[New-imc] MIAMI (plan to move forward)

[Pseudo Punk]

Hey Jay,

sounds reasonable to me.

Bart


Jay <jaypsand at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi there, new-imc,
> 
> Over the last couple weeks bht, Jeff from the Miami
> IMC and I have been communicating about a way to get
> the Miami IMC back on track to join the network.  
> 
> The Miami group is small, but is doing a lot of
> organizing and media work, have a radio project going
> and have their web site back up (hosted by
> imc-pittsburgh, I think).  They feel as if their not
> being recognized by the new-imc group has hindered
> their outreach to diverse communities.  On the other
> side of things, a concern from the new-imc group was
> that they hadn't been doing enough successful outreach
> to diverse communities in the first place for them to
> join the network.
> 
> A circle.
> 
> How do we break this logjam?  The proposal (pasted
> below) is that if the miami IMC prepares an outreach
> onslaught the new-imc working group will support their
> joining the network.  They can then advertise, as part
> of their outreach, that they're about to join the
> network.  Both things accomplished.
> 
> Sounds too good to work out, huh?  But I think it may
> be worth a shot.    
> 
> So, bht, Jeff and I have passed around the below plan.
>  Take a look and respond if you have any concerns. 
> Otherwise, within a couple weeks the Miami IMC will
> develop an outreach plan and start circulating their
> documents the new-imc working group list.
> 
> Jay
> *** 
> 
> proposal:
> The new-imc group will support the Miami IMC's
> application to join the Indymedia network.  Bht,Jay
> and other new-imc volunteers will work on the basic
> membership criteria documents with Miami and togehter
> we'll all set a target date for Miami's documents to
> go through the new-imc at indymedia.org mailing list. 
> Barring any unforseen dissent, we imagine the
> documents will pass both new-imc and the imc-process
> group according to the schedule we will develop.
> 
> As that is being prepared, the Miami IMC will work
> with bht and/or other network volunteers (especially
> those who are working with Miami on its web site code)
> to put together a very clear, detailed
> outreach/diversity plan.  
> Part of that plan will be an initial outreach push
> that will coincide with the days leading up to the
> date set for imc-miami's documents to pass through the
> new-imc process.  In other words, imc-miami will be
> able to use its proposed entry into the indymedia
> network as a way to drum up diverse energy for the
> IMC, and the IMC will be able to use its commitment to
> diversity as a way to gain support within Indymedia
> for its joining the network.
> 
> Also, as the Miami IMC is revving up to the date set
> for joining the Indymedia network, some of its active
> members will join some of the global Indymedia e-mail
> lists and introduce themselves.  This will help people
> in the network get to know people in the Miami IMC,
> and may also help empower some members of the Miami
> group to participate more equally within the IMC.
> 
> After the Miami IMC joins the network, several of us
> (people in miami, bht, jay, those throughout the
> network who are involved in Miami's web site code and
> radio projects, and anyone else who is interested)
> will make sure to keep up with Miami's development. 
> In six months from their entry into the network, and
> then a year, the Miami IMC will look at the IMC
> network principles again (and also with the questions
> relating to diversity recently added to the new-imc
> documents, which I'll post below) and see how they're
> doing in fulfilling them.  This will be a way to do
> some internal introspection and will help keep the
> IMC's focus on building a solid infrastructure.
> 
> 
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