[Imc-india] Editorial changes

[Sivaraman Balachandran]

All,

How was a measure passed by people not involved in the
Madurai collective (or did they approve it also)?  I
know they haven't responding, but given that it is a
third world non-profit group, I think some patience
would have been in order, regarding people getting
back on email.

And if they are not responding at all, there is a
bigger  problem than an editorial policy that will
require discussion amongst the larger IMC collective,
to formally change control from the madurai collective
to another group.

This passing of the editorial policy feels like a coup
de etat by about three people, two of whom were
throwing temper tantrums.


Also, Madurai Collective, What is going on?  Please
respond....

Sivaram




--- Montgomery Cheddar <ganeshmukti at yahoo.ie> wrote:
> The emergency editorial policy, which targetted
> racism
> and violence on the India Indymedia newswire, was
> passed on Sunday without opposition.
> 
> Despite fears of a Hindutva right-wing backlash over
> the introduction of the new policy, the first 24
> hours
> have been successful and only a few articles have
> been
> hidden from the newswire. It appears that even
> Rajesh,
> Jaigopal et al, who have been responsible for much
> of
> the abuse and flame war in the past, have toned down
> their postings and have learned to accept the
> democratic decision of the collective ... so far ...
> Let's wait and see whether this level of maturity
> persists.
> 
> As well as maintaining standards on the newswire, it
> is necessary to come up with features for the middle
> column on the main page. If anyone has any ideas or
> wants to contribute, please speak up.
> 
> In the long-term, it will be necessary to move to a
> different format for india.indymedia.org as the
> current format is due to become obsolete. This could
> be combined with formation of local news
> collectives,
> similar to the ones formed on the UK indymedia site
> (www.indymedia.org.uk), which has separate sections
> for different cities.
> 
> I hope that all Indymedia users will be supportive
> of
> the changes made to India Indymedia and that we can
> truly make this a source of alternative media in
> India. This requires more outreach activities and
> original reporting on activism and protests, rather
> than being a bulletin board for bores.
> 
> Many thanks to those within the Indymedia community,
> particularly Boud, who gave sound advice in making
> this all happen.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ganesh.
> 
>
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