[New-imc] OTTAWA: Decision Deadline:June 13

[Deja]

Hey,

I appologize for the difficulties, it seems that my riseup mail is being really buggy with this particular application, cause I always 'reply all' but it keeps not sending the message body. I hope this account works.

Sorry again.



Quoting David-James Fernandes <dfernandes at cupe.ca>:

Hi, after about a year of building, we're ready to become a full-fledged

IMC. We're REALLY hoping that all of this can happen in time for huge

demonstrations in Ottawa while the G8 meets in Kananaskis, Alberta, June

26-27. Take the Capital! is a regional mobilization against the G8 meetings

and will attract activists from all over Ontario, Quebec and the

north-eastern US. 

http://www.takethecapital.net

Following is all the information we need to submit for our application (to

our knowledge).

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Introductory letter:

In an increasingly globalized world, IMC Ottawa will strive to promote and

protect truth from suppression by corporate media, which we find to be

inadequate as a result of the pressures and hidden agendas of private

enterprise.

Ottawa IMC operates within an anti-oppression framework and will build

strong links with all members of the Ottawa community, giving special

attention to including and creating a safe space for members of oppressed

and marginalized groups.

We are a bilingual IMC and will host a website in both French and English

and encourage publishing in all languages.

Our goal is to become a convergence point for Ottawa's independent media

community a space where we can convene in mutual respect, share our

resources and skills, and publish freely.


Key areas of expertise and experience include audio and video activism,

coverage of Canadian federal politics, international relations, anti-poverty

activism, cultural diversity, anti-oppression and environmental issues.

--- bios ---

At this time, only two people have submitted bios. They are:

Julien Lamarche, 2nd year software engineering student. I've been

involved since the beginning of IMC Ottawa and wrote many articles

posted on IMC Ontario. Before IMC, i was involved in the Enviro-Action

of OPIRG Ottawa (Canadian PIRGs operate in a much more decentralized way

then americain ones) and i did a major contribution for Climate Change

Caravan, a bike caravan that crossed the country.

David-James Fernandes, graphic designer with a national union in Canada.

My interests are in doing short web video and audio pieces and working with

local groups fighting poverty and oppression. When I lived in Toronto I was

a member of the Toronto Video Activist Collective - I created our website

and helped set us up to do web video. Since moving to Ottawa last September

for my job, I've been trying to find a group of local activists to conspire

with on independent videos. While Ottawa has a rich arts community, I'm

finding little to nothing has been done in terms of activist / advocacy

video in this town. The Ottawa Video Activist Collective, of which I'm one

of about 8 founding members, is currently working with a local anti-poverty

group on a video about welfare policy in ontario. We're also gearing up to

provide video coverage of the Take the Capital! actions here in Ottawa this

June, which we'll be cross-posting to IMC-Ottawa.



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The following criteria submission was debated, modified and approved by the

IMC Ottawa Collective on Thursday, May 23, 2002.

Members in attendance: Chris, David, Derek, Greg, Ian, Jared, Stephanie,

Julien.

IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA - DRAFT

Each IMC and Global Working Group is expected to:

a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity,

We agree with both.

b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional

IMC,

· We have 10 active members and over 80 people signed up to our list

· We had a fundraiser which raised $2000

· Interest is very strong in building a website, especially in time for

the G8 meetings in June in Alberta. Ottawa has become an eastern focal point

and an Ottawa-based Indy Media centre is highly needed to cover Take the

Capital! actions. 

· We hosted a Media Centre when the G20 met in Ottawa in November 2001 -

it was used by over 30 activists representing various independent media

groups in Ontario, Quebec and abroad.

· We are hosting a media centre for the Take the Capital! actions in

June. 

· We have recorded audio at local events and done radio broadcasts in

conjunction with CHUO (local university radio)

· We have our own server hardware and several options for bandwidth

· We have actively contributed to IMC-Ontario

· We have the capacity to provide video coverage

· We have strong ties to other local independent media groups, including

Manufacturing Dissent (newspaper), the Activist Newsstand and the Ottawa

Video Activist Collective.

· We have a working server at: http://ottawa.indymedia.ca (if it's down,

please check back soon).



c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary

"ownership" of an IMC),

Our meetings are always open and we strive to hold them in places easily

accessible by public transit. We are a group of citizens, journalists,

students, and union activists. We announce our meetings on the largest

activist mailing list in the Ottawa area (OPIRG events).

d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of

Purpose. Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim

basis,

In an increasingly globalized world, IMC Ottawa will strive to promote and

protect truth from suppression by corporate media, which we find to be

inadequate as a result of the pressures and hidden agendas of private

enterprise.

Ottawa IMC operates within an anti-oppression framework and will build

strong links with all members of the Ottawa community, giving special

attention to including and creating a safe space for members of oppressed

and marginalized groups.

We are a bilingual IMC and will host a website in both French and English

and encourage publishing in all languages.

Our goal is to become a convergence point for Ottawa's independent media

community a space where we can convene in mutual respect, share our

resources and skills, and publish freely.

e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and

functions through democratic process, and with full transparency,

IMC Ottawa Editorial Policy

The Ottawa IMC editorial collective uses an open publishing model, which

means when articles, pictures, audio, and video are posted to our site, they

will be immediately available to be read and commented on by others.

The Ottawa IMC stands firmly against all forms of oppression and so will not

tolerate the abuse of our site, our collective or our members by sexist,

racist, homophobic or otherwise oppressive individuals or groups.

We will strive to maintain an appropriate balance between an open publishing

model and respect for the basic right of members to feel safe and

comfortable in our collective.

We reserve the right to "hide" articles that violate the editorial criteria

below. These articles can still be viewed from a link on our site, but will

NOT appear on the newswire.

Article Criteria

We will "hide" postings that:

· incite hatred or violence against individuals or groups of people

· have been requested hidden by the poster

· have been posted by someone who is found to be impersonating someone

else 

· have been posted by someone who claims a false affiliation with an

organization 

· are duplicates

· have no content other than advertising a business or another web site

· are garbage (e.g. pictures submitted as text)

· have been cross-posted to multiple IMCs and are relevant mainly to a

jurisdiction outside Ottawa. These posts should go to another IMC, or to the

Global page. 

· contain false information about events (such as cancellation) that

would cause confusion

· are organizing specific illegal acts (i.e. saying to meet at a certain

place and time togo do something illegal.)





Process for Hiding Articles

If we receive a complaint, or someone from our editorial collective sees an

article that falls into one of the categories above, they will:



1. E-mail the author, and the editorial list

(imc-ottawa-editorial at indymedia.org) with the URL of the article, and the

reason for its removal.

2. Post a comment on the article, stating why it was removed.

3. "Hide" the article (though it will still be visible from a

link on our site). 



Complaints about this process

If you feel that an article was removed unfairly, or that there is a posting

displayed on the site that violates the above criteria, you may bring this

up on our editorial list, by e-mailing imc-ottawa-editorial at indymedia.org.



f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described in the NIMC Editorial

Policy [editorial collective comments: "We did agree that the term "Open

Publishing" was one that is still being defined by the Global Network

Collective, and we would wait and see what the results were before rewriting

this criteria], 

We agree in principle and will discuss it formally when this term is fully

defined.

g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus

principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,

We agree with and abide by the principles of consensus decision-making and

are working on a formal policy.

h. Have a spokesperson(s) willing and capable of participating in the

global decision-making process and meetings as a rotating

liaison/representative, with a clear understanding of the responsibilities

that come with this role,

Julien Lamarche is our spokesperson. We will rotate this position as needed.

i. Participate in the key IMC Network Communication Methods that pertain

to the health and vitality of the Network and that contribute to the work of

the IMC. Assure that at least one person from your local IMC participates at

any given time is on the IMC-Communications list,

Derek Reid and Julien Lamarche are our group members on this list.

j. (NOT FINALIZED): Have no official affiliation with any political party,

state or candidate for office (comments: but individual producers have

freedom to do whatever they like and local IMCs can "feature" stories about

various political parties and initiatives),

We have no affiliations with political parties or candidates.

k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial for-profit enterprises. [We

could add: The IMCN is committed to the decommercialization of information

and will disassociate from any local IMC that decides to become a for profit

media corporation.]

We agree.

l. Display a 'local version' of the IMC 'i' logo on your website and

literature. 

We have and will continue to do this.

m. Include the IMC Network current 'Cities List' on your site, preferably

on the front page.

We will do this once we have a website.



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