Zanarchy IRC Meeting 2012.07.04

Zanarchy IRC Digest 2012.07.04

Transcript Survey

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Major Issues

• Bi-monthly vs. Quarterly: The IRC discussion found bi-monthly to be too ambitious for a fledgling group, and tentatively decided on quarterly publications pending group vote. (11:35)
• Layout: Survey results split between just content and a sectioned magazine. Majority vote will decide. (11:45)

Members in IRC (Introductions)

• Ansaru (AnsaruFrizz): female, "wants to help people see that anarchy is not just people in black mask burning things we do other things as well."
• esoteric_user: male, new to anarchism and excited to contribute
• fuzzytoe: feminine pronouns, "interested in the possibilities that an internet-based anarchist zine can have"
• koskaone:male, wants to see the diversity an online zine could produce
• Laurelai: female pronouns, has server space for hosting
• strykr: male, excited to see what the group can come up with
• vomitisjustskimmilk (vijsm): layout and design tutorial (1:12)

Survey Results

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AluScgiJNrEtdHctV2Jia2trbmxNemxEWkVkYlk2c0E#gid=0
• Print Format: consensus for the same print and online version, with future plans to adapt if need be. (11:30)
• Layout: 19/18 vote split for content/sections. Will be put to vote on the subreddit. (11:30)
• Publication Regularity: quarterly, on account of the ambitious nature of bi-monthly publications. (11:35)
  • Objections raised: majority vote was bi-monthly, which may not be feasible.
• Distribution Format: possibility for a torrent, a direct download, and a printed version, as it's trivial to upload to multiple sources. (11:40)
• Content: News, Opinion, Art, Advice and Fiction (11:50)

Organizational Structure:

• Section, Layout, and Editing teams, with a decentralized distribution / publication team w/ a few core members. (12:00)
  • Editing: Limited editing team (less than 5 people for now), will post all edits to provides transparency.
    • Editors are nominated for each issue, held accountable to the group.
    • No style guide, but please--for the love of all things green and good--use proper english. Details will be hashed out.
  • Layout Team: stacked rotation (eg 12345 -> 23456) to allow for a lot of people to gain the skills without us starting from scratch each time. (12:20)
    • Dropbox account for transparency.
    • 1 layout man with 3 writers? (12:50)

Submission

• ANYTHING related to anarchism is welcome. It just has to be relevant, and it has to take an anarchist point of view.

Sections

• Theory: reserved for hypotheticals, specific theorists, and discussions political ideologies (12:30)
  • Applying theories to current events may fall under a News / Lifestyle. (12:30)
  • Critiques of other political ideologies and branches of anarchism are welcome, as long as they're not outright attacks. (12:30)
  • All theory should be written with the subject being anarchist, or relating to it, and the point of view being anarchist. (12:37)
  • INCLUDES opinions, as they are extremely similar (12:40)
• News: limited to first-hand accounts, as we can't compete with the internet, and a brief timeline of user-submitted recent events. (12:10)
  • News team? (12:15)
• Creative Writing: can be fiction, anecdotal stories, poetry, etc. (12:45)
  • Everything HAS to fit within the space constraints.
• Lifestyle: advice, DIY guides, etc. (12:51)
• Art:
  • No real content guidelines for submissions, but the layout team has the final say.
  • Interspersed throughout the sections? (12:50)

Roadmap

• Goal: September 12th, 2012 (1:00)
  • Symbolic: day of awakening.
• Benchmarks
  • Teams up and running by the end of the week.
  • July 30: 75% of content completed. (1:05)
• Submissions to r/zanarchysubmissions
  • Add to an open submissions board, tag with section. (1:05)
  • You MUST tag submissions. (1:05)
• Working Groups:
  • Signup sheets will be posted in r/zanarchy (1:07)
  • Two co-editors, one layout and design and 3 copy-editors/writers (1:09)
  • REDUNDANCY: Nothing ever left to just one person. (1:10)
  • Any team member can be immediately recalled (1:15)

Sundries

• Name: Possibly Karma, either with or without a varying number of Circle-A's. Will be voted on later. (1:20)
• Next Meeting: Mid-July to watch progress on the deadline of July 30th. Exact date left up to the group. (1:25)

Misc Points

• ePub version: strykr volunteered to manage as an additional option. (11:35)
• Audience: mostly current anarchists due to a presumed lack of interest in non-anarchists. (12:15)
  • Introduction to the magazine to allow for non-anarchists to join.
• Community monitor post: one person to chronicle the steps needed to create a zine. (12:20)
• Article Idea; A back-and-forth style article between two different viewpoints within anarchism. (12:35)
• Contact someone like Scott Crow to write a first op-ed article. (12:43)
• Length: 30-50 pages, as per the survey results. (12:45)
• Art and Opinion: conform to the anti-oppression policy as a guideline, but it isn't a strict rule. (12:57)
• Email address for people to submit questions and complaints. (12:59)
• GIMP for all layout. (1:15)

EDIT: Fixed a typo… some Redditor I am.