[Imc-wales] another meeting?

Fri May 25 10:04:33 UTC 2007

Thanks Kelvin

Maybe Aberystwyth people could suggest a couple of suitable dates for a 
meeting - will you be able to advertise it and get interested people along?

The Wales page isn't active yet because we need to get at least the 
basics translated and work hasn't been finished on the guidelines, 
mission statement etc., plus we need to make sure we have enough people 
to share the moderation before we launch it.  However, in the meantime 
reports about Wales could come back to UK indymedia.

Here's some information (below) about what's happening indymedia-wise at 
the G8.

Cheers

Genny

Independent Media Centre (IMC) - Reclaim the Media!

The IMC is a media collective which will be organising reporting on the 
official G8 summit, the alternative/counter summit, and especially the 
protests. The IMC promotes a method of reporting which does not treat 
news as goods. Instead it is about grassroots reporting, by the people 
involved in the protests themselves, by you!
à DON’T HATE THE MEDIA – BE THE MEDIA! ß
We want to offer you the possibility to publish your observations and 
experiences through texts, photos/images, audio or video clips; directly 
from the streets, to disseminate all over the world.
Don’t wait for the news industry to spin out stories about your life and 
our movements, instead help create and determine the news and together 
we can tell the peoples news by making the stories ourselves!

This is how it works at the G8 2007:

The IMC is located at the protest centre in the Evershagener school, 
together with the convergence centre. Here, in the camps and in the 2nd 
media centre in Rostock City (Friedrichstr. 23), we will set up 
computers with public access. Just look out for the ((i)) sign.
You can use these computers to write your texts and upload your reports 
with or without your images and photos.
If you are a radio or video activist, you can also come to the IMC and 
find fellow activists with similar ideas, as well as people with 
knowledge and experience in case you need technical support.

Independent Media - tune in here:

Internet:
You can find up-to-date news and reports in different languages on 
http://de.indymedia.org. Various other media collectives are also linked 
on this page.

Mobil phone (WAP):
If you have a relatively new mobile phone, you can access 
http://de.indymedia.org/wap. This wap-ticker will always keep you up to 
date with reports about what has happened around Heiligendamm.

Radio:
You can find our radio programs on http://de.indymedia.org and in 
different languages on http://radioforum.fm. From the 1st to the 9th of 
June we will have a radio live-stream with practical information about 
the latest developments on the spot as well as several 
streaming-programs for independent radio stations throughout the world.
It might be useful to carry a small radio with you.

Video:
The latest video-clips can be found on http://g8-tv.org. From June 2nd - 
8th, at 9.00 p.m. they will stream a half hour program with the ‘News of 
the Day’ in German and English language. There will also be public 
screenings of these and other videos at the convergence centre and at 
the camps.

Print:
We will try to come up with a tiny daily/nightly ‘newspaper.’ It will be 
available on the internet, so that everyone can print, copy and share 
it. We will try to make these ‘newspapers’ available at every camp.

Participate:

·	If you make an important observation that has to go out immediately 
for the up-to-date news or the newsticker: Call: 0162-3568957 (sms and 
maybe mms possible as well). Watch out for more phone numbers!
       This number is only for incoming news, and not an info hotline!
·	If you want to participate in the IMC as a translator (all languages), 
reporter, tech or in any other form, send an email to
g8-mediaactivism at lists.nadir.org or g8-media at so36.net …or just drop 
in at the IMC at the convergence centre.
·	If you want to help out the radio, e.g. as reporter: jetsam at nadir.org
·	Contact for video activists: videoactivism at nadir.org
·	Contact for still images: g8-foto at riseup.net
·	General questions and information about the IMC: 0162-8727086
·	Any kind of donation or support is welcome and highly appreciated!

One more request:

Taking pictures or video at a protest brings great responsibility with 
it. Your material could get people into big trouble no matter whether 
they are actively participating or just standing by.
Therefore: Take pictures in a way so that faces can not be recognised 
(during actions). Make sure that you take memory-cards/-chips and films 
to a secure location regularly, to minimise the risk of confiscation by 
the police. In any case, before publishing: All people’s faces must be 
blurred! Even those of people who might not have been directly part of 
an action at that time.

Important: Make sure that the date and time of your camera is set 
correctly, because this can be crucial evidence afterwards. Do help 
document police violence and actions in general.

If you report on the protests on your own website and/or upload photos 
and videos, please tag your posts with "g8" and "heiligendamm" so they 
become part of the independent summit reporting.

( ( ( i ) ) )

R e s i s t  –  R e f u s e  -  R e p o r t

... independent news from the streets for the global community !!!

Kelvin Mason wrote:
> Sorry to be out of touch - I am listening, just not contributing. Lots of
> work and activism keeping me pinned down. Meeting at the PAD sounds great.
> We can also arrange a meeting and accommodation in Aberystwyth if we have
> dates... And as long as the dates don't clash with G8, Climate Camp, Peace
> Festival... 
> 
> By the way, I'm going to G8 - are we ready to post any reports? I don't know
> what internet access will be like in Gemany, but maybe I could get news back
> to Wales about the Wales contribution to the protests
> 
> Hwyl fawr
> 
> Kelvin
> 
> p.s. Sori can't really help with the Welsh language stuff...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: imc-wales-bounces at lists.indymedia.org
> [mailto:imc-wales-bounces at lists.indymedia.org] On Behalf Of Genny
> Sent: 25 May 2007 08:26
> To: Gwent Anarchists; imc-wales
> Subject: Re: [Imc-wales] another meeting?
> 
> Gwent Anarchists wrote:
>> We are still well up for hosting an IMC-wales meeting
>>
>> There is a new PAD social Centre in cardiff, though
>> it's not open yet (should be by next week) which would
>> seem the ideal place for such a meeting, If people
>> want it there, am willing to do the organisation for
>> it. 
>>
> 
> Yeah, PAD sounds like the right place to have it.  Will there be crash 
> space there too?
> 
> Haven't heard back from Aberystwyth, but I think it's worth having a 
> meeting in both places anyway.
> 
> Once PAD's open, maybe you can get back to us with some possible dates - 
> weekends probably easier for me, depending on when.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Genny
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