CONVERGENCE OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA
CMAQ - 2001-03-08
IMPORTANT : If you would like to participate, please register now (see form below). Thanks! Please transmit this message to media contacts.
FTAA - Summit of the Americas in Quebec City
CONVERGENCE OF INDEPENDANT MEDIA
Where? Quebec City
When? March 24th and 25th, 2001
Host? CMAQ ( http://www.cmaq.net)
Hello everybody! As we're rapidly approaching the Summit of the Americas which will be held in Quebec City in April, it is important for independent journalists to begin getting organised in order to assure a good coverage of the event. This is why the Centre for Media Alternatives - Quebec 2001 (CMAQ) is inviting you to a convergence of independent journalists from Quebec and Canada, as well as from the United States, which will be held on March 24th and 25th in Quebec City. (Translation will be provided.)
If you are interested in attending the convergence, there is a registration form below. It is important that it is completed as quickly as possible. Please know that we will be able to offer accommodation. We would also appreciate your comments and suggestions for the workshops proposed for the second day (see schedule at the end of this message).
The main objective of this meeting will be to collectively decide a method of functioning during the Summit, in order to maximize the journalistic efficiency of our work and to ensure the diffusion of information concerning this important event. The convergence will be a great occasion to learn what services the CMAQ offers, to make contacts and discuss different themes and to get familiar with Quebec City and the local groups who are working in contestation to the Summit.
The Summit of the Americas will be held in Quebec City from the 20th to the 22nd of April, with the presence of 34 heads of State from the Americas (with the exception of Fidel Castro from Cuba). The objective of the event is to put into operation a free-trade agreement which will span the three Americas, without the consultation of the population.
Because of the flagrant lack of transparency on the part of its organizers, there will be numerous challenges involved in providing good coverage of this event. There will also be a multitude of demonstrations, conferences and activities which will take place simultaneously throughout the three days of the Summit, all of this being enclosed by the largest security measures ever to be used in Canadian history. Our work will not be easy; it is therefore of great importance that we be organized well in advance.
CONTACTING US
General e-mail : (We'll have an address for the convergence soon. Until then, please use this address with "Convergence " as subject.)
Questions, comments and suggestions:
About the convergence:  duboischristian@hotmail.com
About convergence programming: veronica@alternatives.ca
About CMAQ: mlambert@alternatives.ca
Equipment and technical stuff: gagne_carol@hotmail.com
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