[CIMC-work] Fw: [IMC-Process] Re: [New-imc] Oceania Indymedia

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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From: "boud" <boud1 at wp.pl>
To: <new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>
Cc: <imc-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>; <imc-process at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: [IMC-Process] Re: [New-imc] Oceania Indymedia


> hi all,
>    i'm just wondering if we're just playing with words in making a
> distinction between "IMC US" and "oceania.indymedia" ...
>
> US asks to go through the new-imc process and says it's an IMC;
> Oceania says it's a regional syndication site and just wants some sort
> of network approval with a few specific requests, including domain name,
> without claiming to be "an IMC".
>
> Are they both bottom-up syndication sites of existing IMCs in some region?
>
> For Oceania, IMHO yes, and it certainly has been functioning for a
> long time, and looks like it's functioning fairly smoothly.
>
> US seems like it's bottom-up, and being a syndication site seems to be
> its main aim, but it has only been functioning as a group for some
> months.
>
> Maybe the biggest difference is the danger of nationalism in the case of
> US - but the locals have already discussed this and seem to have come to
> a consensus decision.
>
> In any case, i agree with blicero that the Oceania case should be decided
> on by imc-process by whatever is imc-process' decision-making procedure.
>
> As for US, i guess since they *asked* to go through new-imc, they should
> consider the concerns we (new-imc) have raised...
>
> solidarity
> boud
>
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Blicero wrote:
>
> > if it is totally sindycated i think it can go on straight forward :))
> > since there is no decision making and so on there is no actual new imc
forming,
> > just a useful gathering of media produced locally in a region :)))
> >
> > ciao
> > blicero
> >
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