[Imc-africa] ....and budget for IMC/WSF and Maseno radio projects

[sphinx]

Hi Andy! I will try to response to some of the points raised in the mail below
and then my input on the agenda for Friday's IRC(Internet Relay Chat) meeting
I'll put in a seperate mail. Concerning sources of funds, we are also 
expecting
funds from individual donations and local IMCs.

On the question of disbursement of budget for the purchase of equipment due to
availability and shipping time to insure that all necessary FM broadcast kits
and parts can be obtained in time; the situation is as follows:

Umverteilen

Umverteilen approved their grant of 12,000 EUR (about $14000 USD) to 
support the
project. Umverteilen states they will make disbursements in 3 installments of
4.000 each, the second and third disbursement coming after reports on how the
first disbursement was used is sent in.
Umverteilen specified their funds be used for the transportation of African
delegates as included in our request and cost on the ground in via; housing,
feeding, print project and other cost on the ground to run the
center-stationeries etc.
What that indeed means is that since Fabian was the person who made the
application, he will have to write a report to umverteilen as requested i.e.
after the first disbursement and there after, for the other two disbursements.
I know Fabian should be trying now to get  unverleilen to make the first
disbursement.

XminusY and IMC-Finance

Jay put in an application to IMC-Finance and I put in one with XminusY. Both
applications requested for funds to buy equipment for the radio including the
computers for editing, streaming and automation. IMC-Finance is rounding-up
discussions on giving us the grant, the same is the case with XminusY. 
I got an
mail from XminusY which I copied this list my reply a few days back.
So as soon as there is conclusion from IMC-Finance or XminusY we should
immediately make the funds available for payment of the equipments. 
This far we
have just $211.12 we received as donations from some local indymedias.
But both from the Contact persons of X minus Y and IMC-finance discussions the
funds will be granted. IMC-Finance will grant the Amount we asked I 
suppose and
XminusY will give us some funds as it seems our application came in 
pretty late
and other projects had been approved. In the days ahead we should be down with
equipment buying.
Sphinx.


Quoting andy gunn <andy at prometheusradio.org>:

> Hi all, I wanted to drop a message to a list with some clarifying 
> information.
> We here at Prometheus just want to be clear about what we see the upcoming
> project as, so we are all on the same page.  If we have mis-interpreted the
> intentions of the groups as to what the project is, then now is the time to
> correct that.  Please let us know what you think about the ideas below, so we
> can move forward as soon as possible.  We can discuss this during the IRC
> meeting on Friday, but I (and other folks at Prometheus) would appreciate any
> feedback people have before then!
>
> ------
>
> The Prometheus Radio Project has committed to help build a temporary radio
> station in Nairobi for the IMC convergence center alongside the World
> Social Forum and a permanent station at Maseno University in Kisumu. In
> order to clarify our role for this trip, we propose the following
> activities, schedule and budget for our time in Kenya given two funding
> scenarios. We expect that some portion of funding should be committed from
> the X Minus Y, IMC Finance or Umverteilen grants.
>
> Three members of Prometheus will travel to Nairobi: Hannah Sassaman, Andy
> Gunn and Elena Botkin-Levy. We will travel first to Nairobi to build a
> temporary radio station for the IMC convergence center and teach workshops
> on radio construction, production and organization. Following the World
> Social Forum, we will travel to Maseno University in Kisumu to build a
> permanent radio station.
>
> Our tentative timeframe puts us in Kenya for a total span of January 7th
> through February 3rd.
>
> SCHEDULE
> January 7th to 12th - Arrive in Nairobi; collect materials and start
> building the temporary station for the IMC convergence center
>
> January 13th to 20th - Run workshops and finish building the temporary
> radio station. Judith Miquda-Attyang, Felix ___ and colleagues travel from
> Maseno University to Nairobi to participate in these activities
>
> January 20th to 25th - World Social Forum; more workshops and training
>
> January 26th to February 2nd  - Travel to Maseno University in Kisumu;
> build a permanent radio station; run workshops and trainings
>
> February 3rd – Return to the United States
>
> ESTIMATED BUDGET
> Prometheus has already acquired the necessary funding to travel from the
> United States to Nairobi. We will scale the scope of this project to meet
> costs that become available to us.
>
> With a $2000 budget, we can construct one radio station for temporary use
> at the IMC convergence center and permanent placement at Maseno
> University.
> 	$1200 one full set of equipment
> 	$300 incidental costs
> 	$500 travel and accommodations for 3 Prometheans to Kisumu
>
> With a  $3500 budget, we can purchase two sets of radio equipment, enough
> for a temporary station in Nairobi – the equipment to be owned by
> IMC-Africa after it’s temporary use – and a permanent station at Maseno.
> 	$1200 one full set of equipment
> 	$1200 second full set of equipment
> 	$600 incidental costs
> 	$500 travel and accommodations for 3 Prometheans to Kisumu
>
> In both proposed budgets, we assume that the roundtrip travel and
> accommodations for 10 delegates from Maseno University and the Kisumu
> community are covered.
>
> If members of IMC Kenya, Maseno University and IMC delegates in general
> are in approval of this proposal, we request the disbursement of budget
> for the purchase of equipment immediately.  Due to availability and
> shipping time, we want to insure that all necessary FM broadcast kits and
> parts can be obtained in time.
>
> ------
>
> Thanks everyone, take care!
> -Andy
> PRP
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