[New-imc] IMC Kenya: deadline 18 feb

[clara]

hi,
to close this properly:
below are the documtents of IMC-kenya. They seem all set up and ready to
go, so we should set the deadline for approval on new-imc for 3 days -
that's tuesday 15 feb midnight GMT.
(that will then be followed by a week on imc-process)

If I understand it correctly there are still some more or less technical
questions that need support, so I propose that people from imc-kenya send
a mail directly to imc-tech at indymedia.org with a list of the issues that
need solving. I'm sure somebody from south africa can provide you with a
copy of their templates and images so that somebody can adopt it.

love and solidarity
clara

PS: Blicero: can you forward this to imc-kenya?



blicero said:
> sorry for being kind of out of the loop
> i was following imc-kenya process
> seems to me they were almost ready to go officially imc but i don't
> remember at
> what point the process was
>
> i will paste below the documents we exchanged.
> it's my fault. maybe someone can help me closing this thread (i am a bit
> overworked)
>
> thanks
>
> -------
>
>
> Greetings.
>
> I am just following up. Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you. As
> both of you undoubtedly know, communicating in and with Kenya is a
> multidimensional experience- emails, phonecalls, occasionally even faxes
> from this end and  face to face meetings in and across towns, SMS text
> messages for the folks back home.
>
> What you find below is what we came up with after discussions. We decided
> straight away NOT to reinvent the wheel, but rather take a look at
> existing IMCs and see what came closest to where we were coming from.
> Indymedia South Africa inspired us. We looked at Manila and other IMCs as
> well.
>
> Without wasting further words, here it is. But before that, we want to
> request an almost exact replica of the  Indymedia South Africa look with
> this crucial difference: if the backdrop at the  top of the homepage can
> be the Kenyan flag( which I believe is available freely on the internet.
>
> We can do other things later.
>
> Comrades:
>
> People back at home are pretty excited about this. You cannot believe the
> amount of censorship currently prevailing. We are working with some very
> radical and progressive journals who are seeing story afte story killed
> and would really welncome and alternative to that.
>
> So below is the document:
>
>
> IndyMedia Kenya is a non-non-profit, democratic collective of Kenyan
> progressive independent media and social justice activists based in Kenya
> and other parts of the world.
>
> Principles of Unity: IndyMedia Kenya
>
> 1) We strive to provide an information infrastructure for people and
> opinions who do not have access to the airwaves, tools and resources of
> the mainstream media. This includes audio, video, photography, internet
> distribution and any other communication medium;
>
> 2) We support local, regional and global struggles against exploitation,
> oppression, discrimination,  and marginalization;
>
> 3) We function as a non-profit, anti-imperialist collective.
>
> 4) IndyMedia Kenya involves volunteer participants and allied collectives
> organized along anti-authoritarian principles of open and transparent
> decision-making processes, including open public meetings; a form of
> modified consensus; and the elimination of hierarchies.
>
> 5) IndyMedia Kenya participants shall not act in a manner that endangers,
> intimidates, or physically harms any member of the group, including by
> sexual harassment, tribal hatred, racist attacks or any acts of violence.
> Indymedia members shall strive to act in a respectful manner to other
> members of the collective as well as the public;
>
> 6) IndyMedia Kenya shall practice mutual respect, mutual benefit,
> consensus, consultation, and the independence and initiative of all
> persons and parties interested in joining or supporting it. No person or
> party or political belief shall arbitrarily impose its will on any or all
> the others;
>
> 7) IndyMedia Kenya decisions are– by way of consensus and consultation;
>
> 8) IndyMedia Kenya is committed to the principle of human equality, and
> shall not discriminate, including discrimination based upon race, region,
> gender, age, class or sexual orientation. As such, it shall not act in a
> manner that endangers, intimidates, or physically harms any member of the
> group, including by sexual harassment or acts of violence IndyMedia Kenya
> strives  to act in a respectful manner to its members as well as the
> public.
>
> Mission Statement
>
> -To fight for a New Kenya in the context of the global contest for a New
> World based on equality, justice and non-exploitation;
>
> -To cover Kenyan and other stories, events and happening that are
> censored, ignored or poorly covered by the mainstream media both locally
> and internationally;
>
> -To provide edited audio, video, and print stories of the above on the
> internet for independent and alternative media outlets, Kenyans worldwide
> and the general international public;
>
> -To facilitate the networking and coordination for the coverage of Kenyan
> stories and events as well as gather information about stories and events
> to cover.
> To provide links to alternative media, activist, and research groups in
> Kenya and around the world;
>
> -To seek out and provide coverage underscoring the global nature of
> people's struggles for social, economic, and environmental justice
> directly from their perspective;
>
> -To offer community-based training and education for training in internet
> and media skills;
>
> -To encourage, facilitate, and support the creation of independent and
> alternative progressive news gathering and organizations.
>
> Get Involved
>
> This is your independent media center. As an all-volunteer organization,
> we need you to get involved! Introduce yourself at our volunteer signup
> page and check our contact page for info on meetings and e-mail lists.
>
>
>
> IndyMedia Kenya EDITORIAL POLICY
>
> This was adapted from Manila and Perth Indymedia's editorial policy.
>
> Aims and Objectives
>
> -To provide an open-publishing newswire in accordance with established
> Indymedia policies and philosophy.
>  -To maintain the newswire and website as a space that welcomes members of
> disempowered or marginalised groups.
> -To acknowledge that words have the power to cause injury, but that
> instances of injurious speech or writing should also be seen as
> opportunities for a critical or insurrectionary response.
> -To preserve the quality of the website as a useful media resource.
>
> Newswire Protocol
>
> IndyMedia Kenya hosts an open-publishing newswire. Members of the
> editorial collective regularly monitor the newswire, keeping their eyes
> open for particularly significant, informative contributions to add to the
> centre-column features section.
>
> Open Publishing
>
> Open publishing means that the process of creating news is transparent to
> readers. They can contribute a story and see it instantly appear in a pool
> of stories. Readers can see editorial decisions being made by others. They
> can see how to get involved and help make editorial decisions. If they can
> think of a better way for the software to help shape editorial decisions,
> they can copy the software because it is free and change it and start
> their own site.
>
> Hiding Posts IndyMedia Kenya  Editorial Collective, in order to maintain
> the integrity of the newswire and the media commons it creates for our
> community of participants, may "hide" posts to the newswire when the
> content contravenes the guidelines that have been put in place (see
> below). All hidden posts (exceptions noted below) should be notified to
> the collective email list so that the Ed-collective has the chance to
> agree or disagree with the hiding of the post.
>
> Notifiable Removals
>
> Posts the author has requested be hidden.
> Posts which are obviously incorrect or misleading. This includes attempts
> to spread disinformation or to impersonate another individual.
> Posts that incite violence against disempowered members of the community.
> Threats to maim or kill.
> Posts which publish identifying information without the individual's
> knowledge or consent. Posts which use language, imagery, or other forms of
> communication to promote racism,tribalism,  religious hatred, fascism,
> xenophobia, homophobia, sexism etc., or any other form of discrimination.
> Abuse of others in the form of personal attacks. Indymedia is not a space
> for people to play out personal vendettas.
> Pornography, but not sexually explicit satire.
>
> Non-notifiable Removals
>
> Unreadable formats for eg: photos posted as text / text only posts without
> relevance nonsense/flooding.
> Duplicate/Repetitive posts.
> Advertising of products or for-profit services.
> Notification or cancellation of events. Please use the events calendar.
> These may be moved to appropriate wire.
> Persistent nuisance posts to the newswire or comments sections. +
> Posts that are deemed to be devoid of content or analysis and appear to be
> published with the sole purpose of disruption.
>
>
> If you don't agree with a decision...
>
> We strive to make decisions in the most democratic, transparent and
> accountable manner. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our
> policy or our practice, or would like to work with the Manila IMC, please
> contact us at
>
> Copyright of Features and Articles
>
> All posts made to the newswire are effectively covered by the principles
> of "COPYLEFT". The author retains the moral right to be recognised as the
> author of the article in question, but the article is free for
> distribution for non-profit and educative purposes. Articles may be
> reproduced in full for any purpose and in any media provided the
> reproduction is subject to the same principles as laid out here, that is,
> the same representations of the COPYLEFT of the article must appear
> alongside the article.
>
> Under no circumstances may articles or features from the IndyMedia Kenya
> site be reproduced in full in a fee-paying or for-profit medium. However,
> for-profit media may quote from articles or features in accordance with
> the "fair use" copyright principles.
>
> We think stories contributed to this site should be free for non-profit
> re-use. Copy left is an idea central to indymedia (for more information,
> check out http://www.opencontent.org/). If you want to change that for
> your story, please give your conditions in the summary.
> After stories have been published, they may be edited, linked or even
> deleted by the collective running this site. Please read our privacy and
> disclaimer statements.
>
> --------
>
>
>
> Question: A. How does the makeup of your collective reflect the diversity
> of the
>> local community (e.g. in realtion to gender-, sexual-, spiritual-,
>> and/or cultural-identity)?
>
> ANSWER:
>
> Our group is very diverse. We have women and men. At the first annual IMC
> regional conference for Africa,  we were the ONLY  African group to send a
> woman as a delegate to Dakar. Grace Waita is at the forefront of
> coordinating things within the country. We have young people barely out of
> their teens as well as much older people with greying hair; We have
> atheists, Christians, Muslims, followers of traditional African religions
> and agnostics; We have socialists, anarchists, liberals, nationalists,
> social democrats and people from  across the PROGRESSIVE ideological
> spectrum; we have people from different parts of the country who come from
> a diversity of  ethnic and racial backgrounds; we have people who live
> inside the country and those who reside outside; we have people with
> university backgrounds as well as  primary school drop outs; in short  we
> think we meet this criterion very effectively.
>>
>> B. If your group currently does not represent the diversity of the local
>> community, particularly in relation to groups who are underrepresented
>> in mainstream society and denied access to vehicles of expression, what
>> steps will be taken to address this on an ongoing basis?
>>
>
> NOT APPLICABLE. SEE ANSWER ABOVE
>> C. What steps will be taken to involve individuals in workfields new to
>> them? What measures will be taken to overcome a gendered work division?
>
> Grace Waita, one of our two delegates to Dakar is a relative newcomer to
> digital media activism and she learned a great deal from the IMC workshops
> in Senegal. We hav taken concrete steps to overcome a gendered work
> division by identifying it as one of the baggages in society that we must
> struggle and confront if we hope to  walk the talk. To say that we have
> overcome it would be a blatant lie. We have barely begun to work together
> as a cohesive unit and we believe that we will  confront these challenges
> around gendered work division as our group matures. Certainly
> philosophically we come from  a place with  zero tolerance for  such
> sexist division of labour but we recognize the need to transcend empty and
> sanctimonius pronouncements.
>
>
> In terms of communication, we are using a diversity of means to facilitate
> meetings and coordination since internet based communication has its own
> pitfalls in the  concrete Kenyan context.
>
> I hope that this suffices for now.
>
> Thanks Blicero once again.
>
> Onyango Oloo
>
> --------
>
>
> IMC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA - DRAFT Each IMC and Global Working Group is
> expected to:
>
> a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity,
> (PrinciplesOfUnity) YES
>
> b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional
> IMC, YES
>
> c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary
> "ownership" of an IMC), YES
>
> d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of
> Purpose. Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim
> basis, DONE
>
> e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and
> functions through democratic process, and with full transparency, DONE
>
> f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described in the NIMC Editorial
> Policy [editorial collective comments: "We did agree that the term "Open
> Publishing" was one that is still being defined by the Global Network
> Collective, and we would wait and see what the results were before
> rewriting this criteria], YES
>
> g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus
> principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,
> AGREED/DONE
>
> h. Have a spokesperson(s) willing and capable of participating in the
> global decision-making process and meetings as a rotating
> liaison/representative, with a clear understanding of the responsibilities
> that come with this role, DONE
>
> i. Participate in the key IMC Network Communication Methods that pertain
> to the health and vitality of the Network and that contribute to the work
> of the IMC. Assure that at least one person from your local IMC
> participates at any given time on the IMC-Communications list, YES
>
> j. (NOT FINALIZED): Have no official affiliation with any political party,
> state or candidate for office (comments: but individual producers have
> freedom to do whatever they like and local IMCs can "feature" stories
> about various political parties and initiatives), YES
>
> k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial for-profit enterprises. [We
> could add: The IMCN is committed to the decommercialization of information
> and will disassociate from any local IMC that decides to become a for
> profit media corporation.] AGREED
>
> l. Display a ³local version² of the IMC ³i² logo on your website and
> literature. YES
>
> m. Include the IMC Network current ³Cities List² on your site, preferably
> on the front page.
>
> about techie- perhaps you can communicate directly with me for the time
> being for two reasons;
>
> 1. i am getting trained so that i could be one of several;
> 2. we have two people(still relatively new to our group- one in britain
> and one in the states and for the time being they just wanted to us to
> involve them on as needed basis so we prefer to consult with them only
> when we need to;
>
> Oloo
>
> --
> ciao
> blicero
>
>  --- ho reagito male --- bill (killed in 2 volumes)
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