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

Tue Jan 6 10:26:22 PST 2004

Hi Bht, new-imc

In response to q.2: I don't know that anyone was sponsoring Miami IMC
before--i can't find any evidence of it. the only correspondence we had
previously was very preliminary (receiving their application, making
'first contact'). they submitted their mission statement last month, as
you know.

as colloective organizing goes, this is really important, and i encourage
you to keep on them about it. rely on your own judgment (and our advice)
and let them know if you think they're not organized enough to become an
imc yet. that's better than rushing them through the process to watch them
fall apart a few months later.

my two cents
andy

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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, clara wrote:

> hoi bht,
>
> if it helps you I can join in a discussion why it is so necessary to spend
> time on that.
>
> Basically from the experience with an IMC that now (after 2.5 years) starts
> discovering that we have quite different and even contradicting goals, and
> we can't discuss them properly anymore, but we keep on arguing about
> individual postings.
>
> If that's of any help, I will be gald to join you.
>
> love and solidarity,
> clara
>
> At 10:33 6-1-2004, Bht wrote:
> >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)
> > >
> > > Client Variables
> > > ----------------
> > >
> > > HTTP_USER_AGENT:
> > > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
> > >
> > > Online Form Fields
> > > ------------------
> > >
> > > imc_name:
> > > Southwest Florida Indymedia Center
> > >
> > > city:
> > > Fort Myers
> > >
> > > 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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