[New-imc] SF INDYMEDIA (internal decision deadline, Nov
21 -- 0700 GMT)
clara
clara at ifrik.org
Tue Nov 18 05:22:51 PST 2003
Hoi,
A couple of weeks ago this issue already came up, but it was then
contradicted by others who said that they would not accept such a split.
Has that now been accepted by both sides?
clara
At 08:44 18-11-2003, gekked at blackflag.net wrote:
>Hello,
>The San Francisco Bay Area IMC has recently
>participated in mediation sessions to help our group
>expand and deal with internal conflicts. We have come
>to the following resolution: There will now be two
>autonomous IMCs in the SF Bay Area:
>
>1) San Francisco Bay Area IMC (which will be giving up
>its old domain to the new San Francisco group, and
>will start using sfbay.indymedia.org & indybay.org)
>
>2) and a new San Francisco IMC (sf.indymedia.org) The
>San Francisco IMC's new IMC documents are attached.
>
>Both IMCs will also have new entries in the contact
>database. We all recognize the existence and
>legitimacy of each other and hope that the New IMC
>process can move along without any problems. We are
>all very happy that we were able to solve our problems
>and expand into two groups. We hope to continue
>serving the SF Bay Area with the existence of two
>independent indymedia collectives.
>
>Sincerely,
>San Francisco Bay Area IMC, sfbay.indymedia.org
>San Francisco IMC, sf.indymedia.org
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>
>Proposed IMC Name: San Francisco Indymedia / sf.indymedia.org
>City: San Francisco
>State: California
>Country: USA
>
>Contact Name: Ian McJones
>Email: sf at indymedia.org
>Phone: n/a
>
>Tech Contact Name: gek
>Email: gekked at indymedia.org
>Phone: n/a
>
>Supporting Groups: too numerous to name
>
>Regional Focus
>
>Server/bandwidth/technical resources:
>We already contribute two full-time servers with volunteer sysadmin
>labor, webspace and bandwidth to over 20 IMCs in South America, the
>Middle East, and throughout the US/Canada. We are already hosting
>ourselves and will continue to do so.
>
>Outreach/diversity:
>Our group is comprised of men and women from one of the most diverse
>areas in the United States, and our active participants include white
>and black people, citizens of Arab countries, single mothers, people
>over 50 years old, people under 18 years old, communists, anarchists,
>liberals, and many other representations of diverse populations.
>
>Introductory statement:
>We've been doing indymedia stuff locally and globally for over 3 years
>now and we wish to expand the extremely successful work of the SF
>Indymedia project. We hope that our work and our commitment to
>independent journalism and activism speaks for itself.
>
>We have all read and fully understand IMC Principles of Unity and
>Membership Criteria. We have already operated in this capacity for 3
>years.
>
>Principles of Unity & Mission Statement
>(same as we've used for a while now)
>
>Principles of Unity: San Francisco Indymedia
>
> 1. We strive to provide an information infrastructure for people
>and opinions who do not have access to the airwaves, tools and
>resources of corporate media. This includes audio, video, photography,
>internet distribution and any other communication medium.
> 2. We support local, regional and global struggles against
>exploitation and oppression.
> 3. We function as a non-commercial, non-corporate, anti-capitalist
>collective.
>
>San Francisco Indymedia involves volunteer participants and allied
>collectives organized along anti-authoritarian principles of open and
>transparent decision-making processes, including open public meetings;
>a form of modified consensus; and the elimination of hierarchies.
>
>San Francisco Indymedia participants shall not act in a manner that
>endangers, intimidates, or physically harms any member of the group,
>including by sexual harassment or acts of violence. Indymedia members
>shall strive to act in a respectful manner to other members of the
>collective as well as the public.
>Mission Statement
>
> * To encourage a world where globalization is not about
> homogeneity and exploitation, but rather, about diversity and
> cooperation.
> * To cover local events that are ignored or poorly covered by
> corporate media.
> * To provide edited audio, video, and print stories of the above
> on the internet for independent media outlets and the general
> public.
> * To facilitate the networking and coordination for the coverage
> of local events as well as gather information about events to
> cover.
> * To provide links to alternative media, activist, and research
> groups.
> * To seek out and provide coverage underscoring the global nature
> of people's struggles for social, economic, and environmental
> justice directly from their perspective.
> * To offer community classes for training in internet and media
> skills.
> * To encourage, facilitate, and support the creation of
> independent news gathering and organizations.
>
>Editorial Policy - Fundamentals
>The newswire operates on the principle of Open Publishing, an
>element essential to the Independent Media Centers (IMC) around the
>world. Simply put, Open Publishing is to news and information what
>open source code is to software. In practice, the Open Publishing
>newswire allows anyone to instantaneously self-publish their work on
>http://sf.indymedia.org, a web site accessible from around the world.
>
>People are encouraged to "become the media," to use their own skills
>and abilities of observation, writing, and creativity in posting text,
>analysis, videos, audio clips, photos and artwork directly to the
>website. The post is then viewable at the top of the Other/Breaking
>newswire, and will move down the list as more people post news.
>
>The use of, and belief in, Open Publishing rests on several central
>assumptions:
>
> * People who post to the newswire will present their information
> in a thorough, honest, and accurate manner.
> * Readers are intelligent and aware, skeptical and inquisitive of
> the posts they read and videos they watch, and are able to
> distinguish for themselves what is content of value and what is
> not.
>
>Editorial Policy - Administration/Categorizing
>The editorial working group is reponsible for updating and maintaining
>several sections of the site, including the center column of the front
>page and various feature pages, and the newswire. While the center
>columns are compiled and edited by the editorial working group, the
>right-hand, open-publishing newswire is designated as an open space
>for publication of news, media, and commentary by reporters,
>participants, and readers.
>
>The newswire is divided into five separate sections:
>
> 1. Local News: This section contains posts that are primarily local
>in nature, and reasonably resemble original and quality news items.
> 2. Press Releases: This section contains posts that are clear
>public statements or announcements from local individuals or groups
>that the editorial group feels are appropriate for syndication.
> 3. Opinion: This section contains posts that are most accurately
>classified as coherent and intellegent opinion pieces that the
>editorial group feels appropriate for syndication.
> 4. Global News: This section contains posts that are not locally
>focused, and that the editorial group believes to be original and
>accurate news pieces fitted for syndication.
> 5. Other/Breaking News (Open Publishing Newswire): This section is
>where a post will appear immediately after being published. Items that
>remain in this category will have been deemed unworthy of promotion to
>any of the above wires. Items targeted to remain here include, but are
>not limited to, factually inaccurate articles, postings of very poor
>writing quality, repostings of corporate media articles, and bulletin
>board type posts.
>
>The process for the categorization of a posting is quite simple: Any
>participant in the editorial working group may do so based upon
>her/his understanding of the Principles of Unity and her/his
>personal judgement. Editors should take care not to promote
>(syndicate) articles which could undermine the newswire service; for
>instance, articles containing (not reporting) hate speech, etc. A
>categorization of a post is contestable and subject to review by any
>participant of the editorial working group. Challenges must be based
>on our Principles of Unity.
>
>Editorial Process/Hiding
>IMC is founded on the principle of open publishing. Reality
>dictates that the editorial working group will at times decide to hide
>posts and comments. This is not a decision that is taken lightly,
>however, and the editorial working group does its best refrain from
>hiding/editing. Our vision for the function of the newswire, and the
>general framework in which all decisions to hide/edit will be made,
>are as follows:
>
> * The newswire is intended to be a community media resource, a
> space free from spam and abuse in general
> * That space will not contribute to the oppression of
> traditionally oppressed and marginalized groups.
>
>Members of the Editorial Collective are permitted to hide posts or
>comments as long as that person's decision is based on at least one of
>the following three points:
>
> * The post or comment constitutes abuse of the newswire (see note
> below);
> * The post or comment undermines the Principles of Unity of the
> IMC; e.g., hate speech; or
> * The post or comment constitutes a spam attack (see below) on the
> newswire.
>
>[NEW:] Editors may make typographical, spelling or grammar corrections
>and formatting improvements and remove extraneous, false, illegal
>(threatening, libelous, etc.), or abusive (pornographic, etc.)
>material and hate speech, and particularly with regards to syndicated
>articles, are encouraged to do so. Explanation of any modification
>should be inserted in brackets, as appropriate. Editors may remove
>copyrighted material on request of the copyright owner.
>
>At any time another Editorial Collective member may dispute the
>hiding/editing of a comment or post.
>
>Comments, questions, and feedback regarding this policy are highly
>encouraged. Please write us at imc-sf-editorial at lists.indymedia.org.
>
>Upon hiding/editing a post, the member of the editorial working group
>who did so may also add a comment explaining the basis upon which the
>decision to edit/hide was made. This is time-consuming, so editorial
>collective members will do so to the best of their ability.
>
>In addition, all hidden posts will continue to remain publicly
>accessible one click away from the front page on a page listing only
>hidden posts. The link to view all hidden posts is located at the
>bottom of the newswire.
>
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