[Imc-india] Site Revamp

[/m]

sorry:

FROM active TO mir, of course...
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On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 10:08, /m wrote:
> the MIR community is very dynamic (has been for a while, and it seems to
> be growing!). www.indymedia.org.uk went trhough a long process of
> migration from MIR, which is "well" documented:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ActiveToMir
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkMirWebDocs
> 
> There are many helpful people in both the MIR coding/developing and in
> the maintenance/user areas.
> 
> It could be good if you joined the MIR network. The more the merrier.
> 
> Find the active developers etc. on IRC:
> 
> irc.indymedia.org #mir - and in irc.indymedia.org #uk
> 
> Please ask anything you want. Note that I do not have any technical
> skills in the area of MIR or programming generally, but I have followed
> the whole process which has been unfolding in parallel with the
> transformation of www.indymedia.org.uk from a single-collective based
> website, run by a group of volunteers in London to a new fully fledged
> network with contributing and collaborating collectives (IMCs) all over
> this island (England, Scotland, Wales etc.).
> 
> This been an amazing process; Germany established the model for
> collaborative website maintenance in a network of autonomous collectives
> within Indymedia, as far as i recall.
> 
> Hopefully in India there is scope for some sort of networking as well.
> Have you been in touch with corpwatch india? or perhaps some of the
> Bhopal groups, or the Dam movement?
> 
> Just trying to help the best I can.. I have a soft spot for India ;)
> 
> all the best of luck and wishes,
> 
> in solidarity,
> 
> /martin - lancaster & uk imcs
> __________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 09:25, Vickram Crishna wrote:
> > At 7:58 +0000 22/11/2003, /m wrote:
> > >hi!
> > >have you considered the possibilities of contacting lists like:
> > >
> > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general
> > >
> > >http://gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo
> > >
> > >http://www.tivea.net/LUG_India.php
> > >
> > >The free software movement and indymedia has a long happy history
> > >together ;)
> > 
> > Thanks... it seems to be a decision relating to publishing, and there 
> > are a limited number of choices, not to mention the sad lack of time, 
> > which has happened largely because I believe indymedia was working to 
> > avoid this situation for as long as possible.
> > 
> > The current software is called Active, but there are no persons at 
> > indymedia willing to continue its support.
> > 
> > The options are Mir, SF-Active and Dada. The Mumbai group already 
> > uses Dada, but it is currently very silent, and we do not have any 
> > contacts responding from amongst the moderators or list managers.
> > 
> > The feedback we have got from other indymedia people is that Mir is 
> > the most workable of all these choices, given that one day we hope we 
> > will have a truly representational and flourishing media site, 
> > supporting multiple languages and multiple sub-entities.
> > 
> > If there are any opinions to the contrary, please let us know asap so 
> > we can discuss it out with our friends at indymedia. I have 
> > separately been recommended another publishing software, Plone. 
> > However, we simply do not have the freedom to consider this choice. 
> > Maybe one day when we can have our own servers, we can evaluate what 
> > direction we want to take on this, but for the moment, this is what 
> > we have.
> 
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