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By
Renu Ramanath
On
14 August 2005 seven NWMI members met in Kochi,
Ernakulam. The meeting discussed:
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the proposal to hold joint programmes with Chetana
Media Institute, Thrissur for screenings/discussions
in Kochi and other centres
- the
possibility of organising state / national events
in Kerala
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about having some kind of organisational structure
for the network
The
members present included Suchitra of The Quest
Features and Footage , Beenarani (Asianet
Cable Vision), Geeta Bakshi (freelancer, formerly
with Mangalam ), Rekha Bitta (freelancer,
formerly with Deepika ), Preethy A.M.(Mathrubhumi),
Preetha T.S (The New Indian Express ) and
Renu Ramanath (The Hindu). Girija (P
& T) from Kozhikode was also present.
Girija frequently writes in Malayalam magazines
and has a deep interest in issues related to women
and media.
The
idea of joint programmes with Chetana Media Institute
was discussed and accepted as a good suggestion.
Chetana Media Institute, based in Thrissur has
been organising regular events related to cinema
and documentary. Chetana and its wing Gargi, had
organised a women’s film festival at Thrissur
a few months back.
Media women in Kerala are scattered all over the
state making it difficult to organise and get
them together for regular meetings and events.
It was felt that once the programmes planned in
association with Chetana got underway, other ambitious
projects could be considered later. Associating
with other like-minded organisations was a practical
way for getting things done, it was pointed out.
Friday,
7 October 2005 was decided as a tentative date
for the first screening.
Regarding
the organisational structure, the idea of collecting
a membership fee was floated. The money generated
could form the corpus for organising events or
future projects, it was pointed out. However,
the members considered the structural complications
that might arise out of moving into such an organised
form too fast and considering the fact that the
network was basically considered as an informal
grouping, the issue was put off for the time being.
It
was decided to convene the next meeting on 4 September
2005 at The Quest Features and Footage.
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