[Imc-africa] an imc at the WSF in Nairobi, January 2007?

[M Coul]

Salut

Excuse moi d'intervenir en français.
Je pense que c'est une très bonne idée qui nous permettra de partager les
experiences mais aussi de de faire promotion et de renforcer IMC Africa.
Nous (Malitchikan www.malitchikan.org ) adherons pleinement à cette belle
initiative.
MCoul (Membre du futur IMC Mali)

2006/8/14, Jay <idiot at jaysand.com>:
>
> SUMMARY:
> There is an idea to put together a "convergence-based" IMC during the
> upcoming World Social Forum in Nairobi (January 2007), that would also
> help
> provide training and infrastructure for other Kenyan and African IMCs in
> the longer-term.  What do you think?
>
> ***
> Hi imc-africa,
>
> Greetings from the U.S.  I know there has been some chatter on this list
> and elsewhere about the World Social Forum taking place in Kenya at the
> end
> of January 2007.   Even though I likely won't be able to get there, I'm
> really excited that the WSF is coming to Naorobi!
>
> I want to let you know about a talk that happened here in the U.S. a bit
> more than a week ago.  It was a conference call arranged by the Prometheus
> Radio Project (http://www.prometheusradio.org), which supports and builds
> low power radio stations in the U.S. and worldwide.  Prometheus recently
> helped build a radio station in Tanzania and has been communicating with
> people about building one with students at Maseno University
> (http://www.maseno.ac.ke/) which is in Western Kenya, about 400 km from
> Nairobi.
>
> Prometheus is based in Philadelphia (where I live), and I've been talking
> with the orgainzers for a while about connecting their Africa organizing
> with imc-africa.  On August 3 Prometheus arranged a conference call with
> some of their organizers, as well as me, Sphinx and Chris from Antioch
> College in the U.S. who has connections with the Communications department
> at Maseno.
>
> We came up with the following idea:
> We would work together, with activists from imc-africa as well as
> indymedia
> activists around the world, to put together a functioning
> "convergence-based" IMC that would operate during the WSF in Kenya.  This
> IMC would include computers with video and audio capability hooked up to
> the internet, enabling people from around the world to see
> up-to-the-minute
> coverage of the WSF, as well as a low-power radio station that would be
> able to broadcast over the air.  The IMC would provide a living model of
> how an IMC could work in Africa, and it would hold trainings and
> information sessions there about how to build indepenedent media
> institutions, especially around Africa.
>
> The IMC would also be a training-ground for students at Maseno who want to
> be involved in their long-term radio project.  After the WSF ends, the
> equipment bought for it will go both to the Maseno group and to IMC-Kenya.
>
> Prometheus wouldn't be able to put any funds toward the project, but would
> be able to give techincal advice and possibly send an organizer to Kenya
> to
> help set up the radio station and conduct trainings.  We would raise the
> necessary money (about $5000 to cover the whole techincal infrastructure,
> including the radio transmitter) through the IMC network.
>
> So, what do you think?  So far Sphinx has e-mailed with Oloo from Kenya
> about the idea (he's one of the local organizers of the WSF), and is going
> to be in touch with John, Grace and others from IMC-Kenya to find out what
> they think.
>
> Are any of you from imc-africa planning to come to the WSF?  Do you want
> to
> be involved in making this possible?
> It could be an interesting experiment, a temporary IMC built together by
> African IMC organizers and visiting internationals, that could provide a
> small boost to IMC Kenya and IMC organizing around the continent.
>
> With some hope for things to come,
> Jay
>
>
>
>
>
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