[Imc-oceania] An open letter to Mick Lambe and anyone involved in or following the saga:

[shane]

hi fiona (et al)

from my experience, in one capacity or another, since the early days  
of indymedia in '99 there has been a consistent series of characters  
orchestrating incidents similar to this throughout the indymedia  
network and few if any have been resolved in a constructive manner.

i personally spent far too many hours dealing with mick and the  
problems he created for indymedia in the short year i was in  
australia (and i recognize many others invested far more than i did)  
in 2004 - i'm now back 'home' and amazed that the disruption of this  
kind persists in the oceania indy network.. that persistance is our  
collective failure.

i believe that, as a network of networks, it's critical we learn to  
effectively deal with people (and their destructive behavior) as  
similar characters succeed to be disruptive, to greater or lesser  
degrees, in many different indymedia communities.. hopefully we will  
learn, adapt and evolve so that we are not vulnerable to such in the  
future.

your email helps us have a clear and accurate portrayal of the  
timeline and series of events that are part of what has brought us to  
where we are today - that's critical information that helps us learn  
how to better identify and defend ourselves and the network from this  
type of disruption.

many thanks and much respect,
-shane