[New-imc] Re: [IMC-Process] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (Central Mass IMC)

[Jay]

Hi Nadia, and new-imc by cc,

This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC.  I have been involved in the new-imc 
working group for a while and have helped a variety of IMCs through the 
process.  Looks like you're off to a running start!

I assume you've taken a look at: 
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo.  It's a page with a lot 
of information about how to go about forming an IMC.  You've already done a 
lot of this!  If you haven't looked at that page yet, certainly wade 
through it.  After you do that you'll get a good idea of where you are in 
the process.  Feel free to contact me and/or the new-imc working group as 
you proceed.

Perhaps people on the new-imc working group list from IMCs near you 
(danbury, western mass, boston) would be interested in helping you through 
the process.  Would anyone from any of those IMCs be willing/able to help?

Jay


At 7/30/2003, vze4jn3e at verizon.net wrote:
>Submitted by: Nadia Dole <vze4jn3e at verizon.net> on Wednesday, July 30th, 
>2003 @ 3:43:25 pm (-0700)
>
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>imc_name:
>Central Mass IMC
>
>city:
>Worcester
>
>state:
>Massahusetts
>
>country:
>United States
>
>contact_name:
>Nadia Dole
>
>contact_email:
>vze4jn3e at verizon.net
>
>contact_phone:
>(508) 277 9531
>
>tech_name:
>Holmes Wilson
>
>tech_email:
>hwilson at wpi.edu
>
>tech_phone:
>(508) 753 0336
>
>supporting_groups:
>Studio H- supporting social change through the arts.
>Worcester Global Action Network (WoGAN)
>WPI's Justice
>Worcester Artist Group
>Worcester State College communication department
>Radical Cheerleaders Worcester
>Worcester Peace Works
>Earn-A-Bike
>Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center
>Worcester Computer Collective
>
>regional_focus:
>yes
>
>issue_focus:
>yes
>
>event_focus:
>yes
>
>critical_dates:
>Website running by mid august
>
>resources:
>Most of the resources Central Mass IMC can contribute to the global IMC 
>community have to do with bringing a unique region, including Worcester, 
>New England\'s third largest city,to a network of trans-local solidarity
>through the free media forum created with IMC. One of our primary 
>resources as people is our committment to outreach to local/ global social 
>movements, artists, community groups, journalists, and all voices through 
>which the
>local struggles of Worcester may be understood. As well, we are committed 
>to participation in forums through which the people involved in these 
>struggles might learn from and inform social movements and struggles for 
>liberation
>globally.
>     More concrete resources include organizing skills in grassroots 
> social movements, information campaigns and outreach; established and 
> mutually aware translocal connections, for example between Worcester and
>Buenos Aires; and technical knowledge, including programming, web design, 
>and server building. We will make available our connections to local 
>community media, such as Vocero, the area\'s Spanish language newspaper, and
>the alternative newspaper In City Times.
>
>
>outreach:
>Outreach began at an event at Worcester State College in March 2003 about 
>the global justice movement where a professor from that college who is 
>involved in WMass IMC made an announcement about a first meeting.  From 
>there, a small group met with several members of the WMass IMC, made no 
>decisions, but brainstormed the groups and individuals that might be 
>interested in forming a Central Mass collective.  We then had one or two
>more meetings about outreach in April 2003, and went to several groups 
>including:  Worcester Global Action Network (WoGAN), WPI's Justice, 
>Worcester Artist Group, Worcester State College communication classes, the
>Radical Cheerleaders, Worcester Peace Works, Earn-A-Bike, Pleasant Street 
>Neighborhood Network Center and others.  We also had a sign-up sheet at 
>several global justice and anti-war events.  In early May 2003, we held 
>the first official meeting at the Worcester Public Library.  About 30
>people attended and we brainstormed our visions, resources, and further 
>outreach.  Since that meeting we have met regularly and several people 
>have taken it upon themselves to continue outreach efforts through 
>existing networks.  We plan to continue outreach and step up efforts when
>an outlet (most likely the website first) is created.
>
>
>introductory_statement:
>We, the Central Mass IMC, are dedicated to building media democracy by 
>providing progressive and honest coverage of issues affecting our local 
>community and all communities around the globe working towards justice. We 
>will be a means through which the people of CMASS can exchange ideas and 
>broaden our collective imagination. We will be an outlet for the 
>production and distribution of media, serving as a source of acurate and 
>passionate
>tellings of the truth, free from corporate filtering. Indymedia serves as 
>an important alternative to the profit-driven agenda of the corporate 
>media and by joining the IMC network we will be creating a new space for 
>all those engaged in the work of peace, heart, justice and creativity, in 
>CMass and around the globe,to be the media and change the world for the better.
>
>
>
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