[New-imc] [phunkeemunkee@gmx.net: Re: subscription to new-imc list]

[Pseudo Punk]

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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:00:22 +0100
From: Alex <phunkeemunkee at gmx.net>
To: Pseudo Punk <bart at indymedia.org>
Subject: Re: subscription to new-imc list

Hi Bart,

No worries, here's a short intro but not an activist CV ;0)

I'm from Birmingham (UK) and we're in the process of getting an imc 
together for Birmingham. There's about 20 people on the mailing list at 
the moment and we're beginning to make some use of the TWiki 
(http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcBirmingham) We'd appreciate 
any help in any form in terms of setting up an Imc - doing outreach and 
so on and reflections from existing Imc's.

Before we go 'live' we've decided to do some kinda outreach work to 
ensure a more participatory and representative collective. Hopefully 
it'll ensure we'll have people actively making some content too. We've 
already done some Indymedia cinema screenings in Birmingham to snowball 
some interest in Indymedia not just among activists but more generally 
in the commmunity. We hope that by showing examples of independently 
made media, like features and particularly shorts, that people will get 
some insight not only into what Indymedia is but what it can do 
potentially for them in terms of giving voice to grassroots groups and 
getting their news on the newswire. We're also aware of the fact that 
we can also initiate grassroots things as a group and network with 
existing campaigns and other imc's nationally and internationally.

We've already done two screenings, Unprecedented along with a short 
version of Eye of the Storm's Indymedia Argentina and some of the ENR 
number 12 at the Midlands Arts Centre 
(http://www.mac-birmingham.org.uk/) and We Interrupt this Empire and 
some NVDA shorts in a local venue/social centre. We're scheduled to 
host the BEyONdTv.org Medicine Tour on 13th May at the Custard Factory 
in Digbeth Birmingham along with some local DIY acts. We're 
particularly interested in getting hold of films that attempt to 
explain what Indymedia can do - Indymedia Argentina achieves this very 
effectively although it's a little long for a short. Perhaps in the 
future we could get a short together - we've got Portland's A Call to 
Media Arms that's very effective too.

We're also very interested in how other imc's like Bristol (UK) have 
used community news as a very participatory medium for their imc. A 
speaker from Bristol was scheduled to talk at the 
Unprecedented/Argentina Indymedia screening but they couldn't make it 
so we got Dave from Indymedia London to come up and give a really 
engaging talk about Indymedia its inception and progress to date. We've 
also got access to some warehouse space to do some workshops in the 
future. In the next few week we're also meeting up with some community 
groups to see what kind of help they need.

Keep in touch and thanks for getting back to us so quickly,

Alex

On 6 May 2004, at 08:40, Pseudo Punk wrote:

>Hey,
>
>I've seen your request to subscribe to new-imc list. The new-imc 
>Working group decided when it started people should do a roll-call 
>before we subscribe them. Is it possible to do a short introduction on 
>the mailinglist ?
>
>Greetings,
>
>Bart
>-- 
>mtop looks like the revolution!
>
>http://wvl.indymedia.org  |     bart at indymedia.org
>http://thepits.be         |     bart at thepits.be
>http://pseudopunk.be
>
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>


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http://pseudopunk.be

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