[New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (Southwest Florida Indymedia Center)

[Bht]

Hi.

So I am sponsoring the Miami IMC folks and I have two things here.

1.  Ft Myers is less than a two hour drive from Miami and I would like to
have these two groups co-ordinate and possibly merge into one group as a
South Florida IMC.  What do people think about this?
2.  Who was previously sponsoring Miami IMC, and how far along in the
process are they?

It is still slow-going with the Miami folks because the collective they
have gathered right now just want a newswire to post too, and do not wnat
to worry about going through collective building and concensus process and
learning how to use the site interfaces.  *sigh*  Since I am very new to
new-imc process, any help or words of encouragement would be appreciated
(off the list unless it is pertinent...)
bht (portland IMC)

> Submitted by: Frank Gubasta <uwmap at earthlink.net> on Saturday, January
> 3rd, 2004 @ 2:27:07 pm (-0500)
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> imc_name:
> Southwest Florida Indymedia Center
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> city:
> Fort Myers
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> state:
> Florida
>
> country:
> USA
>
> contact_name:
> Frank Gubasta
>
> contact_email:
> uwmap at earthlink.net
>
> contact_phone:
> 239 939 1908
>
> tech_name:
> Frank Gubasta
>
> tech_email:
> uwmap at earthlink.net
>
> tech_phone:
> 239 939 1908
>
> supporting_groups:
> Collier County Anti-War Coalition
> Coalition of Immokalee Workers
> ECOSanibel
> Environmental and Peace Education Center (EPEC)
> Fort Myers Social Action Committee
> Fort Myers/Naples National Organization for Women (NOW)
> Fully Automatic Records (South Florida)
> League of Women Voters of Lee County
> Lee County Green Party
> Naples Pax-Christi
> Naples Women in Black (WIB)
> Power of One Animal Rights Group at FGCU
> SanCap Vegetarians
> SWFL for Kucinich
> Venice Peace Coalition
> World Citizens at FGCU
> Zero Waste Collier County Group
>
> regional_focus:
> yes
>
> issue_focus:
> yes
>
> event_focus:
> yes
>
> critical_dates:
> I don\'t understand this?
>
> resources:
> I\'m running Windows XP Professional with an Intel Celeron 1.30ghz
> processor. I have a 20gb hard drive with 15gb space available and a DSL
> line. I\'ve been working with computers for 22 years. I\'ve organized many
> local teach-ins, demos, forums, bus trips. My friend builds websites for a
> living and is willing to help out to get the job done.
>
> outreach:
> This is the notice I sent out to all the local groups and I received very
> positive responses:
>
> \"Don\'t hate the media; become the media.\" Jello Biafra
>
> There will be a lot of cross-postings and I\'m sorry about that but I want
> everyone to be aware of this notice/request.
>
> I\'m in the process of exploring the possibility of opening an Independent
> Media (Indymedia) Center for SW Florida along the lines of the worldwide
> network of Indymedia Centers found at www.indymedia.org
>
> On this site we can upload event notices, videos, photos, letters, essays,
> poetry, music, newsflashes, etc. to share with everyone and hopefully
> break through the sound barrier of the local corporate-owned and strictly
> controlled TV, radio and print media.
>
> What the good folks at the main office want me to explore is whether or
> not there will be enough local support to warrant an IMC for this area.
> Please note that this is NOT a request for financial support.
>
> If I get the blessings of the some or all of the organizers of the
> following groups I will proceed to the next step:
>
> Collier County Anti-War Coalition
> Coalition of Immokalee Workers
> ECOSanibel
> Environmental and Peace Education Center (EPEC)
> Fort Myers Social Action Committee
> Fort Myers/Naples National Organization for Women (NOW)
> Fully Automatic Records (South Florida)
> League of Women Voters of Lee County
> Lee County Green Party
> Naples Pax-Christi
> Naples Women in Black (WIB)
> Power of One Animal Rights Group at FGCU
> SanCap Vegetarians
> SWFL for Kucinich
> Venice Peace Coalition
> World Citizens at FGCU
> Zero Waste Collier County Group
>
> If I have missed any groups please inform and I will add/notify them.
>
> If this will be a go the website may be located at this url:
> www.SWFlorida.Indymedia.org (link not valid yet).
>
> Thank you all for your participation,
> RSVP
> Frank Gubasta
> (239) 939-1908
> uwmap at earthlink.net
>
>
> introductory_statement:
> Most of the people in this area that I associate with are involved in
> social justice activism. We all realize how the totalitarian corporate
> mainstream media have taken the American mind and shaped it into a
> pro-war, pro-corporate right-wing nightmare. They have been turned into
> unthinking, unquestioning, fast asleep, consumerized / corporatized
> robots.
> We need to take back the media, to expose the myth of a \'free press\'.
> With an Indymedia website we can diseminate REAL news, information, event
> notices etc. People are hungry for some truths and we plan to bring it to
> them.
> I believe if we can create a worldwide indymedia center movement we most
> certainly will have our revolution. It is do or die time. Frank
>
>
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