[New-imc] ATHENS, GA, USA

[clara]

hoi,

i think i pointed this out earlier, but as always it might have gone lost 
somewhere:

please take into account that an IMC Athens already exist in Europe 
(http://athens.indymedia.org/) so you will have to think of a different 
name and url.

love and solidarity
clara

At 12:33 2-10-2003, Jay wrote:
>Hi there Todd,
>
>Jay from the Philly IMC here.  Sorry I haven't been quicker to 
>respond!  Been up to my shoulders in stuff around here.
>
>I sent the below response to your initial form on September 
>15.  Basically, my responding as a liaison from the new-imc group is the 
>usual next step after an IMC fills out the form.  Some IMCs that fill out 
>the form (the one with their introductory statement, etc.) are just at the 
>beginning of organizing and just do that to let us know they've started 
>organizing.  Other IMCs have been organizing for a long time and fill out 
>the form because they're ready to go through the rest of the new-imc 
>process.  So, the next step after we receive the form is for someone from 
>the new-imc group to be in touch to see what help they need.
>
>Sounds like you're much more in the latter group.  I get a sense from your 
>info on the form that you've been doing great work, and for a 
>while.  Excellent.  The next step is to look through the documents at 
>(http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo) and make sure everyone 
>in your group has read the stuff on there like the principles of unity, 
>and the basic descriptions about how the network works.  Once you're 
>ready, go through the membership criteria and respond point by point to 
>the stuff there.
>
>This is all just to make sure a new-imc is doing solid organizing.  Once 
>you are, responding to the membership points should take just a few minutes.
>
>When that happens, I'll put the responses up on the new-imc list for 
>everyone to see.  I'm sure people will ask questions about things like 
>outreach (like, for example, how many people are generally involved and 
>coming to meetings, are they mainly college students or long-term local 
>residents, is there racial and economic diversity, what activist and media 
>groups around town are represented -- you've already started to answer 
>some of the questions).  After that, we'll send your info along to the 
>imc-process list for people to take a gander.  If no one has objections, 
>voila!, you're part of the network!
>
>I know some of this can be confusing, and even daunting at times.  Plus, 
>e-mail isn't always the best form of communication.  If you'd rather talk 
>on the phone I'll be happy to call, just give me your number, or I can 
>give you my number and you can call me.
>
>Hope this helps explain things.
>
>Jay
>P.S. Have you been in touch with the Atlanta IMC at all?
>
>
>At 9/15/2003, Jay wrote:
>>Hi Todd,
>>
>>This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC.  I'm also part of new-imc working 
>>group, the Indymedia group that helps new IMCs get through the process of 
>>becoming part of the network.  Glad to meet you!
>>
>>Sounds like things are going well in Athens!  I assume you've already 
>>looked extensively at the new-imc documents 
>>(http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo).  Going through those 
>>documents, you should be able to figure out where you are in the 
>>organizing process.
>>
>>Have you been in touch at all with IMCs in your general area, like 
>>Atlanta and North Carolina?  Maybe someone from one of those IMCs could 
>>work with you to help you through the new-imc process.  Or, if they 
>>can't, I'd be willing to answer any questions you may have.
>>
>>Either way, keep up the organizing.  Sounds like you're very much on the 
>>right track.
>>
>>Feel free to send any questions my way,
>>
>>Jay
>>
>>
>>At 9/4/2003, tfraley at uga.edu wrote:
>>>Submitted by: todd fraley <tfraley at uga.edu> on Thursday, September 4th, 
>>>2003 @ 9:50:59 am (-0700)
>>>
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>>>HTTP_USER_AGENT:
>>>Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
>>>
>>>Online Form Fields
>>>------------------
>>>
>>>imc_name:
>>>imc athens
>>>
>>>city:
>>>athens
>>>
>>>state:
>>>ga
>>>
>>>country:
>>>usa
>>>
>>>contact_name:
>>>todd fraley
>>>
>>>contact_email:
>>>tfraley at uga.edu
>>>
>>>contact_phone:
>>>
>>>
>>>tech_name:
>>>scott eustis
>>>
>>>tech_email:
>>>thurston at uga.edu
>>>
>>>tech_phone:
>>>
>>>
>>>supporting_groups:
>>>Athens Common Ground
>>>
>>>regional_focus:
>>>yes
>>>
>>>issue_focus:
>>>yes
>>>
>>>event_focus:
>>>yes
>>>
>>>critical_dates:
>>>Sept 11th Showing of GNN\'s Sept 11th analysis and other
>>>
>>>resources:
>>>We don\'t have many computer or silicon-network resources,
>>>although the university holds those resources, yet to be
>>>sufficiently tapped; we are just beginning to accumulate
>>>technical resources for ourselves for the purposes of
>>>deconstructing the corporate media bias.  We will try,
>>>however, to use our newbie status to our advantage, by
>>>showing everyone we can how to generate media, in order to
>>>foster local voices who are able to critique media from the
>>>perspective of those who have generated it.
>>>
>>>
>>>outreach:
>>>For now, we hope to help coordinate volunteers and workers at local and 
>>>alternative media outlets, such as Athens Weekly News and WUOG 90.5fm, 
>>>in order to foster and spread local and alternative voices.  We also 
>>>have a community focus, sponsoring events and screenings at bars, clubs, and
>>>restaurants; perhaps more than other IMC\'s; but we feel that there is a 
>>>lot of work to be done internally in Athens to bring political 
>>>discourse, opinion, and discussion down from our resident ivory tower 
>>>and into the bars and plazas, and from the plazas into our homes and lives.
>>>
>>>We are planning public showings of films to which all are
>>>invited--publicly by flyering; we are also affilitated with
>>>Common Ground Athens, a imminent 501c3 Activist and Community Resource 
>>>Center / Infoshop coordinating local community centers and issue-focused 
>>>community and activist groups.  one of the principles of Common Ground 
>>>Athens is to promote public political discourse across the multitude of 
>>>lines drawn onto and that one can draw around oneself in the United 
>>>States, including culture, class, race, gender, and political 
>>>affiliation.  We hope to help our Common Ground find its voice.
>>>
>>>
>>>introductory_statement:
>>>During this most recent bombing run and subsequent media
>>>spectacle in Iraq, it has become apparent to us how
>>>purposefully blind the corporate media can be to items that
>>>may be politically unpleasant, and how we must speak out
>>>ourselves if no one speaks for us, on the street and over the
>>>airwaves.  The movement of the FCC to consolidate the
>>>corporate media of the u.s.a. even further is cause for even
>>>more alarm.  We in AthensGAusa have worked to attain access
>>>to venues and media outlets in our community; we seek to
>>>strengthen ties among the expert voices within the university
>>>that are ignored or misconstrued; and also recognize the
>>>importance of empowering ourselves and others to become the
>>>grassroots media; in order to foster the free flow of
>>>information into, within, and out of our community--that free
>>>flow of information so necessary for democracy.
>>>
>>>In becoming an IMC, we wish to strengthen our fledgling group-
>>>-and though ourselves, our community--with an existing and
>>>growing network of like-minded individuals around the globe.
>>>Athens is a town with a high turnover of young people who
>>>could participate in local and alternative media, and the
>>>Indymedia name is one that is either generally known to or
>>>readily accepted by people with the values we seek and seek
>>>to instill into the mind-space of our town, and through our
>>>town, to all of yours.  Thanks for being, Indymedia!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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