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[Chris Kaihatsu]

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From: blank at riseup.net
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
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>just so you all know, I do not like this at all. the cost of it alone
>makes me sick. read on and you will see what I mean.
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>blank (portland indymedia)
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>Subject: RE: [IMC-Satellite] Indymedia Newsreal Tour Grant Proposal From: 
>  tony at denverevolution.org
>Date:    Sun, June 6, 2004 2:44 pm
>To:      blank at riseup.net
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>I posted it up on the web http://deproduction.org/Mobilize_Draft6.htm but
>here's a plain text version for you so you can edit parts of the text
>directly if you wish.
>
>Remember this is just a draft.  We're expecting people to physically
>change parts they have problems with, and I will post each revised version
>up on the site.
>
>Tony
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>
>“A Popular Government without popular information or the means of
>acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. 
>Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their
>own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.â€
>						-James Madison, 1822
>
>With the world’s media now controlled by only six major conglomerates,
>it has become increasingly difficult for grassroots efforts to attract
>media attention.  The Indymedia Newsreal, a monthly alternative news
>program, was established to combat this issue.  By providing equal media
>access regardless of race, religion, political affiliation, or belief --
>the Indymedia Newsreal strives to offer an unbiased view of global and
>local issues.  Anyone can submit a segment on any topic they choose.  The
>collection of short news segments produced by local progressive
>individuals and organizations is a groundbreaking achievement for
>independent media. Broadcast nationwide by FreeSpeech TV and a growing
>group of public access stations, the Indymedia Newsreal is also seen on
>the web and in over 700 public community screenings, a level of
>distribution unmatched by any other public, independent media effort on
>the planet.  With this, issues ranging from homelessness and racism to
>globalization and healthcare reform have been brought to a national
>audience and addressed on a local level that allows viewers to see how the
>issues affect people like them.
>
>With the upcoming election, there is a crucial need for alternative media
>outlets. A functional democracy can exist only when constituents are well
>informed about political issues. Unfortunately, our current media system
>is not designed for that purpose.  The goal of today’s
>corporate-owned-and-guided media system is simple profit making, and
>consequently, mainstream media caters to the corporations, wealthy
>individuals, and government agencies that they depend upon to increase
>profitability.  Meanwhile, grassroots initiatives, progressive issues, and
>disenfranchised demographic movements rarely receive the attention they
>deserve, and thus, the issues which concern these groups are rarely
>addressed by politicians.  The low voter turnout among low-income
>families, minority groups, and the youth further hinders their ability to
>achieve political representation. The Indymedia Newsreal strives to
>provide an outlet for these groups by offering the following solutions.  
>1)	The Indymedia Newsreal provides a media outlet for all who seek
>progressive social change, regardless of financial resources or political
>clout.  Community members are introduced to the resources needed to
>produce short media segments on local issues, they are compensated up to
>$50 for any costs they incur, and their production is aired nationwide on
>Free Speech TV, reaching some 14 million homes through Dish Network Ch
>9415.  Each Newsreal program is also distributed to a network of over 100
>public access stations across the country, and screened in dozens of free
>community screenings in neighborhoods across the country. 2)	During
>election times, the Newsreal program will educate the public on critical
>issues, encouraging groups and individuals to participate in the political
>process.  The program is intended to allow communities to expose problems
>and discuss solutions at the local level, educating each other about how
>the election can affect life in their communities.  Although the Indymedia
>Newsreal strives to provide unprecedented distribution for community media
>produced by a wide range of independent producers, a lack of funding and
>promotion has hindered its ability to serve a broader audience.  To date,
>the Newsreal program has been able to include the work of over 100 groups
>from across the nation.  However, in order to achieve the mission of the
>Indymedia Newsreal, the program must encourage other disenfranchised
>groups to participate.  To do this, the Newsreal proposes to send three
>representatives to over 30 cities across the country on a 70-day tour to
>promote the Indymedia Newsreal program.  The specifics of the tour are as
>follows:
>
>Tour Mission:  To strengthen grassroots independent media, by building
>capacity within local communities, so that local organizers can use
>television to educate the public about critical issues ignored or
>misrepresented by mainstream media, in an effort to increase voter turnout
>and progressive activism generally.
>
>Tour Overview:  The Indymedia Newsreal Tour will travel to over 30 cities
>across the country to broaden participation in and support for grassroots,
>independent media.  The tour will aim to strengthen sustainable production
>and screening/distribution capacity within each community.  These local
>distribution and Production Groups will: •	Work together to produce a
>short video segment focused on issues critical to their community, in
>order to educate and mobilize broad participation in the upcoming
>elections. •	Through workshops and public screenings, build community by
>working to make existing networks of community members, activists, and
>independent media organizations stronger, more inclusive and better
>equipped to serve constituencies typically marginalized, including women,
>the poor, and people of color. •	Provide tools necessary to coordinate
>monthly community screenings, promoting local and internationally produced
>news segments to groups and individuals with limited access to the media.
>•	Offer hands on training, information and resources to enable community
>groups and individuals to produce their own video news segments for local
>and national distribution.
>
>Tour Staff:  The Newsreal proposes to send three representatives on the
>tour.  The responsibilities of these individuals are as follows: 1.	Tour
>Director:  The Tour Director will oversee all aspects of the tour
>including: 	IMC Collaboration:  The Tour Director will be responsible
>for contacting the Independent Media Centers in each of cities on the tour
>to gather resources and coordinate the promotional and operational aspects
>of the tour.   	Public Access Collaboration:  The Tour Director will
>oversee the process of assembling the information, resources, and
>individuals needed for each community to establish a sustainable Indymedia
>Newsreal Production Group.   2.	Project Coordinator: Tony Shawcross 
>-Because the task of organizing a presentation in thirty cities will be
>extremely cumbersome, a Project Coordinator will be needed to assist the
>Tour Manager.  The Project Coordinator will assist with all of the above
>tasks. 	Make Travel Arrangements: The Project Coordinator will be
>responsible for making all of the travel arrangements for the three
>representatives including: a.	Lodging in each of the 30 cities
>b.	Car rental
>c.	Directions to each of the IMCs and venues
>	Share in nearly 1,500 hours of driving expected for the tour.
>	Coordinate voter registration efforts with [insert name of
>organization] 	Assist with production of the Documentary Project
>3.	Videographer: Kevin Price  -Thanks to the support of Just Media, a
>videographer will also be following the tour to create a documentary on
>the successes of the Independent Media Centers across the US.  Just Media
>will finance his expenses, wages, and a percentage of the shared costs.  
>Target Constituencies
>Direct:  The direct target constituencies for the Newsreal tour are the
>groups and individuals who will be involved in the video news segment
>production and screening/distribution in each of the 30+ cities included
>in this tour.  In the weeks leading up to our visit, we will be working
>with local contacts and IMC representatives to get the word out to three
>primary groups in each community. First is the activist community:
>organizations already active in the local progressive organizing.  Second
>are the organizations that represent the production resources available to
>the community: usually local public access stations and media-focused
>non-profits. Third are the members of the general community.
>
>Our presentations will bring these three groups together and show them how
>they can produce and screen media content within their community and
>internationally. The goal of the project is to establish sustained
>production and distribution teams with the capacity to sustain the work by
>bringing new people from diverse communities into the effort, producing
>and distributing independent, community-based media for years to come.
>
>Indirect: The secondary constituency for this project will be reached
>indirectly.  They are the millions of television viewers and community
>members who will be reached in the months leading up to the election (and
>for years to come) when the Indymedia Newsreal segments are aired
>nationwide on Free Speech TV, on a network of over 100 public access
>television stations across the country, and in a growing number of
>community screenings for years to come.  The project aims both to educate
>these viewers on the concerns of the under-represented communities, and to
>encourage them to get involved in local progressive activism and creating
>their own media.
>
>
>Goals and Objectives of the Tour
>Goal 1:  Increase citizen involvement in progressive activism and the
>electoral system, particularly among traditionally marginalized and
>disenfranchised groups.   •	Objective:  Increase voter turnout among
>targeted communities by 5% o	Tactics:
>1) Produce a special “Mobilize the Vote†Newsreal program
>To take advantage of the increased production level during the tour, FSTV
>has agreed to broadcast the election-related segments in their special
>“Mobilize the Vote†Newsreal program in the months leading up to the
>election.  This program will be broadcast nationwide by FSTV and
>distributed to over 100 public access television stations across the US.
>
>2) Offer voter registration at the two-hour presentation in each city.
>Through our partnership with Rock the Vote, voter registration will be
>made available at each presentation, and partnerships will be established
>to encourage further voter registrations at future Indymedia Newsreal
>events.
>
>3) Use the Newsreal program to educate the public about political issues,
>candidates, local concerns, and voter registration Each Indymedia Newsreal
>Production group will be encouraged to create segments that pertain to the
>upcoming election.  In particular, we will encourage them to examine how
>some of the issues addressed by the candidates affect the people in their
>community.  Each segment will end with instructions for how viewers in
>their area can get involved with local and national progressive
>organizations and register to vote.
>
>Goal 2:  Place the power of the media in the hands of the people
>•	Objective:  Encourage at least 20 communities around the country to
>create their own sustainable grassroots independent screening and
>Production Group. o	Tactics:
>1) Travel to over 30 IMCs around the country to encourage them to:
>	Produce their first video news segment on issues critical to their
>community, in order to educate and mobilize broad participation in the
>upcoming elections. 	Broaden the network of community members,
>activists, and independent media organizations cooperating in their own
>local grassroots production and screening group. 	Coordinate a local
>monthly grassroots video news screening, promoting the screening to groups
>and individuals in their community with limited access to media
>development resources. 	Offer information and resources to enable
>community groups and individuals to produce independent news segments for
>themselves. •	Objective:  Increase the diversity of content in the
>Indymedia Newsreal program by expanding the base of producers submitting
>content.  o	Tactics:
>Organize a two hour hands-on presentation in each city on the tour to
>educate the public about the importance of grassroots, independent media
>production and distribution.  This two hour presentation will: 	Explain
>the specifics of the Newsreal program
>	Encourage members of the community to produce Newsreal segments of
>their own 	Educate the public about the affordable media production
>resources available in their communities
>
>
>The following is an illustration of what the Indymedia Newsreal Tour Crew
>plans to do in each city.
>
>Weeks before arriving in each city, the Tour Director and Project
>Coordinator will enlist the help of several local groups in each city to
>assist in organizing and promoting the Indymedia Newsreal Presentation. 
>Each presentation will aim to bring together 3 groups from within the
>community to join the local IMC in developing a sustainable Indymedia
>Newsreal Production Group: local activists, community-focused production
>organizations, and the general public.
>
>Step 1: Contact local IMC
>Since most of the cities on the tour have a pre-existing IMC collective
>with their own network of contacts and support, the Tour crew will begin
>by contacting them.  We will provide them with an announcement to send out
>to the local IMC e-mail lists, notifying them of the upcoming Newsreal
>Presentation.  The announcement will both invite recipients to participate
>in the event and also ask for volunteers to help spread the word to the
>community.  A copy of the flyer for the event will be distributed via
>e-mail, and the Newsreal Tour crew will work with the local IMC and
>activist groups to coordinate the printing and distribution of 1,000
>copies throughout the community, specifically targeting communities with
>traditionally low voter turnout.
>
>Step 2: Contact Local Activist Groups
>Beginning with the contacts generated through the local IMC, the Tour crew
>will contact several local activist groups, and locate groups who have an
>interest in using television as an organizing tool. Each group contacted
>will be asked to advise on the structure of the event, to participate, and
>also to help spread the word. The same promotional flyer will be
>distributed to these groups, asking them to assist in reproducing and
>distributing them, in cooperation with the IMC volunteers.
>
>Step 3.  Contact Local Production Resources
>Most of the cities on the tour have a local Public Access station with
>production resources that are readily available to members of the
>community.  The Tour Director and Project Coordinator will get in touch
>with these resources and send them the same invitation that was
>distributed to the IMC and activist groups.  We will invite each
>organization to participate in the presentation, introducing their
>organization to more of the community.  We will also inquire about any
>other local groups that could help ensure that the community has access to
>the production equipment they need to create Newsreal segments.  Based on
>leads from the IMC and Public Access stations, we will invite additional
>groups in the community that may be interested in supporting Indymedia
>Newsreal productions.
>
>Step 4: Establish a venue
>In our discussions with the local IMC, activist groups, and Public Access
>Television Stations, we’d invite each group to co-host the upcoming
>presentation.  Inquiring about the facilities each participating group has
>to offer, we will aim early-on to select the best venue for the Newsreal
>Presentation.
>
>Step 5: Customize the Presentation
>Upon arriving, we meet with the participating groups, and define each
>group’s particular media production and distribution needs.  A standard
>blueprint (below) for each presentation can be arranged to accommodate
>local community needs. 1)	Introduction to the Indymedia Newsreal program:
>We will explain that each segment will be aired nation-wide on FSTV and be
>distributed to over 100 public access stations across the country, and
>that the producer will receive $50 from FSTV to cover their costs. 2)	Show
>sample Indymedia Newsreal segments: We will screen a sample of short
>segments from past Newsreal programs.  3)	How to become an Indymedia
>Newsreal Producer: We will explain the process of producing and reserving
>space in a newsreal program. 4)	Introduction to FSTV’s special
>“Mobilize the Vote†Indymedia Newsreal program: We will explain the
>program, which will be broadcast to millions of homes, assuring
>participants that any newsreal segments related to the upcoming election
>will be aired before the election.  5)	Introduction of co-hosts/partnering
>organizations: For example, a)	IMC:  The local IMC might give an overview
>of the resources they have available, or their plans for an upcoming
>Newsreal project.  They can cover the resources that are available to
>local IMC members. b)	Public Access Television: The local public access
>channel can describe the equipment they make available to the community,
>and how to use Public Access TV resources to create and broadcast content
>locally.  c)	Activist Groups:  The activist groups may present issues they
>hope to address in upcoming Newsreal segments.  They may also present any
>resources they might have available to assist with the Indymedia Newsreal
>project locally.   6)	Audience participation: We will encourage all
>attendees to participate, speaking about projects they would like to
>take-on, resources or information they need, or support they can offer
>others. 7)	Establishing an Indymedia Newsreal community screening group:
>Once the participants have learned about the community screenings
>happening across the country, we will try to assemble a group of
>individuals who will work together to organize and sustain a similar event
>locally. 8)	Assembling Production teams: Finally, we will give the
>audience a chance to break out into smaller groups, each focused on
>different program ideas raised earlier.  These groups will form the
>initial production teams, and specific action-steps will be put forth for
>the groups plans to become a reality.
>
>Step 6: Ensure Sustainability
>The goal of the Newsreal Tour is not only to teach communities about the
>Newsreal program, but also to help communities network with each other and
>identify the potential that exists in every community for individuals to
>create and distribute alternative media and to continue creating
>alternative media for years to come.  We will share examples of other
>cities’ successes and put them in contact with resources at other IMCs
>that will be available to support the work they’re doing.
>
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>
>Budget
>Following is the proposed Tour Budget, including all costs for the Tour
>Director, Project Coordinator, and Videographer.  The center column
>includes the costs which will be funded by Just Media, while the column on
>the right consists of the funds we are requesting from the Funding
>Exchange “Mobilize the Vote†Fund
>
>Item	Total Cost	Just Media	FEX
>Wages
>Tour Director 	 $ 5,000.00 	 $    - 	 $ 5,000.00
>Project Coordinator	 $ 5,000.00 	 $    - 	 $ 5,000.00
>Videographer	 $ 5,000.00 	 $5,000.00 	 $    -
>Travel Expenses
>Gas & Maintenance	 $  900.00 	 $ 300.00 	 $  600.00
>Lodging	 $ 2,250.00 	 $ 750.00 	 $ 1,500.00
>Food	 $ 3,600.00 	 $1,200.00 	 $ 2,400.00
>Car Rental	 $ 3,000.00 	 $1,000.00 	 $ 2,000.00
>Phone	 $  300.00 	 $ 100.00 	 $  200.00
>Misc Expenses	 $  450.00 	 $ 150.00 	 $  300.00
>Presentation Expenses
>Pamphlet Reproduction	 $ 1,500.00 	 $    - 	 $ 1,500.00
>Promo Flyer Copies	 $ 1,500.00 	 $    - 	 $ 1,500.00
>Projector	 $ 1,000.00 	 $    - 	 $ 1,000.00
>Misc.	 $  500.00 	 $    - 	 $  500.00
>Production Expenses
>Sennheiser ME66	 $  700.00 	 $ 700.00 	 $    -
>Diffuser/Reflector Set	 $  100.00 	 $ 100.00 	 $    -
>Bescor 12XLRAT Battery	 $  150.00 	 $ 150.00 	 $    -
>Tape Stock	 $  500.00 	 $ 500.00 	 $    -
>TOTAL	 $31,450.00 	 $9,950.00 	 $ 21,500.00
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