[New-imc] Re: [imc-pilipinas] Draft Principles of Unity of IMC-Pilipinas

[Shayne ONeill]

Hey Philipines!

Sounds like is cranking up there in philipines.

Do you think you could itemise for us what documentation/policies etc are
ready, and see how far we are from proposing philipines to go thru the 3
day new-imc 7 day imc-process loop.

Its all looking good to me :)

Cheers,
Shayne.

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Shayne O'Neill
http://perth.indymedia.org
Its hidden somewhere.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, tonyo cruz wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Here is a draft being discussed offline and online. Some of these are
> culled from Principles of Unity of other IMCs as well as from the draft
> that was previously posted.
>
> For our collective consideration.
>
> STR,
> Tonyo
>
>
>
> Proposed Principles of Unity of IMC-Pilipinas
>
> 1. IMC-Pilipinas aims to establish and maintain a non-profit,
> non-corporate, pro-people Independent Media Center for the Philippines that
> will uphold and advance the struggle against oppression and exploitation
> (especially by forces of imperialist globalization and war), a fight shared
> by the Filipino and the world’s peoples.
>
> 2. IMC-Pilipinas draws special inspiration from the long and continuing
> history of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle of the Filipino
> people and from the distinct role of patriotic and democratic
> propagandists, writers, journalists and netizens in social change.
>
> 3. IMC-Pilipinas upholds the rights to free speech, free expression and
> free flow of or access to information.
>
> 4. IMC-Pilipinas shall provide an information infrastructure for people and
> views that are deprived of access to the airwaves, tools and resources of
> corporate media. This includes text, audio, video, photography, internet
> distribution and any other communication medium.
>
> 5. IMC-Pilipinas respects the right to privacy of persons and parties who
> avail of its open web-based publishing medium.
>
> 6. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the use of free source code,
> whenever possible, in order to develop the digital infrastructure, and to
> increase the independence of the network by not relying on the proprietary
> software.
>
> 7. IMC-Pilipinas shall promote collective work the sharing of resources
> including knowledge, skills and equipment.
>
> 8. IMC-Pilipinas shall practice mutual respect, mutual benefit, consensus,
> consultation, and the independence and initiative of all persons and
> parties interested in joining or supporting it. No person or party or
> political belief shall arbitrarily impose its will on any or all the others.
>
> 9. IMC-Pilipinas shall – by way of consensus and consultation – choose a
> spokesperson who can and would represent it in global decision-making
> processes of Indymedia.
>
> 10. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the principle of human equality,
> and shall not descriminate, including discrimination based upon race,
> region, gender, age, class or sexual orientation. As such, it shall not act
> in a manner that endangers, intimidates, or physically harms any member of
> the group, including by sexual harassment or acts of violence. It shall
> strive to act in a respectful manner to its members as well as the public.
>