[WXBH-Discuss] This Thurs. 5:00 - Forecastle Concept and Planning Meeting

[brian manley]

On 7/10/07, Aron Conaway <aronconaway at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Time is short and Forecastle is right down the road.
>
> WXBH is going to use this as an opportunity to make a loud local presence
> and by default this is going to be to be our real "Kick Off" event to let
> everyone know that we are out here and ready to be listened to.
>
> I've been working with JK (Forecastle organizer) and Ohio Valley Creative
> Energy http://www.ohiovalleycreativenergy.org/ (OVCE) on a concept to set
> up
> a WXBH recording studio at Forecastle on the Belvedere, allowing
> Forecastle
> attendees to DJ and speak about whatever they like, live on the air. We
> will
> be setting up a wireless network, streaming to the world and feeding our
> content straight to Fern Creek to broadcast live on the air. JK is very
> excited about this possibility to have the festival on the internet and on
> air.
>
> A preliminary concept drawing (open to change) can be seen at my website:
> http://www.hallieandaron.com/forecastle/forecastle.htm
>
> For background… OVCE is a group of Louisville artists that are working to
> build an art-making (glass, metal, ceramics) facility in Southern Indiana
> on
> a landfill that runs off of methane gas. Seeing that both local grassroots
> media and alternative fuel use are elements of sustainable development it
> made sense to team up at Forecastle. A large geodesic dome is going to be
> constructed by OVCE volunteers and we will share this space, out of the
> sun,
> with them for the two days on the Belvedere. They will blow glass all day
> and we will make local radio happen.
>
>
> For this event WXBH will need:
>
> ***To conceptualize a message and design signage that explains how
> important
> Community Radio is.
>
> ***To create a one-page handout with instructions on how to interview
> someone (with FCC cussing guidelines), including several leading questions
> that could be asked of the activist organizations at Forecastle.
>
> ***Volunteers to find volunteers to interview the activist organizations,
> asking them to talk about what it is that they do.
>
> ***People to work around the booth and hand out brochures, program
> proposals
> and to discuss WXBH's mission to our community.
>
> ***A mobile studio to setup downtown. (I can likely provide 90% of this)
>
> ***A local business sponsor (underwriter?) to help pay for equipment,
> printing etc. for this WXBH project (if you find this person/ business you
> get a million cool points)
>
> ***Other stuff not yet thought of…
>
> First off, I must say that I obviously can't do this myself and need
> several other individuals to step up and help make this thing amazing. I
> will be gone for a week from July 18th to the 25th (bad timing I know), so
> getting a lot of the legwork done for this is gonna have to be done as a
> TEAM. So the question is, "Can we pull this together and make it a HUGE
> SUCCESS?"
>
> I would like to have a meet at 5:00, this Thursday, at the Atomic Saucer
> on
> Oak and
> Swan Streets with all those interested in participating and volunteering
> for
> this event.
> Can anyone make it?
>
> Anyone have ideas to contribute and discuss right now...?
>
> This'll be really amazing, if we really put our hearts into it.
>
> -Aron
>
>
> If you are interested in working on a committee for this event, please let
> me know. We have a lot of work to do by July 27th and 28th. Thanks!
>
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