[IMC-US] all volunteer PROPOSAL

[Tribal Scribal]

"Various IMC's already have paid positions.."  Say what??

d.o.



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>From: nick <sarsnic at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: nick <sarsnic at gmail.com>,"Working Group for IMC-US." 
><imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>Subject: [IMC-US] all volunteer PROPOSAL
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:31:23 -0600
>
>I propose that we declare ourselves an all-volunteer collective in
>line with Houston's declaration...
>
>http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/33558.php
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>Various IMC's already have paid positions and we are not undertaking
>to block this, or to make the Principles of Unity more strict. But we
>hope that consensually, many other collectives around the world will
>join us.
>
>  - New volunteers are encouraged to contribute more, and in the
>directions they most value, when they see they others working for
>free.
>
>  - When one person doesn't have enough time to do all the work, it
>encourages taking turns, and workgroups implementing collective
>processes.
>
>  - Payment creates hierarchies.
>
>  - Without clear boundaries, IMC's can morph into typical NGOs (at
>first, collectives might pay those selling ads, then office managers,
>and eventually editors and journalists).
>
>  - In keeping with the original purpose and roots of IMC, HIMC looks
>to the Zapatista model of resistance, in which teachers, members of
>the good government committees, and even doctors are not paid, but
>must organize money for food outside of their activism.
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>Peace,
>Nick
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