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we-press.com a new worker's co-op from Indonesia

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Thu, 11/09/2008 - 3:28pm — kakaroto

Dear All,

We have launching a new worker's co-op on 9 sept 2008. www.we-press.com . Through this organization we writing and empowering all the people to become a journalist... We provide a journalistic and co-op training and education in the near future....

Suroto,
A founder and adviser of WE-PRESS

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Mon, 06/10/2008 - 9:03am — kakaroto
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we-press info

Dear Graham,

Thank you very much for your appreciation. Hope everything is doing well with you. I have send your masage to the Boards of we-press. And they would like to sent you the information soon as possible(could you send your email address to we-press at www.we-press.com). We are very sorry, the website still in Indonesian version, and about the profile in the page of "Tentang Kami" (About Us).
Actualy, we have a plan to change the domain with a .coop in the future.

As I was one founders of the we-press worker's co-op, I would like to give you a little information about the we-press : We-press's founders are still students of the university (except me), and they are come from a former leader of student university press, studies club on ; postmodernism, theology, gender, social justice in the culture studies perspective. They are very active youth in the multidisipliner. And we-press has three adviser : Ted Meinhover, a former of Asian American Press's Editor and Asisten Project Manager of NCBA for International Development, Imam Cahyono, as a national newspapers coloumnist and an activist of NGO (The Prakarsa), and me as a director of Institute For Co-op Study and Development (LePPeK).

We have many of plan project till the end of the year, developing an online media (www.we-press.com), setting up reguler training and education on co-op, writing and journalism for the members, reguler discusion on the thematic issues, publishing journal and the books etc.

Now, we has setting up the curriculum and management of education and training. And we hope we could made open recruitment of the co-op members in the next month. We have one vision, ; how to make all the people without discrimination to become a juornalist (citizen journalist).

Talk to you soon.

Regard's

Suroto
a Founder and Adviser of We-press
mobile +6281548823229
E-mail : suroto_1112@yahoo.com

Wed, 01/10/2008 - 7:47pm — admin

Excellent news! Congratulations

This looks like an outstanding new development. Well done to everyone involved. There is a great synergy and potential for cooperatives in the internet age. It amazes me that as a movement we have not made more of this opportunity. I would like to develop a case study on we-press.com (do you plan to use a .coop domain name?). Would you be able to provide further details about the new co-op and its development?

Regards
Graham

Thu, 09/10/2008 - 5:12pm — kakaroto
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Profile of We-press

about us (Tentang Kami)
WE-PRESS

Name :

Writing and Empowering Press abbreviated WE-Press. In the Indonesian language name that means "Writing and Empowering" that take the form of publication or of the press. By connecting the word "empowerment" with "writing" imply a meaning that the institution is not a "writing". Thus, the "write" only one of the empowerment process. We-press born in sept,9, 2008.

Vision
1. to grow and to develope interest and creativity of writing
2. building a spirit of independence (self relliance)

Mission
1. Facilitate and organize individuals who have the talent and interest in the world write writing.
2. Establish worker's Co-op as a core of writing activities.

Shape
This form of cooperative organization of workers in the domain of publishing. In the context of the issuance, the fade will lead the organization in the form of citizen jounalist, where the reporter is the community.

Natures
1. Open
2. Non-profit
3.self reliance

Frame scores
1. Pluralitas
2. Creativity
3. Independence
4. Locality
5. Universality

Programs
1. Education and training in basic writing
2. Education and training on cooperative basis
3. Publishing online media
4. Publishing print media
5. Syndication across
6. Seminars, training, discussions with the appropriate frame of

The structure of the Board
Board of Advisors:

Suroto (Purwokerto - Indonesia)
Imam Cahyono (Jakarta - Indonesia)
Ted Meinhover (United States)

Director:

Firdaus Putra Aditama

Programs Division:

Jajang Yanur Habib
Wiwik Irnawati

Corporate Division:

Wahyuningsih

Network Division:

Agung Triyatno
Tito Erland

Research & Development Division:

Nokia Sulaksono
Kun Indah Nurkumala

Profile of Founder

Suroto: Cooperative Activist

Imam Cahyono: NGO activists (Initiative), a media columnist in the daily
Indonesia - English, social worker.

Ted Meinhover:
ex editor in chief/ Editor Asian American Press (APP), Assistant Project Manager International Development Cooperation National Bussiness Association (NCBA). Currently living in Washington DC.

Putra paradise A. : Director LS Profetika Noida, social thinkers critics, bloggers,

Jajang Yanuar: ex editor in chiefLPM (student press institutions) MeMi of General soedirman university, Faculty of Economics, bloggers,
social worker.

Wiwik Irnawati:
ex editor in chiefLPM (student press institutions) of Solidaritas of Social and Political Faculty of Genderal Soedirman University, gender activists

Wahyuningsih: gender activists, bloggers, social worker.

Agung Triyatno: Editor of Journal of Sociology Interaction, Social and Political Faculty of Genderal Soedirman University, community of art literature.

Geri Sulaksono: posmodern thinker, bloggers, social worker.

Kun Indah N. : editor in chief LPM (student press institutions) Husbandry, Faculty of husbandry, Presenter local tv BMS TV,.

Tito Erland: general leader of LPM (student press institutions) SKETSA of General Soedirman University, bloggers.

(From Wiwik Irnawati, a member's board trough my private email address)