Volunteer resource page

This page is to help new or existing volunteers understand the ethos and common practice of BIMC volunteers.

These are documents BIMC volunteers have agreed to take part in the project:

• BristolEdPoHowToJoin
• BristolEdPoComplaintsPolicy

These documents are drafts that BIMC volunteers should discuss and to help vols:

• BristolEdPoEmailListGuidelines
• BristolEdPoMeetingGuidelines
• BristolEdPoSiteGuidelines
• BristolEdPoPrivacyInformation

These documents are help guides

• BristolEdPoHowToMakeFeature
• BristolWikiHelpGuide
• BristolEdPoVolunteerGuidelinesEditingStaticPages
• BristolEdPoVolunteerGuidelinesCreateNewStaticPage
• BristolEdPoVolunteerGuidelinesEditPublishModule

Things for volunteers to watch out for:

• BristolEdPoInformalHierarchy
• Gender and Meetings - http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36997
• A quick guide to 'decision making by consensus' http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/DecisionMakingGuide

To understand how BIMC operates it helps to have a overview of the global processes:

• All imc collectives agree to the principles of unity - http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/PrinciplesOfUnity
• This is a collection of questions and answers about the indymedia network - http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/FrequentlyAskedQuestionEn
• This is a somewhat disorganized page that contains useful information - http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/WebHome#GlobalThinking
• three years on- new imc every 11 days... http://www.anarchogeek.com/archives/000429.html
• An Academic analysis http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ImcEssayCollection
• An indymedia book http://print.indymedia.org/news/2004/02/1729.php
• Irelands new users page: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/IMCEireNewUsers
• World map of indymedia http://manifestor.org/john/worldkit/

Imc conflict resolution

• http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/resolve/2002-October/000150.html
• http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ResolveBookList

Wider Reading of Ideas around Media Democracy

• Adbuster's 'Media Carta' http://adbusters.org/metas/psycho/mediacarta/
• Center for Digital Democracy blog http://democraticmedia.org/
• Wikipedia article on Democratic Media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_media

-- MayleR - 31 Oct 2004
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