[New-imc] Indymedia Korea inquiry -liaison

[boud]

hi nick, miwon seo,

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, nick wrote:

> I can do the imc-liason work, though I am not in the region and don't
> speak Korean.

nick - please go ahead.

> peace,
> Nick
> imc-houston
>
> 2009/2/10 Miwon Seo <piacereina  gmail.com>:
>> Hello, new IMC members,
>>
>> I sent you the application for making indymedia Korea last Thursday. I am
>> curious about when you would confirm us about the application.
>>
>> You may remember the trial which some media activists in Korea made in 2005
>> or so, in order to create Indymedia Korea. In our team, we had some of those
>> affiliates, and shared the consequences after the refusal from you.

miwon seo - this is most likely based on a misunderstanding. You can
check the mailing list archives during "2005 or so":

http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-process/

but i would be very surprised if there were any "refusal" of a
previous collective from Korea.

i vaguely remember that there might have been some questions in the
new-imc working group about whether the Korea people involved were
from just one activist group or a variety of activist groups. But
asking questions or expressing concerns is not the same thing as a
refusal! The nature of being a network is that collectives need to
communicate with each other and get to know each other. Please think
of this as a process - it's not like an application for a job or grant
money where a corporation or ministry says yes/no. It's supposed to be
more like an autonomous network with a process of getting to know one
another and building up trust and also taking organising and
communicational actions in response to needs, questions, concerns.
We don't have any bosses or central powers, so the process is a bit
messier than for a corporation...

Anyway, nick can explain that to you more patiently. :)

horizontalidad
boud  (just one volunteer in the new-imc working group and imc torun)


>> Giraffe noticed to Pim(Belgium) about our activities since january this year
>> to encourage people to get involved in indymedia network and to rejuvenate
>> the motivation which local NGOs had for it. It is on-going even now.
>>
>> Please send your view on our application and hopefully, we can build another
>> path of solidarity through new imc chapter in Korea.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> --
>> ??? Miwon, Seo
>> address:  808 Pierson Building, Shinmunro 2-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South
>> Korea
>> 110-761
>> http://ecofem.or.kr/
>> telephone: +82 2 722-7943~4
>>
>> cellphone: +82 10 8713 2078
>> e-mail: piacereina  gmail.com
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