[HacktionLab] other ideas for hacktionlab Jan 2012

Thu Jan 5 19:29:19 UTC 2012

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That would already be me and Beth, who had already signed up here :-P
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On 05/01/12 19:24, Adelayde Skidmore wrote:
> all these ideas are great and you can now add them to the wiki page
> at http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/Winter_2012_Hacklab
> as I've re-enabled editing ;)
> 
> Remember if you're coming add yourself to 
> http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/Winter_2012_Hacklab_Attendees
>
>  Yes, just me at the moment!  I'll buy the first round for everyone
> that signs up, that's a promise! ;)
> 
> 
> 
> On 31/12/2011 12:59, m3shrom wrote:
>> I liked your ideas there Alan!
>> 
>> The following is a bit of blue sky thinking for what a good UK
>> based media activist group / network might look like.
>> 
>> I know that hacktionlab is often quite techie - although at the
>> more accessible end of that I would hope - and that a lot of the
>> following is more alt media orientated - but I think that there
>> is a lot of scope for hacktionlab to really cross over with some
>> of the other collectives that were involved in rebellious media
>> conference.
>> 
>> This is just a brain dump really - and not a specific proposal -
>> more pub talk. --//
>> 
>> *** Scope; Grass roots media activism on a UK and European level,
>> a group or network to fill the gaps left by Indymedia and other
>> similar groups including;
>> 
>> * Collective production of media * Covering events with mobile
>> computing set ups * Media activist training, internet publishing,
>> making video, writing reports collectively * Film screenings *
>> Networking & Publicity - appearances at conferences and events,
>> using media and outreach projects to promote media activism and
>> partner projects
>> 
>> *** Specific Projects
>> 
>> * Mapping Alt media activity This would continue the work of
>> mapping existing media collectives, bloggers and campaign groups
>> using media. The work would collect and collate contacts which
>> can be used to promote future projects. This could be done using
>> an online contacts system and emailing system. Specifically
>> CiviCRM is one based on drupal which seems to work well.
>> 
>> * Networking events A series of events bringing together relevant
>> people to discuss tactics, share skills, and promote new
>> projects. These would replace old Indymedia network events and
>> would be more outwardly facing.
>> 
>> * Publicity Materials Helping to organise, design, printing and
>> distribution of publicity materials for projects which provide a
>> platform for media activism, eg, bethemedia, network23, aktivix
>> and other partners.
>> 
>> * Workshop resources Networking existing resources for putting on
>> workshops on media creation, publishing technology and open
>> source software. Also creating publicity to make it easier to
>> promote workshops. Working out where there are gaps in existing
>> resources and aiming to fill the gaps with new materials.
>> 
>> * Screening Packs Regular screening packs of films and publicity
>> which can make it easier to put on film screenings for emergent
>> groups.
>> 
>> *** How to organise?
>> 
>> Up until now we have mostly been volunteer only collectives with 
>> informal decision making structures. A viable option is to
>> continue in this way and accept the limits that this brings. If
>> you look at the scope of work it looks like what Indymedia did at
>> it's most active. However, personally I think we could do it with
>> our existing partners.
>> 
>> But, with some of this work there is a fair amount of data that
>> is being collected a more formal organisation may be more
>> suitable to look after this data. There is a spectrum from
>> forming a full charity and trying to fundraise for salaried
>> positions and partnering with an existing group to handle small
>> payments to cover events and specific funded project costs. Also
>> a fair amount of work which is pretty boring or specialist. It
>> may be that we  might want to pay people an hourly rate to do
>> some of the data entry or other work that is far from exciting. A
>> more formal organisational structure or partnering with a trusted
>> existing body would help to access funding and mediate any
>> difficult decisions or disagreements that may happen.
>> 
>> In any case, how we organise in terms of structure and / or
>> funding depends on the scope of activities that is chosen, and
>> would probably need a fair amount of discussion and then some
>> advice from other groups.
>> 
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