[IMC-US] Roll Call / welcome Matt!

[bradley at riseup.net]

hey Matt!

welcome to the 'affinity group' list for Indymedia.us

Great to have you here!

I like your ideas about attention grabbing graphics for features. I 
agree with you in regards to articles from the corporate press.
And, (gender and bio) diversity is definately worth fighting for!

please do feel free to start wandering through the admin interface.

you can often find people in IRC, #us

ok, see you in twenty minutes!

sincerely,
Bradley

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Matt Fitt wrote:

> Hey there, y’all.
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> I got added to the list several days ago and I’m finally getting 
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> 1.  Your working name/nickname:  Matt Fitt / Matt (creative, huh?)
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> 2.  Your email address: fotomatt at cruzio.com <mailto:fotomatt at cruzio.com>
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> 3.  Which imc you volunteer with: Santa Cruz (previously, sfbay/indybay)
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> 4.  What do you want to see happen, do you want to do, how much do you 
> want to participate, or any other comments/suggestions!
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> I want to see imc-us (and other IMCs) create and maintain timely 
> radical news content that raises awareness, builds solidarity, and 
> inspires further action.  For myself, my focus is on photos/graphics. 
> (www.mattfitt.com <http://www.mattfitt.com/>)  Wherever possible, I’d 
> like to see each feature contain (one or more) strong, 
> attention-grabbing pix. This means ensuring that the front-page 
> thumbnails are properly edited to (usually) be saturated (or b&w), 
> high-contrast images that tell their story immediately.  I’d be 
> willing to do some of this, and happier to train more/other people how 
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> Also, I’d love it if we could ensure that Otherpress reposts do NOT 
> get syndicated to the US page. This afternoon, I noticed this type of 
> article from both San Diego and San Francisco and I’m sure it probably 
> happens with other sites, too. And it is an ongoing issue that I feel 
> needs to be fixed. Essentially, why are local sites making features 
> out of corporate reposts? Having a place for them is one thing, but 
> having them wind up on the national feed is quite another.
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> Also, I think we should (always) place more effort on getting more 
> women involved on this site and in indymedia, generally. We should try 
> to rectify the ongoing gender imbalance (among numerous other related 
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> 5.  Do you want/have admin access to us.indymedia.org?
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> Bradley set me up the other night, but I haven’t really done much with 
> it, yet. Didn’t seem right to go wandering in without first getting to 
> know folks a bit.
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> In solidarity,
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> Matt Fitt, santa cruz
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> At the threshold of the third millennium, liberation strategies have 
> to ensure that human freedom is not gained at the cost of other 
> species, that freedom for one race or gender is not based on increased 
> subjugation of other races and genders. In each of these strivings for 
> freedom, the challenge is to include the Other.
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> -- Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest, p74 (South End Press, 2000)
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