[Imc-india] IMC India PROPOSAL for EMERGENCY EDITORIAL POLICY : DEADLINE xx Sep 2003 (fwd)

Fri Aug 29 10:21:35 PDT 2003

Thank you for your hard work on this proposal, Boud,
and I am very sorry that my frustration boiled over
yesterday. I think that while the processes behind
Indymedia have been developed over time in response to
developments as they happen, it is hard for a
new-comer like myself to understand all the rules and
it all seems baffling. I am an activist, not a
bureaucrat, and I am a Bengali, so I am always a
trouble-maker in these situations! I have no interest
in threatening people, but what is being put up on
Indymedia goes way beyond legitimate free speech and
we all need to take action and achieve this consensus
for change.

I will post my modifications to your proposal later
today and look forward to hearing others' suggestions.

Ganesh.

 --- boud <boud1 at wp.pl> wrote: > hi again,
>    Here's a rough draft of a proposal - note that
> the Subject: is in 
> CAPITAL LETTERS so that it's easy to find on the
> archive:
> 
>
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-india/2003-August
> 
> First you need to get rough consensus on the
> imc-india list - 
> then just put in a deadline - something like 7 days
> from the
> day you post it is reasonable. 
> 
> If nobody blocks within those seven days, then you
> have a decision.
> That's the political part.
> 
> But first you need a good chance at consensus before
> proposing 
> a 7-day deadline.
> 
> Then you ask around for the technical side - if the
> political side is
> fairly clear, then you should not have much problem
> with the tech
> side. Welcome to non-hierarchy :).
> 
> Anyway, it's up to ganesh and the expat supporters
> with fast internet
> access and fast typing skills to work on the
> proposal until you think
> you are likely to have consensus:
> 
>
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ConflictResolution
> 
> i just did a rough draft - it's *incomplete* as it
> stands.
> 
> Remember that when you think you have consensus,
> it's better to ask
> "Are there any problems/concerns?" rather than "Do
> we have consensus?"
> 
> good luck
> boud
> 
> 
> 
>
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> IMC India Proposal for Emergency Editorial Policy -
> Deadline xx Sep 2003
> 
> Given that the Madurai collective probably is
> overwhelmed by 
> the number of pro-racist posts on the newswire, and
> that communication
> with the Madurai collective is very slow (attempts
> to contact them
> have been made since xx Aug 2003 via the following
> emails:
> [ ... ]
> [ ... ]
> 
> ), it is proposed
> that the people named below be given editorial
> access to the newswire
> to *hide* (but not delete) posts which are one or
> more of:
>  - racist
>  - direct threat or encouragement of violence to
> named individual
> 
> 
> There is no clearly consensed-on editorial policy at
> the moment, so
> the emergency editorial policy is that:
> 
> - a short email explaining each decision to hide
> should be posted
> to imc-india at lists.indymedia.org
> - consensus should be obtained for any decision to
> hide, so that 
> any "fuzzy" cases will be unhidden unless there is
> consensus to hide
> them
> - it is noted that, sooner or later, this will
> require a LOT 
> of debate for some articles
> 
> 
> The people below asking for editorial access commit
> themselves to
> supporting the existing two collectives in India
> (Madurai and Mumbai)
> and in particular commit themselves to trying to
> develop a new
> collective in Kolkata, starting with the hints at
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo
> 
> * ganesh <email address>
> [URL to self-introduction or include it - say
> something about yourself]
> ...
> 
> * [other people - some self-introduction]
> 
> * 
> 
> 
> The above people also commit themselves to
> consensing on a more
> consensual and functional editorial policy than the
> above emergency
> one, since the experience of most IMCs is that
> obtaining consensus on
> which posts to hide and which not to hide is *not*
> something easy. It
> requires work, and happens best in the context of
> the full new-imc 
> organising process.
> 
> 
> ANNEX: EXAMPLES OF RACIST POSTS 27-28 Aug 2003
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7144
> Pak nurses three, not one, designs on India
> by Pramod Kumar Singh 6:49am Thu Aug 28 '03
> (Modified on 7:21am Thu Aug 28 '03)
> 
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7143
> Since Pooja Bhatt married in TEMPLE , <personal
> name> refused to Attend
> by Rajesh 6:07am Thu Aug 28 '03 (Modified on 9:24am
> Thu Aug 28 '03)
> "HINDUS BEWARE ,[<personal name>] IS A ANTI-HINDU
> BASTARD "
> 
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7140
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7139
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7134
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7133
> essentially same as 7143
> 
> Islamist Terror Comes To India's Streets
> by Wall Street Journal 7:35pm Wed Aug 27 '03
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7120
> - this is Wall Street Journal racism, which
> completely omits
> the context of a fascist party coalition government
> in the Centre
> 
> 
>
http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7115
> Jihad is bleeding Hindus -- Islam = Terrorism
> by Rajesh 4:02pm Wed Aug 27 '03
> 
> 
>
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