[New-imc] Fw: New IMC Herefordshire

[sam]

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--- On Sun, 24/5/09, sam <ozzysamuk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: sam <ozzysamuk at yahoo.com>
> Subject: New IMC Herefordshire
> To: mhatter at riseup.net, imc-bristol at lists.indymedia.org, new-imc at indymedia.org
> Date: Sunday, 24 May, 2009, 3:04 PM
> 
> Hi Matt
> "The reason i'm writing is to ask how much work is needed
> to run an Indymedia collective?"
> 
> In a sense as much as you want to put in! once you have the
> website set up different collectives put in a varying degree
> of effort.
> 
> Some Like UC IMC have their own physical space, and lots of
> active projects
> http://www.ucimc.org/content/about-uc-imc
> 
> Some are just barely functioning with just a couple of
> people. 
> 
> "What equipment is needed?" 
> 
> Generally you need a webserver to run the website, however
> if you have a good number of people who are committed to
> making it work, then it is often possible to get hosting
> donated by another IMC, at least initially.
> 
> If you want to take it further I suggest reading these
> documents
> 
> https://dev.docs.indymedia.org/Global/NewImcHowTo
> 
> Then get in touch with the New IMC working group (CC'd on
> this mail)
> 
> "Do you think it would be suitable for a rural county like
> Herefordshire?"
> 
> Historically I think people have found it more difficult to
> set UP IMC's in rural locations due to the problems of
> travelling to meetings. This is not to say that it could not
> work in your situation..
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> 
> https://dev.docs.indymedia.org/Global/NewImcHowTo
> > 
> > Thanks for your email. I don't have time right now to
> write
> > an extensive
> > response but hopefully others will respond to your
> > enquiries more fully.
> > Suffice to say that there is a far amount of work
> needed to
> > run a
> > collective - especially at the start when you need to
> > establish your
> > working principles, and get yourselves known.
> > 
> > Bristol IMC ticks over very nicely with a few people
> doing
> > a few bits of
> > stuff regularly. However we're lucky because;
> > - we're well-established;
> > - we've got a good number of committed people doing
> stuff
> > regularly.
> > Even despite this it's imperative that we keep
> reinventing
> > ourselves or
> > the whole project goes very stale very quickly. So
> you
> > never really reach
> > a point where the thing runs itself, and doesn't need
> > people to work hard
> > on it.
> > 
> > Having said all that, IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT, and a
> really
> > valuable project.
> > And if you're interested in setting stuff up in
> > Herefordshire then I'm
> > sure we'd be keen to help you insofar as we're able.
> > 
> > Keep us posted.
> > nick
> > (one of the Bristol IndyMedia Collective)
> > 
> > "Moments aren't enough for you? If so, you must learn
> that
> > eternity will
> > not be either." (Kazantzakis)
> > ----------------------------------------
> > http://nickleberry-huxtable.blogspot.com
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 
> > > Contact Form Submission
> > > From: Matt ( mailto:mhatter at riseup.net
> > )
> > >
> > > I was part of a meeting last night that included
> > Anarchists,
> > > environmentalist, transition towns, Greens and
> other
> > interested parties.
> > > What brought us together is the need for more
> > alternative media in
> > > Herefordshire.
> > > I pointed towards Bristol Indymedia as an example
> of
> > free media.
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope you can answer some of these questions
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Matt
> > >
> > > End of Msg. Sent at 15:57:49 Thu
> > >
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