<< IndyMedia

There are people here - and present at the meeting - from:

• http://pl.indymedia.org
• who are thinking of making indymedia in Slovenia
  • see also http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcCEEurope#Slovenia
• http://indymedia.nl
• http://belgium.indymedia.org
• http://austria.indymedia.org
• http://galiza.indymedia.org
• someone involved in starting IMC Brussels
• http://italy.indymedia.org
• noone from http://croatia.indymedia.org turned up, but consistent rumours of their presence are circulating

There are people who were present at the meeting and are interested to learn more from:

• France (see http://france.indymedia.org or http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcFrance )

We each introduced ourselves briefly. And then suggested topics for discussion:

• general introduction to indymedia, useful for new people
  • basic links:
    • http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NewImcHowTo - to organise a new IMC - a lot of material, but it's really worth it - RTFM really makes a lot of sense here - and also some time after getting started and go through RTFM again
    • http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-europe - for "europe" (no nationalistic boundary) indymedia discussion
    • http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcCEEurope - indymedia in central/eastern Europe
  • we mainly had presentations IMC Italy, IMC Belgium and IMC Poland experiences
  • Question: Did indymedia really have any effects on general society?
    • After hearing the responses, someone from Slovenia summarised this: "the positive effect was to be a hub"
• problems in how some indymedia groups are changing, becoming something like an NGO, professionalising
• http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/SummerCamp2004 - summer camp 2005?
  • suggestion of having a "cost-sharing database" as in IMC Italy - people use the data base to pay different amounts according to how much, when they can, and by looking at the global database, people can judge what is fair