[IMC-US] Indymedia.us, Press Release and Features from the OP Wire

[Sascha Meinrath]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, max wrote:

> so is everyone cool with that press release?  we should get a kick-ass 
> press list together and empower a few people to answer queries from the 
> press. also there should be a few quotes in there.

I like the release -- a few quotes should definitely be added...  things 
like:

"The IMC-US has been organized by a dedicated group of Indymedia techies 
and volunteers over a two-year period to provide news reporting and 
analysis of topics of national impact.  Linking together on-the-ground 
reports from dozens of IMC's, the IMC-US is a venue for 'connecting the 
dots.' At a time of unprecented curtailing of our civil rights, increasing 
economic injustice, and a rhetoric of permanent war, the IMC-US is a 
critically important venue for the passionate tellings of truth."

> we should also decide on an editorial policy.  I think there was an 
> informal consensus on this:  http://indymedia.us//en/2004/08/673.shtml 
> but feel free to correct me.  if there was not yet consensus I would say 
> give it 48 hrs to bring up any problems or make suggestions before it 
> becomes adopted as a working policy.

A 48-hour deadline sounds like a plan.

> were we going to do another round of outreach to other IMCs?  I can't 
> really tell which IMCs are involved and which ones are not involved (and 
> for what reasons if that's the case) but it would probably be good to 
> send another blast to US IMCs letting them know we're getting ready to 
> give live and the URL for the list to join up.

Yes, we should definitely send another invite to all US-based IMCs.

> if people on this list need editorial access, speak up.  also if people 
> need help using mir.
>
> also- please hang out in #us on IRC; it's pretty lonely right now. 
> it's only me and bht sometimes.

i've been on there a bit.  will get on again momentarily.

--Sascha

> Quoting bradley at riseup.net:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> John, I now see how it could have been done before, and thanks for
>> making
>> a nice big button for promoting posts from the OP wire!
>>
>> When I go to Indymedia.us, the ((i)) and banner are not showing up, but
>> they both show up when I go to us.indymedia.org
>>
>> Our first press release says to go to http://us.indymedia.org and the
>> 'About Us' talks about http://indymedia.us
>>
>> Are we ok with giving people two different URLs for the same site?
>> I'm fine with it, assuming both URLs do the same thing. However, i bet
>> it
>> will confuse some people.
>>
>> And last thing for now...
>>
>> I posted "U.S. Indymedia goes live" on the US-IMC wiki:
>> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUs
>>
>> I added that there are more than 164 IMCs and added contact info:
>> imc-us at ucimc.org
>>
>> sincerely,
>> Bradley
>> santa cruz
>>
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