[IMC-US] has everyone just gone up and left?

[max]

I also think we should have another meeting.  we didn't even really finish the
last one, and then the whole election thing happened...I think now we be a good
time to have another meeting and talk about this stuff.

max


Quoting inner_alchemy at SAFe-mail.net:

> hey all:
>
> > So, now that we have this "us.indymedia" site, and we have a roughshop way
> > of using it, I think there are af ew steps we need to take to keep it
> > working.
> >
>   If you have any bit of tech knowledge of rss feeds and the
> > like, and you have a bit of time that you could set aside for outreach,
> > perhaps you can contact local imcs that are having trouble with
> > syndication and get them syndicated.  why do we need at least one person
> > from each local?   so if we had at least one person from each
> > local, then they could update their posts as necessary.
>
> I don't have any rss knowledge, but i would be willing to put together a
> rough draft of a message for the imc's that don't take an active
> role/features aren't getting syndicated and send it to their general lists...
> the message could remind peeps that us-imc was there, give them a tech email
> to contact if they are having trouble with their rss feeds, and they could
> contact another email if they want to learn more about adding their own
> syndicated features.  it appears the cities with features getting syndicated
> are the following, so i would want to check out to see who isn't and be sure
> to contact them...
> * Michigan * DC * Boston * San Diego * Minneapolis *
> * New York City * new Orleans * Arkasas * Hudson Mohawk *
> * Portland * LA * Houston * Chicago * Tennessee *
> * Santa Cruz * Pittsburgh * Madison *  Baltimore
> * SF Bay (aka Indybay) *  St. Louis * Tennessee
> * Urbana-Champaign * Western Mass
> (ps, this is in addition to bradley's list of who's on the ed-list!)
>
> > 2.  we should try to focus our feature making so it is less broad,
> > especially from imcs that are making the same features and then they dump
> > on the syndicated wire with a bunch of the basic same feature.  that looks
> > bad, i think.  perhaps we can focus more on regional/local stuff to our
> > respective indymedia.  I know that is tough and not something tha tis
> > entirely likely.  but perhaps mostly just making sure that what is being
> > featured isnt some article that is spammed to every local imc on the
> > network.
>
> i agree, but that takes more local imc work...
>
>
> > 3.  i would like to see more people actively promoting articles,
> > especially articles that dont originate from your local imc.  it would be
> > nice to see a new promoted article each day and try to vary the imc it
> > comes from.
>
> i am scared to promote an article b'c i'm still sure what would qualify being
> promoted and what wouldn't.  there apears to be differences in what people
> think we should feature and what we shouldn't. maybe this could be a topic in
> a us-imc meeting soon?
>
>
> > I am unsure of how much sense this all makes, but now that we have this
> > figurhead of an imc that is a network of many local us imcs, we should
> > also start to think about working in a networked fashion.
>
> bht: whatcha mean, "working i a networked fashion"?  what idea/example do you
> have? (so i can get a visual)
>
> SIDENOTE:  what can us-imc do to assist atlanta this weekend?  they need
> assistance, what can peeps do that are there?  what can peeps do who are
> still at home? (ie. radio interviews, special articles, etc)
>
> SIDENOTE: we should begin thinking about dc and january 20th and how we want
> to do that.
>
> "heart" - betsy :)
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>
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