[DIYVID] DC IMF World Bank planning...]

Thomas Seay entheogens at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 1 12:12:57 PDT 2001



> > *** PLEASE FORWARD ***
> >
> > DC-IMC General Contact Information:
> > Email: dc at indymedia.org
> > Phone: (202) 452-5936
> >
> > Come one, Come all....
> >
> > The D.C. Independent Media Center will host a
> Media Gathering Sept. 7-9 to
> > prepare for coverage of events around the fall
> meetings of the
> > International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The
> financial institutions will
> > be holding their meetings in D.C. during the
> weekend of Sept. 29-30, and up
> > to 10 days of alternative events and protests are
> being planned.
> >
> > The goal of the gathering is to conduct skill
> trainings, organize logistics
> > for running the IMC, and to give working groups
> the chance to plan their
> > production and develop their story ideas. We
> highly encourage as many
> > people as possible to attend the gathering to
> prepare for the end of September.
> >
> > This email is broken into the following sections:
> GATHERING AGENDA /
> > COMMUNICATIONS / HOUSING
> >
> > GATHERING AGENDA
> >
> > The exact schedule for the weekend and details of
> the workshops are still
> > being worked out. An announcement of the final
> schedule will be sent out
> > once it is completed. If you have ideas for
> workshops or would like to run
> > a workshop, please contact the appropriate
> coordinator (see below).
> >
> > The (very) tentative schedule is as follows:
> >
> > Friday evening -- reception, networking, films
> > Saturday all day and night -- group gathering,
> trainings, working groups
> > meet, party
> > Sunday day -- trainings, planning
> >
> > We will have access to a working space with
> Internet connection on Friday
> > and Saturday. Other spaces will be available
> without Internet access for
> > trainings and workshops throughout the weekend.
> >
> > COMMUNICATIONS
> >
> > To make the weekend as productive as possible,
> please coordinate with the
> > working group you'd like to be involved with ahead
> of time. We hope that
> > working groups will be able to use the time to do
> concrete work on ironing
> > out their production. At the same time, we think
> it will be invaluable if
> > all groups spend some time on skills sharing to
> get new people plugged into
> > their projects, as well as other IMCers.
> >
> > Volunteer coordinators are as follows:
> >
> > Video: Eddie ebecker at cni.org , Eric
> ericgalatas at msn.com
> > Audio: Rupert dnrusso at earthlink.net
> > Print: Zoe zoe_mitchell at yahoo.com , Chris
> madformedia at hotmail.com
> > Tech: Alan bushnell at cs.oberlin.edu
> > Photo: Annette amnormand at hushmail.com
> >
> > We also want to have an online IRC meeting as soon
> as possible to help
> > organize the gathering. An announcement will be
> sent out when a time and
> > date is confirmed.
> >
> > HOUSING
> >
> > The DC-IMC will help to provide housing for all
> who need it. Please let us
> > know when you will be coming to town, how many of
> you will be coming and
> > whether you need any special accommodations.
> However, housing is limited.
> > If you have contacts in D.C. you are *strongly*
> encouraged to seek housing
> > on your own. We also plan to provide childcare
> during the gathering.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
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