[CIMC-working] PROPOSED: compilations on election debates

[Doug Morris]

Hi all,

I believe some people won't like this idea.  But I really like it. So I 
float it out there.
Not sure if I have time to do it.  But seems worth thinking about...

Based on discussions at this evening's meeting, these ideas come up:

Two indy compilations on election debates:

One for the chicago wire
One for the center column

For the wire:   an index of Election debates on the Chicago newswire in 
last week, and perhaps a few other midwestern imcs
	(not necessarily all inclusive, but comprehensive in looking for many views)

Format:
- A summary paragraph at top noting issues debated.
- Then, index of posts about election:
	article number: one short phrase or sentence summarize main point of each post

For center column:   Election Debates

Part 1:  Include that summary paragraph above -- and perhaps a list of topics

Part 2 (or 2nd feature):  Create a list of features from other imc's on 
elections/election debates
Make an index of the content of those features as above or in this way
	name of imc:  short descript of feature content

I am thinking of proposing Part 2 as a compilation to the www-features group...

But I'd like to raise it here first.   As I think it would make a great 
local feature(s).

Given that Tuesday is 1 week after the elections and that we had TABD in 
the meantime, it seems that it would be understandable for us to put this 
up at that time.

We introduce the first summary above with something as simple as this 
(boiling it down):

Head: US ELECTIONS

Title:  Debates about the future of democracy

One week after the elections and after the TABD protests, we offer this 
summary and index of debates about the U.S. elections and the future of 
democracy. In posts to the Chicago IMC newswire, some argued about best 
strategies for progressive politicing by democrats, greens, independents, 
etc. Others have advanced more radical critiques, such as of the illusion 
of democracy in our country, where elections which are bought and paid for 
by corporations. Other have presented arguments about the inherent problems 
with elections and representation in any society.

[Perhaps also:
The following articles are the tip of a national and international debate. 
Hence, we also included in the second part of this feature links to 
features by other IMCs on these issues:  ]

Comments?

Best, Doug