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

[bht]

ugh.  i wish there were someone around to talk me out of sending a 
message!  haha.  anyway. 

so, the six hour wait is also the global imc standard.  originally we 
wanted to not fall into that line, because it didnt work so hot for 
global.  global is notorious for being managed by one to three people at 
any given time.  even though there are probably 40 or so accounts to it.

the original agreement was that us imc volunteers would be able to 
promote any local syndicated feature.  any features that were not local 
features would need to be parsed with the six hour rule.

the idea was that if a local collective deemed a story feature worthy 
then that should be trusted.  i think the idea of, as tarik put it, 
"ONLY our best local stories", is something that will continue to rile.  
That is because this is interpretive, the stories that I would think are 
the best local ones from portland tend to also be the least journalistic 
and styled, hence what most others would consider the "worst."  This is 
because we have opposite ideas of what indymedia is and the local sites 
have different intentions.

anyway.  luckily i have lost the desire to cintinue this mail.  
indymedia.us has never had a driving focus and we have never had any 
strong untiy for what the site is meant for.  right now, that is being 
hashed out and from where i see it, it is coming to be something similar 
to global.  and thats fine.

on this matter of a six hour wait period, i will stand aside and leave 
the discretion of the site to those that are currently working on it.
bht
portland imc volunteer

Tarik Abdelazim wrote:

>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:
>  
>