[ahimsa-tech] imc kenya - they do need help still
jeff moe
jeff at indymedia.org
Wed Jan 17 17:00:10 PST 2007
Kenya is running sf-active. There are like 40 people that have access to web1,
so any of them that know sf-active and a bit of SQL should be able to set up
accounts or whatever.
john duda wrote:
> I don't have access to the machine in question, which is ahimsa.
>
> Ahimsa has been really flaky recently, and isn't getting fixed,
> because it's being decomissioned. All the imc's on ahimsa have been
> moving off, some quicker than others. It's unclear to me when the
> final plug gets pulled.
>
> see https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/AhimsaMigration
>
> according to the survey done when the need to move became apparent:
>
> "The indymedia kenya website experiences bandwidth
> theft. Indymedia Kenya does not appear to be alive."
>
> Whoever took over imc-kenya would definitely need to clean up the
> site, there's a lot of spam there.
>
> I'm copying this to ahimsa-tech, which is the list of people who
> administers the box that ahimsa is currently on.
>
> -john
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 02:30:20AM -0800, Amy L. Dalton wrote:
>> hey bht and john, sorry to bother you again --
>>
>> below is danielle's clarification that they do in fact need admin access
>> in order to be able to set up passwords for the imc-kenya box (....but
>> is the the same as the global site ?? i dunno.)
>>
>> the notes have gone out to all the appropriate lists as far as i can
>> tell. is there anyone you guys suggest calling about this?
>>
>> best,
>> amy
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: IMC Kenya needs network tech support to cover the World
>> Social Forum & Indymedia Convergence
>> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:09:51 +0300
>> From: Danielle Chynoweth <arthousefarm at gmail.com>
>> To: Amy L. Dalton <ald at riseup.net>
>>
>> Hi Amy,
>>
>> We have submitted a feature for ther indymedia.org
>> <http://indymedia.org> site.
>> What we need is administrator access to the kenya.indymedia.org
>> <http://kenya.indymedia.org> site so we can post stories there during
>> the forum. No Kenyan in this country has access to the site. They are
>> completely powerless - I don't know how this happened - I guess the
>> admin left town.
>>
>> I have not heard back from any tech people. It appears the IMC tech list
>> is not very active.
>>
>> Please help. This is really frustrating to have such great things going
>> on here with no way to publicize it without going outside the network
>> and setting up our own wesbite.
>>
>> help.
>> thanks.
>>
>> danielle
>>
>> On 1/16/07, *Amy L. Dalton* <ald at riseup.net <mailto:ald at riseup.net>> wrote:
>>
>> on second thought, maybe i have the access to help - sometimes i assume
>> i can't help out of habit (bad!). is what you need only to post a
>> feature, or perhaps a startpage special? if so, then all you need to do
>> is send the text of the feature to this list --
>> www-features at lists.indymedia.org
>> <mailto:www-features at lists.indymedia.org> -- there's a 6 hour
>> waiting period
>> after proposals.....
>>
>> i am on this list, but cc it to me just in case, and i'll help
>> follow thru.
>>
>> if you need some sort of other level of access, though, this is beyond
>> what i can help with.
>>
>> Amy
>>
>> Amy L. Dalton wrote:
>> > Hey BHT, John --
>> > Could either of you help here? Danielle needs to facilitate
>> access to
>> > the global box for the WSF / Kenya IMC gathering.
>> > ~ Amy
>> >
>> > Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Can you help, please, get this message to the right people who sys
>> >> admin the indymedia.org <http://indymedia.org>
>> <http://indymedia.org> boxes? We are
>> >> desparately trying to post a feature to kenya.indymedia.org
>> <http://kenya.indymedia.org>
>> >> <http://kenya.indymedia.org>, but there is no one in Kenya who has
>> >> administrator password access. We need this access ASAP so that we
>> >> can direct folks to the Kenya site where we will have regular
>> updates
>> >> from the World Social Forum and links to streaming radio
>> coverage. We
>> >> have tried for 2 months to get access - and our tech group,
>> including
>> >> Kenya IMC, consensed to reset the accounts.
>> >>
>> >> E-mail access is very spotty here so if it is at all possible
>> that one
>> >> of you can help forward this to the right person instead of
>> e-mailing
>> >> me back to tell me how to do so, that would be great!
>> >>
>> >> much thanks!
>> >> Danielle
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: *Danielle Chynoweth* <arthousefarm at gmail.com
>> <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com>
>> >> <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com>>>
>> >> Date: Jan 16, 2007 1:07 AM
>> >> Subject: IMC Kenya needs network tech support to cover the World
>> >> Social Forum & Indymedia Convergence
>> >> To: imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org
>> <mailto:imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org>
>> <mailto:imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org
>> <mailto:imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org>>
>> >> Cc: chyn at ojctech.com <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com>
>> <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com>>,
>> >> imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org
>> <mailto:imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org>
>> >> <mailto:imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org
>> <mailto:imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org>>, sphinx at indymedia.org
>> <mailto:sphinx at indymedia.org>
>> >> <mailto: sphinx at indymedia.org <mailto:sphinx at indymedia.org>>,
>> jonbwak at yahoo.com <mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com>
>> >> <mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com <mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com>>,
>> andy at prometheusradio.org <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org>
>> >> <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Indymedia tech group and friends.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We need your help to reset the kenya.indymedia.org
>> <http://kenya.indymedia.org>
>> >> <http://kenya.indymedia.org/> administrator password. Once we have
>> >> this we will be requesting to have "WSF, Kenya" added to the
>> upcoming
>> >> coverage panel on indymedia.org <http://indymedia.org>
>> <http://indymedia.org/ <http://indymedia.org/>>.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We have many people locally involved in IMCs, but few of us have
>> >> worked with the global process - your help on how to get the above
>> >> done is appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "We" is a convergence of 30+ indymedia activists, hosted by
>> Kenya IMC,
>> >> currently in Nairobi . We are from Kenya, South Africa , Uganda,
>> >> Zimbabwe , US, Germany and hopefully the delegates from Cameroon ,
>> >> Mali, and Nigeria will get their visa clearance to come. You can
>> >> view project information here:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/WorldSocialForum2007
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We are having a great time sharing skills, building radio
>> >> transmitters, and talking about the needs of Indymedia in Africa.
>> >> But, unfortunately we are not able to effectively share the
>> stories we
>> >> are creating because of the state of the Kenya IMC
>> website. Kenya IMC
>> >> confirms that there there is no one here in Kenya who has access to
>> >> the administrative password and that the site is not being used.
>> >> Please note that there has not yet been a feature posted to the
>> Kenya
>> >> website.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We have discussed this problem for over 2 months on the IMC-Africa
>> >> listserv: lists.indymedia.org/imc-africa
>> <http://lists.indymedia.org/imc-africa>
>> >> <http://lists.indymedia.org/imc-africa>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The tech group has consensed to reset the password of
>> >> kenya.indymedia.org <http://kenya.indymedia.org>
>> <http://kenya.indymedia.org/ <http://kenya.indymedia.org/>> site so
>> that we can
>> >> post to that site during the convergence and WSF IMC. It has been
>> >> suggested that the person who set the website up, Blicero in Italy,
>> >> give us the password. We are not able to contact Blicero - this
>> >> option has been exhausted.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Could someone please reset this password and send to me. Our
>> WSF tech
>> >> group will then provide requested training to Kenya IMC delegates
>> >> during the convergence for how maintain this site. Please
>> send to
>> >> arthousefarm at gmail.com <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com <mailto:arthousefarm at gmail.com>>
>> since I am
>> >> having problems accessing my chyn at ucimc.org
>> <mailto:chyn at ucimc.org> <mailto:chyn at ucimc.org <mailto:chyn at ucimc.org>>
>> >> account from here.
>> >>
>> >> If you have any questions, you can also contact Andy Gunn of
>> >> Prometheus Radio who is part of our tech group as well. His
>> e-mail is
>> >> andy at prometheusradio.org <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org>
>> <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org
>> <mailto:andy at prometheusradio.org>>. Or John
>> >> Bwakli of Kenya IMC at jonbwak at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com> <mailto: jonbwak at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Danielle Chynoweth
>> >>
>> >> Urbana IMC
>> >> WSF Indymedia Convergence Tech group in Nairobi
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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