[IMC-US] Re: re-invigoration

[Chris Anderson]

This is somewhat of a tangential reply to bht ... but
I do feel that the IMC-US site will really pick up (a
lot) after the Indy conference in February. Not that
anyone should "wait" to work on the site til then ...
but as a halfhearted tech-enthusiast, I often find
that internet projects never really get rolling until
there are in person meetings to give them a kick. 

A few researchers have accumulated  a lot of evidence
of this; internet communities are possible, but not
without occasional real-world interaction, especially
at the begining.  It seems to me that this is
especially true of imc-us ... it has taken in person
meetings every time the site was ready to jump to the
next level. But the good news is that once the next
level is reached it usually can keep up at that level
til the next meeting. 

I think its important that more people become involved
in admining the imc-us site, speaking as someone who
doesn't :) Bht is right, this project needs more
participation to grow. As of now, the newswire is
incredible, the center column, less so.

Finally, an excellent job done by all imcs in
inauguration coverage, from someone who (finally!) got
to be an imc news consumer rather than participant /
facilitator. Especially by Portland- i had on pdx
radio for a good part of thursday. y'all rock.

peace,
chris
 
--- bht <bht at indymedia.org> wrote:

> so, i personally feel that admin accounts that arent
> used are a point of
> vulnerability to a site.  especially to an imc site.
>  since many of the
> admins dont keep in touch once they stop doing admin
> work, and because the
> administration aspect of the site should be for
> volunteers actually doing
> work, i generally disable an account after a month
> or two of not logging
> in.
> 
> i was about to do that, but i noticed that would
> leave four admins.  and
> it isnt very transparent.  so, i am going to this
> with a bit of
> transparency :-)
> 
> currently the people that havent logged in and
> therefore havent done admin
> work in the last two months=
> 
> comfrey_pdx
> mi_emily
> pdx-deva
> pdx-juggo
> pdx-sunflower
> sfbay_janky
> sfbay_mark
> tn_kaldari
> uc_sascha
> nyc_josh
> 
> the admins that have logged in and done something in
> the last two weeks
> include:
> 
> wmass_tribal
> sc_bradley
> pdx_bht
> nyc_ana
> muna_rva
> john
> 
> there are a few others that have logged in in the
> last month but not
> within the last two weeks.  so, i would like to
> disable the accounts that
> havent logged in this year.  and then, if those
> admins would like to
> reactivate their account, they just need to ask.
> 
> how do people feel about this?  i dont feel good
> about it.  that is why i
> am bringing it up.  i dont want vulnerabilities, but
> i want to encourage
> people to do something with the site.  is there a
> reason folks arent
> involved?
> 
> after the inauguration i realized i am doing too
> much work.  i spent 14
> hours on the web radio and worked updating the pdx
> site, the indy.us site,
> and the indy.org site.  i dont think something is
> working when one person
> takes on so many tasks.  so i am going to kind of
> withdraw from indy.us. 
> i want to see it work, and i want to work on it, but
> it comes off
> totalitarian and fascist and all those other shitty
> things when someone
> does too much and without any interaction with other
> folks.
> 
> does anyone want to comment on this?  i have alot of
> feelings about this
> stuff, indymedia is what i enjoy doing and i want to
> see a strong network
> and i want things to be a community effort.  i dont
> see that thread of
> thought coursing through.  maybe i am just wrong
> about the idea of
> indymedia.  but i wont get into it all here, most of
> you obviously have no
> desire or care to listen to this shit.
> 
> so.  if you want to talk more, feel free to email
> me, the list, or call. 
> i am tired.
> bht
> portland indymedia volunteer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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