[IMC-US] Admin trainings - who wants one? and when?

[muna rva imc]

The basic administration tasks of the site are promoting, editing, and sometimes
creating features. In the past, this happens somewhat spuratically. Now, with
our resolved feature process, it should in theory happen every six hours.

This is would mean 4 times in a 24-hour day, one of the 29 people with admin
power needs to take 15 minutes to post a new feature and propose a new one to
the list (if someone hasn't made a proposal already).

These tasks are seriously a cinch. Often, they only take 5 minutes, if that.

There are several pages of step-by-step instructions on our wiki:
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUsAdminInterAction

But I know that that's not the best way to learn for many (myself included,
though it helps to have a cheat sheet).

Let's set up regular online admin trainings. US site volunteers are already
supposed to meet twice monthly online. How about we make one of those meetings
just always a tech training/assistance period?

Our next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 21 at 4pm Eastern (if I recall
correctly. Would that work for folks?

Regardless and in the meantime, people can always ask at least me for help with
stuff like this. Send me an email, look for me online
(http://chat.indymedia.org -- in the #indymedia and #us rooms), or give me a
call here in Richmond: 804.307.7612. Seriously. I'd love to help and I'm
charming on the phone ;). As long as we're both in front of computers, walking
someone through these tasks is a breeze.

Don't wait until your city's burning with indymedia news or when your feed is
down. Call me when you have a free moment so you'll know how to use the US site
when you do desperately need it.

X,
M.

Quoting Running Dog <bethemedia at alliedaccess.net>:

> hey all,
>    I'm pleading ignorance, but that hasn't stopped me before . . . . but
> maybe some of the load is heavy on others because folks like me don't know
> what to be doing or how to be doing it. I help with imc-us list admin stuff
> which takes maybe five minutes a day tops. But if someone could give me
> specific instructions on "the simple daily tasks" mentioned by muna, I'd be
> more than glad to pick up some slack.
> 
> jerry
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "baku lost" <baku at riseup.net>
> To: "muna rva imc" <muna at richmondindymedia.org>
> Cc: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>;
> <imc-us-editorial at lists.ucimc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Imc-us-editorial] Feature Process - propose, 6 hour wait,
> promote
> 
> 
> > this sounds reasonable to me.
> >
> > baku
> > atx imc
> >
> > muna rva imc 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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