in Latin
> America we call "Dia de la Raza"). All story entries
> must be in by October 8th.  
>  
> AD PROMOTION
> We've collected an awesome initial list of ad
> sponsors. Sofia's working on a database for them.
> Tim will be working on designing a rate card. We
> hope to have ad packages ready by the end of the
> week in order to start promotion.
>  
> JOBS OPEN
> Remember that the following jobs are still open.
> Please contact us if you are intersted in leading
> any of them:
> - Tabling Coord.
> - Editing Coord.
> - Fundraising Coord.
> - Boston Media Convergence Coord. (Josh & Sofia
> volunteered to help)
> - Art designers to work in the Art Design team
>  
> T-SHIRTS
> We have kicked out our T-shirt design contest. See
> Boston Indy's web site for more info. Please help
> circulate by picking up flyers from the office.
> Sofia's finalizing prices for US/union-made
> t-shirts.
>  
> BANDS FOR INDYMEDIA
> We brainstormed possible bands to contact, such as:
> Third Eyed Productions, The Foundation, Sunbird Han
> and the Man, Mango Blue.  Pete will also ask Petrina
> about other bands.
>  
> VIDEO
> We're researching videos that we could re-sell at
> our tabling, such as The Miami Model.  Tim will
> follow up with a few contracts.
>  
> GRANTS
> Pete gave updates on applying to grants with
> Haymarket and Peace Development.  Other grants, such
> as Media Justice, have a January deadline.  Another
> possibility is a fiscal sponsor such as UCMC (Urban
> & Champaine).
>  
> TABLING
> Our tabling event at the World Peace Concert, MIT,
> was a total success.  We signed up 24 new Indy
> volunteers and made wonderful new contacts. Special
> thanks goes to Petrina, Josh, Abigail, Pete, and
> Sofia for tabling at the event.  A few new things we
> brainstormed about including in future tablings: a
> big container to hold all materials, a banner (we
> discussed painting it ourselves), stickers w/t-shirt
> logo, magnets, fake tatoos...
>  
> FREE MOVIE PASSES
> Russ is looking into getting free movie passes for
> future movie reviews. That should give us first dips
> into political/social films we might want to feature
> on the paper.
>  
> BOSTON MEDIA CONVERGENCE
> We discussed a tentative date of December 1st. We
> hope to hold at the office with alternative local
> magazines and newspapers.  If you are interested in
> participating or coordinating the event, please let
> us know. Discussion on details was tabled for a
> later TBA meeting.
> 
>  
> 
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