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Former IMC Space closed as of 1/1/07
by indybay volunteers ( sfbay-web [at] lists.indymedia.org )
Monday Dec 15th, 2003 5:59 AM
The Closing of Our Redstone Office
In order to cut our monthly expenses and compensate for our increased webhosting expenses, we have decided to close our Media Space in the Redstone Building on 16th Street in San Francisco. It is with mixed feelings that we do so. The space has provided a valuable resource over the last 6 years for the public to have access to a variety of computer resources, including being utilized as a convergence space during major local demonstrations. Over time however, while free or low-cost computer access for the public has increased at other locations, we have been unable to keep our computer equipment up to date and the space has largely fallen into disuse except by Indybay volunteers. With this in mind, we have made the tough decision to close the office by the end of 2006. Note that we will still maintain a mailing address at the same location.
Mailing address:
SF Bay Area IMC
2940 16th St, Ste 216
San Francisco, CA 94103

Mission Statement
The mission statement defines what we are and what we do.

Get Involved with SF Bay Area IMC Working Groups
You can get involved with one or more working groups by attending meetings and subscribing to our lists (local lists start with "Sfbay"). media production lab in the Mission District. The SF Bay Area IMC is developing media production spaces around the Bay Area. Our aim is to bring media-making technology into the community and real people into the newsroom. -->

Open Hours
Mon thru Fri11:00am-2:00pm
IMC Space
We are located at 2940 16th Street, Suite 216, San Francisco, CA 94103 (at Capp Street one block east of 16th Street BART). The Mission District IMC space in the historic Redstone Building is open to the general public: anyone can drop in during open hours to make media. For more info, call (415) 864-1006, e-mail sfbay-space@indymedia.org, or chat (irc.indymedia.org).

Video Activism Open Lab Hours
Mondays from 12 to 4 p.m., visit the IMC for video activism drop-in hours.

The Redstone space offers 1 video/audio workstation and 4 audio/print/photo/web workstations (G3s running Mac OS X), as well as several PC Windows 2000 terminals. Installed software includes Final Cut Pro for video editing, Pro Tools for audio production, Cleaner for encoding web media, along with Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker, InDesign, Go Live, Quark and other basic media production tools.

Technical specs at-a-glance:
network - filesharing; DSL internet connection
video - mac with S-video and RCA video in and out; DV by appointment (donate!)
audio - macs with stereo RCA and 1/8" in and out; need a better mixing board (donate!)
photo - we have three flatbed scanners, but no negative scanner (donate!)

The sfbay-space working group is soliciting tax-deductible equipment donations for the Redstone IMC space. Current needs include wireless/wifi networking equipment, PCs and Macs (desktop or laptop), digital video equipment, hard drives, a mixing board, servers, paper, and much more.

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The SF Bay Area IMC is located one block east of 16th Street Station at the corner of 16th and Capp Streets: 2940 16th Street, Suite 216.

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Other Facilities and Resources
Please see our making media page for information about other media-making facilities and resources in the Bay Area.

Upcoming Meetings
SF Bay Area IMC meetings are open to new volunteers and independent media makers. To receive weekly meeting invitations, subscribe to Sfbay-Announce. Please see our listing of upcoming IMC meetings.

Online Resources
Check out Indymedia's IRC chat network at irc.indymedia.org.

Joining the SF Bay Area IMC
Once you've become involved with one or more SF Bay Area IMC working groups, you may elect to join the SF Bay Area IMC collective. Please see our getting involved page for details.

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open hours? sickle&hammer
by mango bunny
Tuesday Dec 16th, 2003 5:16 PM
Hola Amigas Y Amigos ... so, the sickle and hammer on the map is funny, but let's replace with an indymedia icon before going live ... and hey, how about eventually posting open hours ... and encouraging people to come around then ... peace out, MB
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video hours - monday 12-4
by whispered media
Tuesday Jan 4th, 2005 9:59 PM
If you are working on a video activism project and are having trouble figuring out Final Cut Pro, working with your camera, transfering media or posting video to the web, you can drop by the Indybay and Whispered Media offices for a little help. Experimenting with drop in hours now...
Mondays between noon and 4pm in the Redstone Building, 16th and Capp, one block from 16th & Mission BART.

Before stopping by, please make sure your questions are not answered on our website http://www.videoactivism.org. Click on the Resources and Manuals section for lots of good information and advice.
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