[Imc-newsroom] update web front page

[Paul Riismandel]

I completely agree with Mike here.  The people working on the website right 
now are somewhat self-selected, but work with the implicit permission of 
the group.  That's fine for now with a small trusting group.  As things 
grow, the permission needs to be more explicit, even if the folks doing the 
work are self-selected by their willingness to do it.

The day someone who thought s/he had permission does something that the 
group doesn't like, we'll wish we had.

All I ask is that we work towards explicit guidelines and explicit delegation.

--Paul

At 07:03 PM 1/23/2001 -0600, Mike Lehman wrote:
>Danielle,
>I believe the four of you that have built the site are all
>well-qualified to handle the task of editing the center of the page.
>Plus you all have my full trust to do so.
>
>I would still suggest that some sort of process be set up so people are
>clear about how to go about submitting stories to go there. This might
>be where some of the discussion of criteria might be useful as a guide
>in this process. There should also be some thought given to the process
>of replacing anyone who wishes to move on from doing this, so that
>people have faith in the process involved in choosing what goes in the
>center.
>
>With this being our most public face, I think this is one area where we
>need to consider the wider goals and desires of the group carefully in
>the decision making process of what goes there. Paul's comments about
>having this process defined at some point are well-taken to avoid
>controversy and hurt feelings.
>Mike
>
>Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> >
> > paulr, zachm, mollys, and daniellec i think are the only ones who have put
> > work into the design and programming of the site.  i think that crew --
> > since they've done the work -- should make the decisions.
> >
> > -- danielle
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Paul Riismandel wrote:
> >
> > > I agree.  For all intents and purposes I have been delegated front page
> > > updates so far.  I would like to see some sort of guidance given to 
> whoever
> > > gets this duty, since it has some potential to be controversial -- I
> > > believe it has been controversial at the main site.  It's crazy to 
> have to
> > > have too many people sign off on it, but a small collective (max 3-4
> > > people?) insures greater accountability.
> > >
> > > --Paul
> > >
> > > At 12:18 PM 1/23/01 -0600, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> > > >personally, i think we should give this decision to our web guru's.  i
> > > >would like to see the webpage updated immediately, and i think that
> > > >maintaining an up-to-date front page necessitates that one person (or a
> > > >small group) be given the responsibility for doing so.
> > > >
> > > >also, our main page needs to have both our phone number and our hours.
> > > >
> > > >--sascha
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Paul Riismandel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'd like to do an update to the center of the front page 
> featuring our J20
> > > > > coverage, Dave Johnson coverage and the Open House.  Though I doubt
> > > > this is
> > > > > controversial, I think that the selection of the Center feature 
> should
> > > > be a
> > > > > collective "news" decision until we're more organized and perhaps 
> have
> > > > some
> > > > > sort of "editorial collective" that decides what to feature.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, anyone object to posting these as Center features?  Like on 
> the main
> > > > > Indymedia site, the features will primarily be links to the articles
> > > > > already done.
>
>
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