so food coops in Maine as well as most other "people's" groups. Please send us RAIN. In the cooperative spirit, . I Jay Robbins, for the staff Federation of Coops, Inc. P.O. Box 107 Hallowell, ME 04347 207-623-1722 Medium Rare Dear Rain: I appreciate very much your including us in '.'Notes from Eugene." Unfortunately, the blurb is basically outdated. Since our inception as "Medium Rare" our major thrust has not been solely video production. Medium Rare is a media confederac.yagency-clearinghouse of people ~orki_ng in cinema, still photography, aud10, video and other graphic arts. Totally independent, MIR relies on the very meagre resources of its members and the funds from contract work. Some productions are self-initiated efforts to chronicle Eugene/Oregon/U.S./wor_ld history, while other works are assignments that have been solicited. To survive, MIR continues to seek commercial assignments with fees that are infamously low. Medium Rare is Allison Rodman, John Nelson, Philip Perkins, Tripp Mikich, Guy Orcott, Robert Johnson, Susan Detroy and Tom Cooke. Besides creating works we support and sponsor other local artists: Filmmakers Cinematheque is a monthly showing of film, video, slides and audio works,·open to all without censors~ip and free of admission charge. (50¢ is. asked of each artist showing work to cover printing/publicity costs.) This occurs on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Eugene Public Library. Toadskin Film and Video Festivals--;- yearly shows of the best of the Filmmakers Cinematheques, plus works from all over the Northwest and special events. The date and place of our third Toadskin will be announced soon. Very truly yours, Tom Cook, Medium Rare 117 5 Charnelton Eugene, OR 97402 503-344-4625 Alternative Energy-Kent State Dear Friends: ' I.am a student at Kent State University working with the Committee on IU (j C: z ·o C: < Poiitical Education (COPE) and various public interest and alternative lifestyle groups. We have combined efforts in an attempt to provide the students at KSU directions in alternative energy sources, problems in energy and con~ervation of energy. We need much input from outside sources, since very little information is available at this university. We would like to know what you are doing. Hopefully, we will be able to util~ze_ these materials as part of our festival .of alternative lifestyles come this spring. This festival will also cover areas of alternatives in education, politics, libera-· tion groups, health, youth, housing, media, and so on. Thank you very much, Paul Gross Alternative Lifestyle I Collective • Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 Kansas City Regional Development Association Dear Rain: . We are directing our efforts towards the evolution of a social system _based on semi-self-sufficient neighborhoods· that can support us as individuals and nuclear families. We are qeating a working model of our program in Independence, Mo., a city of 120,000 people. We have funding from The Cooperative Foundation to create audio/visual . documentaries on the kind of things that neighborhoods could do ~or themselves. This fits right into the information you have. . •. " We will produce or use existi~g howto-do-it" manual's to go along with our Dec 1975 RAIN Page 21 I ,... ... ' · ' ~-11'.J'J.. filmed documentaries and also create a set of "evocative dialogue questions" that will stimulate discussion and decision-making at the meeting where neighbors see the documentary. We also have a tie-in with the·community colleges school without walls and the Public Broadcasting System. through "Shaf" Nader, Ralph Nader's brother. We are confident tha! we will be able to use our audio/visual documentary and the accompanying wrinen material as a story board to develop video taped materic1,l that can be shown on P.B.S. and cable- TV as well as being used within the school system. The Neighborho,od Councils of Independence, Mo. have been funded by The Cooperative Foundation of St. _ Paul, Minn., to create a series of audio/ visual documentaries on self-sustaining economic activities that can or are being done by people at the neighborhood level. They are interested in any kin~ ~f a cooperative success story or any_middle level technology or energy-savmg technique that could be used on a city block or neighborhood level_. If you have a story to tell, send a brief outline to the Neighborhood Councils, 600 West Mechanic, Independence, MO 64050. The Councils will send you details on what they need,,and an outline of what they will be able to pay for the material you provide. Sincerely, Joe Falk, Gen. Mgr. Kansas City Regional Development Assn. P..._O. Box 912 Shawnee Mission, KS 66201 913432-8743
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