[New-imc] indymedia--cleveland and choice

[Solidaritynow at aol.com]

greetings.

jay--thanks for writing.

sometimes things become messy--for activists--and just
in general. it's ok, as long as we learn from it. often
it comes down to communication and clarity.

again, jay, much thanks for your words ... i appreciate that
you took the time to write.

sounds like things are on track and that's what matters!

in solidarity,
deb ~:

In a message dated 10/2/2002 7:24:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jay at tao.ca 
writes:


> 
> 
> Hi Deb,
> 
> This is Jay from IMC Philadelphia, as well as from the new-imc working 
> group, the group that helps new IMCs join the network.  I don't know much 
> about the specifics of the incident with protectchoice.org, and I'm sorry 
> things became so messy.  I'm also sorry to hear some people who are 
> involved with Indymedia around the world sent along comments that weren't 
> helpful.
> 
> I just want to reassure you that as far as I know, (though I generally 
> don't know too much about this sort of thing,) the only reason the 
> Cleveland IMC site stalled was because there ceased to be an active group 
> of people who were keeping it up, and not specifically because of any 
> particular incident with the site being used "inappropriately."  There have 
> 
> been some incidents in which local IMCs have done things like used their 
> site to promote a particular political party, for example, which isn't in 
> tune with the indymedia "principles of unity."  In all of those cases the 
> IMCs in question have realized that they were doing something that didn't 
> fit with the way other IMCs were running and made changes -- or, 
> legitmately defended what they were doing in a way that made sense to 
> everyone else.  All that is understandable.  It's all part of our learning, 
> 
> together, what an "independent media movement" is, and what role Indymedia 
> can play in that.  However, in no case, as far as I know, has a local IMC's 
> 
> site been stopped specifically because of things like that, especially not 
> when there is an active group present to address the situation.
> 
> Now that the Cleveland IMC is back together, with a new group, they're 
> working their way through the new-imc process 
> (http://newimc.indymedia.org).  It's sometimes a pretty slow process, both 
> because it requires an IMC to have some pretty important discussions before 
> 
> starting up (mission statement, editorial policy, etc.) but also because 
> those of us helping with the new-imc working group are swamped and 
> sometimes slow to respond to e-mails.  As I said, I don't know much about 
> what happened previously, and may be wrong about the way incidents 
> unfolded, but at the moment, there's nothing stalling the Cleveland IMC as 
> far as I know.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Jay
> 
> 

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