[IMC-US] all volunteer PROPOSAL

[Ryan Kaldari]

If I hear one more flame war on this subject I am unsubscribing from 
this list and every other global or US list. Please give it a rest.

Ryan, Tennessee IMC

On Jan 13, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Tribal Scribal wrote:

> "Various IMC's already have paid positions.."  Say what??
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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
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>> I propose that we declare ourselves an all-volunteer collective in
>> line with Houston's declaration...
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>> 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.
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>>  - New volunteers are encouraged to contribute more, and in the
>> directions they most value, when they see they others working for
>> free.
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>>  - When one person doesn't have enough time to do all the work, it
>> encourages taking turns, and workgroups implementing collective
>> processes.
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>>  - Payment creates hierarchies.
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>>  - 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).
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>>  - 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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