[CIMC-work] meeting sunday

[Garth Liebhaber]

here is the response i got back from WIDC.  I did not bring up the office 
space, but I will.  find out cost and length of commitment, etc.  I'm too 
tired to writer her back tonight, but will tomorrow.  for those that don't 
know WIDC offered us deskspace and a dsl hook-up and phone line(?).  mle and 
i as well as mitchell got a little excited about this.  it's up where we all 
live.  feel free to weigh in, folks,  g.


hello Garth,

Yes, I am very, very  interested.  I spoke to several people from CIM about
that possibility.

I feel that WIDC's Community Center has a lot of potential as a resource for
the community.  But that it has been underutilized.  We have approached
several progressive groups about sharing our space and/or bolstering
relationships already in place.  These groups include:

Asian American Collective (a panasian collective of many standing projects,
including Mango Tribe, YAWP, CHOP, the Asian American Film Showcase, etc.)

Pintig Cultural Group (a phillipino performance group that presents original
theatrical plays & musicals about community issues)

and CIM.

I have been proposing Thursdays as the best day for standing dates.  That
leaves Sund-Wedn free for rehearsal space rentals.  And it leaves Friday and
Saturday (our prime nights), available for rentals and longer theatrical
productions.

Would you or a committee from CIM want to meet with me and discuss the
details?  FYI, I will be leaving Chicago at the end of the month.  If the
timing is still off for CIM, you can certainly continue this discussion with
Jennifer Reeder from the WIDC Board of Directors.  We will have no or
limited staff for a while, since we lost 40% of our funding last year.  But
WIDC was volunteer-run for the first nine years of its existence, and we see
restructuring as an opportunity to get back to basics, and relevancy.

Rebecca Gee

>I'm not going to be able to attend the meeting this sunday (i'll be in 
>michigan again), but I want to epxress my interest in helping with another 
>film screening.
>
>and also reiterate my thoughts about the space in WITDC. sounds like a good 
>idea, we can use the space more often, easier to get to (for some of us) 
>and the notion of having office hours is a little more realistic. i'd like 
>to have hours one night and possible teach a class, answer phones, 
>whatever. i posted a more detailed opion last week. i can check into rental 
>costs or write a proposal or something.
>
>mle
>

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