[IMC-US] Re: press work

[max]

is anybody interested in putting together a press list?  

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Quoting Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>:

> 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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