On May 10, 10:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> wrote:
> Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > the verb to be all the time.
> -BB
Whutevah... Language is an artform, not a hard science, and misunderstandings happen all the time. It still seems to me that: "Mainstream media is a biased corporate commmercial conglomerate owned and operated by the very hedgemony that is embarrased by the Silence on the 4th..." and "Whoever posted this seems bent on defining rainbow gatherings as organized events held by a group which is distinct from the public, rather than freeform peaceable assemblies of the public; the former being a licensed privilege under the Permit Regulation and the latter being the enjoyment of the vested right of the people peaceably to assemble." which was the main point I was trying to make and which Gary snipped. I believe thinking people in general are relying less and less on biased corporate media as thier source of truth all the time, and the gatherings of the tribes are happenings not "events" hosted by any one tribe...
BB, fair's fair, if you are going to correct my grammar why don’t-cha tell Gary to proof read his sometimes unintelligible typing. %~\
On May 10, 11:58 am, Tha Billdozer <thabilldo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 2:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it > > received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll > > to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done > > by many people to prevent burnout.
> [SNIP all the garbage].
> The wordiness of this post reminds me of one person.... Barry > Adams....ye' ol' long winded one.
> Old saying.... where there is many words there is little truth.... > can't remember who said it.
SWING and a miss strike one oh braindead one ....care to try again
> On May 10, 12:16 pm, "rainbowcrystalkitc...@yahoo.com"
> <rainbowcrystalkitc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On May 10, 7:32 am, Old Tom <rascal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 10, 1:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > > > > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it > > > > received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll > > > > to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done > > > > by many people to prevent burnout.
> > > > Rainbow press crew: Goals for the Future and What’s Up
> > > > What is the Rainbow press crew?
> > > > The Rainbow press crew is a group of passionate volunteers who have > > > > committed time and energy to keeping our family safe in a new way. Its > > > > goal is to eliminate police harassment at peaceful Rainbow gatherings > > > > by getting mainstream media cameras there before the harassment and > > > > attacks occur. It is hoped that the presence of these types of cameras > > > > will deter the police from behaving inappropriately. When the next > > > > incident happens, we need the world to see it. This harassment needs > > > > to be prevented by entering reports of these attacks into the court of > > > > public opinion once and for all.
> > > > The press crew started because the tactic of increased and persistent > > > > police harassment succeeds to completely squelch events. An example is > > > > the New York Critical Mass Bike Ride. Like Rainbow, it's a recurring > > > > nonviolent event that focuses on exercising our right to peaceably > > > > assemble on public land. In 2004, upwards of 5,000 were in attendance. > > > > Then a steady police harassment campaign began which deterred people's > > > > interests in coming out, and in three years, by 2007, attendance > > > > dropped to mere dozens. Some think this may also happen to Rainbow > > > > being that we're 3/4ths down in numbers.
> > > > •On site volunteers jot down a report/summary of the day’s events, > > > > type it up and print 7 copies > > > > •Info sends signed up after-dinner runners to pick up the copies, > > > > bring them to the road and divvy them out into cars already leaving > > > > the gathering > > > > •Copies sent to town are called in to the voice mail of an off site > > > > volunteer that night > > > > •Off site volunteers transform this report into a good press release > > > > and send it to media contacts > > > > •Off site volunteers make follow up calls to media outlets (a common > > > > practice expected by the media), stressing that the most accurate > > > > story is “at the gathering” and “we can't speak for Rainbow” > > > > •At the gathering a media check-in/parking area is established and > > > > tours of the site are offered at noon each day. Tour guides are > > > > entertaining and inform gatherers that cameras are coming into the > > > > area. These media escorts also have radios to be notified as to when > > > > to bring the cameras to an incident
> > > > We'd like the media to see all the great stuff going on at the > > > > gathering. We want them to see the beautiful children, hear the > > > > singing, smell the smells of the kitchens, and feel the good > > > > intentions.
> > > > What we did
> > > > We collected videos, documents, quotes, etc. for the press. We > > > > manifested a list of 163 media outlets (both mainstream and > > > > alternative) and a website. We set up a phone line and got a printer > > > > and driver DVDs on site. We sent out press releases and followed up > > > > with phone calls to all of the TV stations on the list. Reports came > > > > in from folks who'd left the gathering, and more press releases went > > > > out.
> > > > We were mentioned ( http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/ > > > > V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719 ) in a Pinedale, WY > > > > newspaper. Dr. Niman (who wrote the book, People of the Rainbow) > > > > referenced ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip) and > > > > linked to one of our press releases in an article he wrote about the > > > > Kid Village incident which was published in Artvoice, a Buffalo, NY > > > > newspaper. And a Denver, CO cable TV program ( http://blip.tv/search? > > > > q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0 ) called Common Sense did a show > > > > interviewing Rainbow guests that aired over a dozen times to an > > > > audience of over 60,000.
> > > > Many folks committed to volunteering with the press crew. Those who > > > > followed through did a great job, and many are back on board (we're > > > > still waiting to hear back from some) to help protect the New Mexico > > > > ('09) national from attack. Those who didn't follow through consisted > > > > of on site volunteers.
> > > > What didn't happen
> > > > At the WY Gathering last year there was no media check-in area and > > > > reports didn’t go out from the land, even though there was cell > > > > service on site behind front gate. No calls were made to the waiting, > > > > off site volunteers until bad stuff happened. By then it was too late > > > > to get the mainstream cameras in to help protect the Family. Some > > > > folks didn't take it seriously. One opinion about sending reports out > > > > before an attack was, “making daily phone calls when little is > > > > happening is useless.”
> > > > This inaction was mostly due to folks plugging in the way they usually > > > > do to ensure the survival of that particular gathering. That same > > > > 'ole, same ole' is proving detrimental to our mere existence. How are > > > > we investing so that future gatherings will still happen and will be > > > > safe two years from now?
> > > > What we need to happen
> > > > There is a parking crew, there is a water crew and now there is a > > > > press crew. The off site crew is established. The media list keeps > > > > growing.
> > > > The Family needs on site volunteers, now more than ever, if for no > > > > other reason than to prevent the following quote from becoming a > > > > reality next month in NM. Regarding the Kid Village Incident at the WY > > > > Gathering, top LEO John Twiss said, “When you're throwing a rock at > > > > somebody's head, you're potentially looking at hurting somebody > > > > seriously or killing them. Our officers certainly could have been > > > > looking at using deadly force, but they didn't.” -Billings Gazette, > > > > July 8, 2008. ( http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/08/ > > > > news/wyoming/31-rainbowfamily.txt ) This statement is outright spooky, > > > > but it's also a chilling example of how the FS sends lies to the press > > > > about our behavior, so it makes sense for us to send reports to the > > > > press about their behavior.
> > > > Also, a court document ( http://www.free-assembly.org/gather/ > > > > courtstorms/ar07-ozark/us-v-wirtshafter/hrg-transcript-5jy07/view ) > > > > was sent to the press crew which transcribes the head of the ICT Gene > > > > Smithson who swore under oath when questioned that “Every year we are > > > > – we are going to be recertified in it (crowd control),” and added, > > > > “every officer on the team had” received re-certifying training > > > > credits in crowd control dispersal while they were at the Arkansas '07 > > > > Gathering. Therefore they probably believe that training on us is just > > > > one of their job duties so it must be totally OK to do.
> > > > Should we take it to court? Been there. Even when we win, the FS keeps > > > > doing whatever it wants. And we only have three lawyers, and they > > > > already work year round on helping the Family.
> > > > Finally, our own cameras are not enough. Last May, a Philly cop riot > > > > ( http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/97248.shtml) captured by TV > > > > news cameras resulted in the immediate firing of at least five > > > > officers within two weeks of the incident. That's instant > > > > accountability vs. stagnant YouTube videos and pending court cases.
> > > > The only cog left to turn this machine is finding on site volunteers > > > > who'll do their part so that the off site volunteers may provide the > > > > press with consistent, enticing, credible and professional press > > > > releases to balance out what the FS is feeding them. Be a small part > > > > of our big crew!
> > > > AWESOME ONSITE PRESS CREW POSITIONS TO BE FILLED
> > > > * Gatherers of On Site Volunteers via signs, announcements at dinner, > > > > etc.
> > > > * Coordinators of After-Dinner Runners via sign-up sheet kept by Info > > > > workers
> > > > * Many After-Dinner Runners to take turns finding responsible drivers/ > > > > callers on the road heading out (a good job for folks new to Rainbow)
> > > > * Accurate Info Collectors and Daily Summary Writers
> > > > * Typists and Printer-outers of 7 copies a day
> > > > *Tour Guides/TV Camera Media Escorts...borrow radios until we can buy > > > > them for you!
> > > > *Road campers excited to have part of their camp serve as the Media > > > > Check-In/Parking Area
> > > > If you are considering helping and can commit, please contact > > > > <rpcrew09 at gmail.com>
> > > > The salary is good karma. Here's our first call
> On May 10, 10:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> > wrote:
> > Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> > How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > > the verb to be all the time.
> > -BB
> Whutevah... Language is an artform, not a hard science, and > misunderstandings happen all the time. It still seems to me that: > "Mainstream media is a biased corporate commmercial conglomerate owned > and operated by the very hedgemony that is embarrased by the Silence > on the 4th..." and "Whoever posted this seems bent on defining rainbow > gatherings as organized events held by a group which is distinct from > the public, rather than freeform peaceable assemblies of the public; > the former being a licensed privilege under the Permit Regulation and > the latter being the enjoyment of the vested right of the people > peaceably to assemble." which was the main point I was trying to make > and which Gary snipped. I believe thinking people in general are > relying less and less on biased corporate media as thier source of > truth all the time, and the gatherings of the tribes are happenings > not "events" hosted by any one tribe...
> BB, fair's fair, if you are going to correct my grammar why don’t-cha > tell Gary to proof read his sometimes unintelligible typing. %~\
> Peace, Sanity
becuase it would be a waste of time ...I make no claims to good grammer nor goiod spelling....... how every you on the other hand bruce ...what a hippiecrite you are .... you can play fast and loose with your meanings but you hold everyone else to the fine points ...... no one ...no one but you read that line to mean there was money in it ...only you .... and it was you who brought up the old magic hat accusations .. again...without any proof or hint of reason to question the good intention of those volunteers who would give of their time to serve.... lets just admit bruce .... you just dont like rainbow ... your no diffrent then crazy bill.... you look for and find any outrageous excuse to bash anything rainbow ....you even go so far as you continually rewrite rainbow history to fit your preconeieved agenda .... as a pervayer of fictisous information you rank with the best of them here on agr......
> On May 10, 11:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> > wrote:
> > Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> > How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > > the verb to be all the time.
> > -BB
> it still seems strange to me that media and all it's attendent > Babylonian > technology would be welcomed at a Gathering. i took a small tape > recorder > to a Gathering once to catch and keep some sounds, nothing in > partcular, > you understand, just the sounds of a Gathering, the drums, the I LOVE > YOUs, the laughter, snatches of cosmic conversation and such. someone > saw me > with it and all hell broke lose. i had like 5 or 6 people scolding me > for bringing > in bad vibes and stealing energy from the Gathering. you'd think i > was stealing > souls or something. i never brought so much as a disposable camera to > a > Gathering again. now there's cameras everwhere and satellite pick up > for cell phones. **shrug** > with satellite
IMHO, the people that scolded you brought their own piece of Babylon to the gathering. Heir Plunker makes DVDs... *<|:o)
> > All the fancy language in this post aside, I'll tell you what I know about > > this - and I know quite a bit.
> > Some people want to do a media campaign that's decentralized and not > > controlled by anyone in particular.
> > This is their plan to do this. In the early part of this decade I did > > media > > campaigns as myself and by myself and everyone hated that as well (hence > > the > > reason I believe the people behind this are trying to stay on the down > > low).
> > The people behind this had some success in Wymong and want to build on > > that > > next year in New Mexico.
> > It's a vision for the gathering. Lot's of people have visions and do their > > best to make their vision > > for something happen at a gathering. It could be sunscreen for all on the > > 4th of July, or a sober > > living camp or sister circles. What ever. If it's not your vision, go > > create your vision and quit > > wasting so much time bashing other people's visions.
> > This vision will succeed or not (as everything in Rainbow) by how many > > other > > people feel > > that this sister's vision is close to their own vision. So let it play out > > in what ever way > > is meant to be and let's see what happens.
> > Love, > > Karin
> > Disclaimer - I wasn't a part of this last year - although I knew about it.
> Hey, I didn’t bash anyone. My posting an observation of what I read > isn’t a waste of time either. The thought of inviting the mainstream > media into the gathering (and that’s what I get from this line: “by > getting mainstream media cameras there”) would likely have more > negative effect than positive and it is the reason why in times past > they’ve been asked to leave. I don’t use the term “vision” so loosely > as to think that mainstream media has the best interest of the > gathering at heart. What has been a nature happening (occurrence) is > about to become a media circus. That’s my vision.
> Chuck > *********************************************************************** > Your, and your familiar nSanity's, so-called "visions" are always some > negative, beyond the worst-case scenarios of any and all of the upbeat, > innovative, positive, helpful ideas that come across here. Total drainbows.
I’ve always been of the opinion that people are free to bring their cameras and the like as long as they ask those whose pictures are to be taken have given their permission. I would feel the same way toward a recorder of any kind. I’m in favor of folks using their camcorders to document the unlawful activity of the Leos and have maintained that it would be a wise practice in such an event to have someone filming the person filming the activity as a precaution against further abuse of power. But inviting the media into the gathering is a whole other matter. It brings a commercial enterprise into the natural setting of the gathering and IMHO pollutes the wholeness of its purpose. How that’s seen as negativity on my part is beyond me, but then again maybe I don’t know the purpose of the gathering anymore.
> On May 10, 11:13 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@excite.com> wrote:
> > On May 10, 11:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> > > wrote:
> > > Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> > > How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > > > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > > > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > > > the verb to be all the time.
> > > -BB
> > it still seems strange to me that media and all it's attendent > > Babylonian > > technology would be welcomed at a Gathering. i took a small tape > > recorder > > to a Gathering once to catch and keep some sounds, nothing in > > partcular, > > you understand, just the sounds of a Gathering, the drums, the I LOVE > > YOUs, the laughter, snatches of cosmic conversation and such. someone > > saw me > > with it and all hell broke lose. i had like 5 or 6 people scolding me > > for bringing > > in bad vibes and stealing energy from the Gathering. you'd think i > > was stealing > > souls or something. i never brought so much as a disposable camera to > > a > > Gathering again. now there's cameras everwhere and satellite pick up > > for cell phones. **shrug** > > with satellite
> IMHO, the people that scolded you brought their own piece of Babylon > to the gathering. Heir Plunker makes DVDs... *<|:o)- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
well, the scolding happened a long time ago and things have change. maybe Rainbow was more Puritan back then and i'm just still feeling the residual residue of the past.
> On May 11, 3:59 am, Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On May 10, 11:13 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@excite.com> wrote:
> > > On May 10, 11:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> > > > wrote:
> > > > Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > > > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > > > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> > > > How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > > > > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > > > > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > > > > the verb to be all the time.
> > > > -BB
> > > it still seems strange to me that media and all it's attendent > > > Babylonian > > > technology would be welcomed at a Gathering. i took a small tape > > > recorder > > > to a Gathering once to catch and keep some sounds, nothing in > > > partcular, > > > you understand, just the sounds of a Gathering, the drums, the I LOVE > > > YOUs, the laughter, snatches of cosmic conversation and such. someone > > > saw me > > > with it and all hell broke lose. i had like 5 or 6 people scolding me > > > for bringing > > > in bad vibes and stealing energy from the Gathering. you'd think i > > > was stealing > > > souls or something. i never brought so much as a disposable camera to > > > a > > > Gathering again. now there's cameras everwhere and satellite pick up > > > for cell phones. **shrug** > > > with satellite
> > IMHO, the people that scolded you brought their own piece of Babylon > > to the gathering. Heir Plunker makes DVDs... *<|:o)- Hide quoted text -
> > - Show quoted text -
> well, the scolding happened a long time ago and things have change. > maybe Rainbow was more Puritan back then and i'm just still feeling > the residual residue of the past.- Hide quoted text -
> Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > the verb to be all the time.
> -BB
it still seems strange to me that media and all it's attendent Babylonian technology would be welcomed at a Gathering. i took a small tape recorder to a Gathering once to catch and keep some sounds, nothing in partcular, you understand, just the sounds of a Gathering, the drums, the I LOVE YOUs, the laughter, snatches of cosmic conversation and such. someone saw me with it and all hell broke lose. i had like 5 or 6 people scolding me for bringing in bad vibes and stealing energy from the Gathering. you'd think i was stealing souls or something. i never brought so much as a disposable camera to a Gathering again. now there's cameras everwhere and satellite pick up for cell phones. **shrug** with satellite
************************************************************************* During my first Gathering in '72 I got the distinct impression that cameras were not allowed per some "rule". In '73, I took a photog friend of mine and kept telling him there was a "rule", and that "cameras were not allowed". But being a total (and excellent, btw) photographer, he wouldn't dream of going anywhere without a camera. He did fine, and pointed out others with cameras there. Fast forward to recent years and I went through some initial surprise seeing photos and video everywhere. Now, I'm used to it. Things change.
> On May 11, 2:46 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@excite.com> wrote:
> > On May 11, 3:59 am, Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > On May 10, 11:13 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@excite.com> wrote:
> > > > On May 10, 11:38 pm, Butterfly Bill <farfallabillMYAPPENDIX.isp.com> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > > No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a > > > > > > comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" > > > > > > such being your interpretation of what it says...
> > > > > How many times have you seen in a catalog or other ad, "Price: $25"? > > > > > How many times have you seen "Age: 25"?. How about that old magazine ad > > > > > that said "Scotch: Dewar's White Label"?. A colon is used in place of > > > > > the verb to be all the time.
> > > > > -BB
> > > > it still seems strange to me that media and all it's attendent > > > > Babylonian > > > > technology would be welcomed at a Gathering. i took a small tape > > > > recorder > > > > to a Gathering once to catch and keep some sounds, nothing in > > > > partcular, > > > > you understand, just the sounds of a Gathering, the drums, the I LOVE > > > > YOUs, the laughter, snatches of cosmic conversation and such. someone > > > > saw me > > > > with it and all hell broke lose. i had like 5 or 6 people scolding me > > > > for bringing > > > > in bad vibes and stealing energy from the Gathering. you'd think i > > > > was stealing > > > > souls or something. i never brought so much as a disposable camera to > > > > a > > > > Gathering again. now there's cameras everwhere and satellite pick up > > > > for cell phones. **shrug** > > > > with satellite
> > > IMHO, the people that scolded you brought their own piece of Babylon > > > to the gathering. Heir Plunker makes DVDs... *<|:o)- Hide quoted text -
> > > - Show quoted text -
> > well, the scolding happened a long time ago and things have change. > > maybe Rainbow was more Puritan back then and i'm just still feeling > > the residual residue of the past.- Hide quoted text -
I think an organized group of self selected volunteers to do media is a great idea. I have worked with many activist groups who use press releases and do media outreach and it is a very wise idea to have some knowledge of how these things work. A well written press release will bring media, if it is on a slow news day or fits into a "community" type column. I also think that whatever any rainbow chooses to do or say to make things better at gatherings is their personal responsibility and business. If some gatherer does or says things that bring problems, then it is any ones responsibility and personal business to try to correct the problem. Any one can do it, everyone may do it, and no one can stop them, cause no one is in charge! The media outreach is a good idea, but would be best kept to specific media, imho. Democracy now has been contacted and that is one media group I would welcome. Same for indymedia of various sorts. When it comes to CNN, FOX, ABC, etc...well, they probably won't send a reporter or camera crew, and all the better they don't. It is way to easy to take isolated bad behavior from some gatherers and make out like that is the sum total of everything. It would be best to have media accompanied by rainbows with lots of experience, who can explain what is seen. It is also vital, imo, to remind everyone, esp. first time visitors, about the fact that a gathering has much less crime than a city of the same population, and yet that since anyone may come, you get a bit of the darker side of life as well as the living light. Rainbows include all the colors in the spectrum, hence our accurate name. Peace and healing cannot easily occur when hostile forces surround, interfere with and discourage it. But we try. We do try to make a place where light may live, where peace prevails and where healing is our purpose and our outcome. I think if peace will ever be possible, it is from practice sessions like rainbow gatherings that seeds are planted, tended and harvested. Let there be peace on earth and in our gatherings. Love freely, live peacefully, Fragilethunder
On May 10, 12:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it > received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll > to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done > by many people to prevent burnout.
> Rainbow press crew: Goals for the Future and What’s Up
> What is the Rainbow press crew?
> The Rainbow press crew is a group of passionate volunteers who have > committed time and energy to keeping our family safe in a new way. Its > goal is to eliminate police harassment at peaceful Rainbow gatherings > by getting mainstream media cameras there before the harassment and > attacks occur. It is hoped that the presence of these types of cameras > will deter the police from behaving inappropriately. When the next > incident happens, we need the world to see it. This harassment needs > to be prevented by entering reports of these attacks into the court of > public opinion once and for all.
> The press crew started because the tactic of increased and persistent > police harassment succeeds to completely squelch events. An example is > the New York Critical Mass Bike Ride. Like Rainbow, it's a recurring > nonviolent event that focuses on exercising our right to peaceably > assemble on public land. In 2004, upwards of 5,000 were in attendance. > Then a steady police harassment campaign began which deterred people's > interests in coming out, and in three years, by 2007, attendance > dropped to mere dozens. Some think this may also happen to Rainbow > being that we're 3/4ths down in numbers.
> •On site volunteers jot down a report/summary of the day’s events, > type it up and print 7 copies > •Info sends signed up after-dinner runners to pick up the copies, > bring them to the road and divvy them out into cars already leaving > the gathering > •Copies sent to town are called in to the voice mail of an off site > volunteer that night > •Off site volunteers transform this report into a good press release > and send it to media contacts > •Off site volunteers make follow up calls to media outlets (a common > practice expected by the media), stressing that the most accurate > story is “at the gathering” and “we can't speak for Rainbow” > •At the gathering a media check-in/parking area is established and > tours of the site are offered at noon each day. Tour guides are > entertaining and inform gatherers that cameras are coming into the > area. These media escorts also have radios to be notified as to when > to bring the cameras to an incident
> We'd like the media to see all the great stuff going on at the > gathering. We want them to see the beautiful children, hear the > singing, smell the smells of the kitchens, and feel the good > intentions.
> What we did
> We collected videos, documents, quotes, etc. for the press. We > manifested a list of 163 media outlets (both mainstream and > alternative) and a website. We set up a phone line and got a printer > and driver DVDs on site. We sent out press releases and followed up > with phone calls to all of the TV stations on the list. Reports came > in from folks who'd left the gathering, and more press releases went > out.
> We were mentioned ( http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/ > V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719 ) in a Pinedale, WY > newspaper. Dr. Niman (who wrote the book, People of the Rainbow) > referenced ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip) and > linked to one of our press releases in an article he wrote about the > Kid Village incident which was published in Artvoice, a Buffalo, NY > newspaper. And a Denver, CO cable TV program ( http://blip.tv/search? > q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0 ) called Common Sense did a show > interviewing Rainbow guests that aired over a dozen times to an > audience of over 60,000.
> Many folks committed to volunteering with the press crew. Those who > followed through did a great job, and many are back on board (we're > still waiting to hear back from some) to help protect the New Mexico > ('09) national from attack. Those who didn't follow through consisted > of on site volunteers.
> What didn't happen
> At the WY Gathering last year there was no media check-in area and > reports didn’t go out from the land, even though there was cell > service on site behind front gate. No calls were made to the waiting, > off site volunteers until bad stuff happened. By then it was too late > to get the mainstream cameras in to help protect the Family. Some > folks didn't take it seriously. One opinion about sending reports out > before an attack was, “making daily phone calls when little is > happening is useless.”
> This inaction was mostly due to folks plugging in the way they usually > do to ensure the survival of that particular gathering. That same > 'ole, same ole' is proving detrimental to our mere existence. How are > we investing so that future gatherings will still happen and will be > safe two years from now?
> What we need to happen
> There is a parking crew, there is a water crew and now there is a > press crew. The off site crew is established. The media list keeps > growing.
> The Family needs on site volunteers, now more than ever, if for no > other reason than to prevent the following quote from becoming a > reality next month in NM. Regarding the Kid Village Incident at the WY > Gathering, top LEO John Twiss said, “When you're throwing a rock at > somebody's head, you're potentially looking at hurting somebody > seriously or killing them. Our officers certainly could have been > looking at using deadly force, but they didn't.” -Billings Gazette, > July 8, 2008. ( http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/08/ > news/wyoming/31-rainbowfamily.txt ) This statement is outright spooky, > but it's also a chilling example of how the FS sends lies to the press > about our behavior, so it makes sense for us to send reports to the > press about their behavior.
> Also, a court document ( http://www.free-assembly.org/gather/ > courtstorms/ar07-ozark/us-v-wirtshafter/hrg-transcript-5jy07/view ) > was sent to the press crew which transcribes the head of the ICT Gene > Smithson who swore under oath when questioned that “Every year we are > – we are going to be recertified in it (crowd control),” and added, > “every officer on the team had” received re-certifying training > credits in crowd control dispersal while they were at the Arkansas '07 > Gathering. Therefore they probably believe that training on us is just > one of their job duties so it must be totally OK to do.
> Should we take it to court? Been there. Even when we win, the FS keeps > doing whatever it wants. And we only have three lawyers, and they > already work year round on helping the Family.
> Finally, our own cameras are not enough. Last May, a Philly cop riot > ( http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/97248.shtml) captured by TV > news cameras resulted in the immediate firing of at least five > officers within two weeks of the incident. That's instant > accountability vs. stagnant YouTube videos and pending court cases.
> The only cog left to turn this machine is finding on site volunteers > who'll do
> I think an organized group of self selected volunteers to do media is > a great idea. I have worked with many activist groups who use press > releases and do media outreach and it is a very wise idea to have some > knowledge of how these things work. A well written press release will > bring media, if it is on a slow news day or fits into a "community" > type column. > I also think that whatever any rainbow chooses to do or say to make > things better at gatherings is their personal responsibility and > business. If some gatherer does or says things that bring problems, > then it is any ones responsibility and personal business to try to > correct the problem. > Any one can do it, everyone may do it, and no one can stop them, cause > no one is in charge! > The media outreach is a good idea, but would be best kept to specific > media, imho. Democracy now has been contacted and that is one media > group I would welcome. Same for indymedia of various sorts. When it > comes to CNN, FOX, ABC, etc...well, they probably won't send a > reporter or camera crew, and all the better they don't. > It is way to easy to take isolated bad behavior from some gatherers > and make out like that is the sum total of everything. It would be > best to have media accompanied by rainbows with lots of experience, > who can explain what is seen. > It is also vital, imo, to remind everyone, esp. first time visitors, > about the fact that a gathering has much less crime than a city of the > same population, and yet that since anyone may come, you get a bit of > the darker side of life as well as the living light. > Rainbows include all the colors in the spectrum, hence our accurate > name. > Peace and healing cannot easily occur when hostile forces surround, > interfere with and discourage it. But we try. > We do try to make a place where light may live, where peace prevails > and where healing is our purpose and our outcome. I think if peace > will ever be possible, it is from practice sessions like rainbow > gatherings that seeds are planted, tended and harvested. > Let there be peace on earth and in our gatherings. > Love freely, live peacefully, > Fragilethunder
> On May 10, 12:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it > > received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll > > to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done > > by many people to prevent burnout.
> > Rainbow press crew: Goals for the Future and What’s Up
> > What is the Rainbow press crew?
> > The Rainbow press crew is a group of passionate volunteers who have > > committed time and energy to keeping our family safe in a new way. Its > > goal is to eliminate police harassment at peaceful Rainbow gatherings > > by getting mainstream media cameras there before the harassment and > > attacks occur. It is hoped that the presence of these types of cameras > > will deter the police from behaving inappropriately. When the next > > incident happens, we need the world to see it. This harassment needs > > to be prevented by entering reports of these attacks into the court of > > public opinion once and for all.
> > The press crew started because the tactic of increased and persistent > > police harassment succeeds to completely squelch events. An example is > > the New York Critical Mass Bike Ride. Like Rainbow, it's a recurring > > nonviolent event that focuses on exercising our right to peaceably > > assemble on public land. In 2004, upwards of 5,000 were in attendance. > > Then a steady police harassment campaign began which deterred people's > > interests in coming out, and in three years, by 2007, attendance > > dropped to mere dozens. Some think this may also happen to Rainbow > > being that we're 3/4ths down in numbers.
> > •On site volunteers jot down a report/summary of the day’s events, > > type it up and print 7 copies > > •Info sends signed up after-dinner runners to pick up the copies, > > bring them to the road and divvy them out into cars already leaving > > the gathering > > •Copies sent to town are called in to the voice mail of an off site > > volunteer that night > > •Off site volunteers transform this report into a good press release > > and send it to media contacts > > •Off site volunteers make follow up calls to media outlets (a common > > practice expected by the media), stressing that the most accurate > > story is “at the gathering” and “we can't speak for Rainbow” > > •At the gathering a media check-in/parking area is established and > > tours of the site are offered at noon each day. Tour guides are > > entertaining and inform gatherers that cameras are coming into the > > area. These media escorts also have radios to be notified as to when > > to bring the cameras to an incident
> > We'd like the media to see all the great stuff going on at the > > gathering. We want them to see the beautiful children, hear the > > singing, smell the smells of the kitchens, and feel the good > > intentions.
> > What we did
> > We collected videos, documents, quotes, etc. for the press. We > > manifested a list of 163 media outlets (both mainstream and > > alternative) and a website. We set up a phone line and got a printer > > and driver DVDs on site. We sent out press releases and followed up > > with phone calls to all of the TV stations on the list. Reports came > > in from folks who'd left the gathering, and more press releases went > > out.
> > We were mentioned ( http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/ > > V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719 ) in a Pinedale, WY > > newspaper. Dr. Niman (who wrote the book, People of the Rainbow) > > referenced ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip) and > > linked to one of our press releases in an article he wrote about the > > Kid Village incident which was published in Artvoice, a Buffalo, NY > > newspaper. And a Denver, CO cable TV program ( http://blip.tv/search? > > q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0 ) called Common Sense did a show > > interviewing Rainbow guests that aired over a dozen times to an > > audience of over 60,000.
> > Many folks committed to volunteering with the press crew. Those who > > followed through did a great job, and many are back on board (we're > > still waiting to hear back from some) to help protect the New Mexico > > ('09) national from attack. Those who didn't follow through consisted > > of on site volunteers.
> > What didn't happen
> > At the WY Gathering last year there was no media check-in area and > > reports didn’t go out from the land, even though there was cell > > service on site behind front gate. No calls were made to the waiting, > > off site volunteers until bad stuff happened. By then it was too late > > to get the mainstream cameras in to help protect the Family. Some > > folks didn't take it seriously. One opinion about sending reports out > > before an attack was, “making daily phone calls when little is > > happening is useless.”
> > This inaction was mostly due to folks plugging in the way they usually > > do to ensure the survival of that particular gathering. That same > > 'ole, same ole' is proving detrimental to our mere existence. How are > > we investing so that future gatherings will still happen and will be > > safe two years from now?
> > What we need to happen
> > There is a parking crew, there is a water crew and now there is a > > press crew. The off site crew is established. The media list keeps > > growing.
> > The Family needs on site volunteers, now more than ever, if for no > > other reason than to prevent the following quote from becoming a > > reality next month in NM. Regarding the Kid Village Incident at the WY > > Gathering, top LEO John Twiss said, “When you're throwing a rock at > > somebody's head, you're potentially looking at hurting somebody > > seriously or killing them. Our officers certainly could have been > > looking at using deadly force, but they didn't.” -Billings Gazette, > > July 8, 2008. ( http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/08/ > > news/wyoming/31-rainbowfamily.txt ) This statement is outright spooky, > > but it's also a chilling example of how the FS sends lies to the press > > about our behavior, so it makes sense for us to send reports to the > > press about their behavior.
> > Also, a court document ( http://www.free-assembly.org/gather/ > > courtstorms/ar07-ozark/us-v-wirtshafter/hrg-transcript-5jy07/view ) > > was sent to the press crew which transcribes the head of the ICT Gene > > Smithson who swore under oath when questioned that “Every year we are > > – we are going to be recertified in it (crowd control),” and added, > > “every officer on the team had” received re-certifying training > > credits in crowd control dispersal while they were at the Arkansas '07 > > Gathering. Therefore they probably believe that training on us is just > > one of their job duties so it must be totally OK to do.
> > Should we take it to court? Been there. Even when we win, the FS keeps > > doing whatever it wants. And we only have three lawyers, and they > > already work year round on helping the Family.
It is also vital, imo, to remind everyone, esp. first time visitors, about the fact that a gathering has much less crime than a city of the same population,
<snip>
************************************************************************* Is this a typo or did you mean to state it thus? I don't think this is correct. Some Gatherings are what - 2000? 5000? folks? Even if 10 or 20K like the old days, that's still a pretty small city in Babylon. In cities/towns that size everybody pretty much knows everybody and crime rates are generally really, really low.
rainbowcrystalkitc...@yahoo.com wrote: > On May 12, 1:10 pm, Fragile Thunder <fraglth...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I think an organized group of self selected volunteers to do media is >> a great idea. I have worked with many activist groups who use press >> releases and do media outreach and it is a very wise idea to have some >> knowledge of how these things work. A well written press release will >> bring media, if it is on a slow news day or fits into a "community" >> type column. >> I also think that whatever any rainbow chooses to do or say to make >> things better at gatherings is their personal responsibility and >> business. If some gatherer does or says things that bring problems, >> then it is any ones responsibility and personal business to try to >> correct the problem. >> Any one can do it, everyone may do it, and no one can stop them, cause >> no one is in charge! >> The media outreach is a good idea, but would be best kept to specific >> media, imho. Democracy now has been contacted and that is one media >> group I would welcome. Same for indymedia of various sorts. When it >> comes to CNN, FOX, ABC, etc...well, they probably won't send a >> reporter or camera crew, and all the better they don't. >> It is way to easy to take isolated bad behavior from some gatherers >> and make out like that is the sum total of everything. It would be >> best to have media accompanied by rainbows with lots of experience, >> who can explain what is seen. >> It is also vital, imo, to remind everyone, esp. first time visitors, >> about the fact that a gathering has much less crime than a city of the >> same population, and yet that since anyone may come, you get a bit of >> the darker side of life as well as the living light. >> Rainbows include all the colors in the spectrum, hence our accurate >> name. >> Peace and healing cannot easily occur when hostile forces surround, >> interfere with and discourage it. But we try. >> We do try to make a place where light may live, where peace prevails >> and where healing is our purpose and our outcome. I think if peace >> will ever be possible, it is from practice sessions like rainbow >> gatherings that seeds are planted, tended and harvested. >> Let there be peace on earth and in our gatherings. >> Love freely, live peacefully, >> Fragilethunder
>> On May 10, 12:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at >>> the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it >>> received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll >>> to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done >>> by many people to prevent burnout.
>>> Rainbow press crew: Goals for the Future and What’s Up
>>> What is the Rainbow press crew?
>>> The Rainbow press crew is a group of passionate volunteers who have >>> committed time and energy to keeping our family safe in a new way. Its >>> goal is to eliminate police harassment at peaceful Rainbow gatherings >>> by getting mainstream media cameras there before the harassment and >>> attacks occur. It is hoped that the presence of these types of cameras >>> will deter the police from behaving inappropriately. When the next >>> incident happens, we need the world to see it. This harassment needs >>> to be prevented by entering reports of these attacks into the court of >>> public opinion once and for all.
>>> The press crew started because the tactic of increased and persistent >>> police harassment succeeds to completely squelch events. An example is >>> the New York Critical Mass Bike Ride. Like Rainbow, it's a recurring >>> nonviolent event that focuses on exercising our right to peaceably >>> assemble on public land. In 2004, upwards of 5,000 were in attendance. >>> Then a steady police harassment campaign began which deterred people's >>> interests in coming out, and in three years, by 2007, attendance >>> dropped to mere dozens. Some think this may also happen to Rainbow >>> being that we're 3/4ths down in numbers.
>>> •On site volunteers jot down a report/summary of the day’s events, >>> type it up and print 7 copies >>> •Info sends signed up after-dinner runners to pick up the copies, >>> bring them to the road and divvy them out into cars already leaving >>> the gathering >>> •Copies sent to town are called in to the voice mail of an off site >>> volunteer that night >>> •Off site volunteers transform this report into a good press release >>> and send it to media contacts >>> •Off site volunteers make follow up calls to media outlets (a common >>> practice expected by the media), stressing that the most accurate >>> story is “at the gathering” and “we can't speak for Rainbow” >>> •At the gathering a media check-in/parking area is established and >>> tours of the site are offered at noon each day. Tour guides are >>> entertaining and inform gatherers that cameras are coming into the >>> area. These media escorts also have radios to be notified as to when >>> to bring the cameras to an incident
>>> We'd like the media to see all the great stuff going on at the >>> gathering. We want them to see the beautiful children, hear the >>> singing, smell the smells of the kitchens, and feel the good >>> intentions.
>>> What we did
>>> We collected videos, documents, quotes, etc. for the press. We >>> manifested a list of 163 media outlets (both mainstream and >>> alternative) and a website. We set up a phone line and got a printer >>> and driver DVDs on site. We sent out press releases and followed up >>> with phone calls to all of the TV stations on the list. Reports came >>> in from folks who'd left the gathering, and more press releases went >>> out.
>>> We were mentioned ( http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/ >>> V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719 ) in a Pinedale, WY >>> newspaper. Dr. Niman (who wrote the book, People of the Rainbow) >>> referenced ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip) and >>> linked to one of our press releases in an article he wrote about the >>> Kid Village incident which was published in Artvoice, a Buffalo, NY >>> newspaper. And a Denver, CO cable TV program ( http://blip.tv/search? >>> q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0 ) called Common Sense did a show >>> interviewing Rainbow guests that aired over a dozen times to an >>> audience of over 60,000.
>>> Many folks committed to volunteering with the press crew. Those who >>> followed through did a great job, and many are back on board (we're >>> still waiting to hear back from some) to help protect the New Mexico >>> ('09) national from attack. Those who didn't follow through consisted >>> of on site volunteers.
>>> What didn't happen
>>> At the WY Gathering last year there was no media check-in area and >>> reports didn’t go out from the land, even though there was cell >>> service on site behind front gate. No calls were made to the waiting, >>> off site volunteers until bad stuff happened. By then it was too late >>> to get the mainstream cameras in to help protect the Family. Some >>> folks didn't take it seriously. One opinion about sending reports out >>> before an attack was, “making daily phone calls when little is >>> happening is useless.”
>>> This inaction was mostly due to folks plugging in the way they usually >>> do to ensure the survival of that particular gathering. That same >>> 'ole, same ole' is proving detrimental to our mere existence. How are >>> we investing so that future gatherings will still happen and will be >>> safe two years from now?
>>> What we need to happen
>>> There is a parking crew, there is a water crew and now there is a >>> press crew. The off site crew is established. The media list keeps >>> growing.
>>> The Family needs on site volunteers, now more than ever, if for no >>> other reason than to prevent the following quote from becoming a >>> reality next month in NM. Regarding the Kid Village Incident at the WY >>> Gathering, top LEO John Twiss said, “When you're throwing a rock at >>> somebody's head, you're potentially looking at hurting somebody >>> seriously or killing them. Our officers certainly could have been >>> looking at using deadly force, but they didn't.” -Billings Gazette, >>> July 8, 2008. ( http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/08/ >>> news/wyoming/31-rainbowfamily.txt ) This statement is outright spooky, >>> but it's also a chilling example of how the FS sends lies to the press >>> about our behavior, so it makes sense for us to send reports to the >>> press about their behavior.
>>> Also, a court document ( http://www.free-assembly.org/gather/ >>> courtstorms/ar07-ozark/us-v-wirtshafter/hrg-transcript-5jy07/view ) >>> was sent to the press crew which transcribes the head of the ICT Gene >>> Smithson who swore under oath when questioned that “Every year we are >>> – we are going to be recertified in it (crowd control),” and added, >>> “every officer on the team had” received re-certifying training >>> credits in crowd control dispersal while they were at the Arkansas '07 >>> Gathering. Therefore they probably believe that training on us is just >>> one of their job duties so it must be
On May 12, 3:10 pm, Fragile Thunder <fraglth...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think an organized group of self selected volunteers to do media is > a great idea. I have worked with many activist groups who use press > releases and do media outreach and it is a very wise idea to have some > knowledge of how these things work. A well written press release will > bring media, if it is on a slow news day or fits into a "community" > type column. > I also think that whatever any rainbow chooses to do or say to make
My only editorial comment is I would say: "any individual" instead of "any rainbow" because of the confusion in colloquial understanding, even among gatherers, of what a "rainbow" is; what it means to be a rainbow. Only a small percentage of gatherers belong to The Rainbow Family of the Living Light tribe, many call themselves rainbows, a lot of people gather thinking all there is to the gathering is a big party in the woods which is not true at all, etc.
> things better at gatherings is their personal responsibility and > business. If some gatherer does or says things that bring problems, > then it is any ones responsibility and personal business to try to > correct the problem. > Any one can do it, everyone may do it, and no one can stop them, cause > no one is in charge! > The media outreach is a good idea, but would be best kept to specific > media, imho. Democracy now has been contacted and that is one media > group I would welcome. Same for indymedia of various sorts. When it > comes to CNN, FOX, ABC, etc...well, they probably won't send a > reporter or camera crew, and all the better they don't. > It is way to easy to take isolated bad behavior from some gatherers > and make out like that is the sum total of everything. It would be > best to have media accompanied by rainbows with lots of experience, > who can explain what is seen. > It is also vital, imo, to remind everyone, esp. first time visitors, > about the fact that a gathering has much less crime than a city of the > same population, and yet that since anyone may come, you get a bit of > the darker side of life as well as the living light. > Rainbows include all the colors in the spectrum, hence our accurate > name. > Peace and healing cannot easily occur when hostile forces surround, > interfere with and discourage it. But we try. > We do try to make a place where light may live, where peace prevails > and where healing is our purpose and our outcome. I think if peace > will ever be possible, it is from practice sessions like rainbow > gatherings that seeds are planted, tended and harvested. > Let there be peace on earth and in our gatherings. > Love freely, live peacefully, > Fragilethunder > -snip-
> The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful elders; it > received positive response. It's been slightly modified. Please scroll > to the bottom to see jobs to be filled for this year. They'll be done > by many people to prevent burnout.
> Rainbow press crew: Goals for the Future and What’s Up
> What is the Rainbow press crew?
> The Rainbow press crew is a group of passionate volunteers who have > committed time and energy to keeping our family safe in a new way. Its > goal is to eliminate police harassment at peaceful Rainbow gatherings > by getting mainstream media cameras there before the harassment and > attacks occur. It is hoped that the presence of these types of cameras > will deter the police from behaving inappropriately. When the next > incident happens, we need the world to see it. This harassment needs > to be prevented by entering reports of these attacks into the court of > public opinion once and for all.
> The press crew started because the tactic of increased and persistent > police harassment succeeds to completely squelch events. An example is > the New York Critical Mass Bike Ride. Like Rainbow, it's a recurring > nonviolent event that focuses on exercising our right to peaceably > assemble on public land. In 2004, upwards of 5,000 were in attendance. > Then a steady police harassment campaign began which deterred people's > interests in coming out, and in three years, by 2007, attendance > dropped to mere dozens. Some think this may also happen to Rainbow > being that we're 3/4ths down in numbers.
> •On site volunteers jot down a report/summary of the day’s events, > type it up and print 7 copies > •Info sends signed up after-dinner runners to pick up the copies, > bring them to the road and divvy them out into cars already leaving > the gathering > •Copies sent to town are called in to the voice mail of an off site > volunteer that night > •Off site volunteers transform this report into a good press release > and send it to media contacts > •Off site volunteers make follow up calls to media outlets (a common > practice expected by the media), stressing that the most accurate > story is “at the gathering” and “we can't speak for Rainbow” > •At the gathering a media check-in/parking area is established and > tours of the site are offered at noon each day. Tour guides are > entertaining and inform gatherers that cameras are coming into the > area. These media escorts also have radios to be notified as to when > to bring the cameras to an incident
> We'd like the media to see all the great stuff going on at the > gathering. We want them to see the beautiful children, hear the > singing, smell the smells of the kitchens, and feel the good > intentions.
> What we did
> We collected videos, documents, quotes, etc. for the press. We > manifested a list of 163 media outlets (both mainstream and > alternative) and a website. We set up a phone line and got a printer > and driver DVDs on site. We sent out press releases and followed up > with phone calls to all of the TV stations on the list. Reports came > in from folks who'd left the gathering, and more press releases went > out.
> We were mentioned ( http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/ > V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&story_id=719 ) in a Pinedale, WY > newspaper. Dr. Niman (who wrote the book, People of the Rainbow) > referenced ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n29/getting_a_grip) and > linked to one of our press releases in an article he wrote about the > Kid Village incident which was published in Artvoice, a Buffalo, NY > newspaper. And a Denver, CO cable TV program ( http://blip.tv/search? > q=Rainbow+press+crew&x=0&y=0 ) called Common Sense did a show > interviewing Rainbow guests that aired over a dozen times to an > audience of over 60,000.
> Many folks committed to volunteering with the press crew. Those who > followed through did a great job, and many are back on board (we're > still waiting to hear back from some) to help protect the New Mexico > ('09) national from attack. Those who didn't follow through consisted > of on site volunteers.
> What didn't happen
> At the WY Gathering last year there was no media check-in area and > reports didn’t go out from the land, even though there was cell > service on site behind front gate. No calls were made to the waiting, > off site volunteers until bad stuff happened. By then it was too late > to get the mainstream cameras in to help protect the Family. Some > folks didn't take it seriously. One opinion about sending reports out > before an attack was, “making daily phone calls when little is > happening is useless.”
> This inaction was mostly due to folks plugging in the way they usually > do to ensure the survival of that particular gathering. That same > 'ole, same ole' is proving detrimental to our mere existence. How are > we investing so that future gatherings will still happen and will be > safe two years from now?
> What we need to happen
> There is a parking crew, there is a water crew and now there is a > press crew. The off site crew is established. The media list keeps > growing.
> The Family needs on site volunteers, now more than ever, if for no > other reason than to prevent the following quote from becoming a > reality next month in NM. Regarding the Kid Village Incident at the WY > Gathering, top LEO John Twiss said, “When you're throwing a rock at > somebody's head, you're potentially looking at hurting somebody > seriously or killing them. Our officers certainly could have been > looking at using deadly force, but they didn't.” -Billings Gazette, > July 8, 2008. ( http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/08/ > news/wyoming/31-rainbowfamily.txt ) This statement is outright spooky, > but it's also a chilling example of how the FS sends lies to the press > about our behavior, so it makes sense for us to send reports to the > press about their behavior.
> Also, a court document ( http://www.free-assembly.org/gather/ > courtstorms/ar07-ozark/us-v-wirtshafter/hrg-transcript-5jy07/view ) > was sent to the press crew which transcribes the head of the ICT Gene > Smithson who swore under oath when questioned that “Every year we are > – we are going to be recertified in it (crowd control),” and added, > “every officer on the team had” received re-certifying training > credits in crowd control dispersal while they were at the Arkansas '07 > Gathering. Therefore they probably believe that training on us is just > one of their job duties so it must be totally OK to do.
> Should we take it to court? Been there. Even when we win, the FS keeps > doing whatever it wants. And we only have three lawyers, and they > already work year round on helping the Family.
> Finally, our own cameras are not enough. Last May, a Philly cop riot > ( http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/97248.shtml) captured by TV > news cameras resulted in the immediate firing of at least five > officers within two weeks of the incident. That's instant > accountability vs. stagnant YouTube videos and pending court cases.
> The only cog left to turn this machine is finding on site volunteers > who'll do their part so that the off site volunteers may provide the > press with consistent, enticing, credible and professional press > releases to balance out what the FS is feeding them. Be a small part > of our big crew!
> AWESOME ONSITE PRESS CREW POSITIONS TO BE FILLED
> * Gatherers of On Site Volunteers via signs, announcements at dinner, > etc.
> * Coordinators of After-Dinner Runners via sign-up sheet kept by Info > workers
> * Many After-Dinner Runners to take turns finding responsible drivers/ > callers on the road heading out (a good job for folks new to Rainbow)
> * Accurate Info Collectors and Daily Summary Writers
> * Typists and Printer-outers of 7 copies a day
> *Tour Guides/TV Camera Media Escorts...borrow radios until we can buy > them for you!
> *Road campers excited to have part of their camp serve as the Media > Check-In/Parking Area
> If you are considering helping and can commit, please contact > <rpcrew09 at gmail.com>
> The salary is good karma. Here's our first call out from last year and > some FAQs ( http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/ > alt.gathering.rainbow/2008-07/msg00005.html ). And here's a website > ( http://mobilebroadcastnews.ning.com/profile/presscrew) of sorts, > mostly for press to view old press releases from (it's being migrated > over to a new site soon and eventually with a new graphic); hear one > of our favorite songs there!
> Please forward
I was already going to do a Rainbow media effort this year in New Mexico. Already been working a bit on it. It makes sense that I should at least network with others of this affinity. You can contact me about my help on site if you would like.
<rainbowcrystalkitc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 10, 9:05 am, Sanity RE <sanity-cla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On May 10, 9:32 am, Old Tom <rascal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 10, 1:57 am, Rainbow press crew <rpcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The following document, written by the press crew, was presented at > > > > the 2008 New Mexico Thanksgiving Council by two wonderful > > > > elders; -snip-
> > > I was at TGC and don't remember anything about this. Doesn't mean > > > that some discussion didn't occur - just sayin' ......
> > > OT
> > Right on: I don't have any problem with people videoing the cops, but > > to claim a quasi official organization exists and it’s all okay > > because two unnamed people approved? Get real. Sounds like something > > the alleged “two wonderful elders” thought up themselves, or something > > Twiss thought up so he could say, “See? They have a paid Public > > Relations department! If they can organize a salaried PR Department, > > they can certainly appoint a representative to sign a Permit for > > them!” Only lip service was given to not speaking for Rainbow, the > > bottom line is a de facto PR Department would be speaking for > > Rainbow. In either case, somebody’s tripping... It's a pipe dream.
> > Whoever posted this seems bent on defining rainbow gatherings as > > organized events held by a group which is distinct from the public, > > rather than freeform peaceable assemblies of the public; the former > > being a licensed privilege under the Permit Regulation and the latter > > being the enjoyment of the vested “right of the people peaceably to > > assemble.”
> > How much is the “salary” and where is the money coming from? Magic > > Hat perhaps?
> > Sanity
> get real...its says right on the heading....the pay is the good karma > of helping out ....sheeech....its a volunteer thing Sanity....
No it doesn't. It says, "SALARY: Good Karma" that's a colon not a comma. It does not say, "the pay is the good karma of helping out" such being your interpretation of what it says...
lurker here:
after many, many readings of your various posts I have come to the conclusion that you are an intellectual bully.
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