[IMC-US] banner idea

[max]

thanks for the feedback.  the the language was taken from the banner at 
the global site so maybe that needs some work too...I'll get to work on 
a bilingual banner ASAP.

max

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 05:47 AM, SuZQ wrote:

> Hi.  I would strongly recommend having the logo both in English and in
> Spanish, and using the original mission statement:
>
> "The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media
> outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings 
> of
> the truth.  We work out of a love and inspiration for people who 
> continue
> to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and
> unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity."
>
> "CMI-EEUU
> Centro de Medios Independientes de lost Estados Unidos
> Los Centros de Medios Independientes son una red de activistas sociales
> que producen diversos tipos de medios para la creaci'on de formas
> radicales, apasionadas y objetivas de decir la verdad.  Trabajamos con 
> el
> amor y la inspiracion que nos da la gente que contin'ua trabajando por 
> un
> mundo mejor, a pesar de las distorsiones y el desinter'es de los medios
> corporativos por cubrir los esfuerzos por una humanidad libre."
>
> (this is quoted from the CMI Colombia mission statement.  Where I have 
> an
> " ' ", that means that there should be an accent over the following 
> letter.
> Darn ASCII characters!)
>
>
> The United States has 27 million native Spanish speakers and many of 
> our
> IMCs in the US are bilingual.  It's not just a matter of political
> correctness but of reality.  IMC US should reflect that.
>
> I would also recommend taking out the phrase, "hundreds of 
> journalists":
> during Genoa, Italy Indymedia has 2.5 million viewers per hour, and 
> every
> viewer is a potential journalist.
>
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, max wrote:
>
>> well I'm no graphic designer but I thought I'd try to put together a
>> logo for the US-IMC.  it's only 24k so I've attached it to this
>> message.  let me know what you think.  anyone who wants to collaborate
>> on this let me know and I can send you the photoshop file with layers.
>>
>> max
>>
>>