[Imc-africa] FSM Nairobi et Forum des Peuples (Gao - Mali, 15-17 juillet 2006)

Thu Jun 29 00:08:08 PDT 2006

Peace Brother!
If you do get time check up with the folks from the Journalism 
department at the
University of Nairobi. Chris had made two trips there and even got some
lecturers from there to visit their school in the states on that program.

Promethues radio is quiet interested. I will be talking with the guys from
NewYork City wireless too. They can help with wi-fi stuff which can further
broaden the area a low powered FM can cover. I think it will be a nice idea if
this works out and IMC activists and other grassroots activists get the chance
to learn how to operate and run such a LPFM radio. From that, one could
organize for the building of similar grassroots owned and runned LPFMradios
around the continent.

I was at a meeting last week with C.T. Butler author of the Formal
Consensus(www.wandreilagh.org/consensus.pdf) book linked to Newimc. He will be
at the Nigerian Conference and we started talking about him coming to 
WSF-Kenya
and he said he will get back to me on that later.

It will be a nice idea to get a feel of what exactly you people on the 
ground in
Kenya are thinking.
Even though my hands are very full right now I hope I'll be able to be there.
We could set-up an indymedia Center at the WSF. From were we could cover the
conference both on the web, on Fm radio and video feets.  One could shear
footage with link TV, and talk to the folks from the South America 
sattelite Tv
project, radioPAcifica and a hand full of others. There is alot we can 
do at WSF
the question now is probably what does IMC-Kenya envision?? how is the
infastructure on the ground i.e can IMC Kenya organize for example a space for
us to set-the WSF IMC Center?? Can IMC Kenya organize a place for
lodging/camping of IMCistas who come to the forum?? Can IMC Kenya 
secure for us
some press badges to the main events?? How is the general press room 
for the WSF
going to look like; can IMCistas get access to it and cover press conferences
during the event and others?? I understand from Todd and others from Witness
Humanrights video advocacy group in New York that they have been in and out in
Kenya; are they involved in the prep?? May be we can figure-out how to work
together. What kind of infrastructure can the WSF put to the disposal of
IMCistas via Computers, internet access, etc. If this is cleared one can start
asking specifically from NYCWireless if they wish to help with setting up some
wi-fi internet hot-spots around town during the forum and we could ask 
from the
guys of tech-soli if they can help collect some computers for us to set-up
internet access points around town during the event. There is not much time
left. And again all of that will be tired in away to how determind 
IMC-Kenya is
herself active. I cannot even tell if IMC-Kenya completed Newimc 
process; if yes
why are they not yet linked to www.indymedia.org. They may need to keep their
site very active for one to be able to mobilize the support from others in and
around the network.
OK I end my thinking process there for now.
Sphinx

Quoting Onyango Oloo <onyango.oloo at sodnet.or.ke>:

> Hey Sphinx:
>
> No hard feelings. Thanks for your mail. I will be responding in detail
> later.
>
> Onyango Oloo
> National Coordinator
> Kenya Social Forum
> Nairobi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sphinx [mailto:sphinx at indymedia.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:04 PM
> To: African IMCs and the imc project in Africa; Sankie's Dad
> Cc: onyango.oloo at sodnet.or.ke
> Subject: Re: [Imc-africa] FSM Nairobi et Forum des Peuples (Gao - Mali,15-17
> juillet 2006)
>
> Hi! Olo! I'm one of those who wrote abit rough during that mail you are
> talking
> about. But then to show you that there was no malice but that I was rather
> confused by the then call for the Bamako WSF I sent that mail to you
> privately
> not to the list. 2-When you replied and clarified me on the situation I
> wrote
> again two(2) mails to you to appologize for my mail. It's sad you mentioned
> that here, which kind of indicate to me that you have not forgotten that
> insident yet.
>
> Anyway as far as I'm concern, there are a couple of things we can do.
> I got knowledge about the Goa event a bit late so I cannot be there.
>
> -But right now we are preparing a Conference for September in Lagos Nigeria
> which we see as preparation for WSF in Nairobi in that the Nigerian
> Conference
> is going to train people on teaching and practicing formal Consensus which
> is
> at   the core of indymedia. Indy Kenya did not indicate if they were
> interested.
>
> -I've been communicating with Chris Chill whose's university has some
> connections to the department of Journalism in the University of Nairobi and
> the discussion has been on what we can do joinly during WSF.
>
> -I've been talking to folks from promethues radio who will be happy to come
> to
> the WSF in Kenya and do what they call barnraising, which is building and
> starting a LowPoweredFM radio station together with locals and setting it
> running. For this though, one will need to know about if laws in Kenya allow
> communities to build and operate such low powered stations without too much
> bureaucratic trouble.
>
> Those are my thoughts for now.Later
> Sphinx
>
> Quoting Sankie's Dad <kenyan at africamail.com>:
>
>> Greetings from Nairobi. Sorry for jumping into this thread a bit late.
>>
>> My name is Onyango Oloo and I have been part of the Kenya Indymedia
>> Collective for some time now.
>>
>> As some of you may recall, I used to be based in Montreal, Quebec.
>>
>> Now I am in Nairobi where I am the National Coordinator of the Kenya
>> Social Forum- effectively right at the centre of the WSF Nairobi 2007
>> Secretariat.
>>
>> In early December 2005 I did post a message to this list indicating
>> the same but some of you viciously dismissed me without bothering to
>> verify some basic information.
>>
>> It is exciting to see the Indymedia family gung-ho about
>> participating in the WSF taking place in Nairobi in January. Please
>> let me know what we can do here at the Secretariat in ensuring that
>> the alternative media is actively involved in the WSF Nairobi 2007.
>>
>> For those who would like to contact me directly here is the relevant
>> information:
>>
>> Onyango Oloo
>> National Coordinator
>> Kenya Social Forum
>> WSF Nairobi 2007 Secretariat
>> P O Box 63125-00619
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> Website: www.socialforum.or.ke
>> Email Address: onyango.oloo at sodnet.or.ke
>> Landline: (254) 20 386 0745/6
>> Cellphone: (254)726 510 571
>>
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Zoul <zoul at no-log.org>
>>> To: "African IMCs and the imc project in Africa"
>>> <imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org>
>>> Subject: [Imc-africa]  FSM Nairobi et Forum des Peuples (Gao -
>>> Mali,	15-17 juillet 2006)
>>> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:50:52 +0200
>>>
>>>
>>> Premier en français, puis en anglais et espagnol.
>>> first in french, then english and spanish
>>> primero en frances, luego ingles y espanol
>>>
>>> Bonjour à tous,
>>>
>>> Je suis Sebastian, j'ai participé au FSM de Bamako avec le IMC, la
>>> radio, et aussi d'autres IMC non officiels lors des Forum des
>>> Peuples  2004 et 2005.
>>> Je travaille à Paris actuellement, mais suis intéressé à participer
>>>   aux activités médias du FSM à Nairobi en 2007.
>>> Je signale aussi que la 5eme édition du Forum des Peuples aura lieu
>>> à  Gao, au nord du Mali, du 15 au 17 juillet 2006 en contrepoint au
>>> G8  de St petersbourg.
>>> Je serai au Mali du 11 au 20 juillet 2006 pour y participer.
>>> Rien n'est sur concernant la disponibilité d'une connexion internet
>>>   sur place.
>>> Plus d'info en pièce jointe (en français) ou sur le site web :
>>> http:// www.forumdespeuples.org
>>>
>>> A bientot
>>>
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>> =========
>>> english
>>> =========
>>>
>>> Hello to all,
>>>
>>> I'm Sebastian, I participated to wsf bamako with IMC, live webradio
>>>   and also others IMCs during people's forum 04 and 05.
>>> I'm currently working in Paris, but i'm definetly interested in
>>> participating to wsf nairobi 2007.
>>> I also remind you that the fifth people's forum will take place in
>>> Gao, North Mali, from 15 to 17 july 06, in counterpoint of the G8
>>> in  St petersbourg.
>>> I will be there 11 to 20 july 06 to participate.
>>> Nothing is sure about internet connexion there.
>>> More information can be found attached (in french only) or on the
>>> website : http://www.forumdespeuples.org (various languages)
>>>
>>> See you soon
>>>
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>> =========
>>> spanish
>>> =========
>>>
>>> Hola a todos,
>>>
>>> Me llamo sebastian. Estuvé en bamako durante el fsm con el imc, la
>>> web radio y otros imc's como el del foro de los pueblos en 2004 y
>>> 2005.
>>> Estoy ahora en paris, pero estoy mui enthusiasmo a participar al
>>> fsm  2007 en kenya.
>>> Quiero tambien decirles que el cinco foro de los pueblos sera en
>>> Gao,  al norte de mali del 15 al 17 de julio 06, en oposicion al G8
>>> de St  petersbourg.
>>> Estaré por aya del 11 al 20 de julio para participar. nada esta
>>> cierto en lo que concierne la connexion internet.
>>> mas informacion en el documento abajo (solo en frances) o en el
>>> sitio  web del foro : http://www.forumdespeuples.org (mas lenguas)
>>>
>>> abrazos
>>>
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>> =========
>>>
>>> document sur le forum des peuples :
>>> << Projet FP 2006 Gao.doc >>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 14 juin 06 à 03:07, Hans y Sophie Scholl a écrit :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > primero en francés, luego en español.
>>> > d'abord en français, aprés en espagnol.
>>>
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