[New-imc] expedited process, IMC Armenia

[Petros Evdokas]

> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:27:54 -0400
> From: "Kevin Brochet" <kbrochet at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [New-imc] expidited process, IMC Armenia
> To: new-imc at indymedia.org
> 
> Hey -
> 
> I posted an application to form an IMC in Armenia a couple of days ago, and 
> we were wondering if it is possible to speed up the review/approval process 
> in light of the continuing protests (and lack of coverage thereof) here. And 
> - I filled out the form on the Indymedia Documentation Project site - do I 
> also need to email the relevant details here? Thanks,
> 
> - Kevin
> 


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Hello Kevin,

Welcome to our efforts to expand IndyMedia!

As you probably know, the struggles of the Armenian people 
for survival and liberation have been historically and my 
necessity linked to the same struggles of the peoples of 
Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus, and others in the region. I'd 
like to recommend that you also contact our IndyMedia groups 
there, in the interest of building more internationalist 
solidarity among our people, especially those of us working 
on Indymedia projects.

I'd recommend contacting:
imc-istanbul, thessaloniki, athens, cyprus, and 
eastern-mediterranean. And also I'd recommend publishing 
Armenia- related stories and articles at any of those imc 
groups' Open Publishing facilities, until we get the 
imc-armenia group approved.

In terms of the request for an "expedited process" I feel 
that slower is more secure, and gives us a chance to develop 
our politics together, and to clarify who is who.

In reference to the support given by Shayne to the idea of 
creating an imc-armenia website, now, and to even run 
stories from there as IndyMedia Feature articles, I say 
this: there's always someone among us willing to rush, and 
will always find some precedent to justify it. But making a 
mistake in the past, does not justify making a mistake in 
the future.

IndyMedia is not a website, it is network of radical 
activists and free media activists, it is the unofficial 
organ of expression of the global movement against the 
expansion of corporate and state domination of the planet.

Let's build a good solid relationship with the imc-armenia 
group first, let's get it formed as a collective and 
approved first, and *then* start with official websites and 
Feature articles.

Petros,
Cyprus IndyMedia Collective
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