[New-imc] Re: [www-features] Re: CANCUN - imc-process DEADLINE 21:00 GMT Thursday 4 Sep 2003

[boud]

hi dns,
   Could someone please correct the DNS entry + update the docs server 
so that 

cancun.indymedia.org

points to

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/CancunCrashPage

as per the proposal consensed on by the network:

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-process/2003-September/005107.html 

evan seems not to have had time to read what was consensed on and he
simply ignored the text of the proposal.  i imagine he's under stress
because the WTO is of course such a huge event, so someone ought to
help here.

i've written the splash page:
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/CancunCrashPage

but i can't set the DNS or set the docs server to make this work 
(i don't have access to any indymedia servers).

After Prague, despite the huge enthusiasm of all the well-meaning
visitors during the event, there was simply no collective at all
until locals reorganised from scratch a couple of years later.

But who knows, maybe Cancun will be different...?

boud



On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, evan wrote:

> What i did was set it up so that cancun.indymedia.org works, but every 
> link off of that page sends people to cancun.mediosindependientes.org. 
> That basically is the splash page everybody asked for. Honestly i 
> haven't followed every discusion so if somebody wants to correct it 
> feel free.
> 
> -evan
> 
> 
> 
> El Thursday, 4 September, 2003, a las 06:08  PM, boud escribió:
> 
> > hi everyone,
> >   The proposal below has now passed both new-imc and imc-process
> > deadlines without any further comment. So it's accepted by the
> > network. Tech people (or others) supporting the cancun WTO site can
> > make the splash page and get the domain set up to point to the splash
> > page.
> >
> > ***www-features*** Please correct the error on the feature
> > GLOBAL: WTO MEDIA/CULTURE Sep 3 2003
> > Fair Trade instead of WTO
> > No WTO a Go-Go
> >
> > The error is the words "Cancun Indymedia" - but Cancun Indymedia does
> > not exist!!!
> >
> > These words wrongly mislead the reader into thinking that a local,
> > self-sustaining indymedia collective exists in Cancun. The reality
> > is that many activists from outside of Cancun are converging on the
> > city but that in a few months time nearly all will have left the city.
> > These activists prepared an open publishing web site, but it is not the
> > site of a local indymedia collective.
> >
> > A similar thing happened in Prague and it took a couple of years
> > before a real local group took over, plus this required unncessary
> > intervention from the network which had to de facto decide that no
> > local group existed.
> >
> > i suggest a more meaningful phrase such as
> > "Cancun WTO open publishing site"
> > or
> > "Cancun visitors' indymedia site"
> > or
> > think up something else which is correct and not misleading.
> >
> > If there is any pressure to include direct links to
> > "cancun.indymedia.org" in future features over the next few weeks,
> > PLEASE check that the link goes to a splash page as per the consensed
> > on proposal below.
> >
> > The point is to avoid people being disappointed or confused in 6
> > months' time when it becomes obvious that there is no local group
> > autonomously managing the site.
> >
> > Alternatively, if visitors to Cancun have the *correct* information,
> > they might actually be encouraged to help locals really organise a 
> > local
> > collective - if they misleadingly think that the collective already
> > exists, everyone will be confused.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > boud (new-imc and IMC PL volunteer)
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, boud wrote:
> >
> >> ######################################################################
> >> [en]
> >> PROPOSAL Cancun domain - deadline THU 4 Sep 2003  Version-4
> >>
> >> The Cancun support group including IMC Chiapas wish to have a 
> >> temporary
> >> use of the cancun domain name for the WTO meeting 10-14 Sept 2003.
> >> They have an indymedia-software site
> >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >> but there is not yet any local, self-organised, autonomous indymedia
> >> group there. It is proposed that:
> >>
> >> (1) The domain name and directory name
> >>
> >> cancun2003.indymedia.org
> >> and
> >> www.indymedia.org/cancun/
> >>
> >> be given for use by the
> >> support group
> >>
> >> (2) cancun will *not* be added to the cities list
> >>
> >> (3) The people organising the  http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >> site will place a prominent (obvious) notice on the web site that:
> >> (3a) there is not yet any local indymedia group in Cancun
> >> (3b) that locals are encouraged to get organised if they wish, with
> >> a link to http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NewImcHowTo or an [es]
> >> version of the page
> >>
> >> (4) the domain name
> >>
> >> cancun.indymedia.org
> >>
> >> itself will point to a "splash page", which contains the information
> >> (3a) + (3b) and points to http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >>
> >> [fr]
> >> PROPOSITION domaine Cancun - échéance JEUDI 4 SEP 2003 - Version-4
> >>
> >> Le groupe de soutien Cancun, dont le groupe IMC Chiapas, souhaite
> >> utiliser temporairement le nom de domaine Cancun pour la rencontre WTO
> >> 10-14 sep 2003. Il y a actuellement un site qui tourne sous un 
> >> logiciel
> >> type indy
> >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >> mais il n'y a pas encore de groupe local, auto-organisé, autonome 
> >> d'indymédia
> >> lŕ-bas. Il est proposé que :
> >>
> >> (1) Le nom de domaine et nom de repertoire
> >>
> >> cancun2003.indymedia.org
> >> et
> >> www.indymedia.org/cancun/
> >>
> >> soient utilisés chez le groupe de soutien
> >>
> >> (2) Cancun *ne* sera *pas* rajouté ŕ la liste cities.inc
> >>
> >> (3) Ceux et celles qui organisent  
> >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >> mettra des avertissements évidents sur le site annonçant que :
> >> (3a) il n'existe pas encore de group local indymedia Cancun
> >> (3b) les locaux sont encouragé-e-s s'organiser s'ils et elles le 
> >> souhaitent,
> >> avec un lien sur http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NewImcHowTo ou
> >> une traduction [es] de cette page
> >>
> >> (4) le nom de domaine
> >>
> >> cancun.indymedia.org
> >>
> >> lui-męme sera dirigé vers une Ť splash page ť, qui contiendra
> >> l'information (3a) + (3b) et qui aura un lien vers
> >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> >> ######################################################################
> >>
> >>
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