[Imc-cleveland] Re: Imc-cleveland Digest, Vol 34, Issue 9

[andypie]

good job patrick!  wish I coulda' been there.


On Feb 28, 2006, at 3:01 PM, imc-cleveland-request at lists.indymedia.org 
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>    1. (no subject) (ABIGAIL FISHEL)
>    2. notes from c-imc mini-meeting february 26, 2006
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> Hey you all.  how's everyone?  I looked on the indy media main website 
> for
> questions about editing the site.  There's some good info on there.  
> On the
> left hand column, choose indy media docs, then click to world 
> documents then
> find where it talks about editing.  Its not too hard to find.  Good 
> info.
> An ongoing debate it seems.
>   my computer time is going to end.  Gotta fly.   Abigail.
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> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:48:11 -0800 (PST)
> From: p-indy216 at riseup.net
> Subject: [Imc-cleveland] notes from c-imc mini-meeting february 26,
> 	2006
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> hey, just wanted to let everyone know a group of folks who are 
> interested
> in working with c-imc met at my house to have a brunchy chat and 
> discuss
> indymedia.  most of them havent been able to make it to our regular
> meetings because of schedule conflicts but were eager to meet and it 
> just
> ended up last sunday was the day, sorry i didnt mention it sooner.
>
> anyway here is what we discussed, (we = patrick, abigail, josh, uma, 
> and
> lisa)
>
>
> c-imc mini-meeting february 26, 2006
>
> We went over the meeting notes from the last meeting. patrick answered 
> any
> questions that came up as to the best of his ability.
>
> on meeting time - we agreed 11am on Sundays was the best time to meet 
> and
> suggested my house as a possible location to meet, we have internet and
> couches.
>
> abigail said she would be interested in writing a weekly column on
> Prisons/Prisoners. she also made some suggestions of things they did in
> omaha we could try, like meeting weekly to discuss editorial stuff.
>
> we talked about the radio show a bit too. there is interest in doing 
> more
> interviews, we may need to get a phone card for long distance 
> interviews
> over the phone. we can find a time to do prerecorded interviews at the
> radio station, id like to have a list of good music readily available,
> both instrumental and with vocals. send suggestions to me, and josh
> suggested we use music headers for each stories.
>
> josh also went to the year of grassroots networking event at CSu and 
> had
> some notes. he attended the workshop titled "role of grassroots media" 
> and
> said the discussion never got around to the topic of grassroots media,
> instead it focused on the numerous complaints about mainstream media. 
> some
> of which are relevant and important to discuss. one observation that 
> was
> mentioned was that commercials are one main reason people watch tv 
> (they
> give people a break from the action, which facilitates people watching 
> for
> longer periods. josh suggested we can use this technique on the radio
> show, have more music/breaks)  also that representatives from some 
> groups
> are more easily dismissed and other people given more credablity 
> depending
> on how they are presented.
>
> other things discussed included talking about how news is
> crafted/perceived and doing skill shares (how to write stories, etc)
>
> josh is interested in producing an old skool handbill each week or two
> weeks that has a select number of stories on it, this can be emailed 
> out
> and people or supporting locations can print a few out and distribute.
>
> community news events - this would be an open mic type of event or open
> forum where people can discuss a hot button issue or particular news
> article.
>
> high school news corps - going off an idea kris had we can contact 
> local
> high school newspaper staff and other groups that work with youth on 
> media
> like PRYME youth media in collinwood, and another in slavic village 
> that
> is doing media literacy, and sponsor a training/contest and feature a
> story each week or every story.
>
> also brought up the campus activism/news category, we should reach out 
> to
> contacts at all the local uni's and colleges and encourage them to post
> stuff relevant to whats goin on their campus.
>
> finally their was two tabling opportunites this past weekend and it was
> obseved that imc flyers were MIA, (i think there were some buried on 
> the
> infoshop table) so...
> josh volunteered to work up a new current flyer. he wants to know what
> information needs to be on it!
>
> ~p
>
>
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