[mobglob-discuss] VMC is Seeking Sustainers!

[Harsha W.]

The Vancouver Media Co-op is Seeking Sustainers!

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In order for the VMC to continue producing independent media and support
diverse social movements by providing coverage for them, it requires
sustainers. For as little as $5 or $10 or $20 a month, you can become a
sustainer (and receive some great goodies too!). Join the 10-day drive to
reach our goal for sustainability and own your own media.

>>> Please email vmcsustainer at gmail.com if you are able to become a
sustainer, and which method of payment outlined below works best for you.

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Why should I support the Vancouver Media Co-op?
Because the Vancouver Media Co-op supports you!

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The Vancouver Media Co-op is your source for local, independent news. Our
model - reader funded, collectively run, open publishing - creates a space
for critical, high-quality, democratic media in Vancouver. But VMC is much
more than a progressive news-site! VMC puts mutual aid and
community-building into practice by regularly hosting workshops and skills
training.

We’re not complaining about the state of the mainstream media. We’re
changing the very system of news production in the city. Become a
sustainer today for as little as $5 a month and your money will go
directly towards owning your own media!

Just in the past month, VMC has uploaded audio from the struggle for
Teztan Biny/Fish Lake, covered the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian
Al-Nakba, covered housing activists’ action to reclaim the Olympic
Village, released videos from the G8: university summit teach-in, and
analyzed the impacts of Independent Power Projects in the Bute Inlet. VMC
has also released an exclusive leaked copy of the Boreal Forest Agreement,
which was negotiated in secret and publically announced this week.

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HOW DO I BECOME A SUSTAINER?

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You can become a sustaining member for $5/month, $10/month, $20/month or
any other amount that suits you. Every penny makes a difference and in
return, all sustainers receive three free subscriptions to the Dominion, a
tshirt and stickers, and you are entered into a draw to receive awesome
sprizes including fair trade organic goodies and great reads!

1) Pay with your credit card securely online through PayPal:
http://www.mediacoop.ca/join

2) Pay by direct withdrawal or a one-time cheque installment. Download our
sustainers form and please fill out and return by mail or we can arrange
to pick it up from you directly. Download form here:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/Support_VMC3_0.pdf

3) Securely email or call in your credit card information or banking
information for direct deposit. For credit cards, please provide name,
billing address, credit card number, and expiry date. For direct
withdrawal, please provide name, full address, bank name, branch address,
account number, branch id, and institution number. Please email this
information (this is kept secure) to vmcsustainer at gmail.com

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NOT SURE? MORE ABOUT THE VMC

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The Vancouver Media Co-op (VMC) is a unique participatory and grassroots
media project that is member-run.

Unlike corporate media, grassroots media means that Vancouver Media Co-op
reporters talk to people directly affected by government policies first:
Indigenous land defenders, neighbourhood residents, cyclists, immigrants
and refugees, poor people, queer and trans communities, low-income and
working families.

Unlike most other publications, including independent media projects, the
VMC relies on and facilitates the active participation of hundreds of
activists, journalists, readers, and ordinary concerned people to
contribute stories, photography, press releases, personal accounts, and
videos in an open-publishing format that receives hundreds of daily hits.

In addition to user-driven media, an open and democratic collective – open
for you to join - produces high-quality news and events coverage as well
as in-depth investigative reporting.

Some highlights of VMC coverage over the past year include:
• Cutting edge journalism during the Olympics with over 40 independent
journalists, 16 posts daily, 1 million hits during the first weekend, a
sophisticated on-the-ground street news aggregate, and footage which aired
internationally including on Democracy Now!
• Exclusive stories on Indigenous struggles including Cheam fishing cases
and resistance to pipelines in northern BC, investigative reporting on
defense and private security contractors in Vancouver; and daily accounts
from the Urban Women's Anti-Violence Strategy week of events.
• Video coverage of local events including march against police brutality,
environmentalists actions against Enbridge pipeline; build a better BC
rally; and protests against shelter closures.

The VMC also produces a fortnightly print broadsheet called Balaclava!;
hosts journalism, video and graphic design trainings; provides media
skills workshops upon request for communities and groups such as youth at
the Purple Thistle Centre; and organizes social events and film
screenings. These have all proven to be hugely beneficial to grassroots
groups, youth, and DTES residents seeking to empower themselves to create
their own media!

The VMC is a local of a national Media Co-op network which is formally
organized as a solidarity cooperative. The Media Co-op also has locals in
Halifax and Toronto, and produces the Dominion magazine, which has
released special issues on Canadian Foreign Policy, Canada’s Mining
Industry, Tar Sands, 2010 Olympics, and a current issue on the G8/G20.

All this operates on a shoe string budget and needs you! Still not sure?

• Can you name any other independent media that provided daily coverage of
the Olympics?
• Can you name any other media that prominently features your group’s
event or your personal contribution regardless of whether you are trained
as a journalist or writer?
• Can you name any other media that regularly and on request will attend
your organization’s event to provide coverage that will benefit you?

Join as a sustainer today to support the Vancouver Media Co-op because the
Vancouver Media Co-op will sustain your faith in progressive and
democratic news publishing.


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CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Questions about how to sustain email vmcsustainer at gmail.com

Visit us at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca | vmc at mediacoop dot ca | 604
630 6864

Collective meetings are Wednesdays at 6:30pm, 459 E Hastings (please email
to check if it is your first time, sometimes we skip weeks).

Or, join our low traffic announce list:
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