[New-imc] [en] new-imc and volunteer.indy coordination

[Pseudo Punk]

bks10 at cornell.edu <bks10 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Pseudo Punk wrote:
> 
> > Hey Brian
> > 
> > bks10 at cornell.edu <bks10 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi, just an idea i had which i think would make things easier. if people
> > > think it's a good idea i'll phrase it as a formal proposal and nag
> > > the usual suspects to translate it to a few languages for me :-)
> > > 
> > > I've been working with catherine to update volunteer.indymedia.org,
> > > which is horribly out of date (altho we've added about 20 imc's in the
> > > past month or so, with more to come shortly). This process is tedious
> > > to say the least - finding out where a country/region is (in some cases
> > > its not so clear, e.g. ambazonia), then trying to contact them thru
> > > their email list, websites, random people you know there, etc.
> > > 
> > > Anyway the point is if new-imc could be rigged to automagically forward
> > > a copy of accepted imc's applications to volunteer at indymedia.org, it
> > > would make maintaining volunteer.indy much easier. Either we could use
> > > the current "Contact Name" field for the contact address we put in to the
> > > volunteer.indy database, or we could add a textbox "Volunteer Contact"
> > > on the newimc.indy page.
> > 
> > hmmm
> > just thinking. the contact database (http://indymedia.org/contact) 
> > keeps track of approvals and so. can we just let contact db interact 
> > with volunteer ?
> 
> Yeah, that would work.... IF the contact db was in decent shape. 
> Unfortunately, tho, at least half the IMCs on there don't have 
> non-mailing list emails, and volunteer.indy doesn't work well with 
> mailing lists.
> 
> Would it be possible to make people from a potential new imc make sure 
> the contact db is filled in properly *before* they are approved (if I 
> recall correctly, they are asked to submit an entry to the contact db 
> *after* being approved)?

well,
if you fill in the form on newimc.indy, all fields go into the contact db.
the one who submitted the form receives a password.

We normally ask people to update their info regularly.
maybe we can contact all approved imc's and ask to update ?
I can help (I can create accounts in the db).

Bart


 
> Peace,
> Brian
> 
> PS - Beneath my foot and between my toes right now is a strange insect the 
> size of a small lizard.
> 
> > just my 2c.
> > Bart
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > > What do y'all think?
> > > 
> > > Peace,
> > > Brian Szymanski
> > > bks10 at cornell.edu
> > > ski at indymedia.org
> > > 
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> 

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