[New-imc] miami imc docs DEADLINE: FRIDAY MAR 26, 10 GMT
jeff imc-miami
indymediamiami at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 26 09:28:51 PST 2004
Jay
we agree with all the points
jeff
IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA - DRAFT Each IMC and Global Working Group is
expected to:
a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity,
(PrinciplesOfUnity)
b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional
IMC,
c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary
"ownership" of an IMC),
d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of Purpose.
Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim basis,
e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and
functions through democratic process, and with full transparency,
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],
g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus
principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,
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,
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,
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),
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.]
l. Display a ³local version² of the IMC ³i² logo on your website and
literature.
m. Include the IMC Network current ³Cities List² on your site, preferably on
the front page.
NETWORK MEMBERSHIP 1. Network Membership is open to any group that accepts
the above criteria for membership. In the case of several requests from the
same city or region, we will encourage them to meet and work together.
2. Network Membership in the NIMC will be confirmed by the New IMC Working
Group, which is accountable to IMC-Process and ultimately to the NIMC
decision-making process.
DEFINING OUR TERMS: For clarity and precision, we need to define our terms
more carefully so there is less room for misunderstanding. Also explains how
we as a culture (the IMC culture) use these terms.
* NIMC = Network of Independent Media Centers
* Open = means that diverse people and groups are welcome to attend and that
no attempt is made to exclude people based on their sex, race, gender,
class, age, ability or religion.
* Official affiliation = still being worked on
* IMC Network Communication Methods = international email lists, IRC
discussions and logs, phone calls and conference calls, and face-to-face
meetings.
* Local version = acknowledges the many variations of the name and the logo
that will occur depending on the language and culture of the local IMC.
-- PseudoPunk - 14 Jun 2002
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>From: Jay <jaypsand at yahoo.com>
>To: indymediamiami at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [New-imc] miami imc docs DEADLINE: FRIDAY MAR 26, 10 GMT
>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:43:29 -0500
>
>Hi Jeff,
>
>This is Jay from the Philadelphia IMC. I just sent the below message to
>the new-imc list in response to the information Miami sent to the new-imc
>list. It's all looking really good! There are just a couple more things
>to do, which bht will be able to help lead you through. I figured I should
>send this message along to you because I don't know if you're on the
>new-imc list.
>
>Looking forward to the Miami IMC . . . :)
>
>Jay
>
>
>***
>
>Hi there bht,
>
>At 3/24/2004, Bht wrote:
>>No one seems to be responding to this.
>
>Sorry I didn't check in sooner. I've been out of town and only checking my
>e-mail every few days.
>
>>Here is one thing I left out, the url of miami imc is miamiimc.org , there
>>is a site up that people can feel free to peruse. They are still working
>>out tech issues.
>>
>>I was emailed off list that more information needed to be provided, as far
>>as I could read in the new-imc docs, to apply an imc needed a mission
>>statement and to respond to the pou. They are working od ed. policy
>>still.
>>
>>Let me know if I am wrong.
>>bht
>
>They definitely seem to be on their way! But, check through the steps of
>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo. The last step before a
>group's information is ready to go to the new-imc group is for the new-imc
>to respond by point to the membership criteria document:
>
>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/MembershipCriteria.
>
>That shouldn't be hard for Miami as they seem to have done most or all of
>the organizing work that goes into that.
>
>Once they're ready to do that, pop the information back to this list for
>the 3 day decision period, after which you can send the information along
>to the imc-process list for a seven day period.
>
>One more thing is that, as of March 20, a proposal passed relating to
>questions the new-imc group should ask a new-imc about their gender and
>other balances:
>http://global.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1098&group=webcast. So,
>I think that's something we should talk with the Miami IMC, and all
>subsequent IMCs, from this point forward.
>
>Sound okay?
>
>Good work on helping Miami through!
>Jay
>
>
>> > Hello, I am/was the sponsor for miami imc. I am going to go ahead and
>>put
>> > the deadline on this. Also, after the deadline, do I pass it on to
>> > process, or does someone else do that?
>> > bht
>> > portland
>> >
>> >> To:
>> >> The new imc process working group:
>> >>
>> >> I am writing you to submit our new & improved mission statement and
>> >> application for Miami Independent Media Center.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Solidarity
>> >> Jeff Sadowsky
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Proposed IMC Name Miami IMC (Miami Independent Media Center)
>> >>
>> >> City Miami
>> >> State/Province FL
>> >> Country USA
>> >>
>> >> Contact Name 1 Jeff Sadowsky
>> >> Email indymediamiami at hotmail.com
>> >> Phone
>> >>
>> >> Contact Name 2 Jeniffer Van Bergen
>> >> Email JVB000 at earthlink.net
>> >> Phone
>> >>
>> >> Contact Name 3 Jorge Serrano
>> >> kingxango1 at hotmail.com
>> >> Phone
>> >>
>> >> Technical Contact 1 Carlos Bueno
>> >> Email bueno at terespondo.com
>> >> Phone
>> >>
>> >> Technical Contact 2 Jeffrey Keating
>> >> Email jkeating at gate.net
>> >> phone
>> >>
>> >> website: miamiimc.org
>> >> general list-serv imc-miami at lists.indymedia.org
>> >>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> Supporting Groups
>> >>
>> >> outreach working group:
>> >> Jorge Serrano
>> >> kingxango1 at hotmail.com
>> >> imc-miami-outreach at lists.indymedia.org
>> >>
>> >> audio/ radio working group:
>> >> Jeff Sadowsky
>> >> eyeofthestorm at hotmail.com
>> >> ftaa-miami-audio at lists.indypgh.org
>> >>
>> >> editorial working group:
>> >> Jennifer Van Bergen
>> >> jvb000 at earthlink.com
>> >> imc-miami-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>> >>
>> >> web-tech:
>> >> imc-miami-tech at lists.indymedia.org
>> >> Carlos Buenos
>> >> Jeffrey Keating
>> >>
>> >> print working group:
>> >> http://lists.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/imc-miami-print
>> >>
>> >> photo/video working group:
>> >> imc-miami-video at lists.indymedia.org
>> >> imc-miami-photo at lists.indymedia.org
>> >>
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> Regional Focus X
>> >> Issue Focus
>> >> Event Focus
>> >>
>> >> Critical Dates? n/a
>> >>
>> >> What kind of resources can you contribute, in terms of
>> >> server/bandwidth/technical and organizing skills?
>> >>
>> >> The Miami IMC group is comprised of community activists and
>>organizers,
>> >> video- and radio-graphers, photographers, writers, and tech/web
>>people.
>> >>
>> >> What kind of outreach have you done to bring together a diverse group
>>of
>> >> people?
>> >>
>> >> We've been meeting for over three months now, working to build bridges
>> >> between the Cuban/other Hispanic communities and white activists. We
>> >> are
>> >> also working on bringing in members of the Haitian and African
>>American
>> >> communities. Many of us are involved in or have connections with
>> >> numerous
>> >> other groups, such as the Save Our Civil Liberties people, the
>>AFL-CIO,
>> >> Miami Workers Center, Power U, anti-war and peace & justice groups,
>>the
>> >> NLG, the ACLU, etc., etc.
>> >> Of particular interest to us is further outreach into the unique
>> >> Latin-American communities that make Miami unique.
>> >>
>> >> Please write an introductory statement about why you want to
>>participate
>> >> in
>> >> the Indymedia Network (see above).
>> >>
>> >> All of us are strongly devoted to the concept of independent media as
>>a
>> >> vehicle for PEOPLE (as distinct from corporations) to reach out to
>>other
>> >> people. We are all also dedicated to the consensus approach of
>>working
>> >> through solutions together, not polarizing into splinter groups in
>>which
>> >> majorities take all.
>> >>
>> >> outreach portion of the application:
>> >>
>> >> We are developing mechanisms to encourage broader participation in the
>> >> movement on a regular basis. Leadership should not be unilateral nor
>> >> control
>> >> central. Our multi-racial, multi-cultural movement should evolve from
>> >> the
>> >> bottom up and not the top down.
>> >> Original missions and goals have to be taken into account. Our mission
>> >> statement states: We are committed to the indymedia model of
>> >> non-hierarchical, consensus decision-making that includes ethnically,
>> >> racially and socially diverse perspectives.
>> >> Miami has an unique ethnic and cultural make up. Our outreach efforts
>> >> are
>> >> focused on bringing in members of currently under represented people
>>in
>> >> our
>> >> group such as the Haitian and African American communities. Many of
>>us
>> >> are
>> >> involved in or have connections with numerous other groups, such as
>>the
>> >> Save
>> >> Our Civil Liberties people, the AFL-CIO, Miami Workers Center, Power
>>U,
>> >> anti-war and peace & justice groups, the NLG, the ACLU, etc. Of
>> >> particular
>> >> interest to us is to further outreach into the Latin-American
>> >> communities
>> >> that make Miami unique.
>> >>
>> >>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Miami IMC (draft) Mission Statement
>> >>
>> >> Miami IMC was formed in response to the Miami FTAA demonstrations and
>>in
>> >> recognition of the need for an open and independent media sources in
>> >> South
>> >> Florida. We are committed to the indymedia model of non-heirarchical,
>> >> collective, consensus decision-making which includes diverse
>> >> perspectives
>> >> and tells the truth from the perspective of the hearts and minds of
>> >> those
>> >> who live and work in South Florida communities, not from the
>>perspective
>> >> of
>> >> corporate-owned media or government. Miami IMC is intended to empower
>> >> and
>> >> give voice to marginalized persons and viewpoints, as well as to
>> >> encourage
>> >> local commentary on national and international issues from the unique
>> >> perspective of South Florida.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> PRINCIPLES OF UNITY
>> >>
>> >> 1. The Independent Media Center Network (IMCN) is based upon
>>principles
>> >> of
>> >> equality, decentralization and local autonomy. The IMCN is not derived
>> >> from
>> >> a centralized bureaucratic process, but from the self-organization of
>> >> autonomous collectives that recognize the importance in developing a
>> >> union
>> >> of networks.
>> >> 2. All IMC's consider open exchange of and open access to information
>>a
>> >> prerequisite to the building of a more free and just society.
>> >> [3. All IMC's respect the right of activists who choose not to be
>> >> photographed or filmed.]
>> >> 4. All IMC's, based upon the trust of their contributors and readers,
>> >> shall
>> >> utilize open web based publishing, allowing individuals, groups and
>> >> organizations to express their views, anonymously if desired. **see
>> >> appendix: Open Publishing document --> still in proposal phase, at
>>this
>> >> address:
>> >>
>><http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-April/001707.html>http://
>> >>
>> >>
>>lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-April/001707.html
>> >>
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-April/000874.html
>> >>
>> >> 5. The IMC Network and all local IMC collectives shall be
>> >> not-for-profit.
>> >> 6. All IMC's recognize the importance of process to social change and
>> >> are
>> >> committed to the development of non-hierarchical and
>>anti-authoritarian
>> >> relationships, from interpersonal relationships to group dynamics.
>> >> Therefore, shall organize themselves collectively and be committed to
>> >> the
>> >> principle of consensus decision making and the development of a
>>direct,
>> >> participatory democratic process] that is transparent to its
>>membership.
>> >> 7. [All IMC's recognize that a prerequisite for participation in the
>> >> decision making process of each local group is the contribution of an
>> >> individual's labor to the group.]
>> >> 8. All IMC's are committed to caring for one another and our
>>respective
>> >> communities both collectively and as individuals and will promote the
>> >> sharing of resources including knowledge, skills and equipment.
>> >> 9. All IMC's shall be committed to the use of free source code,
>>whenever
>> >> possible, in order to develop the digital infrastructure, and to
>> >> increase
>> >> the independence of the network by not relying on proprietary
>>software.
>> >> 10. All IMC's shall be committed to the principle of human equality,
>>and
>> >> shall not discriminate, including discrimination based upon race,
>> >> gender,
>> >> age, class or sexual orientation. Recognizing the vast cultural
>> >> traditions
>> >> within the network, we are committed to building [diversity] within
>>our
>> >> localities.
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