[IMC-Process] Re: [New-imc] Oceania Indymedia

[boud]

hi again,
   Sorry for any confusion from my side - it's probably a problem with
heavy cross-posting. :(

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, and wrote:

> hi, and from melbourne indymedia here.
> 
> Quoting boud <boud1 at wp.pl>:
> 
> > hi all,
> >    i'm just wondering if we're just playing with words in making a 
> > distinction between "IMC US" and "oceania.indymedia" ...

By "we" i only meant people in the new-imc working group.
 
> as it says in the "about us" "Oceania Indymedia is not an IMC. It collates
> feature stories from local IMCs." ie it is not an independent media centre, just
> syndication. i have not been following the debate around the imc-us on new-imc
> (though i also have criticisms of the nationalist/isolationsit aspect) but i
> don't mean to play words games. from my understanding the oceania project was
> never conceived as an imc, more a space for networking in the region. there is
> no imc-oceania affinity group just a list to coordinate getting it off the
> ground and maintenace, there are no ongoing editorial responsibilities.

My point was that maybe the "US IMC" is only planned to be as
minimalist as "Oceania Indymedia", except that the US group *does*
want to use the term "IMC".

> > In any case, i agree with blicero that the Oceania case should be decided
> > on by imc-process by whatever is imc-process' decision-making procedure.
> 
> I have no idea of the decision making procedure but if i proposed that next
> saturday was a deadline for approval (allowing 7 days) if there was no
> opposition or another week if there are things to be sorted is that ok or is
> that too little time? if people are more aware of the process it would be good
> if they spoke up.

new-imc and imc-process are two very different lists. One point of view
on their roles is:

* new-imc is a small working group, which only makes recommendations, and
(theoretically) does not make real network decisions.

* imc-process is the place where each local imc has a liaison and which
has at least some moral right to make global decisions (such as accepting
a new IMC or, probably, accepting a regional IMC syndication site).

Could i suggest removing new-imc from the thread now? (Unless someone from
new-imc really feels that we  -  new-imc  -  should be involved.)
 
Maybe moderators on imc-process could deal with this further...

solidarity
boud (IMC PL and (still) new-imc volunteer)