[imc-scotland-discussion] Spam and server problems, site improvements

[Jon]

maskedavenger at riseup.net wrote:
> I would much prefer having our server somewhere out of reach (well, m out
> of reach) by the law but less reliable, than somewhere the cops in the UK
> can easily seize the servers.

Unfortunately the servers are extremely unreliable at the moment, almost
to the point where the site is unusable :(

I think (correct me if im wrong, techies) that our indymedia site has no
information that would be useful to the police even if it was siezed. We
dont log IP addresses, or keep any information about who posts anything.
 It would just be very inconvenient to have the server siezed, rather
than a risk to people who post.

And people who want to post dodgy stuff should use Tor etc anyway.

> I think that making decisions over email works ok. However, firstly theres
> the problem of whos on list. How do people get on this list? How many
> contributors know how to get on it, or even know it exists?

People have just got on this list through knowing other editors/admins
there is no process, and indeed i have no idea who is on it.

> Secondly, what to do when theres major disagreement? Could we use IRC to
> hold a meeting? If that fails then we have a face to face meeting.

I prefer f2f meets personally. There havnt been any major disagreements
really, so we havnt had to worry about decision making structure.

> I know someone who wrote a chat room designed for meetings. It allows you
> to have an agenda, minutes and a facilitator and was semi-secure. We could
> look into that?

Sounds interesting. can u investigate that, and show us it? I hadnt
heard of it.

Jon