Korea Independent Media Center

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In attendance:
Nancy (na)
Dope (d)
Nevin (ne)
Christian (c)

Apologies: Mahbub

Agenda:
- discuss open meeting re: putting word out,
structure, date, venue

Monday march 4 or Tuesday march 5 proposed,  7:30 pm,
depending on availability of space at jinbonet office
or mediact.


Ne: what do we do to make sure people will come? Who
do we want to come?
D: Korean activist groups/foreign activists.
Na/c: what foreign activists???
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Ne: we should begin with activist groups so as to
establish a strong Korean base.
Na/c: we should be careful with the “organizing
foreign activists” approach: we don’t want to fall
into the base21 trap.
Ne: need to be careful with our pitch: don’t want to
scare people off because they think being involved
with imc will take a big investment of time and
effort. Rather, should present it as a TOOL and they
should use that tool to further their movement and
activities. We should differentiate ourselves from
“activist groups’ here that require a huge commitment,
time and energy. “we are building this for you so come
and learn about it”. Or minimally, write stories.
Na: what is the structure of the meeting going to be?
All: the presentation should be heavy on the visuals
to demonstrate imc. So we need a computer projector
and internet access.
Ne: we should walk through the site: not a power point
presentation but a guided walk through to demonstrate
the awesome potential of imc korea.
Na: we need to outline the basic skeleton of the core
group
we need a technician. Don’t want to make it a
passive presentation
we want to organize people into
imc. Need to  make it inspiring.
All: propose a three part presentation: 1. dope gives
an inspiring talk about imc. 2. demonstation of imc
main page plus various  kickass imcs,  mahbub, nancy
at least, and whoever else who wants to discuss some
of the cool activities at imcs around the world. 3.
nevin: discuss principles of unity/ organization.

Commitments:
All: deep research on imc sites looking for really
cool stuff (special project groups, community groups,
radio, etc. that we can show to those in attendance.
D: write invitation/check availability at jinbonet
C:  check availability at mediact/work on a logo
Ne: email jong and ask about basic structure/check
into making buttons and stickers.
All: continue discussion over email list.