[New-imc] Big Muddy Vision Statement

[Sarsnic at aol.com]

sphinx, new-imc,

Andybot got confused by the Big Muddy thing and thought that Carbondale / Southern Ill. (which I am sponsoring) was different from Big Muddy (they are the same).  I have been working with them for the last month or so and we discussed that there may be difficulties in getting an imc with such a silly name through the approval process, but I encouraged them to stick with it if they really liked it, and to do so has been the consensus of the group so far.  They are not a topic IMC.

Peace
Nick

Is "muddy" the name of a place?? if not I'll recommmend that you try to consider change the name of your indymedia as we got trouble with topic and issue idymedia for a while now.
Solidarity
Sphinx 
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--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:30:12 
From: andybot <andybot at indypgh.org>
To: shawnee1 at siu.edu
Cc: new-imc at lists.indymedia.org

>hi kristen/big muddy, new-imc
>
>excellent that you already have a statement and have agreed to the
>principles of unity!  i'll try to help you through the rest of the process
>as best i can. give me a nudge now and again if i'm not on top of my game
>;)
>
>the next thing your group will want to look at is the membership criteria.
>these are, as the name implies, the standards that should be met for a
>group wanting to become an IMC. they are viewable here:
>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/MembershipCriteria
>
>you'll have to work with your group to make sure you meet all these, or
>let us know if there's something you think should be changed about them.
>i (as your sponsor) will also discuss this stuff with you to make sure it
>seems like you're on the right track.
>
>for an overview of this whole process you're going through, look here:
>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowHelpUs
>
>best of luck, and feel free to email me off-list with any questions you
>have about the process or any information about your group i might like to
>know.
>
>andy/pittsburgh
>