[Imc-finance] Re: apologies and request / "someone like to help?"

[Sascha Meinrath]

hi joeri,

i've added you as a list admin...  welcome aboard!

--sascha

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Joeri wrote:

> hey,
>
> i could do listadmin if everyone here agrees
>
> greets
> joeri
> imc-wvl liaison for imc-finance
>
>
>
> Petros Evdokas wrote:
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> >
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003
> >>From: Sheri Herndon <sheri at speakeasy.org>
> >>Subject: [Imc-finance] apologies and request
> >>To: IMC-Finance <imc-finance at indymedia.org>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>hi,
> >>
> >>i just cleared out alot of pending requests (we get alot of them to the imc finance list), alot of spam.  and in the midst of it were two emails that should have been approved a while ago.  my mistake.  these people were not subscribed to the imc because they are not liaisons and this is not a proposal for an established imc.  so that's why it was held.
> >>
> >>as you know, this is a liaison only list and so when people post things that are not from a person subscribed to the list, they don't make it through.
> >>
> >>normally that shouldn't be a problem, but lately i don't have the time to keep up and even though sascha is co list admin, he doesn't have time either.  so we need people who are liaisons on this list to step up and share the load of adminning this list so these kidns of things don't happen in the future.  it is easier to share tasks like this that are heavy administrative and can be time-consuming if not kept up to date.
> >>
> >>apologies to the ftaa people who sent in their request for funds and for not catching it sooner.
> >>
> >>someone like to help?
> >>
> >>sheri
> >>seattle imc
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello Sheri,
> >and other imc-finance friends,
> >
> >I'd like to offer some help, but of a different sort,
> >if it's acceptable.
> >
> >As most of you know, Sheri and myself have participated
> >in this imc-finances dialogue almost since the creation
> >of the particular email list, and have tried to inject
> >it with certain principles which would guide our
> >financial decision- making and operations.
> >
> >Even if the way we have articulated our proposals may
> >have sounded from time to time as if we were
> >disagreeing, the general spirit in which they were made
> >is still the same, and I think (even though Sheri and I
> >have not had any direct contact for a while), we
> >*still* have a similar vision of the kind of
> >imc-finance work-group we would like to see evolving
> >here among us. We have both written many and long
> >articles/letters published here with suggestions,
> >proposals, views, approaches, which would help
> >transform this group into a collective organ of the
> >emerging global IndyMedia entity.
> >
> >One problem is that we did not see any avalanche of
> >liaisons embrace this and work to make happen. Instead
> >of that, in the last year and a half or so, our
> >performance as an imc working- group has been more like
> >a committee thumping rubber stamps under applications,
> >instead of a collective of colleagues who are involved
> >in radical politics and free journalism.
> >
> >The purpose of this letter is not to look for blame, of
> >course, but to re-state the basic problems and to
> >request that we look for solutions.
> >
> >I have some thoughts, all of them along the same lines
> >which had shaped my finances- related  articles
> >published here in the past (most them are in the list
> >Archives, it's easy to find them online). I'd like to
> >propose that Sheri and I meet sometime in the early
> >part of 2004 in the States to look at those thoughts
> >again together, and to see how we can refresh our
> >working-group.
> >
> >Even though I will not be coming as an "official
> >imc-ambassador" from our region in the Eastern
> >Mediterranean, my being the liaison for imc-cyprus and
> >having tangible co-operation in shared projects and
> >contacts with imc colleagues in our broader region
> >across war-zones and in areas divided by social hatred,
> >I feel give me the ability to convey those (same)
> >imc-finance related messages back to the "metropolitan"
> >areas of our imc network where IndyMedia originated,
> >with some degree of realism. And with the hope that we
> >can be heard in a different way.
> >
> >Essentially, the task is "how do we re-structure the
> >imc-finances working group, so that it can be a
> >*collective* body, whose work is shaped by the radical
> >politics of our imc network and reflects our mission as
> >global activists in the realm of free journalism?"
> >Given that there's a giant gap between our third- world
> >realities and the Euro/ North-American culture of
> >activism which dominates imc, we may mean different
> >things when we say "radical", or "collective". Perhaps
> >we can clarify things, and help to create a more
> >unified reality?
> >
> >Sheri, would that be an acceptable way to proceed?
> >Would it be helpful in some way for us to meet and
> >talk?
> >
> >Anyone have any thoughts on this? Your views would be
> >much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Petros
> >cyprus indymedia volunteer
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