[New-imc] New IMC Process / Baghdad IMC

[PseudoPunk]

Hey Mike,

Spike wrote:
> Dear New IMC people,
> 
> MY name is Mike from bristol.  I have been helping with bristol indymedia, and 
> I have been asked to help with iraq indymedia, via some local women who have 
> been out to iraq recently.
> 
> I have been posting to the new imc-baghdad list and am considering if another 
> list imc-baghdad-support or imc-iraq-support would be a good idea.
> 
> I am looking at the new-imc request form and thinking about how we can help a 
> group in iraq in this difficult time.
> 
> On this page http://newimc.indymedia.org/ there are some broken links where 
> would be examples of
> other groups policy statement, eg 
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/new-imc/2002-February/002839.html 
> is currently broken.  Also a translation into arabic would be good.  If I am 
> able to find someone to do this I will do so.

The archives got renumbered.
If you have translations, add them to docs.indymedia.org or send them to
this list.

> 
> I have facility to host a site and have installed dadaIMC at 
> http://baghdadimc.dyndns.org.  There are obviously a lot of issue here but my 
> goal I am focusing on is to get a working site and pass it to people in iraq 
> ASAP.  For that purpose, it would be helpfull to have the support of 
> indymedia and to have the domain name baghdad.indymedia.org.

The point is an imc should go through the process first before it gets a
 indymedia.org domain name.  We have made exceptions in the past
(Zimbabwe), but they didn't work out that good. So I personally don't
think we should give the domain name before process.

> Can someone help me to do this?  I think there is enough already on the 
> imc-baghdad to complete the application, the statement of intent is there and 
> I personally would [do] accept this at least in the short term.

I don't have the impression (from reading the list archives) that
there's a local group that's really active. I think we better wait some
time until the organisation there on the ground is getting better.

I know it are difficult circumstances to work in, and I really think an
imc in Iraq is much needed. But we don't need to speed everything up
before the people there are ready for it.



Just my idea's

Greetings,

Bart



> I believe that on this occasion more than ever we should act now and not 
> hesitate because of some percieved or potential problems when there are none.  
> Solidarity.
> 
> Mike
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