[Imc-india] Re: Madurai collective constructive suggestions

[boud]

hi everyone,

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, [iso-8859-1] Montgomery Cheddar wrote:

> Harsh and I have tried to get communication with those
> operating India Indymedia, as well as offering to give
> support and help, and have had no result. So we can
> only conclude that the editorial collective is closed
> and not transparent. Therefore, where is the "open
> publishing"? Where is the accountability?
> 
> Who are the "Madurai collective"? I don't live in
> Madurai, I live in Kolkata. Madurai is just one city -

ganesh, until now i assumed you were an expat living in Ireland (from
your email address) - sorry for my wrong assumption.

But since you live in Kolkata, and since you're clearly 
active on the newswire with similar sorts of editorial aims 
as typical Indymedia volunteers and eager to do something,
your case for having access is considerably strengthened.

In the long term, you would make your case even stronger if
you were willing to do the work of trying to develop a local
collective in Kolkata. Of course, it's not easy, noone expects
overnight miracles. But Indymedia is supposed to be more than
just a website - it's supposed to be people who come face-to-face
with each other and deal with local realities. 

Here is someone in Calcutta/Kolkata who contacted the network 
about starting an Indymedia collective some time back (maybe a 
year or more ago...) 

sayandeb chowdhury <debsayan at yahoo.co.in>

Why don't you try and meet up with him?

> why should these people prevent people from other
> parts of India joining? Why won't they allow others to
> join the editorial team, or is this just exclusively
> for Tamils? If they don't respond to any messages on
> their IMC India Process list and won't respond to
> direct emails, what do we do then? If IMC global

If you read the links i suggested, you'll see theory about
consensus decision-making methods, and on the archives you'll
see examples indymedia style.

i'll give an example of a proposal in the next email...

boud



> process group won't respond, then what on earth can we
> as people who aspire to help administer IMC India and
> prevent its abuse do?
> 
> One important question: does India Indymedia support
> the publication of incitement to rape and murder named
> individuals as well as minority groups? I don't mind
> people posting arguments from a BJP stand-point or
> those who wish to condemn jehadi terrorism. What
> matters is the death threats and constant violent
> agitation by Hindutva forces on Indymedia. This cannot
> be tolerated, even in the name of free speech. You do
> not understand India if you tolerate this.
> 
> Indymedia India is not open, accountable or
> transparent as it stands and the newswire is an
> abomination.
> 
> Ganesh.
> 
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