[New-imc] OKLAHOMA IMC (Internal Deadline, Apr. 10 -- 13:00 GMT)

[Jay]

Hi new-imc,

The Oklahoma IMC group has been organizing for over a
year.  In fact check out
"http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/new-imc/2002-April/002089.html"
from almost exactly a year ago.  They now have an
active web site, http://www.okimc.org, and an e-mail
list that has been going since November 2001.  They
seem to be quite solid to me.  

I am going to suggest an internal deadline for the
new-imc group for April 10, 13:00 GMT.  

In addition to the below, I'm going to ask the OK-IMC
group to send along a current introduction to
accompany their information.  Also, Arc asked if they
had been through the principles of unity point by
point, so I'll ask that to them as well.

Jay

--- Chris Bryant <chris at urbandiscourse.com> wrote:
> From: "Chris Bryant" <chris at urbandiscourse.com>
> To: <new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>,
> <imc-okla at lists.indymedia.org>
> Subject: [New-imc] Oklahoma IMC new-imc application
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:39:12 -0600
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> The Oklahoma Independent Media Center is ready to
> apply for membership in
> the Global Network of Independent Media Centers.
> 
> Our website has been up and running for a while now,
> is hosted by the folks
> in St. Louis, and can be found here:
> http://www.okimc.org
> 
> 
> We have a mailing list, imc-okla, which can be found
> here:
> http://lists.indymedia.org/listinfo/imc-okla
> 
> 
> 
> Membership Criteria:
> 
> 
> A. Agree in spirit to the New IMC Mission Statement
> and Principles of Unity
> 
> All members at the most recent meeting agree with
> the Mission Statement and
> Principles of Unity
> 
> 
> B. Have a committed membership substantial enough to
> sustain a
> functional IMC
> 
> We have had over 50 individuals attend meetings,
> have over 40 people on our
> mailing list, and have a number of regular
> contributors to the website.
> 
> 
> C. Have open and public meetings (no one group can
> have exclusionary
> "ownership" of an IMC)
> 
> All of our meetings have and will be free and open
> to the public.
> 
> 
> D. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement
> or Statement of Purpose.
> Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on
> an interim basis
> 
> Our mission statement can be found here:
> http://www.okimc.org/info/display/mission/index.php
> 
> 
> E. Establish and publish an editorial policy which
> is developed and
> functions through democratic process, and with full
> transparency
> 
> Our editorial policy can be found here:
> http://www.okimc.org/info/display/policy/
> 
> Both the mission statement and editorial policy may
> be revised if a proposal
> is submitted and agreed upon through normal
> consensus process.
> 
> 
> 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 to the use of Open Publishing and promote
> the use of our open
> newswire
> 
> 
> G. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in
> alignment with consensus
> principles which include open, transparent and
> egalitarian processes
> 
> We have been using and will continue to use
> consensus decision making in our
> meetings and organizing.
> 
> 
> 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 am the current spokesperson and we will be
> rotating the responsibility on
> a regular basis.
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> I am subscribed to the IMC-Comm list as well as a
> few others. We encourage
> other members to also join lists and participate in
> and monitor the activity
> of global working groups.
> 
> 
> J. 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 such affiliations.
> 
> 
> 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 have not and will not engage in commercial
> for-profit enterprises.
> 
> 
> L. Display a local version of the IMC i logo on your
> website and literature.
> 
> We have a local version of the IMC "i" logo as well
> as a local version the
> top banner:
> http://www.okimc.org
> 
> 
> M. Include the IMC Network current Cities List on
> your site, preferably on
> the front page.
> 
> On the website
> 
> 
> That should be everything. Please respond to our
> mailing list if there are
> any questions or concerns:
> imc-okla at lists.indymedia.org
> 
> 
> Peace,
> Chris Bryant
> OKIMC
> 
> 
> 
> 
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