Airwaves & Liberty

A message from Ani Haines at KBOO announcing this summer’s Grassroots Radio Conference.

Greetings!

GRC 13 is scheduled for this July 25 - 27th. It will be held at the Native American Student and Community Center, on the Portland State University campus– this is at the south end of the downtown area. We will have registration and gathering time beginning on Thursday, July 24th.

KBOO is partnering with KPCN, the low power station in Woodburn that was the object of a great Prometheus BarnRaising event that many of you attended. We are also partnering with the PSU English Department and other PSU entities.

We will have our web page about the conference (complete with registration form) up within the next two weeks.

Of course it is also time to put forth your great ideas for workshops/panel discussions that you either want to attend or give. Are there a couple of themes that we want to really explore in the time we have with one another? Let us know.

We have reserved a block of rooms at the University Place, which is a hotel about 5 blocks away. They are rooms with two queen size beds for $119 / night (regardless of number of guests). There are also two hostels in Portland, both about 2 miles from the conference, both both with good public transportation to PSU. We are also working to arrange homestays. If you would like a homestay arranged, please let us know as soon as possible (there will also be a place to indicate this on your registration form). If you would like to stay at the University Place, a hostel, or anything other than a homestay, you are responsible for booking your room.

The conference will include continental breakfast and a lunch, with omnivorous, vegetarian and vegan options. There will also be refreshments/ light fare served as we begin to gather on Thursday afternoon / evening.

Many more details will be posted to the website when we have it up and running, most likely by May 10th.

I will be away from any computers between Sunday afternoon and Wednesday night, so if you post comments or suggestions during that time, I won’t be able to respond until Wednesday night– that said, I am very much looking forward to hearing from you.

Love, solidarity and anticipation!
ani