[Imc-web] request for feature status on IMC home page

[Randall Cotton]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lehman" <rebelmike at earthlink.net>
To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>; <imc-web at ucimc.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Imc-web] request for feature status on IMC home page


: Hi Randall,
: The article does have a number of qualities that make it a viable
: feature. As both a news organization and a 501c3, I think we have wide
: latitude to publish the news as we see fit.
:
: The problem I see is in publishing as a feature something quite
: literally called a "call to action." As you know, this is what triggers
: various issues if you're a community or public broadcaster, although I'm
: certain we can't really draw an exact analogy here, nor should we.

Well, the prohibition against "calls to action" is from FCC regulations and
pertains only to commercial underwriting announcements on non-commercial
broadcast stations (see http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/nature.html ), so I'm not
sure there's much of an analogy there.

: However, I think I'd prefer to stay in the safe grey area here and make
: it a feature if we can somehow come up with a different title less
: likely to cause future problems. I'm not a lawyer, but I would prefer
: not to make a Feature of something which someone with an ax to grind
: could make an issue over.

If you're still concerned, feel free to omit the words "URGENT call to action!"
from the title. How about that?

Thanks
R



: Mike Lehman
:
: Randall Cotton wrote:
: > Hi,
: >
: > I don't know what the procedure is (if any) to request "feature" status, but
for
: > what it's worth, I'm requesting it for the post I just made to the IMC web
site
: > regarding breaking news and a subsequent call to action on the efforts to
gain a
: > new Public Access Cable TV Channel for Champaign/Urbana.
: >
: > And FWIW, I'm requesting this on the basis that:
: >
: > 1. The most current features are fairly obsolete.
: >
: > 2. This is a media issue (and after all, we are the Independent *Media*
Center).
: >
: > 3. It's a fairly substantive article, perhaps worthy of feature status on
that
: > count alone.
: >
: > 4. Time is of the essence - people need to see this sooner rather than later
if
: > they want to be informed in time to help the cause. The call to action
refers to
: > attendance at this Tuesday's Champaign City Council meeting.
: >
: > Thanks
: > R
: >
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