[New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (Tennessee Independent Media Center)

[Jay]

Hi Chris,

My name is Jay, and I'm involved with the Philadelphia IMC.  I have also 
been part of the new-imc working group, on and off :), for a while.  I'm 
helping U.S.-based aspiring IMC groups like your own work their way through 
the new imc process.

Obviously you're familiar with the Indymedia network and your group seems 
to have done a great deal of work to get to this 
point.  Congratulations!!  How do you feel your first meeting went?  Are 
you starting to meet regularly now?  I assume you've been through the 
newimc.indymedia.org site, and have looked at the step-by-step process for 
having an IMC join the network.  If not, take a good look.   It's pretty 
clear, but feel free to e-mail me and/or the new-imc list if you have any 
questions.

As you know, getting to be an effective, functioning, sustainable IMC is no 
easy task.  You apparently have done some great organizational 
outreach.  Now the face-to-face meetings begin . . . :) Feel free to take 
all the time you need to get the group together through further 
face-to-face meetings.  As I'm sure you'll find, while many organizations 
will throw their support behind the IMC, you may need to take a while to 
figure out which individuals are actually going to be doing the daily 
work.  Of course, consistent diverse outreach is a must also, especially in 
a place as diverse, in so many ways, as Tennessee.  (is there a reason why 
you're calling yourself the Tennessee IMC instead of the Nashville 
IMC??  How broad has your outreach been outside of Nashville?)  Basically, 
what I'm saying is, from the way your e-mail sounds you're doing all the 
right things.  Keep doing them.  As I'm sure you know, the more time you 
take toward making sure your organization is solid from the beginning, the 
stronger and more sustainable your IMC will be as you go foward.

Keep us all up to date,

Jay

At 3/1/2003, christopher_lugo at yahoo.com wrote:
>Submitted by: Chris Lugo <christopher_lugo at yahoo.com> on Saturday, March 
>1st, 2003 @ 3:31:06 pm (-0800)
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>imc_name:
>Tennessee Independent Media Center
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>city:
>Nashville
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>state:
>Tennessee
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>country:
>United States
>
>contact_name:
>Chris Lugo
>
>contact_email:
>christopher_lugo at yahoo.com
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>contact_phone:
>615-262-3366
>
>tech_name:
>Ryan Smith
>
>tech_email:
>ryan at monsterlabs.com
>
>tech_phone:
>615-293-0603
>
>supporting_groups:
>Radio Free Nashville
>Nashville Peace and Justice Center
>Nashville Food Not Bombs!
>La Noticia
>Middle Tennessee Green Party
>Nashville Peace Coalition
>Tennessee Alliance for Progress
>Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
>Veterans for Peace
>Katuah Earth First!
>The Fifth Estate!
>
>
>
>
>regional_focus:
>yes
>
>critical_dates:
>Feb 1st First \"Official\" Meeting
>
>resources:
>We have been doing IMC work for over three years now, contributing to 
>Atlanta IMC, DC IMC and NY IMC.  We have been organizing a core group of 
>journalists, activists, tech people, video, radio and print people with a 
>diverse range of experience. We have three people with sysadmin/webmaster 
>experience.  We also have people with programming skills, video editing 
>skills, print journalism and radio skills at all levels. We have access to 
>a wide variety of tools for media production and server application.  We 
>have tools ranging from computers to dvcams to audio and video editing 
>equipment.  We have an office space available for equipment location, high 
>speed internet and production work etc.
>
>outreach:
>Before we had our first official meeting we spent over a year carrying on 
>dialogues with a broad array of organizations in the community including
>
>Fisk University WFSK Radio (Historically Black College)
>La Noticia (Community Organized Spanish Language Paper)
>Nashville Community Access Television
>HellBender Press (Chattanooga Environmental Press)
>Radio Free Nashville
>Nashville Peace and Justice Center
>Nashville Food Not Bombs
>Middle Tennessee Green Party
>Nashville Peace Coalition
>Tennessee Alliance for Progress
>Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
>Veterans for Peace
>Nashville Fair Trade Committee
>Nashville Living Wage Committee
>Memphis Digital Arts Media Cooperative
>First Amendment Radio (Knoxville)
>Katuah Earth First
>The Fifth Estate! (Oldest Anarchist Zine in US)
>
>These groups represent a broad range of social justice, environmental, 
>racially diverse organizations in Tennessee.  These are organizations we 
>have had contact with and have or will participate in the Tennessee IMC.
>
>
>introductory_statement:
>Believing that the flow of free information cannot function if only the 
>wealthy have access to the media, the Tennessee Independent Media Center 
>intends to be a community forum for the voices and viewpoints generally 
>ignored or misrepresented by the corporate media.  We also want to 
>facilite organizing through the coverage of events and activities going on 
>locally.  We also intend to spark open debates and inform people in a 
>thorough fashion. By encouraging everyone to participate, we hope to give 
>and receive a full picture of the issues and how they are interelated.
>
>
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