[New-imc] Re: newimc page - we forgot jay's process explanation!

[mark burdett]

Yes I knew we were waiting on missing text, unfortunately i never
received it.

So i will add this in and try to organize it a little better.

--mark

On Wed, 22 May 2002 23:26:13 +0200, boud wrote:
> <new-imc & mark at linefeed.org>
> 
> Mark, everyone,
>    Just thinking of the criticisms about overheavy bureaucracy, it
> seems to me that maybe the Departmental Secretary of New-IMC or else
> the Undersecretary to the Division Chief of the Internal Redevelopment
> Project, sub-plan R32A(ii) of the Inter-Ministerial Sub-Committee
> (Regulations and Documentation) may have forgotten something.
> 
> just teasing praccus here ;)
> 
> OK, in english ;), i think we forgot to add in Jay's excellent "brief"
> description of the new-imc process on the home page at
> 
> http://newimc.indymedia.org
> 
> Jay's message is here:
> 
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/new-imc/2002-March/003108.html
> 
> It's very long, so maybe the full version could go on a separate page 
> 
> howto10steps.html 
> 
> and just the headings go on the main page:
> 
> Suggestions for a brief version for the main page, 
> 
> http://newimc.indymedia.org
> 
> in the position that Jay has put in ...003108.html, but drastically
> summarised as follows
> 
> (maybe Jay or someone could comment on this?)
> 
> ##################################################
> 1 ) Pre-organizing: the first step is to talk with people in your
> community and try to get the sense if there is interest in forming an
> IMC.
> 
> 2) look at the documents linked through the newimc.indymedia.org site:
> 
> 3) When you think you're really ready to do some good organizing, fill out the
> form at newimc.indymedia.org. 
> 
> 4) open a mailing list
> 
> 5) O - R - G - A - N - I - Z - E !!!!
> 
> 6)  With your forming collective, write a mission statement and editorial
> policy, maybe contact imc-tech at this stage.  
> 
> 7) When you're really ready, and only when you're ready, reply to each of the
> membership criteria points one by one, and send to new-imc at indymedia.org.
> 
> 8) Your new-imc contact proposes your site to new-imc, if noone blocks
> within 3 days, this is passed to imc-process, if noone blocks there within
> 7 days, you become part of the network and are put on the cities.inc list
> once your web site is ready.
> 
> 9) The fun begins.  Get involved in the global lists and Indymedia
> discussions and decisions. Offer to work with other IMCs from your
> area or elsewhere around the world. Do good work.
> 
> 10) Change the world, for the better of course. We wouldn't expect
> anything less. 
> ##################################################
> 
> 
> i also think the sections of the page itself which correspond to numbers
> here should have the numbers. i think these are:
> 
> (step 2) PROVISIONAL IMC NETWORK DOCUMENTS
>   (step 7) Draft of IMC Membership Criteria   
> 
> (step 3) NEW IMC FORM
> 
> If these could be added to the page, it would make it clearer that there
> are a few other steps, which while less bureaucratised ;), like 
> (step 5) "O - R - G - A - N - I - Z - E !!!! ", are just as important,
> if not more...
> 
> 
> For the full page of Jay's 10-step process, e.g.
> howto10steps.html 
> 
> ##################################################
> 6) ...
> [Links to examples here]
> ##################################################
> 
> the mission statements are already at the bottom of the main page
> newimc.indymedia.org 
> 
> Question: has anyone grouped together some editorial policies?
> 
> 
> solidarity,
> boud
> 
>