[imc-baghdad] Web site

[Andrew Stern]

someone who has more experience with the new imc process can probably 
give a more detailed explanation on the ins and outs of this, but 
basically it boils down to them needing to start the application 
process to become a new imc.  as far as i know, its pretty much as 
simple as them reading through the principles of unity and deciding 
as a group if they agree with them and then applying.  i think this 
could be expedited by the new imc working group pretty quickly due to 
the situation.  all the info about starting the process is at: 
http://newimc.indymedia.org/  ramzi, can you get all this info to 
them?  the quicker they do this, the quicker there will be a site, 
and this also means the quicker they can request funding from the 
global imc pot.  as stated before, i think it will be difficult for 
global imc finance to decide to fund them if they haven't become an 
imc yet.     but i think its pretty likely that once they start the 
process people all over the world in the indymedia network will want 
this to be funded, and funded quickly.  actually i think its pretty 
clear that people from all over the world want to see this funded 
anyway, but the issue is that there is fear of outsiders pushing an 
imc on them, (which has happened before during convergences where 
there are alot of internationals, and then once they all left there 
was a hole that was difficult for locals to fill).  it just needs to 
be clear that this is a local initiative. i think its clear that the 
newspaper is a local initiative, but i think that the application 
process for a new imc has to begin, so that they know for sure that 
this is the avenue they want to pursue.

does that make sense?  maybe sascha or someone else can give a more 
detailed answer or correct anything i'm wrong about.

andy

>I may be a lot naive on why the site can't be given an IMC address. 
>Who makes the decisions
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>There are very good reasons why the server can't be in Baghdad and 
>that is through no fault of the group.  I am quite sure.. knowing 
>some of them, that the very first chance they have it will be IMC 
>Baghdad.    & It is an open forum for publishing..
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>Perhaps someone could offer a REALLY good explanation why not.  They 
>are not a business web site either (dot com indeed)
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>Julia
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>From: christopher mitchell [mailto:chrismi at frontiernet.net]
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>>Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2003 08:52 PM
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>>To: imc-baghdad at lists.indymedia.org
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>>Subject: Re: [imc-baghdad] Web site
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>>>Web address: As you can see, I am currently using dyndns which is a free
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>>>service, probably based in the US.  If there is a consensus to proceed with
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>>>the site, then I will make the request for baghdad.indymedia.org [have I got
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>>>that right?] but I can't say how long this will take.
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>>Excellent - thank you for setting this up Mike.
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>>I can assure you that will not get baghdad.indymedia.org anytime soon - as
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>>there is no IMC in Baghdad and will not be for some time....I think any
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>>attempt to get that DNS entry created will be blocked (for reasons I would
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>>agree with ... namely that it is not an IMC)
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>>But - no reason we cannot move ahead.  I would suggest we register a dot
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>>com name first ... I suggest we name it after the paper as Ramzi suggested.
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>>I have just registered the name
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>>Al-Muajaha
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>>www.almuajaha.com
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>>So we can use that unless someone has a better idea.
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>>Mike - email me privately the IP I should point this site at...
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>>--christopher
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