[kcindymedia announcements] Fw: Springfield IMC and infoshop

[Sharon Lockhart]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gdevaux" <gdevaux at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Gene W. DeVaux" <gdevaux at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: Fw: Springfield IMC and infoshop


> This mail hit my box this afternoon.  I thought that I would put Matthew
in
> touch with some of you, but didn't want to send him your e-mail addresses.
>
> If you will write him, I am sure he would appreciate your help.  I would
> like to know more about him before I would want to get too involved with
> helping him.
>
> I will check with some good progressives in the Springfield area and see
> what I can find out.
>
> Gene W. DeVaux
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matthew Opitz" <syndicaliman at gmail.com>
> To: <gdevaux at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:00 PM
> Subject: Springfield IMC and infoshop
>
>
> Hello, this a Springfield resident.  Do you work with the KC Indymedia
> center?  I saw that you have made a lot of posts on there.  I ask
> because a lot of people here in Springfield, MO are eager to get an
> IMC running here.  We've had two alternative media meetings, and we
> now have asizable group of individuals who are ready and itching to
> set up an Ozarks indymedia center.  Are you involved with the daily
> maintenance of the KC IMC?  If so, we could use a little bit of
> friendly advice
> concerning getting an IMC going.  If not, then maybe you could get me
> in touch with someone who is involved with the KC IMC?  We mainly need
> advice about:
> *the mission statement - what to include (maybe we could even see the
> KC IMC mission statement as a springboard)
> *forming an editorial/managerial collective - what kind of operating
> procedures allow for the most participation with the least amount of
> headache.
> *the responsibilities of the collective - what the day-to-day running
> of an IMC is like.
> *what kind of open-source publishing software to use - I noticed that
> the KC IMC is using dadaIMC.  Which one would you recommend?  We were
> even throwing around the idea of sort of mimicking the KC IMC setup
> for a while to get started, and maybe even share server space with the
> KC IMC (if that would be feasible).
>
> By the way, our infoshop, The Radish, has now been up and running for 3
> months now, and it is doing quite well.  We now have a weblog which
> has information on some of our activities at The Radish.  If you're
> curious, check it out at http://radishinfoshop.blogspot.com/
>
>