[Imc-perth] Re: [New-imc] Perth

[Shayne O'Neill]

> 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. ;)

I'm not too worried yet.. It's just I dont want people looking at the
bogus nutty news stories on the prototype and thinking they are real.

> 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

Slowly....

> 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".

Yeah.. Werkin on it :)

>
> 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?

I;d like to get the Nyungah (I think nungar are South australia, tho
I might be demonstrating my ignorance.. Similar names I guess) , Wongi and
other groups in. I'm toying with the ability of puting multiple newswires
that allow slightly different post rules in, so that the Nyungah (etc)
groups can manage their own representation and news without white
activists attempting well meaning colonialisations by imposing the
power(less?) structures of our political beliefs onto their traditional
structures. Its still drawing board and up for 'commitee' at thurs
meeting.

> (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.


I personally like the concept of radical speech over 'free speech' but
thats really to be decided how that all works.. Its a group decision not
mine.


Thanks for the interest,

Shayne