[Imc-communication] [Imc-beirut] the provisional end of imc beirut

[toya]

hi petros and all,

i agree with you on that, and much of this is because the network is very disperse in the global level..the local collectives are working but there is no global communication, solidary, support, knowledge share and so on...
just a few are keeping it going and it overwhelming them...and things important like the lack of support to the camaradas from imc beirut.
i hope with the global meeting we can restart things and get more ppl involved from the local collectives..i am trying to get more ppl from imc latina participating on the meeting there are people from collectives in mexico (centro de medios libres - cml ) who want to introduce themselves to the global imc network since they are already working together with many collectives from the network they want the solidary to expand :) 
and it is things like this that also show us the importance of a process that is not a burocracy but a way for the local group to get used to it, to feel confortable in using the new technology ( managing the website learning bout making digital media to put on the site etc), and so on...to organically form themselves and also be able to participate on the network (to learn how to do it) etc. 
i hope the camaradas from imc beirut to be able to join the network again, and hope that happen asap :) and in the meanwhile we will keep on trying to shake this network a little bit and make things wake up a little to not let this kinda thing happen 
ciao
toya

Em Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 01:13:42PM -0800, Petros Evdokas escreveu:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to share with you - with great sadness - this official 
> announcement from imc-Beirut, about a "provisional end" of the local 
> collective and of our indymedia operations there, at least for a while.
> 
> I believe that our network has a lot of responsibility for not having 
> supported the imc-Beirut collective as much as it should have, 
> especially during the summer war which destroyed Lebanon.
> 
> There are many of us who look forward to a speedy recovery and a renewal 
> of indemedia entities in Lebanon, and also to the possibility that this 
> may happen with the support of the current group, so as not to require a 
> full processing through new-imc, etc.
> 
> Thnaks,
> Petros
> Cyprus IndyMedia voulunteer
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> From: "blue.pi" <blue.pi at ....net>
> To: imc-process at lists.indymedia.org, imc-beirut at lists.indymedia.org
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> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007
> Subject: [Imc-beirut] the provisional end of imc beirut
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> 
> Dear imc process working group,
> 
> we like to inform you that imc Beirut is going into "sleeping mode": We 
> have already arranged to freeze the website. There will still be the 
> main mailing list, all other beirut lists will be disabled.
> 
> The reasons are: The group does not exist as a group anymore. There
> haven't been proper meetings since almost a year and no other collective
> activity (except personal). Individuals have tried over a period of 
> several months to revive the group, but didn't succeed for which we see 
> structural and personal reasons. We don't see a point in individuals 
> maintaining the website if the group is dead - this would also 
> contradict indymedia policy.
> 
> We would still like to keep the main mailing list because there are 
> people in Beirut known to us who are interested in the project, but 
> don't have the capacity right now to take over. We don't think that 
> these friends should have to go through a new process once they decide 
> to enable the website again.
> 
> We would like to help any new or old volunteers who step in to shoulder 
> some of the work in order to renew/refresh our operations, by training, 
> guiding and sharing the imc-beirut facilities to maintain continuity 
> with the existing (and previous) imc-beirut formation instead of the 
> group having to start all over entirely from zero again.
> 
> If you have any questions or suggestions for us, please read our latest
> discussion before - many points might already be answered:
> 
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-pt.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-mz.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-h0.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-3w.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-x5.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0107-dw.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0108-l7.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0108-d0.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0108-2u.html
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-beirut/2007-January/0109-qi.html
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