[New-imc] Proposed new IMC!

[downitgoes at antisocial.com]

A proposed new IMC is being requested.
Details are as follows:

Proposed IMC Name:	IMC Winnipeg
Contact Name:		Geoffrey Young
Email:			downitgoes at antisocial.com
Phone:			204-779-3113
City:			Winnipeg
State:			Manitoba
Country:		Canada
Tech Contact Name:	Geoffrey Young
Tech Contact Email:	downitgoes at antisocial.com
Tech Contact Phone:	204-779-3113
Regional Focus:		yes
Issue Focus:		yes
Event Focus:		yes
Critical Dates:		Mar 1-15 launch due to Kannanaskis prep.
Supporting Groups:	g7 welcoming committe, CKUW, Idiosyntactix, IMC Ontario, BOB, Trick Media, MMM Design, luther blissett and monty cantsin 
Other comments:		
Resources to contribute: does this mean how much money we can give you? none. other resources described in essay.

Why we want to be an IMC: wow, an essay, im in school again!
I hope is graded on a bell curve so I can slack and still pass.
lets see there were 2 marched here this week. The student one drew a few thousand and the anti-war one is on saturday. This is essentially lost news.
As you may or may not know, Winnipeg is the site of the continents first major strike and the home of one Emma Goldman. It is the left most geographic area on the continent. The dissenting scene here is larger than that of the average city 4 or 5 times its size. not to mention, the 2 marches per week happen in -40 weather. imagine mobilizing sf or seattle in -40 weather.
AS you probably already know from the email I sent to process list we here in Winnipeg are nearing the part when we start to prepare for the G8. An indymedia site would allow folks everywhere to benefit from our preparations. Theres heaps of shit, maps, scouting info etc... that we plan to post to compliment the alberta stuff as well as transport information for all the manitobans and folks passing through from the east.
The government here in manitoba is wierd. We have soviet style car insurance where no companies are involved. Its an NDP government, which is surprisingly left but still not left enough for most of the citizenry. 
The protest history is paralell and almost indentical to city history.
There is no real heavy industry here because there are no large corporation that willing to deal with manitobas labour movement, historically the strongest on the continent.
The Anarchist zone is a block from the business district. this would be equivalent to having the anarchist zone just off wall street in NYC.
Cost of living is low and rent controls are really tight.
Winnipeg probably has the highest percentage of resident aboriginals on the continent.
but for some reason, there hasnt been imc yet.
So I would say that this "collective" we have here is most interested in starting imc winnipeg because it is needed.
We already have a staggering amount of resources, though no money. These invlove a record label, community station manager, lawyer, 2 university trained journalists, techies.
We also have tech support from kevin smith at imc ontario, he told me to contact vancouver and said they help. We have idiosyntactix collective in toronto which includes trickmedia and mmm design. These people have been doing web shit since html1 was launched and are pioneers in internet broadcast.  I remember helping them with internet broadcast as early as 1996. We have access to the guy that ran University of Torontos servers as well as former personally assistant to Dr Steve Mann, inventor of the Wearcom wearable PC and now a movie star (cyberman.
I myself have been going to marches, writing letters and doing political shit since I found burroughs at age 15.then adbusters. thats all she wrote. Ive organized punk shows and helped in the organization of large festivals.  Bin shot at, gassed, pepper sprayed, starved, arrested, beaten, jumped, threatened by police and interviewed by mass media. I cant tell you which was worse.
I personally have dealth with IMC Ontario primarily and played a major role in establishing imc for the Oct16 actions in Toronto. I helped at O17 action in Ottawa which included a 7 hour marathon overnight broadcast. I have also helped at centres in washington, philly and Quebec.
For the past 9 months I have devoted the lions share of my time to indymedia rather than getting a job or making a living.
so thats about it, thats the needs and reasons for getting an imc here asap.
id contact kevin smith, hes the best to vouch and dk at trick.ca
geoffrey