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June 09, 2006, at 10:06 AM by SvP
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* Overlap of content with World Car Free website ??
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* What kind of news?
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* Is Indy media happy with theme specific portals?? Is there a reason?
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- this is moderated by the editors , policy have to defined
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justin - vernichte.dein.auto@gmail.com
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george - gnstiff@HOTMAIL.COM
patrick - patrick@odd-sock.net
susa - susannairaci@gmail.com
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Minutes of meeting in Tabor, Czech Republic

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Carfree Indymedia Site
Minutes of meeting
25 May 2006

Proposal: Make use of the IndyMedia website.

Rationale:

* World Car Free - website with info
* Carbusters - selected news every three months
* Indymedia - provides frequently updated news

Advantages:

* Can act as a news portal for worldcarfree
* Will allow us to obtain more activists (indymedia is very popular
with activists - not be underestimated)
* Plenty of examples of how it works.
* Existing technology that we can leverage
* People are empowered to upload news articles themselves / open & free
* Provides a stream of info for future carbusters issues
* Helps streamline efficiency of Carbusters work, get relevant articles
* Multilingual support

Process:

* We have to apply to become an indymedia site
* Write to collective
* List of questions to be answered
* need to define an editorial policy
* Need to define editorial collective
* Need a computer programmer to design actual website

Topics:

* Walking
* Cycling
* Public Space
* Public Transport
* Carfree Development
* Transitions (eg Car sharing)
* Events / other
* Announcements

Questions:

* Do we have to pay to host ourselves?
* Overlap of content with World Car Free website ??
- there is not really any news currently
* Who are the editors?
* What kind of news?
- could be anything, even local (at least the self-posted material
on the right column)
- main articles should maybe be more useful in the international sense.
* Concerned about the gap / gulf between the indymedia portal and the
wcn website, Indymedia is supposed to be independent?
* How are editors decided?
* Can we discuss articles?
- yes this is possible by using comments

Concerns:

* Topics may be hidden at bottom of lists
* Is Indy media happy with theme specific portals?? Is there a reason?
- this may be a new development for indymedia
* Extremism on indymedia
- this is moderated by the editors , policy have to defined

To Do:

People who are interested:

justin - vernichte.dein.auto@gmail.com
Steve - svonpohl@centrum.cz
Randy - rghent@gmx.net
george - gnstiff@HOTMAIL.COM
patrick - patrick@odd-sock.net
susa - susannairaci@gmail.com
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