[Imc-africa] Conference Call on Friday 29th September 2006.

[Glenda Loebell]

Hello All
The CH/Swiss indymedia people only meet tonight,
Monday evening, and will hand in a proposal tomorrow
to the correct channels-Fabian, Jay or Sphinx.  We
have radio/ radio wireless and low powered experienced
people in the group. 
Licences are not important only in the context of it
causing major problems for the locals and it threatens
them from a human rights perspective when the WSF is
over.  
There was also in SA the coil radio-Peter do you have
contact with that group. They opereated in CT and had
links or ties to Sweden.

Glenda



--- Peter van Heusden <pvh at wfeet.za.net> wrote:

> Thanks for this Jay. I've read through the
> transcripts. A couple of
> clarifications:
> 
> Firstly, there are people in Jo'burg affiliated with
> IMC South Africa
> who have experience running a low power radio
> station. This is from the
> project  that Erez Gudes and others helped with. It
> would be good to get
> some of them to Nairobi if a low power project is
> planned (licensed or
> unlicensed). Unfortunately, as far as I know,
> they're all men. Nicolas
> (nicolas at red.org.za) knows more.
> 
> Secondly, is the 'company'  was talking about
> that Fabian approach
> Stiftung Umverteilen? We need to get a funding
> proposal in to them ASAP.
> 
> Peter
> 
> Jay wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > At 10/2/2006, Peter van Heusden wrote:
> >   
> >> Hey Sphinx
> >>
> >> I'm confused... a Conference Call on the WSF-IMC
> on a US shared-call
> >> line?? Why??? As I see it from this list, most of
> the interested in a
> >> Nairobi IMC is from Africa and Europe...
> >>
> >> Anyway, so what happened? Who participated? Is
> there a transcript / MP3
> >> of the call available somewhere?
> >>
> >> Peter
> >> IMC-South Africa
> >>     
> >
> > The conference call was a follow-up to the call a
> few weeks ago, before any 
> > organizing for the Nairobi/WSF IMC happened,
> between members of the 
> > Prometheus Radio Project
> (http://www.prometheusradio.org), an organization 
> > that builds low-power radio stations mainly in the
> United States, but with 
> > some experience worldwide (recently in Tanzania),
> Chris form Antioch 
> > College who has connections with Maseno University
> in Kenya, Sphinx and 
> > yours truly.
> >
> > Before the first call, an idea was brewing for
> Prometheus to help build a 
> > station in conjunction with Maseno and connect it
> with some independent 
> > media organizing at the WSF.  During the first
> call we came up with the 
> > notion that there could/should be a
> convergence-based IMC at the WSF, as 
> > long as there was support for the idea from
> Indymedia organizers in Kenya 
> > and throughout Africa, and that Prometheus would
> support the project by 
> > working, most likely with Maseno, to build a
> low-power radio station there 
> > that could be used throughout the WSF, and then
> move to Maseno 
> > University.  The first call resulted in this
> e-mail I sent to the 
> > imc-africa list a few days afterward: 
> >
>
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/2006-August/0814-kb.html.
> >
> > A lot of great organizing in Kenya and on the
> imc-africa list has happened 
> > since the first conference call!  Prometheus
> organizers aren't on the 
> > imc-africa list (well, weren't -- a couple are
> going to join), so, this 
> > call was a follow-up to make sure Prometheus knew
> what has been going 
> > on.  Plus, for Prometheus to dedicate money, time
> and techincal expertise 
> > they need to know the radio station they help
> build will have a life after 
> > the WSF, so they also wanted to check in with any
> progress that has been 
> > made involving Maseno.   So, this call was an
> update from the one that 
> > happened before, meant to keep Prometheus in the
> loop, and certaiinly not 
> > any substitute for organizing that's being done on
> the imc-africa list and 
> > in Nairobi.
> >
> > I know Sphinx tried to find a way to connect John
> in Nairobi and a couple 
> > others on the call.  I joined the call late and
> left early so I don't know 
> > if that was able to happen.  I think Chris already
> sent notes from the call 
> > -- I'll try to dig them out of my e-mail and
> forward them along.
> >
> > I don't know if Hannah, Petri and Siyade from
> Prometheus have joined this 
> > list yet, but if so, hi.  They're fantastic
> organizers and really nice 
> > people as well!
> > Jay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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