enarcmot “Pretty soon, as the country begins to figure out how we “open back up” and move forward, very powerful forces will try to convince us all to get back to normal. (That never happened. What are you talking about?) Billions of dollars will be spent on advertising, messaging, and television and media content to make you feel comfortable again.”
Article is worth reading.
https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
Reminder – Friends of Community Media will continue to meet during the current crisis Saturday 4/11 at 2:00 PM and will meet online on Zoom. Check with Spencer at spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org if you do not have the password or information on how to attend. Minutes from previous meetings are also below: MARCH MINUTES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P9JhmfiCqoWiqGpdVyfw8oCnYSKshFpgzvZkMH6KAKs/edit?usp=sharingAPRIL
DRAFT AGENDA AND NOTES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VBdRVElMnM9ONcs6RMjH1chURtW5bpD4oNFdLyMxBNQ/edit?usp=sharing
Anyone with the link can comment on the March minutes and edit
April draft agenda.THREE OPTIONS FOR ATTENDING:VOICE ONLY: Dial: 312 626 6799, enter Meeting ID: 767 816 447VOICE AND GOOGLE DOCS: Connect as per “Voice Only” and visit the Google Docs as above. Note that anyone can contribute to the meeting notes in progress in real time. The Google Docs software can gracefully manage potential edit conflicts.
I took part in this survey – you can guess how I responded!
-=Tom Crane=-
NOTICE: The FCM meeting scheduled for Saturday 3/14 at 2:00 PM will now be online. The location where we hold our meetings has said all meetings will be cancelled there. An email giving instructions is being sent out for those who wish to attend from home on our FCM email list.
MEETING AGENDA 3/14/20
Mission statement: The mission of Friends of Community Media is to promote non-commercial community-based media of all types, to educate citizens on the nature of the media, and to encourage all media to be responsive to the public in coverage.
Minutes from February – Spencer
Treasurer – Greg Current balance, expenses
Committee Reports
Website committee meeting 2/20 report
Events Committee – report – Craig, Richard – event: Religion and the media All Souls 5/17
Old Business
Event possibility with KKFI – Amy Goodman – Media in a Time of War
ProPublica affiliation possibility – Spencer
Kansas City Press Club collaboration – Spencer
New Business
Do we want to meetings via Zoom in foreseeable future?
Monthly potlucks future?
Prepare for Annual Meeting – Bylaws – first Monday of April
Adjourn
Article about corporate-media “know-it-alls” love of Biden which also points out that, “Sanders is the antithesis of Trump. He thinks. He reads. He learns. He cares. His pledge to act and serve as a transformative president for the many, not just the few, is transparently sincere.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/200309104241632.html
Friends of Community Media will meet on Saturday 3/14 at 2:00 PM – 39th & Main rear door, upstairs.
Reminder: FCM potluck at Spencer’s – at 4559 Warwick Blvd 508, Saturday, Feb. 29, 6 PM.
ARE THE MEDIA GOOD WATCHDOGS?
Yours truly was a part of this survey! It shows Americans are a bit confused.