[IMC-US] Re: Acorn Active Media Worker Collective Offer

[bradley at riseup.net]

I agree with Brian that 'making exceptions is a slippery slope.'

I also see the benefits of bringing in people that want to help ;)

I just did a search for Acorn Active Media, but I could not find their
website.

It would help to see the website before giving an opinion on wheather or
not it should have a link from us-imc.

Brian also suggested, "reaching out to imc's in the us and asking for tech
help :-)"
To what extent has this been done? Could we (well, i'm not a techie....)
try to get assistance from other imc tehies one more time before moving
forward with Acorn?

Thank you!

~Bradley
santa cruz imc collective member


> From: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
>> The Acorn Active Media worker collective has offered to partner with the
>> IMC-US Tech group to help launch the IMC-US website.  Acorn Active Media
>> is willing to do this work Pro Bono in return for acknowledgement of its
>> aid -- a feature story for the first two weeks after the site goes live,
>> and a permanent small acknowledgement at the bottom of the left-hand
>> column. The IMC-US Tech group actively supports this proposal and feels
>> that this is a good way to proceed with the project.  Unless there are
>> any
>> major objections, we will start partnering immediately.
>
> Please, no.
>
> I realize I have no official voice in this group, but I feel quite
> strongly that trading feature status for any sort of money or work is the
> exact antithesis of what indymedia stands for. Furthermore, a permanent
> link of sorts on the page that is any bigger than the "this software made
> manifest by dadaimc/sf-active/etc" (which serves a useful purpose) is very
> troublesome to me as well.
>
> I realize that this Acorn group is probably quite awesome, but making
> exceptions is a slippery slope.
>
> There are other ways to get the site up, like, say reaching out to imc's
> in the us and asking for tech help :-)
>
> Peace & solidarity,
> Brian Szymanski
> ski at indymedia.org
> bks10 at cornell.edu
>
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