Who We Are
Content
Volunteers
Structure & Process
Space
Tech

Who We Are

 We believe people should tell their own stories. The A-Noise broadcast and archives fuse politics, art and culture to encourage activism and create a collective memory of our successes. This is not the predatory mainstream media, but a straight-up grassroots communication network, by the people for the people.

A-Noise is a collaborative project organized by independent sound makers to coincide with the protests at the Republican National Convention in New York City. Our goal is to create a welcoming and supportive structure that sound artists, journalists, radio groups, and activists of all skill levels can plug into during the RNC. The overall project will include workshops, editing workstations, and air-time programming on a coordinated webstream network of many stations.

We are conscious of gender, race, and class issues. We are committed to representing New Yorkers, and including and valuing contributions from all interested resistance communities. Your participation is essential!
Groups working on the A-Noise project include: free103point9, the New York Indymedia Sound Team, Rise Up Radio, Autonomedia, Enemy Combatant Radio, Portland IMC, and many amazing radio and sound allies around the country.

Content

 Around-the-clock webstream through Sept. 2.
Daily roundup of the day's news.
A CD compilation of reporting and sounds.
Archive of recordings.

Webstream

We're pursing a single 24/7 stream coordinated by the members of the A-Noise Sound Coalition. We'd like to create a coordinated webstream in which each affiliate can participate. The stream isn't exclusive, we support each affiliates' autonomy and ability to create their own around-the-clock stream. Each affiliate can decide their level of participation. The central webstream offers the chance for different people and organizations to meet and work together and also offers listeners a single place to listen to multiple perspectives. The final approach (single or multiple webstreams) will be decided by the group. The stream will be made up of:

Live Shows
Pre-recorded segments
Interviews
Call-ins from the street
Music

Daily roundup
A produced and edited segment, likely 10 minutes in length, that encapsulates each day's events. This will be available online for download and will be distributed to FM broadcasters nationally. We also hope to translate the Daily Roundup for use internationally.

CD Compilation
An archive or best of culled from the web streams, segments, interviews and performances made during the RNC protests.

Volunteers

We are looking for interested folks to help. If your organization would like to be involved, can lend equipment or would like to mirror, please send a message to the list. If you are an individual, we welcome all skill levels--please join the list and introduce yourself. We are looking for people with the following interests or skills:

Team Structure and Process

 We are a collective. We make decisions by consensus. If the collective cannot reach consensus within an agreed-upon timeframe for a specific decision, the decision is made by a large-majority vote. In order for a decision to stand, 4/5ths of the group must agree upon the choice being made. All collective members can vote and participate in decisions. Working groups are autonomous and have their own decision-making processes.

Space

 Broadcast and editing studios will be located at the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition's convergence center at 40 Worth Street in New York. A second editing studio will be available in Midtown for those who do not wish to travel to Worth street or to pay the GMC's registration fee. Multiple "drop sites" for audio content will be available throughout the city.

Tech

 Key tech issues involve getting the streaming server tried and tested (this first occurred during the DNC relay). We also will need multiple mirrors to the stream and are looking for mirroring partners. Hardware and studio set up need to be finalized. A workable call-in box needs to happen. A stable and preferably redundant solution needs to exist for archiving before the event.