[IMC-US] open publishing and the us imc

[Joshua Breitbart]

I think this is a good solution.


At 5:00 PM -0700 7/18/04, bht wrote:
>John has raised the question of what role open publishng was going to play
>on us-imc.  I will attempt to answer that, and please all others that have
>an alternate view of the way I understand things, correct it.
>
>I understand that we came to some sort of agreement that us imc would NOT
>have open publishing directlyon the site.  WE had decided to have a
>"PUBLISH" link that would go to a list of local IMC's and/or a page about
>what open publishing is.
>
>Since John brought into question whether or not this aligns with the imc's
>creed of open publishing, I would like to make a proposal/suggestion,
>discussionpoint.
>
>I would like to propose that we have a system similar to global imc.
>Where the front page has the syndicated local feature and somewhere near
>the top of the site have an "open publishing/publish" link.
>
>This link would direct the user to a page that briefly explains what open
>publishing is and urge them to publish locally relevant news to a local
>imc.  On this page would also be a link that says something like "publish
>a story on this site" and then direct the user to the common publish page.
>
>I think this would help for all things.  However, please break it down and
>tear it apart.
>
>bht
>portland
>ps.  if any of this isnt understood email me or ask clarifying questions
>and I will be more than willing to go into further detail.
>
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