[Imc-uk-network] [PROPOSAL] [IMC-York] moving forward...

[yossarian]

ekes wrote:
> This is a request for the domain york.indymedia.org.uk to use for the
> site http://yimc.iskra.net/
>
> As York Indymedia is in the process of forming I suggest this should be
> time limited to October in the first instance. Should there not be a
> York Collective, active and well into the new imc process the domain
> should be removed. Similarly if this isn't completed by December it
> should be removed (see original mail below).
>
> At the moment there is a small collective who are maintaining the site
> and are active contacting others to get them involved to broaden the
> group to be representative. Presently there are individuals involved
> from York Against the War, No2Id, York Unity, and I believe York PSC;
> there are students and residents involved; it is mainly women who are
> actively doing the work - but the meetings have been balanced. The
> collective at the moment are provisionally working to Bristol Style
> editorial to maintain the website and are working by consensus. Once
> there are a more representative group the guidelines and POU will be
> agreed.
>
> Proposed deadline: Sunday July 2nd
> Suggest imc-uk-network list for follow-up and discussion?
>   


I'd like to support this proposal and give a friendly welcome to the
York people.  The content of the development site looks really good,
nice work!

It seems pretty to me to give out the subdomain, it should make it
easier for the new collective to form if they have a stable domain name
to put on publicity (or just talking to people about their site).  I
agree that because this is a separate site there is a bit less leeway
here if the collective doesn't hold together.  Because of the shared way
in which Mir website works, any collective that forms and then falls
apart within the with Mir structure (like Westcountry, for example)
still gets actively maintained by the rest of the Mir site users, which
wouldn't be the case for a separate site.

Having said this, it doesn't look to me like there's any particular
reason to be thinking negatively like this about the York bunch, it
looks like they're doing a great job.  Good luck with the process of
building your IMC, and everyone working in York should feel free to
email any of the UK email lists at any time to ask for advice or
assistance - we're here to help!

Greetings to York,
Yossarian