[New-imc] CMI/IMC VALPARAISO (Chile) imc-process PLAZO/DEADLINETue 15 June 2004 GMT 21:00

Tue Jun 8 14:49:12 PDT 2004

From: "Rosa de la Boca" <rosadelaboca at uol.com.br>
To: <imc-process at indymedia.org>; <imc-communication at lists.indymedia.org>
Cc: <imc-latina at lists.indymedia.org>; <imc-valparaiso at indymedia.org>;
<new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: [imc-latina] CMI/IMC VALPARAISO (Chile) imc-process
PLAZO/DEADLINETue 15 June 2004 GMT 21:00

Es/en

Creo que es hora de enviar la solicitud del CMI Valparaíso para IMC process.
Su proceso de aprobación estuvo parado en new-imc por algunas semanas debido
a la controversia sobre sus respuestas a las nuevas cuestiones en el
formulario de solicitud. Algunos voluntarios no estaban de acuerdo con las
respuestas, pero no hubo un bloque formal. Así no hay razón para mantener su
proceso de aprobación en ese impasse, pues no hubo ningún bloque. De
cualquier modo, ellos tendrán que ser aprobados en IMC-process.

Nuevo plazo en imc-process e  imc-communication: el martes, 15 de junio, a
las nueve de la noche, horario GMT.

Algunos enlaces para la controversia mencionada arriba:

http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005060.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005064.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005070.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005075.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005108.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005124.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-June/005145.html

Mas abajo están todos los documentos traducidos.

Respeto a la situación de otras solicitudes latinoamericanas: Santiago del
Estero ha enviado un formulario de solicitud
(http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005027.html;
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005051.html), pero
hasta ahora ningun voluntario latino en new-imc se ofreció para ayudarlos.
Yo ya he dicho que iba a retirarme de indymedia, solo estoy cuidando de la
solicitud del CMI Valparaíso, así pido a otro voluntario latino que se
encargue de Santiago del Estero.
_________

I think it's time to send the IMC Valparaiso application to IMC process.
Their application has stopped in new-imc for some weeks due to the
controversy over their answers to the recently introduced questions. Some
volunteers didn't agree with their answers at all, but no formal block was
presented. So there's no reason to keep their approval process in this
stalemate since there was no block. Anyway, they still have to pass through
the imc-process deadline.

Imc-process and imc-communication deadline: Tuesday, 15 June 2004, GMT
21:00.

Some links to the controversy mentioned above:

http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005060.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005064.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005070.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005075.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005108.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-May/005124.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-June/005145.html

All their documents can be read below.

Regarding the situation of other Latin American applications, Santiago del
Estero has sent an application form some time ago
(http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005027.html;
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/005051.html), but no
Latin new-imc volunteer has offered to help them. I had already said that
I'm quitting Indymedia and I'm only dealing with the Valparaiso application,
so I ask other Latin volunteer to help Santiago del Estero.

Rosa

____________________________________________________________________________
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosa de la Boca" <rosadelaboca at uol.com.br>
To: "Pablo A." <pablo at involucion.org>; <imc-valparaiso at indymedia.org>;
<new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:25 PM
Subject: CMI/IMC VALPARAISO (Chile) new-imc internal DEADLINE Fri 09 April
2004 GMT 12:00

> Español/English
>
> Hola compañeros de Valparaíso. Ustedes han hecho un
> buen trabajo. Voy fijar el plazo para aprobación en el grupo new-imc: el
> viernes, 09 de abril de 2004 a las 12 horas, GMT. Solamente les pido para
> completar el diseño del logotipo con la mayor brevedad.
>
> Estoy dejando temporalmente mi labor voluntaria en
> la red Indymedia. Así, pido a los demás voluntarios latinos que se
encarguen
> de las próximas solicitudes
>
> Gracias
>
> Rosa
>
> Página TWiki sobre las solicitudes latinoamericanas -
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcRecentLatinAmerica
>
> _________________
>
>
> Hello comrades from Valparaíso, you have done a good
> job. I will set the deadline for internal approval in the new-imc group -
> Friday, 09 April 2004 GMT 12:00. I only ask you to complete the design of
> the logo as soon as you can.
>
> I am temporarily quitting my volunteer work in Indymedia.
> So I ask other Latin American volunteers to take charge of the next
> applications
>
> Thanks
>
> Rosa
>
> TWiki page about the Latin American new-imc applications -
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcRecentLatinAmerica
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pablo A." <pablo at involucion.org>
> To: "Rosa de la Boca" <rosadelaboca at uol.com.br>;
> <imc-valparaiso at indymedia.org>; <new-imc at lists.indymedia.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:01 AM
> Subject: IMC-Valparaiso, Chile Documents
>
>
> Salud
>
> Here is the translation for our documents.
> The documents in spanish are here:
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2004-April/004987.html
>
> We are looking forward to have our process done as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pablo
> IMC Valparaiso/Chile
>
> ---
>
> EDITORIAL POLICY - Centro de Medios Independiente - Valparaíso, Chile
>
> I. Editorial Philosophy
> a. In correspondence with its points of unity, the CMI-Valparaiso will
have
> a policy of open newswire policy on its Web page. This will serve as a
> decentralized forum for voices and points of views that are usually
> suppressed or distorted by the corporate and/or governmental press.
> b. The CMI-Valparaiso will serve to open access to technology so all
groups
> can speak for themselves.
> c. The CMI-Valparaiso purports to create an alternative to corporate
and/or
> governmental means of communication.
>
> II. Editorial Mission
> a. To provide an open newswire in accordance to our points of unity.
> b. To maintain the newswire and the Web page as a community space, that
> foments the participation, debate and exchange of information.
> c. To create virtual and real networks that involve individual citizens
and
> grassroots organizations and/or NGOs, so facilitating their involvement in
> social, environmental and political issues, which affect communities at a
> local, national and international scale.
> d. To create a mediated space that respects and foments the right of each
> person to establish an open and free discourse.
> e. To preserve the quality of the Web page as a useful and valuable
> resource.
>
> III. Editorial Collective
> a. In accordance with its points of unity, the CMI-Valparaiso will have a
> policy of open newswire on its Web page. In order to maintain the due
> purpose, the organization, an the relevance of the newswire, the
> CMI-Valparaiso will establish an Editorial Collective which will monitor
the
> newswire as to promote articles to the center column and to other CMIs,
and
> to hide any article or message outside the parameters established in the
Edi
> torial Policy.
> b. The Editorial Collective should have a minimum of three members. Anyone
> interested can join the Editorial Collective. It is suggested that the
> Collective be kept at a realistic and practical size. (It is expected that
> in the evaluation of this policy, after a year of its ratification, a
> maximum number of members of the Editorial Collective be established, if
it
> is so deemed necessary.)
> c. The Editorial Collective will decide, autonomously, the distribution of
> its workload among the members, especially the responsibility of regularly
> monitoring the open source.
> d. The Editorial Collective will have the responsibility of informing the
> organization of its performance, achievements, problems and of any
> controversial decisions. At least one of its members should be present at
> the CMI-Valparaiso general meetings.
> e. The Editorial Collective has the responsibility of categorizing,
hiding,
> or promoting articles to the center column.
>
> IV. Procedures and guidelines for categorizing and promoting open source
> articles
> a. The CMI-Valparaiso will determine relevant categories that will
function
> as  thematical subdivisions to the open source.
> b. Suggestions:
> I. Culture
> II. Students
> III. Local Politics
> IV. Human Rights
> V. Ecology
> VI. Economy
> VII. International
> VIII. Community Groups
>
> c. The Editorial Collective will classify the articles according to these
> categories
> d. The Editorial Collective will have the responsibility of promoting, to
> the center column of the web page, well-written and relevant articles. The
> EC will promote to the center column investigate reports written by
members
> of the CMI and/or, that offers alternative perspectives to those presented
> by the corporate press.
> e. The Editorial Collective should also share relevant articles with other
> CMIs and other independent media.
> f. Articles that should be fomented and promoted:
> I. Investigative articles, well sustained and relevant.
> II. First hand coverage of mobilizations and/or protests.
> III. Media analysis.
> IV. Stories that affect groups or places usually invisibilized by the
> corporate media.
> V. Reports of initiatives and/or projects in favor of change and social
> justice.
> VI. Articles that link the local reality with national and/or global
> dynamics.
>
> V. Procedures and guidelines to hide articles
> a. The person the Editorial Collective selects to be in charge of
monitoring
> the open newswire should remove the following types of messages:
> I. Duplicated articles.
> II. Any commercial events, products or services.
> III. Illegible or blank postings.
> IV. Spam attacks.
> o The person monitoring the open source should hide the following types of
> messages and immediately notify the Editorial Collective list. The members
> of the Editorial Collective will have 48 hours to object to the decision
of
> hiding an article, post or message:
> I. Event announcements, that are not press releases or investigative
> reports, should go in the calendar section of the page.
> II. Messages seeking contact with or directed towards an individual or to
> the CMI-Valparaiso. The email contact for the CMI-Valparaiso is:
> imc-valparaiso at lists.indymedia.org
> III. Defamatory, libelous or personalist messages that reveal private
> information or threaten an individual.
> IV. Impostures, false facts, disinformation or personifications by a third
> party.
> V. A request by an activist who wants his/her photo removed.
>
> b. If an unexpected problem occurs (not included in the list above) about
an
> article or a posting, and the person monitoring the open newswire
> understands that such should be removed, the procedure will be: hide the
> message and notify the Editorial Collective list. The Editorial Collective
> will then have 48 hours to discuss and object to the removal of the
article.
>
>
> (The CMI-Valparaiso can, following the consensus model, revise any
decisions
> made by the Editorial Collective. It is recommended that after 6 months of
> the ratification of this policy, the existing collective should evaluate
its
> applicability and functionality.)
>
> Note:
> This editorial policy is based on the CMI-PR policy, which is based on the
> editorial policy of Aotearoa IMC, whichs is base don the editorial
policies
> of IMC Western Massachussets and IMC San Francisco. It was also used, as a
> reference, the editorial policy of CMI Brasil.
>
>
>
> IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA - DRAFT Each IMC and Global Working Group is
> expected to:
>
> a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity,
>
> We agree to the NIMC Mission Statement and the Principles of Unity, as
> written in our documents.
>
> b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional
> IMC,
>
> We have a collective able and motivated to sustain a functional IMC.
>
> c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary
> "ownership" of an IMC),
>
> During the last 10 months we've had open and public meetings.
>
> d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of
Purpose.
> Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim basis,
>
> We have completed a document with our Mission Statement and our Principles
> of Unity, attached in this e-mail.
>
> e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and
> functions through democratic process, and with full transparency,
>
> We have written up an Editorial Policy, attached in this e-mail.
>
> f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described in the NIMC Editorial
> Policy [editorial collective comments: "We did agree that the term "Open
> Publishing" was one that is still being defined by the Global Network
> Collective, and we would wait and see what the results were before
rewriting
> this criteria],
>
> We agree to the use of Open Publishing, as shown in our Editorial Policy.
>
> g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus
> principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,
>
> We have  non-hierarchic organization, and we follow a consensus model in
our
> meetings.
>
> h. Have a spokesperson(s) willing and capable of participating in the
global
>  decision-making process and meetings as a rotating
liaison/representative,
> with a clear understanding of the responsibilities that come with this
role,
>
> We do have a person with this responsability, and we have contact with
some
> other IMCs.
>
> i. Participate in the key IMC Network Communication Methods that pertain
to
> the health and vitality of the Network and that contribute to the work of
> the IMC. Assure that at least one person from your local IMC participates
at
> any given time on the IMC-Communications list,
>
> Currently, someone from our collective is in the imc-communication list.
>
> j. (NOT FINALIZED): Have no official affiliation with any political party,
> state or candidate for office (comments: but individual producers have
> freedom to do whatever they like and local IMCs can "feature" stories
about
> various political parties and initiatives),
>
> We agree with this point, and it is emphasized in our Principles of Unity.
>
> k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial for-profit enterprises. [We
> could add: The IMCN is committed to the decommercialization of information
> and will disassociate from any local IMC that decides to become a for
profit
> media corporation.]
>
> We agree with this point, and it is emphasized in our Principles of Unity.
>
> l. Display a ³local version² of the IMC ³i² logo on your website and
> literature.
>
> Our logo is being developed, and we will send it as soon as possible.
>
> m. Include the IMC Network current ³Cities List² on your site, preferably
on
> the front page.
>
> We will do it that way.
>
>
> I. Principles of Unity
>
> a.The CMI-Valparaiso, or Indymedia Valparaiso, subscribes to all the
Points
> of Unity of the Global Network of IMCs, and as so all our work is
voluntary
> and in no way will CMI-Valparaiso embark in commercial enterprises that
> would benefit its members.
>
> b.The CMI-Valparaiso is an open, democratic and non-hierarchical
> organization that seeks to create new ways and new spaces for the exchange
> of information between citizens of our area and the rest of the world.
>
> c.The CMI-Valparaiso will be organized and self-directed by way of open
> meetings, be them real or virtual, in which participants will enjoy the
same
>
> rights and opportunities to be heard and to influence in collective
> decisions following the consensual deliberative model. The collective is
> formed by those people that regularly participate in the meetings and
chores
> of the CMI-Valparaiso.
>
> d.The CMI-Valparaiso is based in that society must be different and, thus,
> we embrace the social change towards a free society. The development of
> capitalism, racism, sexism, imperialism, fundamentalism, homophobia,
> authoritarianism, fascism, militarism; obstructs social change and
> intervenes in the unequal development of non dominated societies.
>
> e.The CMI-Valparaiso understands diversity as a strength and not a
weakness.
> The collective will operate from diversity and as so will not discriminate
> against anyone for reasons of gender, sexual preference, ethnicity, class,
> age, physical or sensorial limitations. The CMI-Valparaiso is open to
people
> of all political and religious beliefs, as long as those beliefs do not
> negate the basic postulates in favor of social change expressed in the
> previous point. The CMI-Valparaiso will not be, under any circumstance, a
> difussion organ for any religious or political party, although members of
> the collective, as ndividuals, have the liberty to cultivate any political
> and religious bonds.
>
> f.The CMI-Valparaiso understands, and is so confirmed by the recent global
> events and the history of our country, that there are repressive forces in
> our society whose mission is to prevent the social change in which our
model
> is based. As so, we respect the decision of any of our members to remain
> anonymous or to use pseudonyms. We are compromised to protect, with
maximum
> effort, the identity of any person that solicits it.
>
> g.As an organization that is simultaneously local and global, the
> CMI-Valparaiso has the responsibility to watch its local growth fomenting
> the creation of CMIs in the different regions of Chile that will
constitute
> autonomous parts of this project. On a regional lever it is our duty to
> collaborate with the existing CMIs, and to foment the creation of other
> CMIs. In the same fashion, the CMI-Valparaiso has the responsibility to
> participate in the discussion and activities of the Global IMC and to
> collaborate in a diversity of ways in the reproduction and growth of this
> communicational project. Some of this ways can be the development of
> knowledge and of technology, and to provide human, social and economic
> resources.
>
> h.We believe in the processes of collective intelligence in a local and
> global level. As so, we foment the use of practices and technologies open
to
> the participation of all citizens (like open sources and open publishing).
>
>
> II. Mission
>
> a.The Independent Media Center of Valparaiso is a collective of voluntary
> work that is based on the principles of decentralization and openness to
> create new ways and spaces for the exchange of information between the
> citizens of our country and the world.
>
> b. Our objective is to analize and publish information of interest usually
> omitted by the corporative media or presented in a slanted way by them.
>
> c. To be a plataform of formulation and concretion of projects of mediatic
> resistance. To help our local community with intelectual and material
> resources for the facilitation of the former.
>
> d. To strengthen the local community work, creating links and networks of
> communitacion and participation.
>
>
>
>
>

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