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

[bht]

i am currently working on documents on how to interface with mir.  i am 
basing it off of us imc mir.  i am explaining what most everything 
does.  however, i may just move on how to make a new article and how to 
make them show up in the syndicated feature wire or the promoted feature 
wire, or wherever.  i think that is most importnat, so i will move on 
that soon enough.

okay bye,
bht

john duda wrote:

>On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:26:14PM -0500, muna rva imc wrote:
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>>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).
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>this is basically what i try to do as well, especially if i'm not
>entirely certain if people would support promoting the article.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>and hot damn, the CIW won!
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>-john
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>>This lack of process kinda speaks to bht's call for decision-making processes...
>>To respond to that:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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? 
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>>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...
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>X,
>>M.
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>>Quoting erock at riseup.net:
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>>>so the boycott is victorious, atx imc is the first news outlet in the world
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>>>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?
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>>>also, the article on the feature was hidden the other day, but it looked
>>>like
>>>and accident, but i just wanted to clarify.
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>>>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...
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>>>peace
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