[IMC-US] m19 coverage

[bht]

max, these are great questions and as with any organization that plans 
to organize collectively, it is something that should have been talked 
about collectivley.  I remeber distinctly sending out at least two mails 
specifically about m19 that got one response, from john.

you ask what sort of participation i envision, and it isnt any 
particular kind of participation, this isnt about me and what i want.  
this is about how this 'affinty group' will envision itself.  as long as 
there is participation and input, i would be willing to let it flow in 
whatever direction it tends to go. 

what i had hoped to see was at least one new person to ask how they 
could help with this.

you also say this is an amorphous project and it is hard to jump in.  
that is so true.  and just as we discussed in austin, it is important to 
try to define some of those hings to make it easier. 

i guess, my main question, is whether or not folks want to be part of 
this in the capacity that they would actually do something with the 
site.  this is probably the fifth time i have asked this question.  my 
impetus for this is because i dont really want to be doing it anymore, 
but because i helped get it to where it is now and i do hold a bit of 
knowledge for how to use the site, i want to remain on board long enough 
to teach a few other folks to do stuff with the site as well.

unless the site as it is isnt what it should be.  would it be better to 
just have a pure syndication site that wouldnt really need any 
attention?  right now, i think so.  luckily, when creating this, the 
folks involved creating a never ending circle.  it will be very hard to 
follow consensus and make decisions right now about what to do with the 
site or how to make decisions.  and, of course, i use that luckily in an 
entirely jhoking fashion.

end communication.
bht

max wrote:

>what sort of participation did you envision? what did you hope to see? maybe
>folks aren't interested in putting in lots of energy covering mass
>mobilizations these days and would rather focus on covering more local and
>sustained efforts towards social justice etc. (I would probably fall into this
>category).  this is an amorphous project with vague (if any) policies and for
>that reason difficult for some people to just 'jump in' and get involved. were
>there IRC meetings during the day? were those announced on this list? does
>everyone know how to use IRC? was there a team putting together that breaking
>news? how did that happen? how do you compile breaking news from around the
>country/world? etc etc.
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>max
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>Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:
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