[Cc-webedit] [mediateam] News during camp & website

[letyourlifesing at riseup.net]

Hi,

I think the suggestion is a good one. We also need to take into
consideration the fact that London imc and the UK imc each run on a
different cms and so don't play well together techinically. That means
that there'll be different content on the UK IMC and the London IMC, both
sets which should be good and relevant to us.

Sophia

> Hi all,
>
> [This is quite important to read if you care about the provisions for
> open publishing during camp.]
>
> So far, our plan has been to set up a news.climatecamp.org.uk website
> for people to post to. Some important concerns have been raised about
> this approach, and discussed informally between various individuals:
>
> * We don't have a process set up for moderating / promoting articles.
> Any process we do set up could be seen as an attempt by climate camp to
> control what people are saying.
>
> * Having a climate camp specific news site could be seen as distancing
> ourselves from Indymedia and therefore "the movement", which could
> amplify bad feeling
>
> * Setting up a specific news site would be more work for the website
> group to build and maintain. We are already short on time with the new
> website launching within 2 days.
>
> So there's a proposal for a change of plan.
>
> PROPOSAL: We use London Indymedia and pull promoted articles tagged with
> "climatecamp" from there. We put a link from our website which takes
> people directly to a publish page for this tag. This makes sense
> because:
>
> * We don't have to do any setup/maintenance
> * The camp is in London
> * It's part of Indymedia and therefore the "movement"
> * It won't leave people confused about what the difference is between
> Indymedia and "our" news site
>
> This is both pragmatic and probably better politically.
>
> We have basically no time for long discussions on this. If people have
> MAJOR objections, please voice them by NOON TOMORROW (that's Monday 16th
> August).
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>