[Seattle-editorial] Re: FP: Where we're at

[typist at speakeasy.net]

Jonathan et al, 

At the end of the FP intro, add

text: For additional opinions on the state of the IMC see:

<a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36625&group=webcast">Media Politics: A Necessary Autumn for the Seattle IMC</a>

<a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36665&group=webcast">Independent Media--but not Indymedia--cover IMC Problems</a>

<a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36666&group=webcast">Seattle Broke Too</a>

<a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36718&group=webcast">Half Hate</a>


(Thanks for the suggestion.)
Judy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Lawson [mailto:jonathan at indymedia.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 5, 2003 01:16 AM
> To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Re: FP: Where we're at
> 
> Thanks Judy.
> 
> I think given the overall situation, a feature like this is incomplete
> without including some of the other writing and newswire posts on this
> subject. My article should be included, and I think there were at least
> three recent newswire threads, which acknowledge that there had been
> questions.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> >
> >
> >subtitle: IMC UPDATE AT LAST
> title: Where we're at four years later.
> 
> test:  A lot of people have been wondering what's going on at the IMC. The
> few core collective members have been working hard at sorting through a
> lot of issues that have come to a head in the last two months and taken us
> off guard. One SPOKES council member, who likes to go by a3m, finally
> found the time to reflect on what's been happening and put it all down.
> The following is the first of what will be on-going updates on what's
> happening with the IMC as we grapple with next steps and future planning.
> Our apologies for taking so long, but sometimes it takes a while for the
> dust to settle and the road to become clear again:
> 
> Well, lets not hear about gender imballances. For when it came to the last
> few standing bodies, it has been a dead heat. And the old allies coming
> foreward? Women for the greater part.
> 
> And while these few good men and women try to patch the bleeding left in
> the wake of recent departures, there has been some nasty spillage. We
> apologize for not taking time earlier to say whats going on. Truth is, we
> have not been sure. And rather than respond to the rumoring and to the
> heated calls to have heads roll, we have been pouring over unfinished
> business, finding forgotten business and making future plans.
> 
> Since the Battle of Seattle, its been difficult to keep a singular vision
> of the Seattle IMC. Without an event to rally us, there have been many
> directions taken that "could" be seen as part of the mission. Some worked
> well, others drained our time and resources without advancing the mission.
> 
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> story</a>
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