-- RovinNZ - 22 Sep 2002

PLEASE add to this document. I tried to write it a while ago but just keep finding things which people who are new to the network should have ready access to! (sorry, but this document uses html extensively - that doesn't mean you have to though!)

An appropriately formatted version with the draft text is here

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For those of you interested in getting more involved or just learning more about indymedia, here are some useful links:

process.indymedia.org 'Get involved with the Indymedia Revolution' This site will point you to some of the documents that people working on Indymedia, both locally and internationally, have developed to give each other advice for how to organize an IMC, both structurally and technically, and to provide more information about Indymedia so you may decide if you want to form your own independent media center. Two highlights from 'process' are articles from the corporate media about IMC and /faq where you'll find a collection of frequently asked questions about indymedia. Questions such as: "Should I believe news I read on Indymedia?" , "Are you 'activists' or 'journalists?' "

docs.indymedia.org
This is the place for: work in progress (agendas, web documents, document revisionsetc.), meeting summaries, best practices (documenting and sharing what practices we find useful), working group proposals, information for new people etc., general how-to guides, any other materials that can help us work together better.

tech.indymedia.org Information on software we use, server problems and any other technical problems that come up are all here.

irc.indymedia.org (Internet Relay Chat) If you want a specific question answered or just want to see what's being talked about try these chatrooms. The main chanels are #indymedia and #tech. Sometimes meeting are also held in the #meeting channel. Don't know what I'm on about? Here is a help page about irc chat.

Some tech genius has made this tool: a wiki this a meeting place where people collaborate on common interests. Anyone can contribute using a regular Web browser. TWiki looks like a normal Web site, but it allows (and ecourages) everyone to edit the web pages and contribute their questions and input. It's not too hard to learn and use, and provides possibly the most powerful way to exchange and develop ideas online, in an open, uncomplicated environment. Here is a help page and here is the main page. These are the wikis A-IMC are working on at the moment.

Another project being worked on is a centralised collection of conflict resolution documents. At the moment the discussion is based in the resolve list. Some sites have their own conflict resolution guidlines already in place: Urbana Another useful resource for consensus based decision making, its difficulties and possible solutions is the Collective Book project.

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Please add your content here: (don't forget to sign it)

The newimc "...site is put together and kept up to date by various members of the network, but primarily by the New IMC working group. Our hope it that this information will introduce you to an overview of Indymedia but also to what to expect from the New Imc Process. This working space is ever evolving and is the first step towards understanding not only Indymedia values and the common ground that enables us to be a network, but also a bit about how the network itself works and what that means for each local IMC." -- RovinNZ - 22 Sep 2002

http://alternatives.indymedia.org/ "Activists who fight corporate globalization certainly believe so. Those struggling to oppose corporate globalization are more than simply critics of the current system. Though global opposition to the negative effects of the world's current economic and political systems continues to grow, every time those protesting corporate globalization appear en masse to call attention to a global financial body like the International Monetary Fund or World Trade Organization, their critics accuse them of offering little more than condemnation. "We know what you're against," critics say, "but what are you for?" In order to try to answer, Indymedia has decided to develop Alternatives to corporate globalization website, to suggest some possible answers." This site is broken

http://rt.indymedia.org/ Seems to be the site managing the indymedia help email lists.

http://logs.indymedia.org/central.html Seems to have logs only for sites hosted from one server?

And once you've been in the features collective for a while you might get a password to post new features here: http://www.indymedia.org.nz/features.cgi?
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