[Imc-cymru] the case for IMC

[serencymru at phonecoop.coop]

OK, perhaps I should make the case for an IMC site rather than  
assuming anything.

There are loads of existing blogs and websites promoting localised  
struggles in Wales and the world. We don't need one single website,  
we need an interweaving network of media links to ensure that we all  
know about them. Local activists drawn into campaigning through one  
website will then link to others and be drawn into making the  
connections between various struggles.

The Gwent anarchists are doing a great job, Social Forum activists  
are busy, local campaigns like the gas pipeline and Hafod quarry are  
ongoing and we have various organisations linking them together in  
Wales and beyond. Because Indymedia is a first point of contact for  
many activists, it makes sense to have a distinctive Cymru site.

It's not instead of anything, it's an additional thread in the web of  
contacts. I wouldn't stop doing Seren if IMC started but would be  
happy for IMC to link to Seren and vice versa when there was a  
relevant story. I like the idea of a decentralised web of activity,  
both for political and security reasons - if IMC is taken down for  
some reason, we have other alternative news outlets.

I hope it can be done quickly. My main concern is that Ana says  
"decide if you want" and I'm wondering who has the right to decide  
(anyone on this list? people who go to meetings?). Apologies, but I  
can't attend meetings in London (hard enough getting me to meetings  
in Wrexham!) and I hope this list can push this forward as quickly as  
possible.

seren
http://seren.blogspirit.com

>
> a) Decide if you want to get on that strict process to be accepted  
> as an
> indymedia site - on its own, its own editorial guidelines, its own
> published database - by the global network.
>
> b) Decide if you prefer to get on a more informal process to be  
> accepted
> as a sub-site of IMC uk - not on its own, with indymedia uk's existing
> editorial guidelines which are potentially negotiable, with a shared
> database - by indymedia uk.
>
> if you decide a), you roughly can start right now to get organised  
> with a
> public meeting etc etc as the document says, you can ask me for  
> help on
> this or you can ask directly on new-imc at lists.indymedia.org.  
> Ultimately
> you will need to send that application form completely filled. All you
> need to do is documented there really, all I would do is explain  
> what says
> there if something is not clear, and present you to the global network
> once you have completed the process step by step. Two that i can  
> remember
> are to agree with the principles of unity and membership criteria  
> or say
> with what ones you do not agree and why. Complete agreement is not
> expected as long as it is explained and shows that you have actually
> debated it, as all sites are considered autonomous.
>
> If you decide b), there are various things you should be doing:
> 1. subscribe to imc-uk-features, imc-uk-network list and imc-uk- 
> process
> list. For the last two it would be enough to have one 'liaison' to  
> report
> back here, if you don't all want to subscribe to it. But the
> imc-uk-features list is innegotiable if you want to do editorial  
> work on
> the existing imc uk site and/or a future imc wales because the  
> database is
> shared and we need to report to eachother.
> 2. read the mission statement and editorial guidelines and agree to  
> them
> or explain in what points you do not agree to them (same as with the
> principles of unity and membership criteria mentioned above  
> really). Also
> informative is 'the wiki', found in docs.indymedia.org -->> go to  
> local,
> europe, then uk.
>
> 2. Participate in the 'cleaning' of the uk newswire - this is  
> reported in
> the features list
> 3. Come to the network meeting - details will be posted in the two  
> latter
> lists mentioned above. You can of course come to the irc meetings  
> too -
> details on same lists.
>
> there is nothing stopping you from doing any of all these things.
>
> ana
> -- 
> http://anap.co.nr
>
>