[imc-melbourne-work] Future of Melbourne Indymedia

[Anna Helme]

the other thing i would suggest is that if the collective wants new 
software to do this:

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==Software==

In terms of software, the Melbourne site really needs that upgrade.

* We need Userids for identification of quality users.

* We need an Option for users when they post an article to decide
whether they want a) no comments B) approved comments c) all comments

* At least one newswire that is only for articles posted by "trusted
users" and that members of the editorial collective can move articles
to. Without this, we can not met the requirements of Google News and
we become just another opinionated blog.

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(as takver has outlined) then MIM should use the money in the bank
- am i right in thinking it's about $1000? if not i'm sure it wouldn't
be too hard to get it up to that amount - to *pay* a developer to
do this. MIM seems to do OK when it comes to donations.

you should be able to solve the major problem MIM is facing - the
software - if you pay a developer now, and know that you will have to
use donations to pay for regular maintenance. much more sustainable
i think - both for MIM and for the developers who may be so burnt out
from doing free activist stuff they leave it all behind and never
come back.

if $1500 was spent on software development / maintenance a year,
perhaps everybody would be much happier...