[IMC-Process] Re: [New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (housing.indymedia.org)

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On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 09:09:14PM +0100, boud wrote:
> hi everyone,
> 
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, John Windmueller wrote:
> 
> > chuck0 wrote:
> > > > are the dc imc people on board with this?
> > > 
> > > This would not be a local IMC. This is subject-oriented.
> 
> chuck, i'm getting more and more confused.
> 
> How are you going to network local homeless activists together as part
> of the Indymedia network if this is not going to be done with good
> communication and cooperation with your local IMC - the Washington
> D.C. IMC, it seems - but without anyone or any group dominating any
> other, of course?
> 

i think we are all meanign the same stuff but not understanding each
other

the housing imc would be subject oriented, gather material that is ALSO
posted on local imc through the help of local imcs
i don't think neither chuck nor other people is thinking of it as a
substitute for local imc but as a resource more in the field of
communication and networking


> This is the whole point. Now that salim has shown that he's already
> interested and that he's already set up some working pages, if he and
> chuck and other interested people could get together, start a mailing
> list, start going through the people work - outreach, local community
> contact, developing decision making procedures, getting to know one
> another, etc etc on
> 
> http://newimc.indymedia.org 
> 
> then everyone could see how this could work in practice. 
> 
> If you check the new-imc archives, you'll see that we like to spend
> time getting to know a new group. Just sending in the initial request
> is a way of starting contact, and then generally discussion goes
> to a local mailing list that the group sets up. The more open 
> discussion the better.  Without a mailing list, it's generally much
> harder to get any feeling about how the group is functioning, and
> it makes supporting/reviving the group all the more difficult if
> they have difficulties.
> 

i think the step by step suggestion is a good one