[New-imc] COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (U.S.), initial contact

[bht]

Hi Martha!

This is bht from portland.indymedia.org, and I also help a bit with the
new-imc process!

it is good to hear of your interest in starting an indymedia site for
columbia gorge.  it would be good to know what kind of outreach has
already beeen done, because right now any groups that would like a place
to post news from that area are welcome to use portland.indy

also, we have regions set up here to cover various parts of cascadia and I
had though we had one for columbia gorge, but that just isnt so.  If there
were enough interest and stories coming from that area we could set up a
"columbia gorge" region on this existing site.

i sont want to discourage you from attempting to form an imc for your
area, i think that is wonderful!  i just want to offer an existing outlet
for the time being and any other type of help that i can offer.  i am sure
other portland imcistas would also be willing to help independant media
coming from the gorge!
bht
portland

> Hi there Martha,
>
> My name is Jay and I'm part of the Philadelphia IMC.  I'm also involved
> with the new-imc working group, the global Indymedia working group that
> helps aspiring IMC projects like your own become an "official" part of the
> Indymedia network.  Glad to meet you!
>
> I see in the below forwarded message that you've applied for an imc
> mailing
> list from the listwork group.  That's a great first step.  From this point
> forward the goal is to organize, organize, organize!  When you think your
> group may be solid enough to entertain the possibility of joining the
> global indymedia network, check out the new-imc documents at
> "http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo".  In fact, you may
> want
> to take a look at them now so you get an overview of where you're headed.
>
> Let the new-imc working group know if you have any questions as you wind
> your way through forming your IMC and we'll see if we can help.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jay
>
> At 5/3/2004, Pseudo Punk wrote:
>>----- Forwarded message from "Martha P. Blake" <mb at gorgeweb.com> -----
>>
>>Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 07:17:11 -0700
>>From: "Martha P. Blake" <mb at gorgeweb.com>
>>To: listwork at indymedia.org
>>Cc:
>>Subject: [Listwork] Re: New IMC Project
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Martha P. Blake
>>   To: listwork[@t]indymedia.org
>>   Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:01 AM
>>   Subject: New IMC Project
>>
>>
>>   Hello,
>>
>>   My name is Martha P. Blake and I am a citizen of White Salmon,
>> Washington, part of the Columbia River Gorge area.  I am thrilled to
>> have
>> found this site and I would like to start a project for my area, the
>> Columbia River Gorge, which is composed of several small towns in Oregon
>> and Washington, along the Columbia River. Among these towns are,
>>
>>   White Salmon, WA
>>   Bingen, WA
>>   Hood River, OR
>>   The Dalles, OR
>>   Goldendale, WA
>>   Cascade Locks, OR
>>   Troutlake, WA
>>   Stevenson, WA
>>   Lyle, WA
>>   And other smaller towns that do not have newspapers.  The largest
>> newspapers are the White Salmon Enterprise, The Dalles Chronicle, The
>> Hood River News, The Goldendale Sentinel and the Skamania County
>> Pioneer,
>> all of which are actually very small newspapers published on a weekly
>> basis.
>>
>>   I would love to see this project take form, and I am more than happy
>> to
>> serve as list administrator, because I see the need in my area to have a
>> more immediate source of news and a need to cover many subjects,
>> especially of community interest, that do not get covered in the local
>> newspapers.
>>
>>   I hope that you will review and approve my request to form a chapter
>> here in the Columbia River Gorge.  I look forward to your reply.
>>
>>   Thank you.
>>
>>   Martha P. Blake
>>   (509) 493-5269
>>   mb at gorgeweb.com