[Imc-india] Re: [New-imc] imc india - tech support and being linked

[amudhan ramalingampushpam]

> Here are my suggestions of what to do next!
> 
> (1) Could I suggest that you subscribe to the
> imc-india@lists.indymedia.org mailing list? You may get 
> a
> lot of emails, but this will help to make everyone
> comfortable that information is circulating
> efficiently. Non-hierarchy and openness require wide
> circulation of information.
> 
> To do this, go to the page:
> 
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-india
> 
> and follow the instructions.
  
yes we have subscribed to the lists.
> 
> (2) Could I also suggest that in the long term you ask 
> the
> commercial service provider to teach you how to post
> articles and make comments?  It's always good to have
> Indymedia activists develop their computer skills. And 
> you
> might want to make comments on articles posted by 
> others.
> 
 
as i have told you earlier, we have got a friend who runs a internet cafe, to help us in updating or uploading.

> You can start posting material straight away on the site
> 
> http://india.indymedia.org

where is the password?... how can we start posting materials without password?
> 
> if you like. This will be good for learning internet
> skills, and will start encouraging other Indian 
> activists.
> 
> 
> (3) A local meeting.
> It would be good to organise a local meeting, with the
> people you already know but with an open invitation to
> other groups.
> 

we are planning to have a meeting soon.

> (3a) You should post an announcement to
> imc-india@lists.indymedia.org about the meeting.


we will post an announcement.

> 
> (3b) At the meeting itself, a good way to have an 
> efficient
> meeting would be to have many printed copies of the five
> introductory IMC documents available (Tamil translations
> would be good for non-English speakers).

we can do that.
 
> If there are many "new" people who do not know 
> Indymedia at the meeting,
> then you might have to spend a lot of time on 2. 
> frequently asked
> questions and on 3. the
. the draft principles of 
> unity and
> write down answers to see if people agree with these.
> 
> You should go through 5. the draft membership criteria,
> discussing each point and writing down your answers. 
> Maybe many
> questions will be unanswered, so you can just write 
> "we're working
> on this" or "need more time" or whatever.


we can do that.
 
> If you want to create madurai.indymedia, then you should
> 6. also write a free form essay on why you want to 
> create
> the site and generally introduce yourselves.


we have not thought about that. we may do that in future.
 
> (3c) Outreach. I have done some clicking, cutting, 
> pasting
> and editing (you should learn these skills, not very
> difficult!) and am sending in the following email the
> addresses, phone numbers etc of the 23 Madurai
> organisations I mentioned, listed in the public archive:
> http://www.indiasocial.org/cgi/dirsearch.asp
> 
> You should try to telephone these organisations or 
> contact
> them in other ways, explain what Indymedia is about and
> invite them to the meeting. You should use your judgment
> about which organisations to invite. But all the
> organisations which accept Indymedia principles
> (non-hierarchy, openness) should be made to feel 
> welcome.
> 
> (3d) You should email the copies of 4. principles of
> unity and 5. draft membership criteria with your
> answers to imc-india@lists.indymedia.org and
> new-imc@lists.indymedia.org.  You should include a
> comment about what people at the meeting have decided
> regarding india.indymedia vs madurai.indymedia.
>

we can do that.

> (4) India.indymedia.org   versus   madurai.indymedia.org
> 
> You should discuss at the meeting whether you prefer
> to use india.indymedia.org or whether you would like to
> start madurai.indymedia.org.
> 
> In either case, you will need "techies" (people with
> good computer/internet skills), but in principle there
> are many Indymedia people in US/Europe/etc who would be
> glad
and 
> email documents 4. and 5., and 6. the free form essay
> if you want to make madurai.indymedia, then I think
> some "techies" should be willing to help.

we will discuss that in the group. In any case, we have found some friends who can help us technically.

> 
> The short term technical difference is that 
> india.indymedia.org  is an already existing site, but
> madurai.indymedia  would require some time to find 
> one or more techies to do the work, and for them to
> train Madurai techies. However, right now we are
> still waiting for techies to work on the "central column
> features" of the india.indymedia site.
> 
> It may feel easier for you to organise
> madurai.indymedia.org than india.indymedia.org! People 
> may
> be more comfortable posting news of local relevance on
> madurai.indymedia than on india.indymedia. On the other
> hand, if colleagues email you reports from all over 
> India,
> that you post on the site, then maybe india.indymedia is
> more appropriate.

we will discuss about that.
> 
> In any case, the choice is yours (collective 
"yours", of
> course): discuss this before the meeting, and at the
> meeting, and you can certainly start using
> 
> http://india.indymedia.org 
> 
> straight away.

how can we start using the site without the password?

regards

amudhan