Sorry, I wasnt as clear as I could have been.... I'll chalk it up to my health<br><br>The original IndyMedia sites were early or pre-blog era ... and pushed the boundaries.<br><br>A number of the IndyMedia sites are looking to similarly push their platforms to the next level of utility .... (that was the next-generation point - next generation for them)
<br><br>Their organization, is as you mention, very flat ... they are a network, and that is very intentional. They are already next generaion in that regard :)<br><br><br>So, now, we have to think what it means to partner with networks ... in some cases it just means individual actions... I post to the local indymedia sites when I get a chance ... and I recommend you all do the same.
<br><br>-MM<br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Julie Alive with Energy</b> <<a href="mailto:motivate@frontiernet.net">motivate@frontiernet.net</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Micheal,</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">I liked their mission statement:</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations
and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia
is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and
passionate tellings of truth.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Can you say more about them being a next generation
application for this platform? I assume you are thinking about a newswire
platform, yes?</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font color="#993366" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(153, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">Summary
from recent e-mails:</span></font></b></p>
<p><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">Michael suggested we look at this link:</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">
</span></font><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"><a href="http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml</a></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">In response to us looking at a link about
information centers: </span></font><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=113411" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=113411<font color="#993366"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"> </span></font></a></span></font><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">
Which is a new way of turning your newspaper into
an information center. </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">We are looking at how we might develop Pravin's
newswire idea – could it fit with Brandon's new wiki concept for an
EFN newswire for/with/by EFN members. </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#993366" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">When following up on information centers this
link, we were directed to talk with Jennifer Carroll at Gannett network: </span></font><span><u><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=113441" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=113441</a></span></font></u></span></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Cheers, Julie</span></font></p>
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