[CIMC-working] FW: [IMC-Tech] Indymedia Baghdad? Kabul?

[Elizabeth Fraser]

This was on imc-tech, but looked important enough to forward to the
working list.
--eliz
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From: imc-tech-admin@lists.indymedia.org
[mailto:imc-tech-admin@lists.indymedia.org] On Behalf Of Crystal Allene
Cook
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:41 PM
To: imc-tech@indymedia.org
Subject: [IMC-Tech] Indymedia Baghdad? Kabul?


Proposal for Indymedia At Large
Some Radio IMC and other folks here in Los Angeles, on the tail of what
has been created with electronicIraq.net and electronicIntifada.net are
interested in the possibility of creating/moderating an Indymedia At
Large.  Although we are still in the process of what this proposal may
actually entail, we are interested in helping facilitate Indymedia
possibilities to militarized zones or sites of U.S. Military aggression
and/or occupation through creating opportunities for the the people
there to have access to bearing witness and entering the process of
posting to a global audience, even if they cannot rely upon a secure
site, server, or functioning group in their immediate situation or
environs.
Some proposals include:
A) Using whatever technology available to submit information to
Indymedia At Large, moderators would then take responsibility for
posting to the site.  IMC At Large participants would garner support to
help people on the ground in these sites access this technology.  This
could be done through outreach here, directly going to those areas to
provide support, etc. all towards the eventual goal that the people on
the ground at these sites would, as able, form an actual functioning
IMC, moderating their own site.
B) Our initial interests include At Large to: Baghdad, Kabul, Colombia,
and the Philippines, etc., stretching as far and wide as U.S. Military
Aggression.  We have begun dialogue with Voices in the Wilderness
(www.vitw.org), Iraq Peace Team, and ElectronicIraq. net toward creating
the possibility for an Indymedia Baghdad.  As a fully-functionin IMC,
adhering to all the principles of IMC, would be difficult to create
there, an Indymedia At Large would serve as a bridge between the intial
steps of independent voice and independent moderation.  
Please respond with any ideas, comments, overlapping suggestions, etc.
We are in the process of waiting on response for local members to
possibly go to Baghdad, as well as working to support ElectronicIraq.net
Although this is not an Indymedia site, these people are doing important
work and would be worthwhile highlighting through the main IMC site.
Thanks so much!
Crystal Allene Cook
c_allenecook@yahoo.com



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