[Imc-web] in search of web consultant

[dporreca at insightbb.com]

Mike,

Thanks for your quick reply. If it's not too inconvenient for you, I  
would definitely appreciate your stopping by at Cafe Kopi on Friday.  
At this point the students are formulating a timetable for designing  
the online Gargoyle. We hope to get it up and running by the  
beginning of the school year in late August. I'm sure you could give  
us a reality check if we're being too ambitious, etc.

We should be easy to recognize. Just look for a boring old guy (me)  
conspicuously out of place with a bunch of teenagers. :)

Thanks again.

Dave Porreca




On Jul 7, 2005, at 1:05 AM, Mike Lehman wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> I don't believe anyone else has responded to your email yet, so I  
> will.
>
> I am one of the IMC website editors, but I've been around from the  
> beginning, so I can probably answer most questions about our  
> website that aren't too technical. I can certainly answer general  
> questions about how Indymedia reflects a diversity of viewpoints,  
> tactics, and opinions about electronic media.
>
> Our own Web group is just getting back on its feet right now.  
> Perhaps someone more technically oriented is what you're seeking.  
> They may volunteer and be more suitable than I am for that. In any  
> case, I would be available to speak with you Friday at 6pm, if no  
> one else turns out to be available from the IMC.
> Mike Lehman
> UC IMC
>
> dporreca at insightbb.com wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm Dave Porreca, an IMC member and journalism teacher/newspaper   
>> adviser at University Laboratory High School in Urbana. This  
>> summer  my students are going to design an online version of our  
>> print  newspaper, the Gargoyle.
>> My students and I agree that we want to do more than simply post  
>> our  print content online. We're excited about the concept of open- 
>> source  journalism as discussed in Dan Gillmor's "We the Media"  
>> and  elsewhere. We have dailykos.com, ohmynews.com, and your own  
>> site in  mind as models of the sort of online community we'd like  
>> to create.
>> I'm writing you because I'm not a Web designer and have no  
>> experience  in setting up a content management system such as  
>> Mambo, PostNuke or  Scoop. Even though several of my students have  
>> considerable expertise  in this area, I think it would be valuable  
>> for us to have an outside  consultant with whom we could discuss  
>> our ideas and who could give us  occasional technical advice.
>> Basically, I'm asking if there is anyone at IMC who would be   
>> interested in serving as a consultant to our online "startup."  
>> This  wouldn't require much in the way of a time commitment. Much  
>> of the  communication would probably be done via e-mail. If you're  
>> familiar  with Uni High students, you know they're amazingly  
>> bright. They learn  quickly, so you wouldn't be asked to do any  
>> hand-holding.
>> Several student editors and I will meet at Cafe Kopi this Friday  
>> at 6  p.m. You're welcome to join us. In fact, it would be great  
>> if someone  from IMC dropped by. I've long wanted Uni High's  
>> journalism program  to develop a working relationship with IMC. Of  
>> course, the  refreshments are on me.
>> If someone could reply to this one way or another, I'd really   
>> appreciate it.
>> Thanks.
>> Dave Porreca
>> Uni High
>> 244-8578
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