[IMC-Finance] resignation as liaison

[Carya Tid]

Hello all,

This email is to let you know that I will no longer be able to fulfill the
duties of liaison to the imc-finance list for both Sydney and Arizona
indymedia's.

I am starting law school soon, and so will not have time to pay attention to
imc-finance matters.  However, I am also deeply concerned about the state of
the indymedia structure regarding money.  I am mainly concerned that there
is a centralized structure (UCIMC) that claims to be accountable to the
entire network, but in reality, makes decisions regularly without the
knowledge or consent of the network.  This is not entirely the fault of
UCIMC, owing to the fact that the vast majority of collectives are not
involved in, and may not even know about, the imc-finance group.  However it
creates a defacto consolidation and imbalance of power which I believe will
inevitably be either abused by UCIMC or manipulated by outside parties who
wish to harm the indymedia network.

The consulta, an attempt to involve and inform the network, has stalled due
to the same problems.  I believe that this failure shows the weaknesses of
the current structure.

I believe that in light of these circumstances, the only responsible course
of action is to dismantle the financial structure of indymedia as soon as
possible.  It can be re-instituted at a later date if the group is able to
achieve a quorum of involvement from the network.  Because I don't have the
ability to pursue this course of action, I feel I must resign rather than
continue to be complicit in the current situation.

For these reasons, I can no longer continue to be a liaison in good faith.

salud,
stacy

-- 
"I hear people forget they are talking about fellow human beings when they
talk of the undocumented travelers.  Some brag about carrying a gun so they
can pick one off to teach the others a lesson... Just because our country is
threatened by outside forces, let us not sink into the mindset of pre-war
Germany.  It was their sense of vulnerability that opened their minds to
suggestions that all their economic woes were due to a people they
considered foreign and socially marginal."   --Carol St. John
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