[Seattle-editorial] Editorial Collective membership criteria

[Gentry Lange]

You have contradicted nothing that I have stated.

Frankly, my concern is a trust issue with you Jonathan. If you were not
attacking the current active membership in public, I would not question your
jumping back in to the fray. Regardless of my lack of trust of your personal
motives, I have always appreciated your articles, your news writing, etc.

While I clearly dislike you personally, my objection to your jumping back in
at this time, has to do with your previous subversion of IMC policies, and
your apparent intention to do so again, and my personal lack of trust in
your motives.

Jason, however, has remained active, has never resigned and has been a
calming influence over time.

If you are re-introducing yourself to the active membership at this time, I
would raise strong objections to you coming back to the collective, until
many questions about previous decisions regarding your involvement have been
answered.

I am an active editorial member, and I object to Jonathan coming back in,
because I don't trust him. It is that simple.

Gentry

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[mailto:seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org]On Behalf Of
Jonathan Lawson
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:00 PM
To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Editorial Collective membership criteria


It is deeply saddening to be obliged to defend my own membership in a
group which I helped found, for well over two years doing a
disproportionate amount of the work, always opening doors to others and
never challenging anyone else's participation, and who has in fact been
among the most, if not the most active news feature-writer for the past
month.

Ironic how the "core" has consistenly been pleading for more
participation, more participation, while at the same time attempting in
multiple ways to tighten the reins of membership, exclude and expel. It's
clear whose motivations here are personal rather than professional.

Here are the official membership criteria. It's not up to Gentry alone to
interpret them.

Editorial Collective Membership Criteria

The Editorial Collective consists of members of the Seattle IMC
collective who have identified their interest in editorial work,
familiarized themselves with the core values of the Seattle IMC editorial
policy, and participate in the work of the group as established in the
Editorial Collective Charter. Membership is based upon principles of
trust and personal familiarity.

New members:

1. are members of the IMC, sharing the responsibilities thus incurred;

2. undergo a necessary period of learning the contours and details of
the editorial policy and procedures;

3. gain the trust of the group, usually by attending meetings,
participating in online discussions, and so forth.

Once these criteria have been met, a new member's status is recognized
on his or her part through a committment to participate in the
collective's work, and on the group's part by giving him or her password
access to features/newswire administration.
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