[New-imc] TENNESSEE-IMC

[Jay]

An update, sent a few weeks ago from the Tennessee IMC.  Chris sent it to 
me directly and not the list, and I forgot to pass it along until now.


>From: Chris Lugo <christopher_lugo at yahoo.com>
> > >Hi Jay
> > >
> > >Nice to meet you.  My name is Chris Lugo and I am
> > one
> > >of the people involved with the Nashville IMC.  I
> > have
> > >been to Philly on many occasions to protest and do
> > IMC
> > >work.  The RNC 2000 was a real trip in terms of
> > doing
> > >IMC work.  That was an exciting week.  We have a
> > lot
> > >of contacts with Philly here in Nashville.  Good to
> > >meet you.  In response to your email . . .
> > >
> > >Thanks for being an initial contact with our new TN
> > >IMC process.  We have been meeting informally for a
> > >while now and finally decided to do something aobut
> > >it.  The whole process started most recently when
> > some
> > >of us got blacklisted from our local community
> > >television station where we have been producing
> > >radical programming for about seven years.  We
> > finally
> > >had it with our community television station and
> > >decided to start an IMC in addition to trying to
> > >reform the community television station.
> > >
> > >Some of us have been working with indymedia for
> > three
> > >years and were really inspired by working with
> > Atlanta
> > >IMC and felt confident we could probably get one
> > off
> > >the ground down here.  Our first "official" meeting
> > >went very well.  We had a turnout of about fifteen
> > >people and we have had two more meetings since then
> > >with about fifteen people.  It is interesting how
> > many
> > >people know about indymedia.  Our group is a mixing
> > >pot of video activists, journalists, techies and
> > >community activists.  We are excited about the
> > process
> > >because it is bringing us together and we are
> > already
> > >having results in the local press.  Last week some
> > >investigative work we did on discrimination against
> > >anti war activists ended up on the front page of
> > the
> > >Tennessean, Nashville's daily paper.  In recent
> > days
> > >we played part in another story that ended up on
> > the
> > >front page of the Tennessean in which the Tennessee
> > >Bureau of Investigation was collecting the names
> > and
> > >addresses of Peace Demonstrators at a local March
> > 5th
> > >event.
> > >
> > >We have been going through the newimc site step by
> > >step and we will be in contact with you as we have
> > >more questions about the process.
> > >
> > >I understand that it is a lot of work to make an
> > IMC
> > >truly effective.  We have already broken into six
> > >working groups - print, video, audio, photo, tech
> > and
> > >community outreach.  People here are very excited
> > and
> > >interested in contributing to the process so this
> > is
> > >going to make the work go a little bit easier.  We
> > >also have a good team of journalists and tech
> > people
> > >so this is going to a nice addition to the process
> > as
> > >well.  We had our third meeting yesterday and will
> > be
> > >meeting again in two weeks.  Next week Jello Biafra
> > is
> > >in town so we are going to helping our local LPFM
> > to
> > >do a fundraiser and skip meeting that week.
> > >  I think that a lot of organizations will be
> > >interested in collaborating with our IMC but I
> > agree
> > >that not everyone will be doing the daily work on
> > the
> > >process.  I think there will be a bit of a weeding
> > out
> > >process that will happen over the next 2-3 months.
> > >Not that we are going to exclude anyone but rather
> > >that people who really want to do the work and
> > >continue to show up versus people who will come to
> > an
> > >occasional meeting.
> > >
> > >We decided to call ourselves Tennessee IMC because
> > >their has been a lot of interest expresses in an
> > IMC
> > >from Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga.  Memphis
> > has
> > >the digital media arts coop which keeps them pretty
> > >busy and Knoxville Earth First has the pirate radio
> > >station which keeps them pretty busy too so we
> > decided
> > >we would have the IMC in Nashville which is
> > mid-state.
> > >  We have a core group in Nashville that can do
> > most of
> > >the work, but rather than setting up four IMCs in
> > the
> > >state we figured we would just set up one to cover
> > the
> > >entire state.  We are in contact with communities
> > all
> > >over the state and knoxville and memphis and
> > >chattanooga all requested we call it Tennessee IMC
> > >rather than Nashville IMC.
> > >
> > >So thanks for the email and we will be in touch as
> > our
> > >process continues to evolve.
> > >
> > >Chris Lugo
> > >Tennessee IMC
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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