[IMC-US] PROPOSAL (was indymedia and google)

[Ana]

i also agree. 

Quoting Mike Medow <mmedow at umich.edu>:

> > I am all in favor of getting this site up in a "least common
> demominator"
> > fashion ASAP.  but I think personally that it would be a shame if we 
> > didn't allow for some synthesis and analysis in the form of compiled 
> > articles from an editorial team of some kind.  I think the syndication
> 
> > will work fine for now, but it is not my ideal for the site, which I
> think
> > should have an editorial voice of its own (in addition to the
> syndication
> > of course).  
> 
> I agree with Max's perspective here. Having a strong editorial voice for
> the
> features column of the site will allow the site to be a tool for
> highlighting the intersections of various issues from around the
> country.
> For example, if there are struggles over privatization of municipal
> services
> occurring in multiple sections of the US, the US-IMC would be a place
> for
> compiling a feature that could draw connections between these various
> struggles. Resigning the US-IMC to be primarily syndication-based limits
> its
> full potential as a tool for drawing out the intersections of struggles
> taking place around the country.
> 
> Furthermore, I believe that a non-open-publishing US-IMC will actually
> strengthen open publishing on the local level. We will use every effort
> on
> the US-IMC to direct people to the open publishing newswires of local
> sites.
> As has already been stated, locally-based open publishing has a much
> greater
> potential for leading to political mobilization in the real world than
> does
> OP on a national site. 
> 
> Finally, while I could accept the current compromise that has been
> proposed,
> I think that we should work towards deciding on the final status of the
> site
> as quickly as possible. It would be nice to have the site running in what
> is
> to be its long-term form by the RNC at the latest.
> 
> Mike
> /Michigan IMC
> 
> 
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