Proposed new forum: CSPAN WATCH.

[paineinthearse]

Under the “organization” rule - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=206x10 - I proposed we form a new group: CSPAN WATCH.

Draft mission statement.

1. To monitor the next day’s scheduled guests in order to prepare background information and talking points for group members in general and all other interested DU’ers who want to support friends and counter the opposition.
2. Alert DU members to the appearance of friends and opponents.
3. Educate DU members how to reach CSPAN Journal by email and phone.
4. Discuss and suggest future guests.
5. Suggest CSPAN coveraqge of future events.
6. Alert DU to other CSPAN broadcasts.

We would do this by:

1. Monitoring the CSPAN schedule & press releases of future events.
2. Using information databases such as Disinopedia.
3. Discussing strategy away from DU in a member-only Yahoo group.
4. Creating a core of at least seven members who would act as the daily “floor manager”.

If this is of interest, respond here & PM me. If we get at least 10 members, I will take the next step for creating the Yahoo group.

[ck4829]

1. A Yahoo Group? You have my vote

[KharmaTrain]

9. Count Me In...

Please PM me if this happens. We could also use similar forums for other networks.

Cheers!

[ck4829]

2. kick

[mandyky]

3. I watch Washington Journal every morning!

We need to nip their moving right in the bud. At least they can get more Democrats and other anti-Bush authors on. Ann Coulter really pissed me off the other day. We need to complain about them letting her make rules for callers. Like all the wing nut callers tell the truth, make a point or have a serious question, sure,,,

I am interested in starting this group.
First project might be even before we get the group going - call and have them cover Tavis Smiley's forum this weekend.

[mandyky]

4. Kick

any takers

[newyawker99]

5. kick

[paineinthearse]

6. We need 6 more members to meet the minimium.......

Are we all talk and no action? CSPAN is a goldmine waiting to be harvested.......

[paineinthearse]

7. talk talk talk talk

"Somebody should do something"....

blah blah blah

Here's your chance to participate with other DU'ers, educating, guiding and advocating and the response has been minimal.

This is my second attempt to stir interest (the first was in the ACTIVISM forum).

If we don't get 10 enlistees today, that will be it.

[Catchawave]

8. I'm in for a DU Cspan group.....

Not too sure about the Yahoo group though.

[jdj]

10. might as well, if we were republicans we would be called

strategists and this would be called a think-tank.

since we are dems this is just called an agenda and we are called conspiracy nuts.

[mandyky]

11. We could start will a daily thread and work from there

I see we are low on responses. Maybe we should try a daily Washington Journal Cspan thread and mention this idea until we can get a few more people interested and involved...

[paineinthearse]

12. Something like this?

CSPAN SCHEDULE FOR 2/25/05

CSPAN
06:15 am
0:32
News Conference
U.S.-Russia Relations
White House Travel, Foreign Trip
Vladimir Putin , Russian Federation
George W. Bush , United States

06:49 am
0:10
Broadcast
Russian Newscast
NTV (Russian Indep. News)

07:00 am
1:00 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Open Phones
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

08:00 am
0:30 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Arms Sales and National Defense
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Richard Grimmett , Congressional Research Service
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

08:30 am
0:30 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Arms Sales and National Defense
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
David Isenberg , Cato Institute
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

09:00 am
1:00 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
International News Review
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Mark Steyn
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

10:00 am
1:30 (est.) LIVE
News Conference
War Crimes in Sudan
Brookings Institution
Elisa Massimino , Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Stuart Taylor , National Journal
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

CSPAN2
07:53 am
1:35 (est.)
Forum
War on Terrorism
World Affairs Council, Washington, DC
John Donvan , ABC Television
Michael Scheuer

07:30 pm
0:30 (est.) American Profile Interview
Life and Career of Mel Martinez
C-SPAN
Mel Martinez , R, Florida

08:00 pm
1:50 (est.) Forum
Closing Plenary on Global Issues
World Economic Forum
Albert Gore Jr., United States
Charles Prince , Citigroup

Schedules are subject to change. For current information, go to www.cspan.org

Telephone numbers for CSPAN Journal:
Democrats [phone]
Republicans [phone]
Others [phone]

Email - http://www.c-span.org/community/submitwj.asp

????????????????????????

I see the daily "floor manager" as doing this kind of post the night before. Additional information about the guests would be a nice embellishment.

[mandyky]

13. That would work - your phone #s don't match

what I see on the WJ section though -

Call-In Numbers

Support Democrats:
[phone]
Support Pres. Bush:
[phone]
Support Others:
[phone]

[paineinthearse]

14. Hey, this is growing legs. Do we have 10?

I'll give this a bit more time for a few more to sign on. Then make a pitch to the admins.

[paineinthearse]

15. Guess not.

Well, we can say we tried.

[MelissaB]

16. I'm interested!

I don't have a whole lot of time, but will use it to do what I can. :)

This could be a great service...

[MelissaB]

17. I tried to nominate

this thread so that more people would see it, but couldn't because it wasn't started in the last 24 hours. You might want to try posting this again and let us nominate it, or post in other forums.

[MelissaB]

18. Kick!

Come on, guys! This is a great opportunity to make a differnece for no pay, but a lot of appreciation.

[MelissaB]

19. Shameless

:kick:

[paineinthearse]

20. We have 10+

Anyone else interested in joining, send me a PM with JOIN CSPAN in the title line.

[paineinthearse]

21. We are close to submitting request to form group to the admins - need your

reply.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1624661#1626019

thanks!

[paineinthearse]

22. If you are interested you need to do one simple thing.

We're close. Need you to go to http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1624661, reply to message #16. Say you agree with the mission statement.

The admins are very clear on this rule, we need this for group approval.

If you have any questions, PM me, as I will not be checking this thread.

thanks