[New-imc] Galiza IMC MembershipCriteria acordance

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We agree all the points, one by one of the following document:


 [THIS IS THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA. WE WILL SEND
FUTURE DRAFTS AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.]

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,

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

c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary
"ownership" of an IMC),

d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of
Purpose. Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim
basis,

e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and
functions through democratic process, and with full transparency,

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],

g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus
principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,

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,

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 on the IMC-Communications 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),

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.]

l. Display a i² logo on your website and literature.

m. Include the IMC Network current &Cities List² on your site, preferably
on the front page.

NETWORK MEMBERSHIP 1. Network Membership is open to any group that accepts
the above criteria for membership. In the case of several requests from
the same city or region, we will encourage them to meet and work together.

2. Network Membership in the NIMC will be confirmed by the New IMC Working
Group, which is accountable to IMC-Process and ultimately to the NIMC
decision-making process.

DEFINING OUR TERMS: For clarity and precision, we need to define our terms
more carefully so there is less room for misunderstanding. Also explains
how we as a culture (the IMC culture) use these terms.

* NIMC = Network of Independent Media Centers

* Open = means that diverse people and groups are welcome to attend and
that no attempt is made to exclude people based on their sex, race,
gender, class, age, ability or religion.

* Official affiliation = still being worked on

* IMC Network Communication Methods = international email lists, IRC
discussions and logs, phone calls and conference calls, and face-to-face
meetings.

* Local version = acknowledges the many variations of the name and the
logo that will occur depending on the language and culture of the local
IMC.

- -- PseudoPunk - 14 Jun 2002


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