[Imc-g8-2005] leaflet about Indymedia and Indymedia facilities around the G8

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Hi text below is for a basic introduction call out / email letter to local 
group etc - it's not designed for a flyer though.

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MAKING OUR OWN MEDIA AT THE G8

Indymedia and other alternative and independent media groups are working 
together to provide our own grassroots media coverage of the events around 
the G8 Summit - and we're asking for your participation.

If you're going along to the G8 events like the counter conferences, 
cultural events, demonstrations or protests then why not join other people 
in making our own media.

People are encouraged to publish their own written reports about events on 
the Indymedia websites (see the links below - anyone can publish on the 
websites - just hit the 'publish button' and follow the instructions).

During the G8 there is also a need for teams of video volunteers and 
photographers to cover the various events and protests - if you've got a 
camera you can take part and publish your own pictures! Volunteer audio 
reporters are also needed to provide audio coverage of the protests, 
actions and counter conferences - recording, interviewing, editing and 
uploading audio reports.

To support people making their own media there will be a main Independent 
Media Centre (IMC) located in central Edinburgh with internet connected 
computers. It will open several days before the G8 protests and time will 
be allocated for some very basic training as well as co-ordination meetings.

Indymedia is committed to trying to make the centre a welcoming place where 
people with little experience of media activism can plug in, join street 
media teams, and get started in the empowering process of making our own 
media. People are needed to help run the centre and to provide training, 
kit needs to be sourced, set up, and run over a full week of protests. 
People will be asked to sign up when they arrive and to join various 
volunteer media teams. Note: Mainstream corporate media are not invited!

Other groups are also going to set up a smaller Independent Media Centre in 
Glasgow. There are also plans for other facilities closer to Gleneagles 
where the G8 Summit will be held, and at other locations.

A special invite goes out to people who want to participate in independent 
media but have not yet known how to do so - we don't have the resources to 
train everyone, but we do believe that most people can "be the media", and 
if you can work cooperatively with other people we are confident that you 
will find a way to contribute.  We need your help if the summit coverage is 
to be successful.

We firmly believe that the independent media coverage for this event needs 
to be self-organized.  Indymedia is 100% voluntary and does not have the 
resources or desire to have any sort of corporate-style management 
structures. So, if you think something needs to be done, you need to get 
involved to make it happen.

For more information and to find out how to get involved check out the 
Indymedia websites at:

www.indymedia.org.uk
www.scotland.indymedia.org

And to get in touch or offer help email us at:
imc-g8-2005-contact at lists.indymedia.org

Thanks, and remember - all we need is your participation!

Don't hate the media - be the media!

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At 17:13 14/06/2005, Anarcho Babe wrote:
>Hia,
>
>could somebody please volunteer to do a leaflet till tonight about
>Indymedia in general and about indymedia at the forthcoming G8?
>
>That would be great - it needs to be mailed out tomorrow.
>cheers Ulla
>
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