[CIMC-work] Regarding: PROPOSAL: topic IMCs (response from PhillyIMC)

[Chris Kaihatsu]

CIMC,

I agree with this PhillyIMC "requirement" (or amendment) for the
topic-IMC proposal.


Chris K.





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>[CIMC-work] Fwd: [IMC-Process] PROPOSAL: topic IMCs (response from
>PhillyIMC)	
>lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-chicago-working/2004-May/0
>03422.html
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>IMC Philadelphia has the following statement in favor of the topic IMC
>proposal but with the an additional requirement:
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>Many organizing and technical developments have happened to begin to
>allow for IMCs based around specific topics.  One of those is the
>wider ability to identify content attributes of the locally published
>stories.
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>In order to preserve the local organizing at the heart of the
>Indymedia movement, topic IMCs will be required to include syndicated
>feeds of on-topic articles from IMC sites in the collective.
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>Include the following application question:
>How will syndicated feeds from local IMCs be incorporated into your
>topic site?


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>At 5/10/2004, you wrote:
>>Reminder.....
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>>[en] [es  por debajo] [see also: 
>>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ImcProcessProposal and 
>>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/BiotechTopic ]
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>>We herby propose that imc-process decided the following:
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>>1. to accept the 
>><http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/BiotechTopic>description of topic 
>>IMCs (below) as basic criteria for topic IMCs
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>>2. to ask new-imc to use the following additional questions to approve of 
>>topic IMCs:
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>>- Is the topic of relevance in the Indymedia network? Are there postings 
>>on local IMCs on it? - Do you have a global team, with volunteers from at 
>>least 4 continents? How do you ensure diversity in terms of volunteers, 
>>languages, geographical and cultural backgrounds? Or, if your topic is 
>>primary relevant to a specific region: Do you have a team of volunteers 
>>which reflects the national and linguistic diversity of the region which 
>>your topic pertains to?
>>- How do you interact with local IMCs? Do you ensure flow of postings and 
>>information to and from local IMC sites? How do you deal with the coverage 
>>of local events that fall under your topic as well as in the location of a 
>>local IMC?
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>>3. to ask new-imc, volunteers from topic IMCs and other interested people 
>>to evaluate the procedure and these question by the end of 2004, and 
>>report back to imc-process so that imc-process can take a new decision on 
>>this issue if necessary.
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>>There was initial support to topic IMCs on such a basis. The deadline for 
>>this proposal is set for 15 May 2004 12 GMT.
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>>(In addition and as an example we want to point out to the application of 
>>biotech.indy, the site that has been up and running since June 2003, and 
>>all papers that have been submitted to new-imc. We want to help covering 
>>BioDev on 5 June in San Fransisco, and we would like a proper indymedia 
>>subdomain by then.)