[IMC-US] introduction

[john duda]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 08:27:47PM -0700, Quill wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I'm quill, in Portland. I've worked with portland imc
> since it's inception in sept 2000, have a basic grasp
> & a couple years experience of working in mir, and
> lately I've been expressing interest in working on
> imc-us to bht. 

Welcome Quill!  

> 
> So today BHT gave me a password and I am able to work
> in mir already, so I'll hopefully be an asset... I
> understand you all have a process that involves
> notifying the list 6 hours in advance of a feature
> going up, is that correct?

That's correct...

> 
> And are there other processes I need to be aware of,
> or some other list I should be on to be up to speed
> with what's going on with this working group?

there's imc-us (general discussion), imc-us-editorial(writing/promoting features), and imc-us-tech, all on lists.ucimc.org

The other thing we do, with some degree of success, is to categorize
articles.  For example, we are trying now to mark all the katrina
articles so they show up on katrina.indymedia.us

> 
> Do you all have regular irc chats, or are they just
> set up sporadically as needed?

twice a month, as outlined here:

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUsFutureMeetings

> 
> ~quill
> 
> 
> 
> --- bradley at riseup.net wrote:
> 
> > hey everyone,
> > 
> > Sorry for the late notice.
> > 
> > Blank and I thought it would be a good idea to have
> > a meeting on 
> > Thursday for people to talk who are headed to
> > Houston or other points 
> > south to talk about indymedia coordination.
> > 
> > meeting in #texas on thursday (9/8) at 11 a.m. PST
> > -- 2 EST
> > 
> > to figure out who is headed to houston, dallas, new
> > orleans, etc...
> > 
> >  and exchagne ideas, etc....
> > 
> > irc.indymedia.org
> > #texas
> > 
> > sincerely,
> > Bradley
> > _______________________________________________
> > IMC-US mailing list
> > IMC-US at lists.ucimc.org
> > http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-us
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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