[IMC-bristol] RE: Bristol Indymedia Meeting Minutes
Mike Tonks
mike at bettercode.com
Fri Mar 19 03:59:50 PST 2004
Welcome back,
I would just like to recognise that you have had a great influence
working within bristol indymedia over the past couple of years. You
have at times been a personal inspiration to me and I'm delighted that
you feel able to get back on board.
Wicked poster by the way! I will get some printed - can someone
volunteer to take them to each of the universities and elsewhere...?
Did you get the info that I invited Paul to come down early do an
afternoon workshop before the April film night - we have booked the cube
for an afternoon session. I hope you can make it...
I think it might be usefull for the rest of us to start drafting some
guidelines for volunteers - in a sense to define what a volunteer is,
just to help anyone who is not clear.
I believe that volunteers should try to:
- contribute regularly to the project in a positive way - posting
articles or features, moderating the site, creating content, organising
events, etc
- build trust relationships with members of the group [this includes
informal social interaction :]
- take on admin responsibilities when necessary
- feedback their ideas and actions to the group, particularly when
participating in wider IMC activities on a national or global level.
- avoid conflict
- drink beer [pref organic - not compulsory]
- be prepared to step away from the project at any time if asked to do
so by the group
I also think we need to recognise that while the mailing list is a
usefull communication tool, it is not the be-all and end-all of the
group - personal interaction is more important, particularly as we are a
local group.
Persistent postings, either from known members or anonymous users,
should not be taken too seriously.
ian wrote:
> Now that this matter has been resolved I've hopped back on the list.
> I'd like to thank the Brizzle collective for their patience in dealing
> with this, especially the newbies. My intention is to carry on
> admining/moderating etc but only if people want me to.
>
> So...where were we ?
>
> Cube Filmnights
>
> Monday 29th March is all in hand - poster here
> http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13710/index.php It would
> be novel if some people could print some out this time and put them up
> (especially in Universities etc)
>
> The Bristol STW/ Fairford trial talk is a great idea for Aprils film
> screening. I'd suggest getting Josh rather than Margaret to speak
> though but thats just my preference. A word about the film screenings
> in general : I'm up for continuing to coordinate them if people want me
> to. I quite enjoy doing it and they do seem to be taking of now. My
> policy is to find films that fit in with the indymedia remit that will
> also draw in a crowd, the community films / activist shorts / ENR can
> then be fitted around it. I feel that putting on films that no one has
> heard of, even with the best of intentions, is a waste of time & energy
> ( and they also make no money which we do need to pay da bills). The
> policy so far is to be open to suggestions from EVERYONE within the
> indymedia, especially for local community films, as we have been
> doing so far -this is then fed back into the group either through the
> list or meetings or word of mouth. I have possible films lined up
> for the future including SEEING IS BELIEVING: HANDICAMS, HUMAN RIGHTS
> AND THE NEWS http://www.seeingisbelieving.ca/handicam/introduction/
> <http://www.seeingisbelieving.ca/handicam/introduction/%A0> and a
> recent BFI programme
>
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> *Advance Democracy! *
>
> A Brief History of British Film and Video Activism :
> http://www.bfi.org.uk/collections/news/stories/2004-02-25-videoactivism.html
> <http://www.bfi.org.uk/collections/news/stories/2004-02-25-videoactivism.html%A0%A0%A0%A0>
> I'm also well up for doing Jani Roberts' diamond film if we can get a
> decent quality screening copy ( can you chase this for May Tom?)
> I'd suggest that ( and I've said this 2 or 3 times at meetings now )
> that if other people within the indymedia collective wants to put on
> other screenings around Bristol (especially Sarf bristol - Hen &
> Chicken??? ) then they should be encouraged to do so - I'll certainly
> help out with providing films where I can. However there has been a
> core group who have nurtured these screenings at the cube now and I
> reckon they should be allowed to continue this work - as the radio
> posse are doing.
>
>
> Outreach/Community news day : can we step this up a peg now? I'd
> suggest having a meeting for people who want to get involved with it
> ASAP. It would be good to open this up to as many people as possible.
> Any suggestions for a time/venue?
>
> Festivals - there is very good scope for getting a cinema tent together
> but we need to get a handle on this soon or we're totally gonna miss the
> boat again. I'd like to discuss this as part of the proposed
> 'Outreach/community news day meeting' again with all those who want to
> participate. I can't make glastonbury though but am well up for doing
> others.
>
> Flyers - can somebody bring some down to Fridays critical mass (5.30pm
> Arnolfini) ?
>
> Website - what a smooth migration! Impressive. Can we make the font
> size on the newswire the same size as everything else + extend the
> number of submissions by 20? + can we make it fixed width?
>
> Bath business - simon hedonist needs £50 cash for the indymedia books
> that went to Senegal. Can that get sorted please? + schnews are in
> Bath on 10th April at the Bell on Walcot st- they'll be a lazy afternoon
> of print workshops ( and i'll be doing video encoding/editing
> workshops) with them - all invited and its free! do any of the radio
> posse want to do stuff?
>
>
> cheers
> ian
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