[New-imc] KANSAS CITY

[Jay]

Hi everyone at new-imc,

The Kansas City IMC group is back!  About a year ago they filled out the 
network membership form and sent it in to the new-imc group.  We tried to 
find them a liaison but that apparently didn't work too well, so they 
decided just to keep organizing and deal with us at new-imc later.

Now they seem to be really to go through the new-imc process once and for 
all.  Read their below information and you'll see they've already put a lot 
of work and thought into their organizing.  They acknowledge they have a 
lot of improvements to make, as do all IMCs, but they seem to be willing to 
work hard to make them.  This link (http://kcindymedia.org/info/index.php) 
will get you to a page on their site with more information about them, 
including their mission statement 
(http://kcindymedia.org/info/display/mission/)  and editorial policy 
(http://kcindymedia.org/info/display/policy/).

Sam, Chuck and others from KC . . . I think the next step, as indicated at 
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo, is for the KC IMC to 
respond point by point to the membership criteria document:

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/MembershipCriteria.

You've basically addressed all the membership criteria points in your 
information below, but if you take a moment and reorganize your info to 
respond point by point to the membership criteria document that will make 
things easier.  (that's the format most people are used to seeing when an 
IMC is putting in its final application for network membership)  As soon as 
I get that I'll post it to the new-imc list for three days so people here 
can take a look.  If there is no dissent, which there shouldn't be, I'll 
post it to the imc-process and imc-communication lists for the necessary 
week period, so IMCs throughout the network can take a look.  After that . 
. . voila!  You will have achieved official network membership. :)

Let me know if you have any questions about this, either via e-mail or over 
the phone (Sam, I'll e-mail you my phone number).

Jay




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>imc_name:
>kcindymedia.org
>
>city:
>Kansas City
>
>state:
>MO
>
>country:
>USA
>
>contact_name:
>Samantha Adams
>
>contact_email:
>kcimc2004 at yahoo.com
>
>contact_phone:
>913-385-5176
>
>tech_name:
>Cliff Jones
>
>tech_email:
>csjones at sprynet.com
>
>tech_phone:
>
>
>supporting_groups:
>Friends of Community Radio
>Kansas City Greens
>Fair Trade Coalition
>Free Speech Coalition
>American Friends Service Commmittee
>Linux Users Group
>Heartland Labor Forum
>KC FNB
>KC Direct Action Network
>KC Iraq Task Force
>
>
>regional_focus:
>yes
>
>critical_dates:
>none
>
>resources:
>The zero bandwidth collective has been hosting our dada-based site for a
>year now. Cliff, our IT guy, updates the site when we need it.
>
>Three people in the Linux Users Group also have offered their help with back
>end/programming issues.
>
>outreach:
>For the last year, we have passed out fliers at local progressive events and
>at our weekly peace vigils that are attended by approximately 200 people
>each week.
>
>Members have attended Lawrence IMC meetings and vice-versa.
>
>We've posted one article on the site so far that acquaints people with
>progressive KC groups (the Cross Border Network). We plan to do this on a
>regular basis.
>
>We have a radicalendar set up so people can post their events.
>
>I met with foreign visitors through our local chamber of commerce. They
>wanted to know more about independent media in America; I showed them our
>site, the global site and one India site. They were excited about the
>possibilities and planned to go back to India and possibly start another
>site.
>
>A member of our group, Tom Klammer, spoke at a "Become the Media" panel at
>the KC Rolling Thunder event. He talked about the importance of independent
>media and how people can use the site.
>
>I've gone on our local community radio station to talk about kcindymedia and
>how people can use the site.
>
>Tom Klammer and I attended the Media Reform Conference in Madison in Nov. I
>talked to a lot of IMC people about what they're doing and possibly
>arranging a regional meeting with Arkansas, Lawrence & St. Louis.
>
>
>introductory_statement:
>Kansas City is full of people begging for information -- about what's going
>on here, in our country and in the world. We need an easy-to-access medium
>that people can rely on for the real news, where they can also get the word
>out about things they know, do and see.
>
>We are working locally on many of the issues that progressive groups are
>working on nationally, such as fair trade, a resolution demanding our civil
>liberties be upheld when they conflict with the Patriot Act, antiwar vigils,
>bringing Rolling Thunder to Kansas City, and getting more Green candidates
>on the ballot.
>
>We also have our share of local concerns, such as a nonprofit hospital that
>is being sold and leaving low income families out in the cold, bringing
>attention to the poor water quality in our degraded rivers, stopping the
>construction of a highway through wetlands, and more. Many people in our
>community are aware of these issues and are working to bring change, but we
>sometimes feel like we're working in a vacuum. We need a way to link beyond
>Kansas and Missouri so we can be a more visible part of the progressive
>community.
>
>We are a community of activists, but we are splintered. We need a way for
>people here, especially - but nationally as well, to tell others what they
>are doing and to find out what others are doing.
>
>We need to organize more effectively. We have little coordination on
>activities and events, which results in too much overlapping, so we need a
>calendar that anyone can post to and anyone can access to find out what\'s
>happening.  We also need information about what other groups need and what
>they can provide. Our mainstream media doesn't give us the opportunity to ge
>t our messsage out, or when they do we are marginalized and misrepresented.
>A corporate-minded junta has taken over our community radio station and is
>strangling out the "community" component. We will yell from the streets if
>we have to to make our voices heard, but we think we can be more effective
>with kcindymedia.org as our tool.
>
>There are thousands of creative voices here who are writing about what they
>see, documenting their experiences with photography and expressing
>themselves through various media. We need their energy and creativity to
>make the bad news easier to swallow and to give our good ideas more steam.
>We believe our web site could be a forum where Kansas City's artists can
>express themselves for the betterment of our entire community and cities
>beyond.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck0" <chuck at mutualaid.org>
>To: <sadams7 at kc.rr.com>
>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:15 AM
>Subject: Fwd: Re: KC IMC
>
>
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: KC IMC
> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:43:25 -0500
> > From: Jay <jaypsand at yahoo.com>
> > To: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
> >
> > Hi Chuck,
> >
> > At 12/8/2003, Chuck0 wrote:
> > >Hi Jay,
> > >
> > >Sam from the KC IMC says that she re-submitted the application for us to
> > >get official status about a week ago. Did this form ever make it to IMC
> > >New process?
> > >
> > ><< Chuck0 >>
> >
> > Were you able to get to get to Sam to have her forward that information to
> > me?  My "idiot at jaysand.com" e-mail address is on the fritz but
> > "jaypsand at yahoo.com" should be working.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >