[IMC-US] Re: founding documents for IMC-US

[SuZQ]

Thank you, Nick.

We've been having the same discussion in Europe (I'm currently based in
Switzerland for the next few months) with several suggestions.  One, of
course, is secure IRC, with invitations sent out enough in advance to
allow for response from collectives where members don't have much internet
access.  Another suggestion is to use mailing lists for discussion, but to
keep messages brief and the process going slow, and to keep the language
simple or to provide translations, in order to allow for people who don't
speak English as a first language.  I suggested using conference calls,
with representatives of each IMC participating, but that idea didn't go
over so well because of concerns about security.  The idea that caught on
the most, was to coordinate regional meetings that coincide with things
that mediactivists are going to anyway (such as the recent "Next 5
Minutes" festival in Amsterdam or the various People's Global Action
conferences).  The minutes of these regional meetings would be posted on
Wiki pages at docs.indymedia.org for further coordination and later
reference.  Perhaps something like a spokescouncil structure would be in
order, to avoid domination by any one region.

Peace,
Susanna

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Sarsnic at aol.com wrote:

> Josh, Suzq,
>
> I think it is an uncool response to try to write off anyone's constructive criticisms based on the fact that they voiced other constructive criticisms in the past.  How would you summarize the implications of your response - people who were initially opposed to the idea of a US site should make some declarations of commitment to the project before they can have their concerns addressed?  I think a better response to ask someone with a critique to make a suggestion.  So, I ask Suzq to make a suggestion about how to conduct meetings.
>
> Peace,
> Nick
> houston
>
> > Based on your comments to
> > the new-imc list
> > <http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2003-September/004336.html> I
> > question whether you wish to help the project.
> >
> > If you have changed your mind and have constructive criticism (suggestions,
> > items that can be resolved - not fundamental objections) then I think everyone
> > would be willing to hear them and respond. But if you simply want to stop a US
> > IMC from happening, please do it through some means other
> > than disrupting our
> > internal process.
>
>