[IMC-US] proposal: Salinas Public Libraries

Tue Dec 28 11:53:16 CST 2004

feature proposal:  Salinas Public Libraries will Close in the New Year

 - betsy :)

BE THE MEDIA
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-------- Original Message --------
From: Ana <ana at indymedia.org>
Apparently from: imc-us-bounces at lists.ucimc.org
To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
Subject: Re: [IMC-US] banners, and width, and some visioning questions
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:31:16 -0800

> Hey all,
> 
> sorry i havent been very involved lately. i just had to catch up on some
> other things for a while, such as personal sanity etc.
> 
> i too would like us to have a vision discussion about the site. i think we
> did a great job and it is serving a very valuable service, even now when
> there isnt a major event to push. i, for one, didnt see the site as a tool
> for major events alone, but something that will draw more traffic to local
> imc stories and ignored stories in general on an every day basis. and it is
> doing just that. i, for one, go to many more local imc sites now through
> this portal than i used to.
> 
> but there are still things to work out. we were in the midst of a debate
> recently about what stories we can and cannot link to, and until that is
> resolved im not really sure how i can participate outside of occasionally
> promoting an article. i would like us to occasionally produce features with
> multiple links to various imc's and non-imc's alike, features that capture a
> wide breadth of articles beyond a local feature. as i argued at the AMC,
> stories that cross states and issues in a way that connects the dots.
> 
> as for site width issues, i could work on banners again when my computer
> comes back from the shop, but when my last computer was stolen, i lost the
> background orignal file, so im not sure how much i can expand the banner
> without losing resolution.
> 
> also, i know there are folks who have argued that we should keep the site
> this width becuase it is friendlier to folks with small screens. they dont
> have to scroll across to read the site. one solution was to just center the
> site so that there is a white border on both sides, not just the right side.
> would that improve it for you enough, bht?
> 
> i think it would be great if we could have an irc meeting soon. i will be at
> a family reunion from wedensday to wednesday but could do it before that or
> in 2005. thoughts?
> 
> peace
> ana
> nycimc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
> 
> > hi.  i wonder how much work it would be to expland the banners so the
> > site
> > can go back to full size.  i thinkt hat it looks really silly as it is
> > right now.  i know it looked silly before too, so why not fix it?
> >
> > does anyone have interest in working on the site in this capacity?  or in
> > the capacity of editorial/administrative work?
> >
> > perhaps we should do a bit of online visioning...maybe the folks that are
> > interested in working ont his site could send a bit of a personal vision
> > for what this site will serve and how it could be used best?  i think it
> > could be helpful.
> >
> > personally, i had gotten involved at the allied media conference because
> > i
> > didnt like the way it was being discussed, and it seemed that the folks
> > that were wroking on it, in all factions, then were a bit unresponsive to
> > folks they hadnt met.
> >
> > now, we have a very slick looking site, and lots of good content.  i know
> > there are a few tech things still being worked out.  like getting
> > syndication back up to its original capacity and such.  i also know that
> > the layout of this site is something that the global site would like to
> > mirror at some point in the future.
> >
> > it seemed to me that there was not a long term vision for this site.
> > people wanted it to highlight national issues like elections, the dnc and
> > the rnc and things like that.  now, the next thing that i can see being
> > majorly covered on this site is the inauguration...then what?
> >
> > I would like to see this site highlight really good local independant
> > media, that is coverage of local events.  It can serve as an example to
> > folks other places, they can see how things happened in x city and
> > perhaps
> > do the same thing in their city.  I think the global feature of victoria
> > secret actions helped a bit to spur more actions.
> >
> > I dont know where I stand with this site long term.  I dont personally
> > have the time to be completely involved right now.  I can offer
> > suggestions and help anyone that needs help using mir.
> >
> > I am just throwing all of this out, becuase it seems there is very little
> > activity.  bradley has been doing alot of admin work, along with betsy
> > and
> > tribal.  a few folks have been proposing features to be promoted.  john
> > has been working hard on the tech side of things.  i have offered to help
> > with mir questions and have been doing that.  and randomly, every now and
> > again, someone will come in and promote a feature from their local imc
> > :-)
> >
> > does anyone else see something awry?  or feel that a bit more
> > participation should be in order, and that folks should at least say in
> > what capacity they want to be involved with this site?  i am especially
> > eager to hear from the folks that I met at the allied media conference
> > who
> > had seemed to be very excited about this.
> >
> > thanks for reading through this long diatribe!
> > bht
> > portland
> >
> >
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