[New-imc] topic imc's

[Bht]

> so dnc.indy would be an url for an event only, but not a permanent IMC?

I think that if dnc.indy is event only and has no plans to continue then
it really doesnt make any sense to have its own website.  A topic page on
Boston IMC would work better for that...especially for archiving.

> Some people got together on new-project at indymedia.org, but somehow that
> didn't get of the ground, so I raise my general questions here
>
> 1) should the url reflect that an event is an recurring event, so that it
> the next group has the same chance for an appropriate name? like wto2003
> or wto-cancun or so, with an option to link all wto-sites from a possible
> wto.indy

That is an interesting idea, however I know with the FTAA site we want to
use it as one huge archive for American Trade Agreements/Talks.  I think
the URL should be something as permanent as possible.  Instead of DNC
(democratic national convention) I think it would be more beneficial as
politicalparty.democrat.indy or something that can be used between the
years.

> 2) does it make sense to set up complete new sites every time? It means we
> have an good imc for a short while, but after that i suppose that the site
> either stops, or in a way turns into a topic site like ftaaimc.org might
> be
> doing now. Wouldn't it be better to find a way have an event covered by or
> in cooperation with a local imc if there already is one?
> Only half jokingly: if we start setting up event imcs: is that like flying
> in some Indymedia experts that leave nothing behind at the local community
> after the event is over?

In Miami with FTAA one of the bigest things we did was set up IMC-Seed
project.  Anyone that came to the Indy space from Miami was encouraged to
get involved to help set uup IMC Miami.  And they are getting along well
right now.  They werre a bit too ambitious at first wanting to have
miami.imc set up in a week (which is why is stopped their process for now
and we are talking them through their urgency issues).  But we left that
community with strong goals to have a local imc.

> Some of us have been disussing these issues in trying to set up biotech as
> a topic imc, and in a way it is discouraging to see how these relevant
> questions seem to fall in a big black hole, while the actual site is
> easier set up half outside Indymedia like ftaa and biotech: committed to
the idea of indymedia and putting it ideas into practise, but with
little
> recognition, syndication etc by the "official" network.

It is easier with topic sites to go outside of the process, because the
process hasnt been concluding on what to do while tthese are still
coming(topic sites).  And I just want to let everyone know the Republican
National Convention (RNC) is coming up too.  The IMC folks working on that
may also be coming to set up an RNC-IMC.  So we should have some kind of
clear action!
bht