[New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (IMC Iran)

[blue.pi]

The group that started the process a few months ago had set up a 
mailinglist, check:
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-iran 

You should write to them, but don't think that there is much happening - at 
least I am not getting any mails even though I am on there. 

About bilingual IMCs check IMC Palestine and IMC Beirut. They both have 
Arabic (should be the same as farsi, no?). IMC Palestine is running on the 
SF-active software, IMC Beirut is running on MIR software (check the 
techpage on http://docs.indymedia.org), so anything you choose is 
possible.... 

good luck,
blue
(imc beirut) 

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Hi Goudarz, 

Are you the person who started the New-IMC process for Iran a few months
ago? If not, it might be good to get in touch with those people (does anyone
have their contact details) before proceeding. Your efforts to set up a 
media
centre for Iranians to post independent news on is laudable, but ideally the
efforts should be led by local activists. I know there are many difficulties 
in
doing so and having the server and support outside the country would be a
good idea, but it's still best to keep IMC's local, rather than set up an
"Iranians-in-exile" IMC. 

Best, 

 -F (one of IMC London) 


> Submitted by: Goudarz Eghtedari <goudarz at voicesofthemiddleeast.com> on
> Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003 @ 10:42:40 pm (-0700) 
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> imc_name:
> IMC Iran 
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> city: 
> 
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> state: 
> 
> 
> country:
> Iran 
> 
> contact_name:
> Goudarz Eghtedari 
> 
> contact_email:
> goudarz at voicesofthemiddleeast.com 
> 
> contact_phone:
> 503-381-3696 USA 
> 
> tech_name:
> Goudarz Eghtedari 
> 
> tech_email:
> goudarz at voicesofthemiddleeast.com 
> 
> tech_phone:
> 503-381-3696 USA 
> 
> supporting_groups: 
> 
> 
> regional_focus:
> yes 
> 
> critical_dates: 
> 
> 
> resources:
> I need more info on what is needed as far as hardware goes.  We will
> however do all we can to do what ever the need is.  Part of our collective
will
> be IT specialists. 
> 
> outreach:
> Nothing yet, because we don\'t know if this will work the way our
> constrains are. i.e. serving from outside the country.  Once the site is
up and
> running, we have capability of publicizing for it via satelite radio
stations
> such as BBC-Persian program. 
> 
> introductory_statement:
> The reason we want to set-up this site and we are willing to put our time
> is to provide a space that Iranian people and specially students who have
> access to internet can post news about Iran on the site.  As you know
there
> is an opressive portion of the regime that works through the judiciary and
> closes down newspapers and independant media.  Recently they have arrested
> even web-logers who critisized the Islamic regime.  It is very important
to
> have servers outside the country so that people can post their articles
> directly and annonymously to the site.  I have many questions of course,
i.e.
> is it possible to have IMC as a bilingual site, because some of writers
> may not be able to write English, for which we volunteers in the US will
do
> translations.  Also if IMC can support Persian then people without English
> knowledge can read it there too.  There are e-magazines in Persian outside
> the country, but we believe that independant news about Iran never makes
it
> to the mainstre!
> am media.  So this site will also serve to disseminatre information and
> news about Iran for American and European audience.  This is becoming very
> crucial as Bush administration and NeoCons are moving on their next step
to
> attack Iran.  I have been working on bringing independant voices to
American
> people through my radio show in Portland, OR via KBOO 90.7 fm and at
> www.voicesofthemiddleeast.com but now I want to open this venue to a
larger
> audience and people from inside the country via IMC network.