[New-imc] New Orleans IMC- IMC PROCESS INTERNAL DEADLINE AUGUST 11, 2003

[andybot]

New Orleans IMC has passed through New-IMC and is now ready to pass
through IMC-process on its way to becoming an IMC. Please see below for
further information.

Andy

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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, andybot wrote:

> Hi Jeff, new-imc
>
> New Orleans seems from what i have gathered to be pretty tight and
> organized, and what with CAFTA and all coming up, it looks like NOLA is
> ready to go through new-imc process. You appear to have agreed to the
> Principles of Unity and Membership Criteria and have laid out a
> decisionmaking process that's in line with most other IMCs (see
> http://nolaimc.stopcafta.org/news/2003/07/9.php) and have an SF-Active
> site hosted on Staughton that seems to be working well. New-IMCers, please
> take a look and give feedback!
>
> Thanks
> Andy/new-imc
>
> ______________________________________
> Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
>
> http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org
> http://www.subtext.info
>
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 jeff at 896tech.com wrote:
>
> > In a town with a history of  good-ole-boys-club politics both in
> > government and business as well as one newspaper, it's not hard to see
> > that the press is less than free. There is an evident need for more
> > community-based coverage, both with regard to radical politics and with
> > regard to the issues that affect everyday life here.
> > New Orleans Indymedia is the online component and main focus of the New
> > Orleans Independent Media Center, or NOLA IMC. The NOLA IMC is an entirely
> > volunteer-run collective of individuals interested in helping present
> > unfiltered news and information by and for Louisianans, particularly the
> > greater New Orleans community and those who are typically
> > under-represented in media production and content.
> > The New Orleans IMC collective has agreed to the IMC principles of unity
> > in their current form.
> > We also have concensed to the IMC Membership Criteria.
> >
> > - New Orleans Indymedia Collective
> >    http://nolaimc.stopcafta.org/
> >
> > Mission Statement
> > The mission of the New Orleans IMC is to provide well-crafted, honest
> > information about events that are either ignored or misrepresented by
> > other media sources and to combat inaccuracies in the mainstream media.
> > Furthermore we seek to empower our communities and citizens to make their
> > own media and thereby liberate the flow of information both from
> > controlling groups and corporate interests. We are the local unit of the
> > worldwide Indymedia Network and seek to provide information not only from
> > New Orleans but all of Louisiana and other areas of the rural south when
> > possible. with the inherent bias of a news organization run as a business.
> > Webelieve that the job of disseminating information does not belong to a
> > privileged class of reporters and editors, but to everyone. It is our duty
> > as citizens to act as journalists so that the public knows the truth in
> > every instance, not just when the truth is to our political and economic
> > rulers' advantage. We seek to be an inclusive organization which will grow
> > as a community, and not as a hierarchy.
> >
> >
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