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Indymedia training session - be the media

The indymedia trainings department :) | 11.11.2007 13:44 | Free Spaces | Indymedia | London

For those who would like to get involved in indymedia but are not too
sure how, or fancy knowing how all that mess that is
 http://www.indymedia.org works, or have gone all the way to an indymedia
meeting but it all sounded like a mix of spanish and chinese to them...

The next indymedia training in London will be on Tuesday
the 20th of November at about 7pm in Rampart social centre.

It is not clear which floor we will get so please do notify by email to
 imc-london-trainings@riseup.net so that we get an idea of how many
people to expect. Also please do come prepared with pen and paper so you
can take notes of all the homework you will take with you ;) only half
joking, there will be quite a few web pages you will need to visit once
at your home or your local social centre.

This is a vague outline of the intended contents;

history introduction, - why indymedia was created
delete intermediary between actors and audience
take away commercial relationship by which news are sold and bought
right to reply

expansion - first stages
principles of unity and membership criteria
software , servers

localisation - the uk site
imc uk and decentralisation
imc london,
relationship between london and uk site, then global site.


hands-on

- how to write a [newswire] article
- how to edit pictures (gimp)- what formats to use, etc ...
- appropriate formats for audio/video
- how to publish (the technical bit)
- irc for when things go wrong
- basic internet security, strictly for the very beginners, on how to
use (and why) encryption and/or secure connections


It might not happen that all these things get covered but you should get
out inspired to write lots of reports , lots of features and do lots of
admin to avoid the closure of the indymedia site.


The indymedia trainings department :)

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Have some respect for the survivors of communism....

11.11.2007 19:37

...perverted bunch of fascist scum.

King Amdo

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In need of training

12.11.2007 11:29

Looks like indymedia needs some training in how to moderate and keep trolls of it's wire.

old boy

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damn straight

12.11.2007 17:29

They should make more use of the IP block faclility for the worst offenders such as "King Amdo", that "remember remember" moron with his incoherent drivel, that one who goes on about Notting Hill Housing Trust without ever giving any real reason why he/she hates them, and the people who go on endlessly about the "Crossrail hole" without giving any reasoning behind it but happy to use sock puppets to attack anyone who criticises them, and many others...

annoyed with dumb tw*ts spoling Indymedia

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damn straight

12.11.2007 18:01

The newswire can be a joke at times, with an editorial quality on a par with the Daily Star. There needs to be more quality, with the removal of the worst offenders such as "King Amdo", that "remember remember" moron with his incoherent drivel, that one who goes on about Notting Hill Housing Trust without ever giving any real reason why he/she hates them, and the people who go on endlessly about the "Crossrail hole" without giving any reasoning behind it but happy to use sock puppets to attack anyone who criticises them, and many others...

annoyed with dumb tw*ts spoling Indymedia

was only trying to be helpful

13.11.2007 12:16

by making a few suggestions which would IMO improve the quality of Indymedia. Seems that challenging editorial policy on the newswire is a non-starter, so I'll shut up now.

Oh, and when you are censoring my comment (again), maybe you would like to also get the first comment on this piece removed, cause that is just as hideworthy, if my stuff has to be hidden, so should his disrutpive BS.

And while you at it, these are also hideworthy:

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385447.html - incoherent bullshit
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385407.html - ditto, ranting about his personal injustice without going into detail

OK, I'll shut up now.

disgruntled Indymedia reader
- Homepage: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385525.html?c=all

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I agree

13.11.2007 14:58

It's incredible that an indy admin person would hide those two comments while leaving the king crap stuff.

WTF!

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