[IMC-US] all volunteer PROPOSAL

[faith swords]

i just noticed this discussion in the digest i get.

speaking as one of the paid people at the UCIMC, i very much support the 
all-volunteer collective proposal.

the only scenario in which i would not support it is if there was no one 
who could volunteer to do the work, but i don't see this happening with 
this collective.

i am paid to do the book-keeping at the UCIMC. in any given week, i 
process between several hundred and several thousand dollars, and spend 
between 2 and 10 hours doing so (including paying out money to our 
sponsored projects). it's a pretty big job, and i would not be able to 
take the time off from my regular job to do it for free. also, i am a lot 
cheaper than a real accountant :). if i could afford to do the 
book-keeping for free, i would. but i can't.

my $.03...

--faith

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, bht wrote:

> i also think it is a good idea to adopt this somewhere in our articles.
>
> does anyone have a suggestion for consensing/voting/adopting this.
> bht
>
> ahhh! muna rva imc
>>
>> I fully support US IMC resolving to be an all-volunteer collective.
>> Richmond
>> Indymedia did this as soon as Houston posted their statement.
>>
>> X,
>> M.
>>
>> Quoting ana <ana at riseup.net>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 13, 2005, at 8:23 PM, nick wrote
>>>>
>>>> from a friend in NYC:
>>>> "The Indypendent is currently paying an ad manager and
>>>> an office manager. It should be clarified that this is
>>>> an Indy only thing, and not the policy of the NYC-IMC
>>>> as a whole."
>>>>
>>>
>>> hey all,
>>>
>>> a) clarification, i would say the paper gives someone a stipend to fill
>>> a role that is terribly described as office manager and we give a cut
>>> of ad revenue to anyone who goes out and finds ads.
>>>
>>> b) i doubt the nyc imc and the uc imc are the only ones in the network
>>> who do this sort of thing. i know seattle did it for a while. so did
>>> palestine and israel imcs. there are probably more i dont know about.
>>>
>>> c) i personally support the idea of the us-imc remaining an
>>> all-volunteer project.
>>>
>>> d) i agree we should avoid getting into this debate here. i know some
>>> people dont like the fact that some imcs do this. we have gone through
>>> this. the network will soon do a survey of some kind to see if there is
>>> a consensus to making it "illegal".
>>>
>>> peace
>>> ana
>>>
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