print and post these flyers to spread the word.

Santa Cruz Indymedia=Excessive Editing

Post the editing policies and control freak site editors at the open house.

Who decides what articles stay and which media is allowed to stay more than 2 min. on the site???

Well, you asked, so here it is... In the future, the link to the SC IMC editorial policy is located on the front page, on the left side... here is the URL... santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/info/display/policy/index.php

Editorial Policy
Santa Cruz Independent Media Center Editorial Policy

Introduction

We have consensed on the following guidelines to help us decide what postings are appropriate and what are not. We believe that these guidelines will help to make the moderating process a clearer one for IMC volunteers, for anyone who self-publishes, and finally an unencumbered, useful and open newswire for readers worldwide.

We especially encourage people to publish:

- Well written and researched, timely articles
- Eyewitness accounts of actions and demonstrations
- Coverage of Monterey Bay area issues
- Media analysis
- Investigative reports exposing injustice
- Stories on events affecting underrepresented groups
- Media produced from within underrepresented groups
- Stories with national or global significance
- Stories on people or projects working towards social and economic justice
- Original, under-reported stories of local, regional, national, or global importance.

The Santa Cruz IMC editorial collective, in order to maintain the integrity of the Newswire and the media commons it creates for our community of participants, may hide or delete posts to the Newswire at their discretion. For example, posts that contain blatantly racist, sexist, homophobic, or other hateful material intended to objectify, intimidate, or injure traditionally oppressed or under-represented groups or that link to websites that advocate the same, may be deleted.

The SC-IMC collective reserves the right to alter or amend this editorial policy without prior notice. Any alterations or amendments to this policy will be indicated by a notice posted on our Newswire.

This editorial policy is based in part on the policy of New York City IMC.
NYC-IMC Editorial Policy