[New-imc] New Orleans IMC- INTERNAL DEADLINE AUGUST 2, 2003

[andybot]

Hi Jeff, new-imc

New Orleans seems from what i have gathered to be pretty tight and
organized, and what with CAFTA and all coming up, it looks like NOLA is
ready to go through new-imc process. You appear to have agreed to the
Principles of Unity and Membership Criteria and have laid out a
decisionmaking process that's in line with most other IMCs (see
http://nolaimc.stopcafta.org/news/2003/07/9.php) and have an SF-Active
site hosted on Staughton that seems to be working well. New-IMCers, please
take a look and give feedback!

Thanks
Andy/new-imc

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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 jeff at 896tech.com wrote:

> In a town with a history of  good-ole-boys-club politics both in
> government and business as well as one newspaper, it's not hard to see
> that the press is less than free. There is an evident need for more
> community-based coverage, both with regard to radical politics and with
> regard to the issues that affect everyday life here.
> New Orleans Indymedia is the online component and main focus of the New
> Orleans Independent Media Center, or NOLA IMC. The NOLA IMC is an entirely
> volunteer-run collective of individuals interested in helping present
> unfiltered news and information by and for Louisianans, particularly the
> greater New Orleans community and those who are typically
> under-represented in media production and content.
> The New Orleans IMC collective has agreed to the IMC principles of unity
> in their current form.
> We also have concensed to the IMC Membership Criteria.
>
> - New Orleans Indymedia Collective
>    http://nolaimc.stopcafta.org/
>
> Mission Statement
> The mission of the New Orleans IMC is to provide well-crafted, honest
> information about events that are either ignored or misrepresented by
> other media sources and to combat inaccuracies in the mainstream media.
> Furthermore we seek to empower our communities and citizens to make their
> own media and thereby liberate the flow of information both from
> controlling groups and corporate interests. We are the local unit of the
> worldwide Indymedia Network and seek to provide information not only from
> New Orleans but all of Louisiana and other areas of the rural south when
> possible. with the inherent bias of a news organization run as a business.
> Webelieve that the job of disseminating information does not belong to a
> privileged class of reporters and editors, but to everyone. It is our duty
> as citizens to act as journalists so that the public knows the truth in
> every instance, not just when the truth is to our political and economic
> rulers' advantage. We seek to be an inclusive organization which will grow
> as a community, and not as a hierarchy.
>
>
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