Coverage of the G20 Meeting in Melbourne 18th and 19th November 2006

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Meetings

There will be a meeting for indepdendent media covering G20 at the Catalyst Room, RMIT, Swanston St, Thursday 16th November at 6pm.

• Publicise meeting to Indymedia - ANNA
• Publicise meeting to A Space Outside and StopG20^? - RAHIMA

Please come to this meeting to let people know which events you are thinking of covering and in what medium, or any other independent media plans others should know about.

This is also a chance to check out the media space at RMIT that will be open Friday 17th / Saturday 18th / Sunday 19th November 11am to 7pm.

Meeting Agenda

• Welcome
• Update - what is planned so far with van and space

- van (phone number, facilities, plans, iExpress, need journalists, roster) - space (facilities, phone number [need one for the Catalyst Room!], plans, roster, journalists come in and work) calendar of events - what we may be covering

• Intros - go-round for people to say what they are interested in doing
• Connections/Collaborations connect people with other people session - camera buddies, videographers/editors, reporters/sub-editors/fact-checkers/feature-writers
• Issues While Reporting - safety, sources, ask before photos/filming
• Ethics of Journalism - pheonix??
• Friday's Activities - rundown
• Nightly Meetings - suggest 7pm media meeting each night??? for debrief and plans for the next day?

Mailing Lists

There is a mailing list set up for independent media covering g20 here (you can subscribe at this address):

http://lists.axxs.org/mailman/listinfo/g20media

There is a mailing list set up for the media van here:

http://lists.axxs.org/mailman/listinfo/mediavan

Internet Relay Chat

For realtime discussion of independent media reports http://irc.indymedia.org #melb

Publicity

Please pass this text about Indymedia coverage of G20 on:

FINAL INDEPENDENT MEDIA MEETING

There is a final independent media meeting for coverage of the G20 this Thursday 16th November at 6pm in the Media Space at RMIT. There has been heaps of discussion about the idea of collaboration, this will be our chance to discuss ideas and tactics, legal issues, safety, and generally say hello!

Directions to Media Space in the RMIT Catalyst Room:

RMIT is on the corner of Latrobe and Swanston streets. Bowen St runs between Franklin St and LaTrobe^? St, through the RMIT campus. Walk halfway down Bowen St, look out for signs for the Media Space, through the glass automatic doors and into the building, on the ground floor. See PDF for map below. If you need directions call the Indymedia Van number.

Download pdf of map here.

MOBILE MEDIA STATION - INDYMEDIA VAN

An Indymedia van will be in operation to document activities, festivities, and public actions. It will also be a point for you to distribute your media - the van will be equipped so that you can upload your text-stories, audio, and video to the internet. Drop by (we’ll have an Indymedia sign on the van) or give us a call if you witness or are involved in something that deserves an independent media presence. And stay tuned for details of night-time guerrilla film screenings!

Got an action planned or somethings going down call: INDYMEDIA VAN: 0401 043 385

MEDIA SPACE AT RMIT

The media space at RMIT has internet access, a couple of computers, access to a fax, computer. Drop into this space with your audio, text, photos or video and get it online. Use this space to write your stories, charge your batteries, connect with other media makers or sit down and edit your video. THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REPORTING AT G20 As a media maker it is important to consider your ethical responsibilities. Please consider the willingness of everyone you may video, photograph or interview. It is respectful to ask people if they mind being photographed or filmed and to tell your ’subjects’ what you are doing and where material will end up. It is possible some people may oppose having their photograph placed on the web. As a means of support and safety, it is recommended that each media maker is buddied up with someone else who is also a media maker, to keep an eye on each other and your equipment.

Upload your video to: engagemedia.org

Write a story and post your photos to: melbourne.indymedia.org

If you are recording audio contact: 3CR Melbourne Community Radio.

GUERRILLA SCREENINGS

The Indymedia Van is looking for any footage/photos taken during the week to do Guerilla night-time screenings! Just come to the Van or call 0401 043 385 To capture and edit your footage use the RMIT media space. If you would like to be a part of this adventure, come to the meeting, call the van number or hunt the van down.

Indymedia Van

A van is being put together to use as a mobile Indymedia reporting station.

PHONE NUMBER

There will be a mobile phone in the van when it is out and about, call to let the van know if it is needed somewhere:

0401 043 385

CAPABILITIES

• Screening videos (projector and PA)
• Uploading text/image/video to Indymedia and EngageMedia^?

CREW

People interested in crewing van so far:

• Marian
• Anna
• Andrew L
• Rahima
• Justin
• RMIT students
• Indymedia collective - Harry

PRACTICAL

• recharging - van needs to be re-charged every 8 hours. it will go back to a house to charge overnight.
• safety - traffic safety issues while driving and parked, safety while using high-powered battery pack.
• policy if equipment impounded
• security for equipment - somebody to be with van and watching equipment at all times
• consider changed traffic conditions including no-stopping rules and tow-away zones:

http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=9153

TO DO

• check with security ok to park media van near media space

UPLOADING MEDIA

• we want to be able to upload phone images and video so we need adapters for the major phones (software) motorola samsung nokia et cetera
• need a usb hub
• who will vet/screen/compile material getting uploaded, want to avoid repetitious, inappropriate, boring, poor quality stuff

EQUIPMENT

• White sheet - ANNA
• Projection screen - MARIAN
• Video/Audio Cables - ANNA
• Power extension leads - ANNA
• DVD/VHS Player - ANNA
• Video Projector - RMIT
• PA - RMIT / MARIAN
• BATTERY PACK - JUSTIN
• INVERTER - MICHAEL / JUSTIN
• IBURST CARD - MICHAEL / JUSTIN
• WIRELESS MODEM - MICHEAL / JUSTIN
• Computer (PC Shuttle) - ENGAGEMEDIA / ANNA
• Phone - PURCHASED
• DV CAMERA - ??
• USB Hub - ??
• Bluetooth adapter for PC - ??

VIDEO FORMATS

• DVD - DVD/VHS PLAYER
• VCD - DVD/VHS PLAYER
• VHS - DVD/VHS PLAYER
• QT/WMV/AVI/MP4 on CD/DVD-ROM - PC

Indymedia Van Roster

FRIDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANNA (driver) and MARIAN (van1) and JONATHAN (van2)

• 3PM - 7PM - ANDREW L (driver) and RAHIMA (photos) and ...

• 7PM - 11PM - ANNA (van1) and MARIAN (driver) and RAHIMA (photos/video) and ANA (video)

SATURDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANNA (van1) and MARIAN (driver) and LAUREN (text)

• 3PM - 7PM - ANDREW L (driver) and VERITY (van1)

• 7PM - 11PM - ... and ...

SUNDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANDREW L (driver) and HARRY (van1) and RAHIMA (photos)

• 3PM - 7PM - ... and ... and ...

• 7PM - 11PM - ... and ... and ...

TO DO

• Make Indymedia sign for van - print on paper? print on vinyl?
• Make safety and equipment instruction sheet for van

BUDGET

• Indymedia will pay petrol apporox $50
• Indymedia possibly buy iBurst card if necessary, look into costs.

http://www.greentreefrog.net.au/wireless.html

Media Space

RMIT will host a media space for G20 in the Catalyst Room at RMIT Swantston St.

People interested in crewing the media space so far:

• Andrew L
• Anna
• Marian
• Harry
• Nigel

TO DO

Media Space Roster

FRIDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANDREW L and ...

• 3PM - 7PM - ANNA and MARIAN

• 7PM - 11PM - ... and ...

SATURDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANDREW L and...

• 3PM - 7PM - ANNA and MARIAN

• 7PM - 11PM - ... and ...

SUNDAY

• 11AM - 3PM - ANDREW L. and... TREWLEA (video editor)

• 3PM - 7PM - ANNA and MARIAN and TREWLEA (video editor)

• 7PM - 11PM - ... and ...

Videos to Screen

People with videos to screen:

• Media of Dissent crew
• Gareth - Singapore film
• Jane

Videos we could screen:

• Rocking the Foundations - NSW BLF feature documentary produced in the early 80s by Pat Fiske.
• Singapore Social Forum - need details
• Melbourne Rising - SKATV, 52 mins, documents the S11 protests at the World Economic Forum 2001

Jane has:

- the end of suburbia - the weather underground - arithmatic, population and energy - loose change - 9/11 doco - Fuck The System and Takin' It Down! FTS is a 60-minute music-documentary of anarchist uprisings in Eugene and around the world, including various inciteful music videos! TID!, the long-awaited sequel, is an additional 60 minuets of anti-civilization music and videos.

- Surplus Collage/commentary by Italian filmmaker, Erik Gandini takes a hard look at the grotesque nature of civilization and the multifaceted resistance to it. Tackling weighty themes like consumption, technology, objectification, and domination. - dark days - first fleet back - uncle kevin vs the queen - darrens social centre films... Our Kitchen Squat Café Belfast’s first squat café November 2003, music, vegetables, & talk about anarchy in a very cold dark & secret place… 8 mins 2004

Aspire Temporary squatted social centre in Leeds England December 2003. 10 days & 10 nights. Hundreds of people transform abandoned warehouse into kick-ass space for workshops, discussion, parties, & cafes; chop vegetables & huddle together to keep warm. 12 mins 2004

Canmasdeu ‘Rurban’ squatted social centre on the outskirts of Barcelona, bringing ideas, skills & technology from the countryside into the city. Sunshine, community gardening, fancy d.i.y. plumbing, & experiments in communal living. Canmasdeu is the squat your grandmother would love. 28 mins 2004

Three Social Centres in Amsterdam Does exactly what it says on the tin. A tour of three legalised squats in Amsterdam; the Molli, the Film Academy, & the Binnenpret. Squat actions, children’s theatre & electro-acoustic concerts with musings on the merits & pit-falls of ‘dealing with the man’. 34 mins 2004

A Winter Walk Through Christiania A quiet stroll through the infamous squatted town in Copenhagen; frozen lakes, wooden cottages & winding paths in the brilliant winter sun followed by a raid from the Danish police. 6 mins 2004

Sumac Centre Vegan fries, vegan beer, vegans, & home to veggies the probably the best vegan catering outfit on the planet. The Sumac is a co-operatively owned ‘Radical environmental community type social centre’ in Nottingham. Some vegetables were cooked in the making of this film. 18 mins 2004

Pamphlet for Independent Journalists Covering G20

• EngageMedia^? text to Rahima - ANNA
• Ask Indymedia for text - ANNA
• Van text to Rahima - MARIAN

Media of Dissent

PANEL/FORUM/DISCUSSION

• rachel to facilitate
• ian mcintyre/john hughes/pat fiske can't do
• liz turner confirmed to talk about s11 media
• gary foley - ricey to contact
• grubby - talk about g8 media - tom to contact
• pheonix to talk about ethics in dissenting media in forum

The panel/forum discussion:

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"Independent Media for Social Movements - Reflections and Strategies for Coverage of G20"

How do we cover the actions and events and underlying issues effectively? What resources should we use? How can reflections on indepdendent and mainstream media coverage of events such as S11 and the G8 meeting in Scotland help us be more effective in future? What issues of journalistic ethics affect independent dissenting journalists? A discussion about what projects people are planning for G20 and how we can best coordinate them.

> >>>

WORKSHOPS

• work out which workshops need a video/data projector - TOM
• contact each workshop leader to confirm times and equipment needed - TOM

PROMOTION

• flyer calendar launch at Readings - TOM
• put at readings counter - PC
• flyers at FoE^? - ANNA
• post flyer to indymedia - PC
• email Takver ask to feature flyer - send email tom sent through - ANNA
• flyer RMIT - RAHIMA
• flyer a space outside meeting - RAHIMA
• kent street flyers - ANNA
• melbourne social forum list - ADAM
• EngageMedia^? list - ANNA
• oceania video list - ANNA
• disobedience list - ANNA
• forest list - RAHIMA
• News item about it and Van on engagemedia - ANNA
• email journos lists, melb uni, rmit uni journo courses - PHEONIX
• put up on stopg20 announce list and goto website - TOM
• live journal - PHOENIX - DONE
• skatv - ANNA
• plug In - ANNA
• 3CR - cart - RACHEL
• 3KND, RRR, SYN, PBS - media release to program manager - TOM

INTERNET ACCESS

• contact Trades Hall re. internet access. find out any details we will need to plug in the Airport Express wireless router - TOM
• pheonix to bring her Airport Express - PHEONIX

EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS FOR SESSIONS

• projection screen - PC
• whiteboards and pens ???
• PA / Stereo for video sound ???
• video projector - ANNA
• additional data projector - RAHIMA

ON THE DAY

• start 11am meeting at Trades Hall
• desk with contact details, pamphlet, reader, showbags
• tom, rachel, anna, rahima, maz maybe phoenix to help out from 11am
• make signs for workshops
• set up rooms
• tea and coffee - cafe rather than an urn / tea bags

OTHER TO DO

• email schedule to media of dissent, stopG20 announce list - TOM
• make a program for the day A4 sheet - TOM
• make a mini-reader for media of dissent - PHOENIX - DONE (gareth has it)
• paper - PC
• pens - TOM, PHOENIX

Miscellaneous

• Don't forget Margaret Gee's Media Guide is available for free use at the State Library
• G8 indymedia video coverage here: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315987.html

-- AnnaSpanna - 05 Nov 2006 -- AnnaSpanna - 08 Nov 2006 -- AnnaSpanna - 11 Nov 2006 -- AnnaSpanna - 15 Nov 2006 -- TakveR - 15 Nov 2006
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