[IMC-US-tech] RE: [IMC-US] Re: Acorn Active Media Worker Collective Offer: (Sascha Meinrath)

[Tribal Scribal]

Pro Bono? We ALL work pro bono and without much in the way of permanent 
acknowledgement. The strings attached to the offer make this volunteer feel 
a bit uncomfortable. Would the Acorn collective reconsider doing it in the 
spirit of solidarity w/o such incentives? I hope so.

d.o.



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>From: "Brian Szymanski" <bks10 at cornell.edu>
>To: imc-us at lists.cu.groogroo.com, imc-us-tech at lists.cu.groogroo.com
>Subject: [IMC-US] Re: Acorn Active Media Worker Collective Offer: (Sascha 
>Meinrath)
>Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:25:06 -0500 (EST)
>
>From: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
> > The Acorn Active Media worker collective has offered to partner with the
> > IMC-US Tech group to help launch the IMC-US website.  Acorn Active Media
> > is willing to do this work Pro Bono in return for acknowledgement of its
> > aid -- a feature story for the first two weeks after the site goes live,
> > and a permanent small acknowledgement at the bottom of the left-hand
> > column. The IMC-US Tech group actively supports this proposal and feels
> > that this is a good way to proceed with the project.  Unless there are 
>any
> > major objections, we will start partnering immediately.
>
>Please, no.
>
>I realize I have no official voice in this group, but I feel quite
>strongly that trading feature status for any sort of money or work is the
>exact antithesis of what indymedia stands for. Furthermore, a permanent
>link of sorts on the page that is any bigger than the "this software made
>manifest by dadaimc/sf-active/etc" (which serves a useful purpose) is very
>troublesome to me as well.
>
>I realize that this Acorn group is probably quite awesome, but making
>exceptions is a slippery slope.
>
>There are other ways to get the site up, like, say reaching out to imc's
>in the us and asking for tech help :-)
>
>Peace & solidarity,
>Brian Szymanski
>ski at indymedia.org
>bks10 at cornell.edu
>
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