[New-imc] NH IMC Membership Criteria

[Art Haeussler]

IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA - Consensus reached 10/7/03
Each IMC and Global Working Group is expected to:

a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity, 

We have reached consensus that we do.


b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional 
IMC, 

We currently have around 20 people working on this project from around the
state.


c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary 
"ownership" of an IMC), 

Meetings are open to all and this is communicated through both the website,
flyers, and donated adds in the NH Gazette.


d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of Purpose. 
Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim basis.

We have developed a Mission Statement.
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2003-October/004551.html


e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and 
functions through democratic process, and with full transparency, 

We have established an editorial policy.  It is also published on the website
under information/editorial policy.  Another copy is archived on new-imc at
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2003-October/004551.html


f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described in the NIMC Editorial 
Policy [editorial collective comments: "We did agree that the term "Open 
Publishing" was one that is still being defined by the Global Network 
Collective, and we would wait and see what the results were before rewriting 
this criteria], 

We agree with the use of Open Publishing.


g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus 
principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes, 

All decisions have been made using consensus principles.


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, 

Art (awh at cisunix.unh.edu) is willing to do this.

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.

Art is also willing to do this as well as several other volunteers.


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), 

We agree that there should be no official affiliation with any political party,
state or candidate for office.


k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial for-profit enterprises. [We 
could add: The IMCN is committed to the decommercialization of information 
and will disassociate from any local IMC that decides to become a for profit 
media corporation.] 

We agree!

l. Display a ³local version² of the IMC ³i² logo on your website and 
literature.

We agree.
 
m. Include the IMC Network current ³Cities List² on your site, preferably on 
the front page.

We agree.