[New-imc] PROPOSAL: IMC-Pilipinas (Philippines)

[Libby]

Hi,

I have been very busy at work in the past few weeks but things have calmed
down now, so i'd be happy to help with the finishing touches and all that.

Greetings,

Libby/Els
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shayne O'Neill" <shayne at guild.murdoch.edu.au>
To: "Alexander Martin Remollino" <osnis at yahoo.com>
Cc: <new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>; <imc-pilipinas at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [New-imc] PROPOSAL: IMC-Pilipinas (Philippines)


>
> Ok. Good stuff :)
>
> I'll add that perth is helpin out here with server (We are still getting
> that site functional).
>
> Does anyone want to help these kids thru this process? I've asked libby to
> take over from me , as I just dont have the time right now, but if she's
> too busy , maybe someone else might want to do the hand holding here.
>
> Also. You might want to lose the word "patriotic" in there :) Its a bit of
> a bizare thing to have in an indymedia pou. I understand thats more a
> reference to anti-globalist, but its also a thumbs up to nationalism. I'm
> sure another word might express what you mean. Just a suggestion
>
> Aaaanyway.
>
> Good stuff ;)
> Shayne.
>
> ------------------------------------
> "Must not Sleep! Must warn others!"
> -Aesop.
> Shayne O'Neill. Indymedia. Fun.
> http://www.perthimc.asn.au
>
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Alexander Martin Remollino wrote:
>
> > Dear friends at new-imc:
> >
> > Greetings from the Philippines!
> >
> > On behalf of my colleagues in the
> > Indymedia-Pilipinas collective, we hereby
> > formally PROPOSE the establishment of an
> > Independent Media Center-Pilipinas (Philippines).
> >
> > Open and transparent discussions regarding the
> > documents could be found at
> > http://lists.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/imc-pilipinas
> >
> > The members of the Indymedia-Pilipinas collective
> > are: Aubrey Makilan, Hetty Alcuitas, Alexander Martin
> > Remollino, Emil Cinco, Kalovski Itim, Bonn Aure,
> > Tonyo Cruz, Margot Bartolome, Edwin Licaros,
> > Joel Garduce and Alvin Firmeza.
> >
> > They come from various political persuasions.
> > Some belong to the Computer Professionals Union
> > (a group advocating use of open-source) and the
> > Philippine Punk Movement.
> >
> > Join us in making the Philippines an integral
> > part of the global Indymedia network.
> >
> > Thanks and hoping for your speedy consideration.
> >
> > Alexander Martin Remollino
> > Indymedia-Pilipinas collective
> >
> > Here is the full text of the  Mission Statement:
> >
> > IMC-PILIPINAS MISSION STATEMENT
> >
> > Media for, by and of the Filipino people: This
> > is the long term mission of Independent Media
> > Center-Pilipinas. As such, Indymedia-Pilipinas
> > shall chronicle, push forward and help win the
> > various national and international struggles for
> > meaningful change. Indymedia-Pilipinas shall be
> > for the people or it is nothing.
> >
> > Here is the full text of the Principles of Unity:
> >
> > Principles of Unity of IMC-Pilipinas
> >
> > 1. IMC-Pilipinas aims to establish and maintain a
> > non-profit, non-corporate, pro-people Independent
> > Media Center for the Philippines that will uphold and
> > advance the struggle against oppression and
> > exploitation (especially by forces of imperialist
> > globalization and war), a fight shared by the Filipino
> > and the world's peoples.
> >
> > 2. IMC-Pilipinas draws special inspiration from the
> > long and continuing history of anti-colonial and
> > anti-imperialist struggle of the Filipino people and
> > from the distinct role of patriotic and democratic
> > propagandists, writers, journalists and netizens in
> > social change.
> >
> > 3. IMC-Pilipinas upholds the rights to free speech,
> > free expression and free flow of or access to
> > information.
> >
> > 4. IMC-Pilipinas shall provide an information
> > infrastructure for people and views that are deprived
> > of access to the airwaves, tools and resources of
> > corporate media. This includes text, audio, video,
> > photography, Internet distribution and any other
> > communication medium.
> >
> > 5. IMC-Pilipinas respects the right to privacy of
> > persons and parties who avail of its open web-based
> > publishing medium.
> >
> > 6. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the use of free
> > source code, whenever possible, in order to develop
> > the digital infrastructure, and to increase the
> > independence of the network by not relying on the
> > proprietary software.
> >
> > 7. IMC-Pilipinas shall promote collective work and the
> > sharing of resources including knowledge, skills and
> > equipment.
> >
> > 8. IMC-Pilipinas shall practice mutual respect, mutual
> > benefit, consensus, consultation, and the independence
> > and initiative of all persons and parties interested
> > in joining or supporting it. No person or party or
> > political belief shall arbitrarily impose its will on
> > any or all the others.
> >
> > 9. IMC-Pilipinas shall - by way of consensus and
> > consultation - choose a spokesperson who can and would
> > represent it in global decision-making
> > processes of Indymedia.
> >
> > 10. IMC-Pilipinas shall be committed to the principle
> > of human equality, and shall not discriminate,
> > including discrimination based upon race, region,
> > gender, age, class or sexual orientation. As such, it
> > 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. It shall
> > strive to act in a respectful manner to its members as
> > well as the public.
> >
> > Here is the full text of the Editorial Policy:
> >
> > IMC-PILIPINAS EDITORIAL POLICY
> >
> >
> > The IMC-Pilipinas is an non-profit, open-publishing
> > center for news, analysis, features, and commentaries
> > pertaining to Filipino experience and participation in
> > the struggle against imperialist globalization,
> > military intervention, and wars of aggression and for
> > sovereignty and social justice. It shall especially
> > give prominence to angles either missed or
> > deliberately left out by mainstream media.
> >
> > Anyone is free to post material that meets the
> > editorial criteria of IMC-Pilipinas. As much as we
> > value contributions, however, content might be edited
> > by IMC-Pilipinas.
> >
> > Open Posting Guidelines:
> >
> > The editorial team shall correct inaccurate posts,
> > i.e. posts containing incorrect information.
> >
> > The editorial team shall hide posts of these types:
> >
> > - Discrimination : posts using language, imagery, or
> > other forms of communication promoting racism,
> > fascism, xenophobia, elitism, sexism or any other form
> > of discrimination.
> >
> > - Repeated : content that is reposted or text that was
> > originally a comment posted as a report.
> >
> > - Advertising : posts with personal or product
> > promotions.
> >
> > - Disruptive : contributions by individuals who
> > habitually publish above-mentioned discouraged
> > content, or comments unrelated to published articles.
> >
> > - Copyrighted : reposts from commercial media.
> >
> > - Inappropriate : posts that do not meet the
> > principles of unity of IMC-Pilipinas.
> >
> > - Libelous : maligning a person or group.
> >
> > Sections on IMC-Pilipinas
> >
> > Features: The editorial team highlights and organizes
> > valuable content through features, which are shown on
> > the central column of the front page. Features group
> > text, links to articles and media-files about a
> > similar topic or event together and are made by
> > IMC-volunteers.
> >
> > Newswire: IMC-Pilipinas adheres to the open publishing
> > ethos. Everybody is free to post on the newswire or
> > add comments to newswire articles. However,
> > IMC-Pilipinas volunteers take the liberty to hide
> > postings which are not in accordance with the
> > editorial criteria. Hidden postings and comments are
> > visible in the View all posts section. You can click
> > to read them.
> >
> > Comments: Everybody can add their own comments at the
> > end of each article. Comments are subject to the
> > guidelines for hiding. They can be used to:
> >
> > o State an opinion about any given posting.
> > o Add information.
> > o Correct inaccurate or malicious information.
> > o Rectify misinformation.
> >
> > · Calendar: Please list all announcements and upcoming
> > events on the Calendar.
> >
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