[Imc-finance] Re: FYI: [P2PJ] K5 fundraising / 501(c)(3)

[frank]

I can speak to this only as a person born and raised in the U.S.

It seems to me that if we create a list -- imc-us/america/whatever -- that
it would only help to further the divide between us ("us" being those in the
US with me) and those elsewhere.  If it's an issue of people not realizing
that everywhere is not the US, how does it help to create a list where
they're only ever confronted by "fellow americans"?

Or is it a matter of only ever discussing the US legal system on a list
designated for US discussion?

I, personally, enjoy hearing discussion of other nation's legal processes on
these and other lists...

Solidarity!
Frank Salerno
Atlanta

> > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:48:07 +0200
> > To: imc-legal@indymedia.org, imc-finance@lists.indymedia.org
> > From: Anna <anna@mail.nadir.org>
> > Subject: Re: [IMC-Process] Re: [Imc-finance] FYI:  [P2PJ] K5
> >   fundraising / 501(c)(3)
> > Cc: imc-process@lists.indymedia.org
> >
> > hi,
> > second try.
> >
> > i'd really appreciate an answer to my question. i was actually serious
> > about not understanding the content of that email.
> >
> > thanks
> > Anna
> >
> > At 18:32 11.07.02 +0200, Anna wrote:
> > >hi all,
> > >
> > >i have to admit that i don't understand this at all - is it something
that
> > >concerns the u.s. only?
> > >
> > >if yes: i was going to suggest for topics that are u.s./north
america-only
> > >to maybe create mailing lists such as we have imc-europe@indymedia.org
> > >anyway - to avoid confusing others and also to avoid the rest of he
world
> > >to feel like "not really being a part of it". it happens every now and
> > >then that north americans forget that things work differently elsewhere
> > >;). has something like this been thought about  before?
> > >
> > >if no: could you explain the idea behind this please?
> > >
> > >Anna
> > >indy.de
> > >
> > > ----------------------
>
>
> Hello Anna,
>
> You wrote several letters about this.
> I feel you are totally correct to ask with persistence,
> because the US- based imc's contain a *lot* of people
> with this attitude. It's the attitude of writing and
> speaking with the assumption that the whole globe
> operates like an extension of the United States.
>
> Plus, they hardly ever admit it, and hardly ever
> aknowledge it when being called on it. Most of them do
> it without realising it, innocently, but some, a few of
> them, I'm sorry to point this out, truly are infused
> with imperial arrogance (or, as Phillip K. Dick wrote,
> "the emoire never ended"). Someone should have answered
> your question  (specifically, the person who wrote the
> letter), and should have taken responsibility for it.
>
> On the specific item, yes, the letter you refer to
> relates to US legislation about various classifications
> of non-profit organizations.
>
> But the more important item is the solution you
> suggested: "to maybe create mailing lists such as we
> have (for example imc-europe@indymedia.org ), for
> topics that are u.s./north america-only". Everyone in
> the Cyprus Indymedia group agrees with your suggestion,
> and we hope it will help some of our colleagues from
> the US to either become more in touch with reality, or
> to curtail some of that arrogance.
>
> What do our other colleagues think?
> Petros
> http://PetrosEvdokas.cjb.net
> --------------------