[Imc-cleveland] Imc-cleveland Digest, Vol 37, Issue 11

[Kris Harsh]

right, so, i talked with patrick about those very same points this weekend.
i'm not blocking.  if everyone is ok, i will do like i usually do, and defer
to the groups' decision.  so, you have my opinion, but i understand your
case and will let everyone else decide it.



ok, so here's my reply, try to keep in mind that this is not JUST about You
.   there are other factors, namely, other members of the imc collective.
it took jeff a LONG time to get imc access.  he hung around, contributed
stoies, and came to meetings.  i'm sorry, to people like andy, that i don't
make every one, but i helped to start the cleveland imc, back when t

On 5/20/06, ABIGAIL FISHEL <aafishel at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Kris, I would like to answer on my behalf.  First off, I have shown
> "prolonged involvement" being on the editorial collective in Omaha and
> being
> on the team that got the thing up and running and put much effort into it.
>
> I also have been putting much effort into the imc here in Cleveland ever
> since I got here, beginning the second week I was here, going to an event
> on
> a weekend and doing a write up about it.  guidelines are good and should
> be
> kept in tact.  But there are always exceptions.  And yes, the questions
> can
> get into, where do you draw the line?
>   But to me, someone who has already been on an editorial collective in
> another town right there should be an exception.  Not only that, but one
> who
> has been actively covering events and posting articles ever since she got
> into town and is now a co-host of the imc radio show should also be an
> exception.  The three meeting rule is good.  But the rule should be
> expanded
> to judge a person by their works, not solely by their attendance to
> meetings.  If that were the case, most of you all wouldn't be a part of
> the
> collective since not many people show up for meetings anyway.
>   Speaking of that, since you do place so much emphasis on attendance of
> three meetings in order to have admin. status, yet not everyone from the
> collective or very few people show up each time, what does that say to the
> person who is the "prospective administrator?"  What does that say to the
> weight that meetings alone should carry?
>   Why stick to something just for the sake of sticking with it when it
> overrides reason?
>
>
> >From: "Kris Harsh" < kris.harsh at gmail.com>
> >To: andypie <andycleimc at earthlink.net>, imc-cleveland at lists.indymedia.org
> >Subject: Re: [Imc-cleveland] Imc-cleveland Digest, Vol 37, Issue 11
> >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:15:38 -0400
> >
> >it's a hesitation.  if we make an exception now, why not abandon the
> whole
> >process and add people as we feel?  it seems unfair to people who do show
> >prolonged involvment.  i don't want to be the big bad guy.  but what's
> the
> >point of guidlines if we don't use them?
> >
> >kris
> >
> >On 5/18/06, andypie <andycleimc at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >>I may be the one who moved the Fisher articles, as in "in a fog, late
> >>at night".
> >>
> >>
> >> > (kris) i downgraded the local wire stories about carol to "other" and
>
> >> > someone
> >> > put them back up in "local".  who did this and why?  i asked earlier
> >> > and
> >> > only jeff responded.  please tell us why you think it's important to
> >> > have
> >> > the stories displayed twice on the same page.  if you have time to
> >> > fiddle
> >> > with the newswire, you can certainly respond to this.
> >>
> >>
> >>Kris - was this a Block of Abigail being made administrator by Patrick?
> >>   (he indicated it was tentative due to lack of response)
> >>
> >> > (kris) we have
> >> > a three meeting rule for adminstrator access.  let's stay with it.
> >> >
> >>
> >>_________________________________________________________
> >>"The only truly revolutionary act today
> >>is to tell the truth about everything."
> >>-- Robert Anton Wilson
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >"There's lots of ways to make money in this world, but i can't recomend
> >insurance fraud" - the mountain goats
>
>
> >_________________________________________________________
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