[Seattle-editorial] Re: [Seasc] 12/9 IMC Meeting Minutes

[anarch3m]

Gentry, you're barking up the tree I call "we have a good enough policy, you can read it at---" , a tree in the deep forest Process.

If its hard to access, no one acceses.  if no one accesses, no one contributes

The solution is do what works, what gets contribution.  Define it in the historical, not the future-to-be.
Learn to ride the bike, then describe riding it.

walt  

 
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DATE: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:25:04
From: "Gentry Lange" <g at art13.com>
To: "Jason Reep" <jasonr at speakeasy.net>, <seasc at indymedia.org>,"Editorial" <seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org>
Cc: 

>Could we please decide where official policies should be placed? And how
>they are approved.

 Why not formulate and approve an actual>working IMC model, and clarify these questions, instead of treating the IMC
>as a stagnant body of entrenched, though badly defined, policies?

 So when new members make >decisions, believing the they are involved and doing their best to make>honest and open decisions, and when these new volunteers are then told that
>they aren't reporting properly to people they don't know. People who never>come to the space anymore, or general meetings. People these volunteers may>never have interacted with as flesh and blood individuals.
>
>And when this information is aslo not clearly conveyed to new and active>members through well defined policies, easily located online and in the>space. Well these new volunteers feel attacked by old volunteers.
>
>The reality is people meet in real life, at the IMC, make decisions, and>then are blamed for not articulating their decisions to the group.
>
>Please tell me what the proper reporting mechanism is, and where that hidden>page of procedures exists? 
>Gentry
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org
>[mailto:seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org]On Behalf Of Jason
>Reep
>Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:25 PM
>To: seasc at indymedia.org; Editorial
>Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Re: [Seasc] 12/9 IMC Meeting Minutes
>
>
>Hey,
>
>I just read the minutets.  what's this about a new editorial policy?
>
>> benjamin raises the question of when new editorial policy will go into>effect.>>-sheri suggests that discussions that have occured in meeting need to be>had on the editorial list.>>-benjamin volunteers to start the editorial discussion about having a local>and other section on the home page (like urbana champaigne).
>
>Is this just a coming discussion about having a local section and an>other section on the newswire, or is there more that isn't out there yet>and if so, please get it out there.  the wording of these notes suggests>that some decision has already been made but I've seen no proposals or
>discussion.
>
>-jason
>Brandon Faloona wrote:
>> I took notes at tonight's meeting and... here they are:



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