[IMC-Tech] Re: [Imc-communication] Re: gainesville-imc / non open-publishing indymedia sites

[Sheri Herndon]

i must be getting tired.

what i wanted to say was --   before this can be decided, we need to figure
out who defines indymedia.

sheri

> From: arthur foelsche <arthur@indymedia.org>
> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 23:05:55 -0500
> To: Matthew Arnison <matthewa@physics.usyd.edu.au>
> Cc: "imc-tech@" <imc-tech@indymedia.org>, <imc-communication@indymedia.org>,
> <imc-process@indymedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Imc-communication] Re: gainesville-imc / non open-publishing
> indymedia sites
> 
> 
> The topic that Matthew brings up here is critical:
> what defines indymedia?
> 
> i suggested recently that it would be something like:
> 
>> * displays news
>> * allows users to post their own stories
>> * allows users to comment on stories
>> 
>> on the ideological end, i think it means that people setting
>> up a site that uses the .indymedia.org name have a commitment
>> to at least the principles that make up the seattle mission
>> statement that is:
>> 
>> (http://seattle.indymedia.org/contact.php3)
>> 
>> Independent Media Center (Seattle) Mission Statement
>> 
>> The Independent Media Center is a grassroots organization committed to using
>> media production and distribution as a tool for promoting social and
>> economic justice. It is our goal to further the self-determination of people
>> under-represented in media production and content, and to illuminate and
>> analyse local and global issues that impact ecosystems, communities and
>> individuals. We seek to generate alternatives to the biases inherent in the
>> corporate media controlled by profit, and to identify and create positive
>> models for a sustainable and equitable society.
> 
> 
> s|a|m posted these additions:
> 
>> * a public meeting at least every quarter to involve new people
>> * support / endorsement for atleast 5 other local 'action' groups (this may
>> need better definition)
>> * the site needs to have current content - ie. atleast 1 new posting a week
>> * the site should not be affiliated with a political party (i think this is
>> essential!!)
>> * the site must not endorse corporate products and services
>> * the site should have prominently displayed the 'indy' logo (italic i thing)
> 
> 
> what do people think?
> What defines this project that we have been working on for the
> last year and then some?
> 
> What does it mean to be a indymedia site in the year 2001?
> 
> a.
> 
> 
> 
> on 1/1/01 10:30 PM, Matthew Arnison at matthewa@physics.usyd.edu.au wrote:
> 
>> always cool to see new indymedia sites.
>> 
>> however, like climate.indymedia.org, gainesville are not open publishing.
>> contributed articles must be approved by the administrators before they
>> appear on the front page.
>> 
>> personally i would suggest it doesn't matter what software they use, they
>> should not be calling themselves indymedia if they are not open
>> publishing.
>> 
>> however, we really need a charter before we can say such things with any
>> kind of consensus. :)
>> 
>> cheers,
>> matthew - sydney.indymedia.org volunteer
>> 
>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, arthur foelsche wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.metanet.org/gainesville-indymedia/
>>> 
>>> looks like people have created another
>>> slashcode indy site.
>>> 
>>> does anybody know who's running this site?
>>> 
>>> do we want to give them gainesville.indymedia.org?
>>> 
>>> 
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