[imc-scotland-discussion] Groups directory / list

[Mike92@riseup.net]

I think it would be great to go ahead with this, i think a directory of 
groups would be v useful to complement the news articles.

re the question raised

> We still need to consider which groups are eligible to be listed.
> Perhaps some requirement of being local to an area, non-profit and
> somehow useful to the area and progressive, whatever that means.
>
> Thoughts?

I agree writing a definition of what groups we want to include may not be 
that easy but i suspect in practice we will be in agreement about the vast 
majority.

could perhaps add to
>being local to an area, non-profit and
> somehow useful to the area and progressive,
"grass-roots, independent (ie not controlled by a political party), groups 
which are working against inequality/oppression /exploitation"

Would it be helpful if people submitted lists of groups/ spaces they think 
should be included?

all best mike

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Morton" <tomm at riseup.net>
To: "imcscotland discussion" <imc-scotland-discussion at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: [imc-scotland-discussion] Groups directory / list


> Hi people,
>
> I have enabled the 'location' field for Articles, which is optional and
> will be necessary if we provide city local pages in the future.
>
> There was not a huge amount of feedback on 'Proposal C' that I emailed
> about previously:
>
> Proposal C: The city sites (Edinburgh Indymedia, Glasgow, etc) would
> have a list of groups (campaign groups, community spaces, media
> collectives, food coops, activist legal advice sites, etc) relevant to
> the area. They would be categorised for easy navigation. We did not
> agree on how these groups would be chosen and what might make a group
> acceptable or eligible.
>
> I'm willing to press ahead with this (leaving the city sites part to a
> later date) unless there are some objections. Groups would be classified
> by location, as articles and events are, facilitating 'Indymedia
> Edinburgh' / 'Indymedia Glasgow' front pages in the future. They would
> also have an additional classification by group type or function or
> service or whatever they do.
>
> We still need to consider which groups are eligible to be listed.
> Perhaps some requirement of being local to an area, non-profit and
> somehow useful to the area and progressive, whatever that means.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -- 
> Tom
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