[CIMC-work] Need some input on US-IMC

[Ian Bicking]

On Jan 19, 2004, at 10:44 PM, Garth Liebhaber wrote:
> hey gang,  need some input on this issue with us-imc.  the exchange 
> below sums up the kernal of what is at stake.  i am of
> the opinion that the indymedia projects should not be dependent upon 
> tech groups who are in turn dependent upon
> funding from foundations, much less Soros.

Everything is dependent on something.  I don't see this as a problem.  
People have jobs -- and if their job is funded by a Soros grant, is 
that really so bad?  I think it's unfair to blackball people who are 
probably doing good work, because you don't like their employer.

However, I don't know what else they are asking for.  Do the Acorn 
people want a little note on the site, kind of like we have at the 
bottom left of our site?  That's not too big a deal, though I would 
hope that they don't see themselves as heros just because they set some 
software up -- it's the long-term commitment of keeping the software up 
that's the difficult part.  But if that's what they are offering, then 
I see no problem at all.

There's recently been a spurt of people volunteering to do tech on the 
imc-tech mailing list.  I don't know if that matters particularly or 
not -- offers aren't the same as actual work, but then hopefully some 
of those people will become acclimated and productive.  Anyway, we're 
not devoid of tech, but again it's the long-term commitment that's 
really valuable.


Now, maybe there's some impression that Acorn and the Community 
Wireless people are using US-IMC for their own dastardly intentions to 
attain more grant money.  I don't know.  I don't see any of that from 
the email you copied, but then I wouldn't expect to from the context.

   Ian