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This text is taken from A C Proposal and is an extract from the minutes of ImcPortlandDec16th2001Minutes
[ Final version of AC proposal ]
The revised Autonomous Committee proposal accepted by
full consensus reads as follows:
We propose that the Portland IMC General Collective
creates working committees empowered to carry out the
mission of the Portland IMC. As such, it has just a
few decision-making powers.
Autonomous Committees (AC's) can be created or
dissolved by the general collective (GC), according to
the consensus with fallback model originally adopted
by the GC. Autonomous Committees draft a mission
statement and a set of operational guidelines, which
is approved by the collective during the committee
creation process, but need not include specific
procedural mandates (such as say, how to post a
feature).
An existing committee can create a sub-committee or
steering committee to fulfill functions within the
existing committee's mission statement.
PDX IMC committees may use whatever consensus-based
decision-making process they agree on.
The GC meeting still holds some important functions:
to coordinate AC actions and resolve issues that fall
outside the approved mission of a given committee,
such as:
- proposals which modify the mission statement of a
given AC
- finance committee proposals (or others) which
modify the allocation of funds to various committees
- proposals which seek to alter the nature of PDX IMC
(such as rewrites of the GC deciskion-making process,
the nature of the relationship between the GC and its
ACs, or modifications to the mission statement)
- discussion of broader philosophical issues of the
purpose and direction of PDX IMC, and the
effectiveness of various committees.
- The GC may propose committee recommendations,
which must be addressed by a member of the committee
via the list-serve; and may request open discussion at
the next GC meeting. A contact must be designated to
respond to concerns or recommendations by GC.
- Committees may dissolve voluntarily, or by the
action of the general collective if their actions
violate the mission statement of GC or AC, or Global.
Remember, recommendations can be enforced upon an AC
by the Gc following the normal decision-making model.
- resolution of conflict within or between various
committees
- sponsorship of events or activities, especially
those which involve financial obligation or
repercussions with respect to the reputation or goals
of PDX IMC
Committee Restrictions and Responsibilities
- a) ACs must adhere to the following four principles of
Global Indymedia: open publishing, open membership,
open source, non-profit.
- b) ACs must adhere to their mission statemtn, as
defined in the committee creation process.
- c) ACs may set up their own quora rules and
definitions of a meeting.
- d) Any procedural decision must be communicated to the
GC via the GC imc-portland@indymediaSTOPSPAM.org discussion
listserve.
- e) ACs must keep the GC informed of their activities
via imc-portland discussion listserve as well as
providing a report for anyone to read at meetings. A
report must be read at collective meetings. The AC is
responsible to be sure someone reads their report.
We're all supposed to be working together.
- f) An AC may choose to throw any decision back to the
GC if it wishes, and is encouraged to do so when
irreconcilable conflicts arise.
6 Month Revision Rule:
After 6 months the whole process is re-evaluated to
see if everything is going well and to address any
concerns.
Four principles of Global Indymedia:
open publishing
open membership
open source
non-profit
For clarification, see global indymedia at
www.indymedia.org
-- RovinNZ - 01 Oct 2002
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