[New-imc] imc vienna

[haengematte at gmx.at]

hi,

in our open meeting on 4th october we discussed the situation with our
sponsor ana. as expected one of our activist wrote by mistake in german to
ana (he mixed her with another activist called anna, with whom he had
contact some time ago). we want to state that we have no problems with
communication in english and that we would be happy with ana as our sponsor
(thank you very much again!)

in our meeting we discussed the principles of unity again (we already did it
before summer) and passed a formal statement:

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During the meeting on 4th of October, IMC Vienna formally decided to approve
the "Principles of Unity" of the indymedia network. 

We would like to make the following comments to this document: 

In our Mission Statement as well as in our Editorial Policy we have included
the basic principles of the indymedia network. IMC Vienna is a non-profit
group that wants to "encourage a more emancipatory handling of information
and media." (IMC Vienna, Mission Statement). We see Open Posting as an
opportunity to overcome the roles of media consumers - to become media
activists. We will try to develope a non-hierarchical working athmosphere
based on consensus and plan to introduce people to new workfields and try to
solve technical barriers together. And we try to overcome gendered work
division through supporting the women in our collective. Furthermore we want
to state that we strongly favour to include the paragraphes 3 and 7 to the
list of generally approved principles. IMC Vienna will respect the right of
activists to anonymity and therefore respect the right of activists who
choose not be photographed or filmed.

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in this meeting on october 4 we also formally decided on our answers to the
membership criteria. you find it here:
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcViennaMembershipCriteria

we think that we have made all the preparations that are necessary to build
up a lively new IMC and we would be happy about any reactions.

mission statement, editorial policy and all other documents:
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcVienna

you find the protocol of the october 4 meeting here (sorry only in german):
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcViennaTreffen4

our next open meeting will be on 3rd november.

with best regards,
nowak for IMC vienna




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