[Imc-communication] So, just who is this "Sofia JarrinT"? (Some quick observations)

[kim]

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On Tue, November 11, 2008 6:40 am, andrés wrote:
> Sofia, all,
>
> Doing some research, I first read this wiki page:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/NewsChallenge2009
> where the origination of this proposal is not described (ie. Who's idea
> was this?)
> This document lists the following IMCs as being participants in the
> proposal:
>      * Arizona Imc
>      * Australia Imc
>      * Austria Imc
>      * Belgium Imc
>      * Bolivia Imc
>      * Boston Imc
>      * Columbus Imc
>      * Linksunten (South-west Germany) Imc
>      * Los Angeles Imc
>      * Philadelphia Imc
>      * Scotland Imc
>      * St. Louis Imc
>      * UK Imc
>      * Urbana Champaign Imc (as fiscal sponsor)
>
> Looking further into the proposed edits, I then see some comments from
> some individuals (not clearly accrediting that they are acting through
> consensus on behalf of indymedia colectives):
> http://docs.indymedia.org/rdiff/Devel/ImcDrupalDevProposalEdits
> from 23/Oct, 24/Oct, 26/Oct;
> http://docs.indymedia.org/rdiff/Devel/ImcDrupalDevProposalEdits2
> from 29/Oct, 30/Oct, 2/Nov.
> Participants are:
> SofiaJT
> Bruno
> Mark
> Ben
> Robbt
> Tom
> AlsteR
> some of whom suggest changes which are not evident in the apparantly
> final document, and some of whom point out that they participate
> *without* representing indymedia collectives through local consensus.
> In edits by SofiaJT, four of these names are tagged as associated with
> Belgium, Columbus, Indybay and Scotland IMCs.
> These are seven people in total, of whom not all sound entirely happy
> about the proposal.
>
> Going on to review the imc-tech list, we first find this message from
> 29/Oct, which I reproduce here for its interest:
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-tech/2008-October/1029-x0.html
>> [IMC-Tech] Knight Foundation Grant for Drupal IMC
>> Sofia JarrinT sofiajt at yahoo.com
>> Wed Oct 29 10:11:05 PDT 2008
>>
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>>
>> hi!
>>
>> For disclosure purposes, please be informed that in the past couple of
>> weeks, we created a loose coalition of Indymedia people to apply for a
>> Knight Foundation grant (http://www.newschallenge.org/) to build an
>> Indymedia Drupal prototype for ALL Indymedias (which will include, among
>> other things, an Indymedia install profile)...  The deadline is November
>> 1st.
>>
>> The idea developed originally from Belgium and Boston Imc and since then
>> has snowballed to include many other IMCs.
>>
>> The goals so far on how exactly to use the money or manage it, if we get
>> it, are a bit up in the air.  But there's a feeling of urgency that if
>> we don't, this will take too long to get done, and Imcs continue to
>> close down because of tech difficulties. Techs lack the time and the
>> money should hopefully give them the space to allocate that time. One
>> idea is to allocate $ to local Indymedias through the global fund, so
>> they in turn could "hire" a tech to help them...
>>
>> Most documentation can be found here:
>>
>> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/ImcDrupalDev
>>
>> And we're using this channel to communicate:
>>
>> imc-drupal-dev at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>> peace,
>> Sofia
>> Boston Imc
>
> Everybody interested can follow the imc-tech conversation starting at
> the above link.
>
> I am short of time right now, so I will finish this message at this point.
>
> But I must point out that, as well as other points such as the issue of
> finance/payment in the indymedia network, CMI-ROSARIO has clearly
> highlighted problems associated with foundations such as these insofar
> as enemies of indymedia can point even further to putative associations
> with, um, let's just say "UNFRIENDLY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES". An issue
> which the, already not very self-evidently honest "SofiaJT" has not so
> far deigned to address in the imc-communication list. There *do* appear
> to be *either* other comunications going on "behind the scenes" *or*
> "figments of the imagination" going on here.
>
> However, as long as at least one person is "enjoying" herself...
>
> All for now.
>
> Dime si hace falta una traducción al español...
>
> Saludos
> andrés
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