[New-imc] Re: [imc-commwork] contact database

[mark burdett]

you can add stuff (as well as questions/suggestions 
for stuff to add) here
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ImcDatabase

I think it is underused partly because no one is 
advertising it on global lists (sending out 
occasional messages reminding/informing people about 
it and encouraging them to use it) though it could 
also be made easier to use.

--mark

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:53:10 +0200, clara wrote:
> hi,
> 
> Do we have a good summary of what the contact data base is and how it works?
> 
> Every time somebody fills in the new-imc form an entery is made in the 
> contact data base, and once an imc is approved it's somehow the entry 
> somehow makes the new collective appear in the cities list.
> 
> and then things seem to stop somewhere... a lot of IMCs have outdated 
> information on it. especially the contact information sometimes doesn't 
> work at all. that means if a site is down (like quite a few sites were 
> yesterday when dada sites got hacked) it becomes rather difficult to 
> contact an imc.
> 
> the contact data base is also used for the syndication of features on 
> the global site, something which about a half of the imcs don't use.
> 
> it can also be used to send out emails to all imc's in a given region.
> 
> for a while and due to some bug, the passwords for the contact db were 
> not send out automatically, so quite some imcs might not even know that 
> it exists.
> 
> so my question basically is: is there a good summary about the contact 
> db that we can give to new collectives so that they can make full use of 
> it?
> (...while we of course also need to catch up with the existing imcs so 
> that they update their data as well...)
> 
> love and solidarity
> clara
> 
> 
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