[IMC-US] a proposal

john duda john at manifestor.org
Tue Jul 27 21:40:33 CDT 2004 

when we draft these criteria, it might be nice to incorporate them
into the op-guidelines as well.

in other words, include a big disclaimer at the top of the publish
page that emphasizes the importance of local op(with maybe a list or a
dropdown menu of links to the local us imc's op pages). than say that
submissions to us-imc should be thought of as potential features,
i.e. should(these are just suggestions):

0) respect "standard" imc op guidelines
1) be of interest to the entire us
2) should not be reposts of articles published elsewhere
3) should be drawn primarily from independent media sources rather 
   than the mainstream press, and should be written (in html) with  
   links to these sources
4) should be primarily news-reports, that is, reports on events which are 
   taking place or will take place, rather than commentary.  indymedia
   is a mechanism for the distribution of information, not a political soapbox.

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On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 07:15:24PM -0700, max wrote:
> 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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