[New-imc] Re: ROGUE/KLAMATH-SISKIYOU

[Forrest English]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Jay wrote:

> Forrest, nice to meet you.  This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC.  I've
> been involved with indymedia for quite some time, and with the new-imc
> working group since it started.  I'm just coming off of a several month
> break from Indymedia-related work, hoping to get involved again, albeit
> slowly and, ultimately, much less frantically than I have been in the past
> :).  I saw boud's message about needing help with U.S.-based new-imc groups
> and decided to see what I can do to make sure no aspiring IMCs are neglected.

Cool, I certainly appreciate any attention and help for our project.

> So, when will the Rogue Valley IMC group have done enough outreach?  That's
> not easy to answer.  I do think we should all err greatly on the side of
> more time, rather than less, and I'm sure you'd all agree.  All the
> documents you've submitted attest to the fact that there's a lot of really
> positive thought going on within the group.  Perhaps it's a group that has
> to percolate a bit more, and extend itself more, before it's a broad enough
> effort to "grow into" all the work that the current members have
> done.  That's just my sense from reading the conversations that have
> happened here so far.

We certainly have no intention of stopping outreach anytime soon, and I
personally view it as an ongoing neverending activity, we'll always have
people just moving to the valley, and more people suddenly interested.   I
think everyone involved is putting out lines wherever they've got them, be
that the green party, labor, peace movement, gay rights, environmental
activists (these are the ones we've contacted and are talking to already)
etc.   At the same time, we do want to just keep rolling along doing
things as well.

> I'd be happy to talk with any of you about what you feel about that, so
> give me a call if you like (e-mail me and I'll give you my phone
> number).  In the meantime, if you all think you can work together (by that
> I mean the Rogue IMC group and Nick), perhaps you could communicate a bit,
> on or off the new-imc list.

Sounds excellent, Within a week or so we expect to have many more
endorsements of local groups.  Many of us have used consensus decision
making processes in the past.   So what do people feel we need beyond what
we're doing already?

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