[IMC-US] Re: [Imc-us-editorial] Boycott Congrats, Process, Decision Making, IRC Meeting?

[john duda]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:26:14PM -0500, muna rva imc wrote:

> 
> As far as process, there is no process. In theory, we all trust each other to
> just post features as we individually feel they are needed. In reality, there
> are obviously problems with this, though there is the huge benefit of
> immediacy. Regardless, my own little personal process is to propose the story
> via email and get at least 2 folks saying "yes, go for it"... I also will show
> up in the #us room of chat.indymedia.org looking for agreement, advise, and
> help with tech/editing (which is usually much needed and very helpful, among
> being one of the few times I actually get to know at all many of the people I'm
> relatively anonymously working with).


this is basically what i try to do as well, especially if i'm not
entirely certain if people would support promoting the article.

one useful process point i'd like to suggest is that we not take down
old articles. (i believe the original taco bell feature was hidden
after the victory one went up).  i'd prefer to see old articles remain
around, as i think it provides a useful historical view on the events
we cover.

i'd also maybe like to see shorter start page specials (a couple of
lines or so), linking to longer features/topic pages, rather than big
startpage specials which float in and out of the top position.

but these are minor quibbles, really. overall, the folks who did the
indy.us coverage of the truth tour did a fantastic job.  here's hoping
indy.us can continue to facilitate such awesome media making.

and hot damn, the CIW won!

-john



> 
> This lack of process kinda speaks to bht's call for decision-making processes...
> To respond to that:
> 
> While I love the idea of individuals within affinity groups such as ours being
> trusted to act autonmously, I think there needs to discussion of when this is
> appropriate and when it might not be.
> 
> Plus, personally I feel like groups are stronger and stay together longer when
> they can act effectively both collectively and individually, thus collective
> decisions and processes are crucial for healthy organizing.
> 
> Also, there is the still very important concern that those ultimately posting
> features are currently still invariably those with the most technical ability
> and access to do so. One way to begin to address this is to have tech teach-ins
> for us. Times when everyone who just signed up for admin can meet someone online
> and get walked through the process. I know that's what happened (and worked
> well, I think, for me). bht put a call out for docs with these tech
> processes... I'm sorry, I haven't had time to check on the status of that. Has
> this been started? 
> 
> I remember hearing that there was going to be a US-IMC chat meeting... I'm
> thinking Emily proposed it be on March 11 at 10pm Eastern. Is that correct at
> all? Or am I totally getting this date and time wrong? Did I just miss it? I
> hope not...
> 
> If my brain has completely turned to mush and the meeting's on for this
> Saturday, can people make it? I fly out to Guatemala early the next morning,
> but I'll be there with binary bells on if people are up for it.
> 
> By the way, Happy International Women's Day! The imc-women's list is full of
> good (and some bad) news. I'm running off to Richmond's events right now.
> 
> X,
> M.
> 
> Quoting erock at riseup.net:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > so the boycott is victorious, atx imc is the first news outlet in the world
> > to
> > break with it. its our current feature in austin. i hid the existing article
> > on
> > the us feature wire, and posted a new feature with the big announcement. the
> > problem is that the us page hasnt refreshed all day - something i tried to
> > do
> > this morning when i posted our new videos. any ideas why?
> > 
> > also, the article on the feature was hidden the other day, but it looked
> > like
> > and accident, but i just wanted to clarify.
> > 
> > also, is there any sort of process for features???? im new to this list so i
> > hope i didnt step on any toes promoting the story unilaterally... if folks
> > feel
> > that its too long feel free to trim the feature article up...
> > 
> > peace
> > 
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