[IMC-US] u.s. indymedia caucus, AMC:

[bht]

one of the roadblocks that was faced at some time was "what to call this
particular imc" and, while I shouldve brought it up at the amc, it just
occured to me now.

the native americans referred to america as "turtle island".  While it is
comfusing to call it turtle island imc, that could be gotten around and it
is a good way to alleviate the concerns of validating the united states.

in the banner, it could say "turtle island imc" and below it faded could
say something like "a syndication site for united states imc's"

Furthermore, I personally feel that the newswire should be syndication
only, when people push the "publish" button it should take them to a page
with local imcs and have a note for them to pich the closest imc to them
geographically.

As far as an editorial team and feature writers, I think that should be
very organic.  Many local imc's currently have in place an editorial team
that writes features for their local and just making them features on
turtle island imc saves work time and promotes local work.  But, there
will still be times when it would be good to collaborate and make specific
features so I wouldnt want to make any policy saying one way or the other.

I think that is all I have for now.
bht
portland