[Imc-sydney] resignation as liaison

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Does that mean you'll still be around? 



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> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:06:32 -0700
> From: malcreada at gmail.com
> To: imc-finance at lists.indymedia.org; imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au; imc-communication at lists.indymedia.org
> CC:
> Subject: [Imc-sydney] resignation as liaison
> 
> Hello all,
> This email is to let you know that I will no longer be able to fulfill the duties of liaison to the imc-finance list for both Sydney and Arizona indymedia's.
> I am starting law school soon, and so will not have time to pay attention to imc-finance matters.  However, I am also deeply concerned about the state of the indymedia structure regarding money.  I am mainly concerned that there is a centralized structure (UCIMC) that claims to be accountable to the entire network, but in reality, makes decisions regularly without the knowledge or consent of the network.  This is not entirely the fault of UCIMC, owing to the fact that the vast majority of collectives are not involved in, and may not even know about, the imc-finance group.  However it creates a defacto consolidation and imbalance of power which I believe will inevitably be either abused by UCIMC or manipulated by outside parties who wish to harm the indymedia network.
> The consulta, an attempt to involve and inform the network, has stalled due to the same problems.  I believe that this failure shows the weaknesses of the current structure.
> I believe that in light of these circumstances, the only responsible course of action is to dismantle the financial structure of indymedia as soon as possible.  It can be re-instituted at a later date if the group is able to achieve a quorum of involvement from the network.  Because I don't have the ability to pursue this course of action, I feel I must resign rather than continue to be complicit in the current situation.
> For these reasons, I can no longer continue to be a liaison in good faith.
> salud,
> stacy
> --
> "I hear people forget they are talking about fellow human beings when they talk of the undocumented travelers.  Some brag about carrying a gun so they can pick one off to teach the others a lesson... Just because our country is threatened by outside forces, let us not sink into the mindset of pre-war Germany.  It was their sense of vulnerability that opened their minds to suggestions that all their economic woes were due to a people they considered foreign and socially marginal."   --Carol St. John

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