[IMC-US] Re: process for features and the future

[bht]

hi ana.  i just want to stress as i did with someone else earlier, i dont
think it is a good idea to edit the syndicated features, even adding stuff
to them.  you would have to make a new article.

this is especially true in the case of pdx imc features, as we cant even
ask the author of a feature if it is up to be added to or edited.  or
features are simply regular posts from the newswire that have been
promoted.

i think what deva was saying is to add links to the features you make on
your local imc as portland often does.  this offers plenty of background
and keeps everything together.

again, i hope that makes sense,
bht

ahhh! Ana Nogueira
>
> I second the idea of letting things flow until we can feel each other out
> and develop our own organic process. But I don¹t think its too much
> trouble
> to shoot an email out saying that a feature is about to be promoted.
>
> I think that step can also help a lot towards the goal of having features
> link to multiple imc's as much as possible, as there will be opportunity
> to
> for others to suggest what else to link to.
>
> It is faster and easier to simply promote one imc's feature to the center
> column, and often very relevant and great. But a tad more work could make
> the center column really more than a repeat of the feature wire: write up
> a
> paragraph that summerizes an issue and within it link to various features
> and different articles on the issue from multiple imcs. Ill aim to do that
> myself, but over the next couple of days, there may be so many stories we
> just promote away.
>
> Anyway, a great first day, and thanks to everyone that finally made this
> happen!!! the site looks fabulous.
>
> ana
>
> On 11/1/04 11:12 PM, "bht" <bht at indymedia.org> wrote:
>
>> so, my take on this is:
>>
>> I think that features that are not syndicated from local imcs should
>> have
>> no process.  if it is a good feature and relevant the entire us and
>> meets
>> the criteria proposed in the ed. policy, then promote away.
>>
>> for non-syndicated features, there should be some kind of process.
>> however, i do not want to just slide into the tried and true way that
>> global uses.  there exist many problems in that system.
>>
>> i think that for starting, it might be better to just have people post
>> non-syndicated features to this list, and add them to the site.  this
>> way
>> people know what is being featured, and we can see the tendencies that
>> people go toward.
>>
>> as far as how fast the wires are moving, i dont find it a problem at
>> all.
>> there is alot of stuff happening.  and alot of stuff that should be
>> promoted and featured.
>>
>> i would say that the best idea is to suffer through the first few weeks
>> with little process and let process develop organically as needed
>> instead
>> of starting with an arbitrary process and sticking to it.
>>
>> the actions that we take are all meant in the right direction.  i am
>> sure
>> there is a common vision here and we might, one day, be able to trust
>> each
>> other enough to feel comfortable not always knowing what will happen
>> next.
>> if we fuck up the site one day or miscommunicate something, it isnt the
>> end of the world, these things can be fixed and we can come to mutual
>> understandings.
>>
>> ultimately i guess my feeling is that the energy is more importnat than
>> the process, and right now we have good positive energy.  adding process
>> to that is a sap of energy and i would rather not sacrifice this energy.
>>
>> i hope that all makes sense.  and i look forward to working with you all
>> in the next couple of days and beyond.  we have a small part in changing
>> this fucked up world.  lets work well together while accomplishing that!
>>
>> solidarity
>> bht
>
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