[New-imc] BLOOMINGTON, IN (initial response)

[Jay]

Hi there, Jr. Tidal,

My name is Jay and I'm from the Philadelphia IMC.  I'm also part of the 
new-imc working group, the group that helps aspiring IMCs like yours join 
the Indymedia network.

I'm glad to see organizing is going on in Bloomington!  That's very 
exciting.  I'm sure there are people involved in mid-western IMC organizing 
who would be happy to help your group through the next stages of 
organizing, and through the process of "formally" joining the Indymedia 
network.  I'll e-mail the new-imc mailing list and see if anyone from your 
region is able to help.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done this, check out the documents 
at http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo which will give you 
step-by-step instructions for what to do next.  Basically, the next steps 
include getting together an editorial policy, mission statement, 
decision-making process, etc.

I'll let you know if anyone from the midwest volunteers to help you 
out.  If you don't hear from someone by the time you're ready to embark on 
the next step of the new-imc process, drop the new-imc working group a line 
and someone will help you along.

Good luck!

Jay

At 9/26/2003, jtidal at planet-save.com wrote:
>Submitted by: Jr. Tidal  <jtidal at planet-save.com> on Friday, September 
>26th, 2003 @ 1:53:16 pm (-0700)
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>contact_name:
>Jr. Tidal
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>contact_email:
>jtidal at planet-save.com
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>contact_phone:
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>tech_name:
>Adam Shackelford
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>tech_email:
>ashackel at indiana.edu
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>tech_phone:
>812-322-4911
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>supporting_groups:
>No Sweat!
>Solidarity Books
>Boxcar Books
>
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>regional_focus:
>yes
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>critical_dates:
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>resources:
>We have enough technical knowledge and experience to maintain a website, 
>and proficient people who would be willing to assist us if this proves 
>inadequate.  In terms of organizing, we have an active and growing list of 
>people who are interested in contributing to our IMC. There is an 
>outstanding amount of community enthusiasm at the prospect of an IMC being 
>established in Indiana.
>
>outreach:
>Not only is there a mailing list for people interested in establishing the 
>IMC, there are people in multiple cities across Indiana who are in contact 
>with us and eager to work with us on bringing corporate-free news to the 
>state. This IMC is long overdue, the people are waiting. In addition, we 
>are planning to make special effort to have dialogue with minority groups 
>here in Bloomington, and around the state as well if possible.
>
>introductory_statement:
>Bloomington Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizers: 
>people who have come together to offer grassroots coverage of news and 
>events. We are part of a diverse group of concerned people who feel that
>corporate interests dominate the coverage of news events.  We work in a 
>non-hierarchical way that emphasizes collective decision making, 
>decentralized power, and a malleable organizational structure.  Our
>primary focus is on the South Central region of Indiana but we also relate 
>stories from the world at-large, wherever the truth demands to be 
>revealed. We provide a news outlet for the Bloomington community and 
>others in order to help local people create their own media platform and 
>enable them to report on their own activities and events without
>censorship or mass media misrepresentation. Since our real-person 
>reporting conveys the immediate reality of a situation, we do not pretend 
>to be impersonally \"objective.\" For too long, \"objectivity\" has
>enabled journalists to avoid reporting the truth by permitting them to 
>merely echo Establishment bias rather than to question authority in 
>service of the broader public interest.
>
>
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