[IMC-US] Re: proposed application

[Sascha Meinrath]

thanks to jon for getting us started.  i cleaned up some spelling and the
like -- how does this sound?  if i don't hear any
additions/ideas/corrections i'll send this in friday evening.

--sascha

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What kind of resources can you contribute, in terms of
server/bandwidth/technical and organizing skills? - The proposed US
Indymedia has brought together people from various parts of the United
States to create a US Indymedia Web site. We have people who have
organized multiple other local Indymedia collectives, people who have
constructed local Indymedia web sites and people who have written features
for the various local Indymedia web sites and projects.

What kind of outreach have you done to bring together a diverse group of
people? The idea was first brought forth at the Allied Media Conference in
Bowling Green, Ohio. This initial meeting brought together people from the
states of Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, New York, The District of Columbia,
Kentucky and others. Since then, people working with Indymedia in Seattle
have signed on to the concept. These are all diverse places and
communities within the United States of America.

Please write an introductory statement about why you want to participate
in the Indymedia Network. We believe that a US Indymedia web site will
have several beneficial impacts on global Indymedia and the IMC movement.
First, the global Indymedia page will no longer be dominated by news from
the United States. Those stories will be primarily featured on the US
Indymedia site. This will give more chance for struggles from around the
globe to be featured on the global Indymedia web site.

Second, since the majority of Indymedia collectives are based in the
United States, a US Indymedia site will allow stories of struggles and
activism form around the United States to be syndicated on a central site.
This allows activists based in the United States to have better access to
news about struggles and to strengthen their resistance and present a more
united front.

These are some of the reasons we believe a US Indymedia site will be
beneficial to the global IMC movement.