[Imc-alternatives] imc-alt and crabgrass

[lancaster-imc at riseup.net]

Sounds great, Jay, can't wait to hear the report back. Michaelv

> Hi Michael,
>
> At 2/28/2008, M Hodgson wrote:
>>I went ahead and set up a crabgrass group for imc-alternatives. I
>>also invited all who I know on Crabgrass whom I know or think are
>>interested. Here is the link:
>><https://we.riseup.net/imc-alt>https://we.riseup.net/imc-alt
>>
>>michaelv
>
> I'm very excited about our starting to use Crabgrass.  I plan to set
> up a profile within in the next few days.
>
> I agree with the ideal set out here recently by you and Aaron K -- a
> positive integration of WiserEarth, ActivismNetwork and Crabgrass
> would be amazing.  (not to mention sharing anything ZNet would be
> willing to share.)
>
> A lot of this is out of our control, but I do think we should be able
> to make a reasonable stab at integrating Activism Network into
> whatever we do, and we don't have too far to reach out to connect to
> people in Crabgrass.
>
> Most directly, we've talked a lot in the past about the best way to
> blend the news-gathering aspects of an Indymedia site with social
> networking.  I think reaching out to the Crabgrass developers sounds
> like an incredibly reasonable and productive way to start to figure
> out how to do this.
>
> As I mentioned a few days ago, I sort-of know one of the Crabgrass
> developers.  She is out of the country but introduced me via e-mail
> to someone who she says I should talk with about this.  She gave me
> his number too.  I'll call him this week and tell him about our
> project.  We'll see what kind of ideas arise.
>
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