[New-imc] Perth

[boud]

<suggested thread followup: imc-perth at lists.indymedia.org>

G'day sandgropers, 

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 evan at protest.net wrote:

> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:34:38 +0800 (WST)
> From: Shayne O'Neill <shayne at guild.murdoch.edu.au>
> To: imc-process at lists.indymedia.org
> Subject: [IMC-Process] Run down on becoming official..
> 
> 
> G'Day :)
> 
> We are building a collective down in Perth Australia for a Perth
> Indymedia.
> We've got the email list worked out (imc-perth at lists.indymedia.org) and
> its been mildly active for some time.

Too right, mate - i noticed. :)

> We've got a server

Great!

> We've nearly finished deving some custom software which we recon most will
> be mighty impressed with. (We are introducing some of our own ideas to the
> open publishing concept such as a "radical investigative journalism"
> process where folk can open up 'investigations' for features and people
> can openly and anonymously contribute and a bunch of other nifty stuff.
> We've got a space (A big room at the local university student union
> building)
> We got about ten core folk and probably around 30 'intrested' people
> (based on e-loop membership + enquiries).

Sounds like a good start.


> And we got no bux!  However the local 'students and sustainability
> collective (anarcho greenie collective)' are uming and arring over giving
> us $1000 start up.
> We plan to do our own server + connection due to us wanting to host our
> own mailing lists for many of the local collectives (refugee liberation,
> treesit groups, antiwar, queer etc)

Good stuff!

> We are holding meetings and are drafting a non-heirachial constitution up
> that fits with the IMC principles of unity (with a few tweaks to fit a
> couple of local tax laws on 'clubs & charities')
> 
> We feel there are some BIG issues that need to be tackled in the area,
> particularly in regard with my countries horrific treatment of refugees,
> so we intend to make something BIG with perth imc to help tell the REAL
> story (hopefull from refugee voices themselves) about whats going on in
> the so called 'lucky country'. Some big enviro issues too. We recently had
> a perhaps 30,000+ people rally to save ningaloo reef from developers.
> Joyous stuff.
> 
> Annnnnnyway, the question I come to you with, is twofold.
> (A) What is the 'formal' process to become a 'real' IMC (we have

> registered perthimc.asn.au for the purpose of development.. Keep it quiet
> tho, we dont want that to become official, its just a temp name till we

Indy list archives are normally highly rated by google. Keep mum about
google, and this'll stay strictly confidential between the 600 million
of us with internet access. ;) 

But seriously, i think it sounds like you're ready to go through
most of the steps of the organising process. Please have a gander through

http://newimc.indymedia.org

Since you already have a mailing list and a functioning group, i think
you're ready to discuss which steps you think you've done, do those
which you haven't done or which need more work, e.g. more outreach to
more groups, check that your constitution fits both with the
"Principles of Unity" and that you've answered all the "Membership
Criteria".

If those are confusing, trying reading

http://newimc.indymedia.org

again and then hassle me (or someone else) to join the imc-perth list.

A couple of suggestions:

(1) Do you have any nungar groups involved?

(2) When deciding on your editorial policy, you'll have to decide
how to deal with the fascists who were (maybe still are?) hanging
around on Active Perth. It's a local decision on what to do, some
Indy's have a more purist "100% free speech - answer hate speech 
with more speech, not censorship" policy, others (especially
in Europe) have a more "racists can post in other places and are
published (subtly) in mainstream newspapers anyway" type 
policy, but the hidden posts are still available on the hidden
page, and may be specially labelled by a colour, tag or "stamp" of 
some sort.  But it's important that a practical description of what
you're really going to do is consensed on.  You can look through
various Indy sites to see what local groups say their editorial policies
are.

> become 'real').
 
> Apologies If this is a little 'ranty' and thanks for your help in advance,

She'll be right, mate.

Say g'day to any Mt Lawley people who know me ;)

boud (new-imc and IMC PL volunteer)