[New-imc] best timing to put new-imcs in touch with imc-tech?

[Proletarian Productions]

At 04:44 AM 10/22/2001, Jay wrote:
>Hi new-imc,
>
>In shuffling through all the recent applications I've been thinking about
>how we can work better with imc-tech.  Some new IMCs are coming to the
>table with their web sites already in order, others have no tech expertise
>at all and are having a hard time getting it.  Evan was able to send along
>a tech primer a few weeks ago that we can send to new-imcs, but they still
>need to be in contact with imc-tech to get things rolling if they don't
>have their own server.  Is there anyone on the new-imc list, Evan or
>anyone, who is also with imc-tech and may be able to give us all a better
>idea of how imc-tech would like us to address techincal issues with
>aspiring IMCs?  At what point in the process should we put an aspiring imc
>in touch with imc-tech?  How should be go about doing that?  Should we just
>send a note to imc-tech with the aspiring imc's contact info or is there a
>better way that will get more response?  As more global south IMCs come
>around we're going to have more and more questions about how to handle imcs
>that don't have technical know-how.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jay

Revisiting this question now with San Diego IMC a reality in name, and in 
fact, but not as far as links to our website go or a listing on the cities 
list or probably a link to a RealMedia server as either. I'm thinking that 
maybe the thing to do would be to have a "new-tech" list that the 
prospective IMC would have their tech be a part of as well as a resources 
questionnaire that the new IMC could fill out to help assess their 
situation. This would also let the IMC Tech/s know what kinds of things 
needed to be accomplished techwise to get the new group ready to  go once 
they went through the political process. That way the tech and political 
processes could be timed to come to fruition around the same time. Or at 
the very least the new groups could know what the process is and how it's 
progressing.

On the new-imc list and then on the process list after that, Jay was always 
around (usually :) to help and let us know what we needed to do next to 
move the process forward. That made the whole thing a nice experience 
overall and I think it would be good to do something like that tech wise too.


Peace, Love, and Class Struggle
Jim



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