Indymedia Belarus aims to meet the Membership Criteria of the IMC Network, the Indymedia Belarus Social Contract follows the Membership Criteria.

The Indymedia Belarus Collective accepts the following criteria (in the comments below, links are referring to appropriate sections of the Social Contract):

a. Agree in spirit to the NIMC Mission Statement and Principles of Unity,

Yes. See chapter 1.

b. Have a committed membership substantial enough to sustain a functional IMC,

Yes. Size and commitment of the Indymedia Belarus Collective can be judged by the imc-by.hardcore.lt website.

c. Have open and public meetings (no one group can have exclusionary “ownership” of an IMC),

Yes (see chapter 3, chapter 11), with some exceptions (see section 3.4).

d. Work toward developing a local Mission Statement or Statement of Purpose. Network Mission Statement may be adopted or used on an interim basis,

Yes. The Social Contract includes Mission Statement as chapter 1.

e. Establish and publish an editorial policy which is developed and functions through democratic process, and with full transparency,

Yes. The Social Contract includes Editorial Policy, see in particular chapter 2, chapter 9.

f. Agree to the use of Open Publishing as described in the NIMC Editorial Policy [editorial collective comments: “We did agree that the term “Open Publishing” was one that is still being defined by the Global Network Collective, and we would wait and see what the results were before rewriting this criteria],

Yes. See chapter 2.

g. Adopt a decision-making policy that is in alignment with consensus principles which include open, transparent and egalitarian processes,

Yes. See chapter 10.

h. Have a spokesperson(s) willing and capable of participating in the global decision-making process and meetings as a rotating liaison/representative, with a clear understanding of the responsibilities that come with this role,

Yes. See in particular this report on new-imc mailing list.

i. Participate in the key IMC Network Communication Methods that pertain to the health and vitality of the Network and that contribute to the work of the IMC. Assure that at least one person from your local IMC participates at any given time on the IMC-Communications list,

See above.

j. (NOT FINALIZED): Have no official affiliation with any political party, state or candidate for office (comments: but individual producers have freedom to do whatever they like and local IMCs can “feature” stories about various political parties and initiatives),

Yes. See chapter 12.

k. IMCs shall in no way engage in commercial for-profit enterprises. [We could add: The IMCN is committed to the decommercialization of information and will disassociate from any local IMC that decides to become a for profit media corporation.]

Yes. See chapter 1.

l. Display a “local version” of the IMC “i” logo on your website and literature.

Yes. See imc-by.hardcore.lt.

m. Include the IMC Network current “Cities List” on your site, preferably on the front page.

Yes. See imc-by.hardcore.lt.