[Imc-finance] ford, indymedia & questions

[blicero]

quickly

i am happy of sheri's reply

i find it in the mood i would have liked all this discussion to happen
(as italy imc statement also underlines)

I think that we have a two phases situation

1. clarify whether or not proceed with the fund (seems to me most
collective email go in a definite way (and sheri express the "no
reasons") failry well in terms of solidarity and so on
this is needed so that we can also clarify the situation to our
respective community that has been in turmoil ever since this situation
has been exposed


2. bring back the discussion and its insight on the imc-finance list and
develop the discussion, maybe coming to a series of question to send to
all nodes to have feedback
and i think the point sheri spells out down in thos point much of this


> 
> however, what wasn't clear are all the other pieces that fit together 
> in a puzzle of how we work together and through our differences.....
> 
> - funding and sustainability
> 
> - decentralized in relationship to local autonomy
> 
> - what constitutes a "network project" and how does it get "approval"
> 
> - when are things really more "centralized" than "decentralized"
> 
> - how to increase trust; assuming the best before you know all the 
> facts of a situation (at least don't assume the worst case scenario)
> 
> - working through differences of thinking about funding and sources 
> of funding - not touching any money vs. no strings attached funding
> 
> - how to truly treat each other with respect as we discuss our 
> differences passionately, all the while believing in the good 
> intentions of people until proven guilty
> 
> - learning from the honest mistakes that have been made and accepting 
> that people/groups will make mistakes and we will learn from them if 
> done in a supportive environment that is based on network solidarity
> 
> - how far removed can "tainted money" be to be acceptable?
> 
> - how does indymedia deal with economics, gift economy, cooperative 
> economics as we deal with long term sustainability
> 
> - etc. etc.
> 

PS for sheri: i don't think anybody objected to the need for the
regional gatherings. we can find other ways to make it happen without
the ford foundation. it will take some more time, but the feeling of
solidarity will be much greater and we will benefit from it to grow


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blicero
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