[IMC-US] Feature Process - propose, 6 hour wait, promote

[Tarik Abdelazim]

I agree with Muna. And I'd jump at his invite to
promote a story from Binghamton--"City Council passes
Troop Withdrawal resolution," particularly since we're
the FIRST city in New York State to do so.

BUT...a videographer is working to upload some video
footage of the debates, and I'd rather wait until we
have that included. 

Peace,
tarik
bing-imc

PS. So long as we all used discretion, and promoted
ONLY our best local stories, then I think Muna's
prediction of a better national site would be
fulfilled. 

--- muna rva imc <muna at richmondindymedia.org> wrote:

> 
> Pete, 6 hours between stories is a very reasonable
> time frame that if anything
> should speed up the process for features, as we're
> certainly not running new
> features every 6 hours (anyone want to please take
> the time to look at what's
> on our wire and propose something right now?)
> 
> If you want stories to go up faster, then the last
> thing you'll want to do is
> disallow folks from promoting features from their
> own IMC. In practice, this is
> by and large precisely when any of our US admins
> will kick into gear. Notice,
> for instance, your own participation.
> 
> While it's a great idea that I'd personally love to
> see happen, it's
> unreasonable at this time and incompatible with your
> other goal.
> 
> Hell, if we could just get everyone to simply at
> least take responsibility for
> posting their own local's features, the site would
> be running a whole lot more
> smoothly and consistently.
> 
> X,
> M.
> 
> Quoting Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > Dang, this solves the problem alright but impairs
> our
> > ability to respond quickly to stories.  One thing
> > Indymedia has been a little too slack on is the
> > unfortunate reality othe news cycle...
> > 
> > If this ever comes up again I'd like to register a
> > vote for the other alternative- folks cannot
> promote
> > from their own IMC's- they have to suggest and
> then
> > others can put up.  
> > 
> > -Pete 
> > 
> > 
> > --- muna rva imc <muna at richmondindymedia.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > In this meeting, those present agreed to return
> to a
> > > feature process that
> > > involves:
> > > 
> > > 1. PROPOSE the feature to the editorial list
> > > 2. WAIT 6 hours to hear agreement/disagreement
> > > 3. PROMOTE if there are no blocks within that
> time
> > > 
> > > This process importantly relies upon waiting to
> hear
> > > blocks, rather than
> > > seconds. As in practice it seems people who have
> no
> > > problem with a piece going
> > > up often don't take time to email an agreeing,
> while
> > > blocks tend come pretty
> > > quickly.
> > > 
> > > Also of note: Last time I counted, there are 29
> > > folks with active admin accounts
> > > for the site. There has got to be a way to divy
> out
> > > responsibility for the page
> > > so that the simple daily tasks are lightened out
> > > across the load of more than
> > > two dozen people.
> > > 
> > > X,
> > > M.
> > > 
> > > Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
> > > 
> > > > apparently the notes are here:  
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUsMeeting2005August2Log
> > > > 
> > > > bht
> > > >
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