[New-imc] Re: [IMC-Process] Tennessee IMC approval DEADLINE Fri 06 June 2003

[Ryan Smith]

That's fine with me. You can change the deadline to whatever is 
appropriate. Thanks.

-ryan

On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 02:44 PM, ana wrote:

> i admin the process list & can tell that this posting
> only appeared in the admin interface today, 30th of
> may.
>
> So i think this deadline should be postponed. it's
> technicatlities & technology bullocks but otherwise
> we'll be giving only 1 week for comments.
>
> ana-uk (and one of this list's moderators)
>
> --- Ryan Smith <kaldari at monsterlabs.com> escribió: >
> Below are the responses for the Tennessee IMC to the
>> indymedia
>> membership criteria points.
>>
>> Ryan Smith
>> http://www.tnimc.org/
>>
>>
>> a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and
>> Principles of Unity,
>>
>> TNIMC: We have reviewed the NIMC Mission Statement
>> and
>> Principles of Unity and are committed to the spirit
>> of
>> this document.
>>
>> b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to
>> sustain a functional IMC,
>>
>> TNIMC: We started the imc process by having a series
>> of meetings.  In these meetings we began the process
>> of establishing an identity as a group. Right now
>> our
>> membership is made up of mostly lefty types who are
>> interested in doing progressive media.  We have a
>> good
>> balance of male and female although we could use
>> more
>> women's voices in our group.  The core group is made
>> up of about ten people who are enthusiastic about
>> the
>> imc and committed to seeing it happen in tennessee.
>> Then we have the people who show up at meetings and
>> offer to help out in various specific ways to making
>> the imc happen and this group is probably about
>> twenty
>> people.  Finally we have the supporters such as
>> people
>> who have come to the fundraisers or given us their
>> support in spirit and use the website for posting
>> etc.
>>   This is the largest group and is probably about
>> fifty
>> or sixty people. We have set up an editorial group,
>> media, tech and community outreach. Each of th ese
>> groups have made commitments to do imc related work.
>>
>> c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can
>> have exclusionary "ownership" of an IMC),
>>
>> TNIMC: Our meetings have been open and announced
>> over
>> the listserv.  So far we have had seven public
>> meetings and our teach in which was a media
>> training workshop and we also had our fundraiser.
>> Generally meetings are announced over the listserv
>> when one of the members of the group feels there is
>> a
>> need for something to meet about such as the
>> budget, features, education, community outreach or
>> other issue.  No group has claimed exclusionary
>> ownership of the imc and it has been treated as a
>> community resource by all the members of the group
>> thus
>> far.
>>
>> d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement
>> or
>> Statement of  Purpose. Network Mission Statement may
>> be adopted or used on an interim basis,
>>
>> TNIMC: Our Mission Statement is:
>> Believing that the flow of free information cannot
>> function if only the wealthy have access to the
>> media,
>> the Tennessee Independent Media Center intends to be
>> a
>> community forum for the voices and viewpoints
>> generally ignored or misrepresented by the corporate
>> media.  We also want to facilite organizing through
>> the coverage of events and activities going on
>> locally.  We also intend to spark open debates and
>> inform people in a thorough fashion. By encouraging
>> everyone to participate, we hope to give and receive
>> a
>> full picture of the issues and how they are
>> interelated.
>>
>>   e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which
>> is
>> developed and functions through democratic process,
>> and with full transparency,
>>
>> TNIMC: Our Editorial Policy is:
>> The Tennessee IMC is committed to the free and open
>> publication of news, information, announcements and
>> stories which are in the spirit of the Independent
>> Media Center Movement.  We reserve the
>> right to edit material for accuracy and to restrict
>> material which is viewed by the editorial collective
>> as hate speech.  Hate speech may include but is not
>> limited to stories which demean an individual
>> on the basis of their sexual orientation, race,
>> gender, religious belief, physical ability, mental
>> health, occupation or country of origin.  If an
>> article is submitted to the newswire which is deemed
>> to be hate speech the editorial collective reserves
>> the right to hold such story from publication until
>> the collective can meet and decided up publication.
>> All decisions made by the editorial collective will
>> be
>> made on a consensus basis and where consensus
>> failson
>> a 3/4 majority vote.  Any person is encouraged to
>> publis h on the IMC and members of the editorial
>> collective will attempt to reach out to members of
>> the
>> community for content.  The IMC is especially
>> interested in the voices of the disenfranchised and
>> excluded voices whose ideas and stories are not
>> heard
>> in the mainstream media.
>>
>> f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described
>> in
>> the NIMC Editorial Policy
>>
>> TNIMC:We currently allow and encourage open
>> publishing
>> in the newswire section of our IMC website:
>> http://tnimc.org/
>>
>> g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in
>> alignment
>> with consensus principles which include open,
>> transparent and egalitarian processes,
>> Regarding consensus, we have adopted the principles
>> of
>> the peace coalition.  In all efforts we strive for
>> consensus as the modus operandi of the TN IMC.  When
>> consensus is not possible we will make decisions by
>> 3/4 majority vote.
>>
>> h. Have a spokesperson(s) willing and capable of
>> participating in the global decision-making process
>> and meetings as a rotating liaison/representative,
>> with a clear understanding of the responsibilities
>> that come with this role,
>>
>> TNIMC: We will be certain to maintain a list of
>> members who are willing to function as spokespersons
>> for the global IMC and be certain that these persons
>> have a clear understanding of the responsibilities
>> that come with this role.
>>
>> i. Participate in the key IMC Network Communication
>> Methods that pertain to the health and vitality of
>> the
>> Network and that contribute to the work of the IMC.
>> Assure that at least one person from your local IMC
>> participates at any given time on the
>> IMC-Communications list,
>>
>> TNIMC: We will be certain to participate in key IMC
>> Network Communication Methods that contribute to the
>> health and vitality of the Network and will be
>> certain
>> that at least one person participates at any given
>> time on the IMC Communications list.
>>
>> j. (NOT FINALIZED): Have no official affiliation
>> with
>> any political  party, state or candidate for office
>> (comments: but individual producers
>> have freedom to do whatever they like and local IMCs
>> can "feature" stories  about various political
>> parties
>> and initiatives),
>>
>> TNIMC: As a collective, we have no affiliations with
>> any political party, state, or candidate for office.
>>
>> k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial
>> for-profit enterprises.
>>
>> TNIMC: The Tennessee IMC is committed to operating
>> outside of commercial media, and as such, will never
>> engage in commercial for-profit enterprises.
>>
>> l. Display a "local version" of the IMC "i" logo on
>> your website and literature.
>>
>> TNIMC: We currently display the official IMC "i"
>> logo
>> on our website and are in the process of designing a
>> local version.
>>
>> m. Include the IMC Network current ³Cities List² on
>> your site,  preferably on the front page.
>>
>>
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