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Newswire monitoring

(five volunteers)2-3 hrs / week

• hiding articles, email discussion, fixing broken posts
• need to devote a bit of time most days

Static pages updating and maintenance

(four volunteers) 1 to 5 plus hrs / week

• creating content, keeping content current, etc

Listserve admin

(two volunteers) 3 hrs / week

• culling spams, approving / rejecting posts, etc

IMC contact person

(two volunteers) 3 hrs / week

• manage all inquires sent to ontario@indymedia.org

Volunteer coordination

5 to 10 hrs / week

• maintain to do list
• follow up with volunteers, task assignments

Report / Comment on stories

(open to all) 5 min to a few hours / story

• publish a written report
• upload media
• add comments to articles

Feature story creation

(open to all)

10 min to a couple hours / feature

• put together feature story, information, links
• submit through online form

Web site editorial, maintenance

(2-3 volunteers) 1 to 5 plus hrs / week

• edit stories
• put features into centre column
• maintain website
• introduce new web design features

Technical support

(3 volunteers)

• do back end work, nuts and bolts of website
• software switchover

Promotion

(open to all)1-3 hrs / event or ongoing

• print off and distribute promotional material (as flyers, posters,etc)
• develop other means of promoting the website

Media Relationship Building

(2 volunteers, 5 hours per week)

• contact independent and corporate media sources to inform them of our resources, and to keep their contact info up-to-date, for our use and on the website.

Local Indymedia Relations

(3 volunteers, 5-15 hours per week)

• keep in contact with local cities,
  • encourage them to start their own IMCs
  • set up media access centres
  • provide workshops
  • facilitate the creation of print, audio, or video media.

NewsBlasts

(1 or 2 volunteers, 3 hours per week)

• Collect information from indymedia news sources, and summarize into e-mails, either by topic or a variety of "hot topics" for the week, and broadcast, in order to generate interest in what we offer.

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-- DonaldBowyer - 28 Apr 2003