[IMC-US] a proposal

max max at michiganimc.org
Tue Jul 27 21:15:24 CDT 2004 

I think the criteria could be as simple as any article from the featurewire
that is relevant to the audience of the US-IMC.  

it could be more detailed than this if folks want, but I think we would
benefit from this being a collective process, so what do others think the
criteria should be?

max


---


Quoting deva <drdartist at riseup.net>:

> > 	3) if articles from the featurewire fall within the criteria for the 
> > center
> > column, they can be promoted immediately by any individual with 	
> > editorial access.
> 
> 
> What would be the criteria for the center column?
> 
> thanks for taking the time to write a proposal
> 
> deva
> 
> 
> On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:14 PM, max wrote:
> 
> > proposed by members of michiganIMC.
> >
> >
> >
> > I. "featurewire" policy:
> > fully automated, syndicated wire of all features from US IMCs
> >
> > II. center column policy:
> > -the center column is the place to feature:
> > 	1) articles promoted from the featurewire
> > 		-these articles will be either:
> > 		a) bumped to the center column with no changes from the feature wire
> > 		b) bumped to the center column with spelling and grammar corrections
> 
> > if
> > needed
> > 		c) bumped to the center column with added links and content with the
> > exclusive purpose of adding context for a US-wide 		audience
> > 	2) articles written by an editorial team specifically for US-IMC
> > 		a) these articles will be written collaboratively over an email 
> > list, in a
> > very similar fashion to global
> >
> > III.  additional criteria for center column:
> > 	1) center column features should be articles produced by local IMCs 
> > with
> > content relevant to the US-IMC readers
> > 	2) center column features should be original features compiled by the
> > US-IMC editorial team
> > 	3) there will be an emphasis on featuring articles produced by local 
> > IMCs
> > rather than by the US editorial group
> >
> >
> >
> > IV. process:
> > 	1) there will be a US-IMC editorial group that will communicate over 
> > an
> > email list.
> > 	2) this group will work out a more detailed policy regarding the 
> > promotion
> > of features to the center column from the featurewire as 	    needed.
> >
> > 	4) original articles produced by the US editorial group will follow a
> > similar process to global (proposal --> 6hrs without blocking --> 
> > publish -
> > this can be articulated in greater detail if people want)
> > 	5) the email list and the internal message boards in Mir will be used
> 
> > for
> > inter-group communication
> > 	6) the editorial group is open to anyone who is already working on a 
> > local
> > IMC in the US
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > Quoting Joshua Breitbart <breitbart at indymedia.org>:
> >
> >> "live" is such a relative term anyway. Does it mean when the 
> >> indymedia.us
> >> url is
> >> pointed to it? Or when we actually start promoting it?
> >>
> >> The site won't start getting much traffic until it has something more
> >> than an
> >> untouched syndication feed. We need at least to be able to provide 
> >> some
> >> context
> >> for the links, expand or reduce the abstracts, and correct typos.
> >>
> >> John - I'd like an account. But is there any editorial management at 
> >> all
> >> as its
> >> currently configured? Seems like the features wire just rolls along.
> >>
> >> I think it would be really incongruous to once in a while all of a 
> >> sudden
> >> have
> >> breaking news pop up on the site.
> >>
> >> My main concern is that the site be most useful with the least 
> >> possible
> >> effort.
> >> That means a constantly updated center column. For that, we should 
> >> allow
> >> for
> >> multiple ways to access the center column. The easiest way to do that
> 
> >> is
> >> simply
> >> to be able to bump up features from the wire and that will probably
> be
> >> the
> >> primary source of content. But we'd be making our lives more 
> >> difficult if
> >> we
> >> close off the option of being able to post features directly.
> >>
> >>
> >> Josh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting max <max at michiganimc.org>:
> >>
> >>  should we decide how the site is going to work before we start doing
> >> it?
> >>
> >>  max
> >>
> >>  ---
> >>
> >>
> >>  Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
> >>
> >>> one thing about setting up admin accounts:
> >>>
> >>> we should preface our admin name with what imc we come from, mine is
> >>> pdx_bht this is how global does it and is a good way to remember
> >> where
> >>> we
> >>> have accounts!
> >>>
> >>> also, I can set up accounts and run people through admin use as
> well!
> >>> bht
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> so, the syndication stuff seems to be working pretty well.
> >>>>
> >>>> do we want to point indymedia.us and us.indymedia.org at the
> >> current
> >>>> server?  i can turn on the breaking news stuff, and start handing
> >> out
> >>>> admin accounts to those who want one...there's a lot of features
> >>>> coming in, it would be good to get people to start watching and
> >>>> categorizing features(we need a set of topics first, obviously)
> >>>>
> >>>> john
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >> 7826
> >>>>
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