[Imc-alternatives] need help building test site

Mair lysbethmair at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Mar 30 12:54:39 PDT 2007


Thank you Sheri

That first leap into the 'virtual unknown' is always the hardest to take . . 
. .
Thank you for the welcome . .

mair

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sheri at speakeasy.org" <sheri at speakeasy.net>
To: "A list for volunteers wanting to work on the Alternatives IMC" 
<imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org>; "A list for volunteers wanting to 
work on the Alternatives IMC" <imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org>
Cc: <chrisk at sunrisecelebration.com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Imc-alternatives] need help building test site


> thank you mair!
> welcome.
> your response is precisely why we feel this "theme" based indymedia is so 
> important and can become a kind of catalyst for a big shift globally.  is 
> that too big of a vision?  i think not.  at least not in these times.
>
> great to have the welsh presence here!
>
> sheri
> (from cascadia)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mair [mailto:lysbethmair at tiscali.co.uk]
>> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 06:53 PM
>> To: 'A list for volunteers wanting to work on the Alternatives IMC'
>> Cc: chrisk at sunrisecelebration.com
>> Subject: Re: [Imc-alternatives] need help building test site
>>
>> Helo everyone
>>
>> Im on this list and have been a bit silent . . . as i can't help at all 
>> with this 'tecchie' stuff.
>> I know im going to have to get my head around this sooner or later . . 
>> .but at the moment . .it's going to have to be a bit later . . !
>>
>> My name is Mair and im a peace activist in North Wales who is trying to 
>> support setting up an Indymedia collective . . locally here.
>>
>> At a recent indymedia get together, i was told about this aspect of 
>> indymedia and my heart leapt. . .coz  . ive been moidering with myself 
>> and others for a while . .about . .ok . what are we 'promoting' here as 
>> alternatives . .. rather than just exposing what we know is totally 
>> corrupt etc
>> Anyway . .i just wanted to declare myself.
>>
>>
>> mair
>>
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Chris Kennett
>>   To: imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org
>>   Cc: chrisk at sunrisecelebration.com
>>   Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:33 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [Imc-alternatives] need help building test site
>>
>>
>>   HI Jay
>>
>>   I'm  involved with the ones below to a larger or smaller degree
>>
>>   www.Festivaloflife.net    London  co org
>>
>>   www.Sunrisecelebration.com Yeovil   Sustainable technologies area 
>> cordinator
>>
>>   www.funkyraw.com  Plymouth  co org
>>
>>   www.foodoflife.co.uk  Brighton co org
>>
>>   www.Bristolveganfayre.co.uk  Bristol  help
>>
>>   www.portsmouthcan.co.uk  Portsmouth Climate awarness day co org
>>
>>   + smaller events and  stalls at others
>>
>>   Keep smiling
>>
>>   chris
>>
>>
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>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     From: Jay <jay at fundamentalchange.net>
>>     Reply-To: A list for volunteers wanting to work on the Alternatives 
>> IMC<imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org>
>>     To: imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org
>>     Subject: Re: [Imc-alternatives] need help building test site
>>     Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:27:07 -0400
>>
>>     Hi Chris,
>>
>>     At 3/22/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>       Hi all
>>
>>       Sounds like a good idea.I'm afraid that I don't really have time at 
>> the moment to get involved with the set up ,but will provide info at a 
>> later date.Good luck for a speedy set up.Is there other ways I can help 
>> as a festival organiser.....
>>
>>       chris
>>
>>     I'm sure there are ways you can help!  What kind of festivals do you 
>> organize and where?
>>
>>     Jay
>>
>>
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>>         From: Jay <jay at fundamentalchange.net>
>>
>>         Reply-To: A list for volunteers wanting to work on the 
>> Alternatives IMC<imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org>
>>
>>         To: imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>>         Subject: [Imc-alternatives] need help building test site
>>
>>         Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:49:39 -0400
>>
>>         Hi imc-alternatives,
>>
>>
>>         A little bit ago Josef (hi Josef) gallantly volunteered to set up 
>> the
>>
>>         rudiments of an imc-alternatives test site using drupal on either
>>
>>         Magius's or one of his cohort's servers. That sounds like a 
>> really
>>
>>         huge task for one person! Josef and I have been in touch a bit 
>> about
>>
>>         it and, while he has a "drupal whiz" friend who may be able to 
>> help,
>>
>>         I also think we should solicit help from people on this list.
>>
>>
>>         I don't know how to do any drupal programming, though I've come 
>> to
>>
>>         the conclusion that it's something I should finally learn, 
>> especially
>>
>>         if we're going to use it for this site. Plus, I've found that
>>
>>         soliciting content volunteers is really hard when there's 
>> nowhere,
>>
>>         not even a test site, to post content, so it sounds like getting 
>> a
>>
>>         test site up is first priority. :))
>>
>>
>>         I figure if there are five or six of us clunking through the 
>> basic
>>
>>         installation of a drupal web site, learning as we go, we'll be in 
>> a
>>
>>         pretty good position to keep building the site as we go along. 
>> Even
>>
>>         if Josef or Josef's friend would be able to set up the very 
>> initial
>>
>>         site, having a handful of us sharing the work sounds much more
>>
>>         productive and fun.
>>
>>
>>         So, who out there would be interested in being part of this
>>
>>         endeavor? I'm going to be learning pretty much from scratch, so
>>
>>         there's no need for you to be a programmer already. (I figure
>>
>>         knowing my waqy around a content management system will be a 
>> skill
>>
>>         that will help in the future.) Also, this will no doubt proceed
>>
>>         slowly, so you don't have to have a million hours free each
>>
>>         week. I'd love to see at least a half dozen of us working 
>> together
>>
>>         from the beginning, which sounds like a large enough number to 
>> share
>>
>>         the work.
>>
>>
>>         A main reason we've spoken so favorablly about using drupal is 
>> that
>>
>>         it has a good balance of usablity and features, plus there's an
>>
>>         enthusiastic and expanding developer community out there that can
>>
>>         become involved. I think if we work together to set up the
>>
>>         components of our project, then start adding content and 
>> encouraging
>>
>>         individuals and organizations to start using it in a beta 
>> version,
>>
>>         we'll be able to attract other drupal programmers who want to 
>> help
>>
>>         make the site great.
>>
>>
>>         How does that all sound?
>>
>>         Jay
>>
>>
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