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

[Sivaraman Balachandran]

Okay, before folks outside of the IMC-India collective
start trying to implement policy decisions, can we
please wait a few days to hear the Madurai collective?

Thanks.

Siv

--- Harsh Kapoor <aiindex at mnet.fr> wrote:
> Thanks to Boud, for this rough proposal
> Yes indeed an emergency edit plan sounds good
> solution to have in the 
> absence of a full blown editorial policy.
> I will make time to join the team to of possible
> editors for now
> 
> At 9:21 AM +0100 8/29/03, Montgomery Cheddar wrote:
> >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
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
>
>############################################################
> >  > 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 "
> >>
> 
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