[Imc-africa] Application for funds to cover equipment cost for the World Social Forum(WSF) Convergence IMC.

[sphinx]

  Organizers in Kenya, throughout Africa and around the world will
work together, both on-line and in face-to-face meetings, to build a
temporary independent media center in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide
communication during the January '07 World Social Forum. This
"convergence-based" IMC will provide text-based, audio, and
(potentially) video coverage of the World Social Forum, both on-line
and through a local low-power radio station, enabling independent
media coverage of the WSF during the forum itself as well as access
through the world wide web to the WSF by an international audience.
The IMC will also be a hub for trainings and hands-on media-making
workshops throughout the World Social Forum. All the equipment
purchased for this IMC will remain in Kenya for use by the ! Kenya
IMC and other Kenyan independent media projects. The IMC plans to be
open from January 13 to January 25. The WSF itself takes place from
January 20-25.

  With thousands of organizers coming to the World Social Forum from
around the globe, especially from Africa; this IMC will provide us
the opportunity to introduce thousands of African activists to the
indymedia revolution, with its focus on consensus and non-hierarchy
organizing to enhance participatory democracy.

  Donations from X minus Y helped start the whole indymedia
introduction process in Africa in 2004 with the First Indymedia
Regional Conference in Africa (Dakar-Senegal).  For which the
IMC-Africa working group remains very grateful to XminusY.

  With this once in a life time opportunity of the World Social Forum (WSF)
for us to meet such a large number of people from around the World and
Africa in particular, we hope to run an independent media center that
provides the possibility for us to share as much skills as
possibility during this event; central to which will be on how to use a very
small amount of resources to build and run a Low Powered FM Radio Station for
use by the community.

  I?m thus writing to Xminus Y to request for funds to cover the
cost of the equipment for the Low Powered FM radio Station:



  +Transmitters:

  Exciter - $140 Amplifier (40W) - $193 Limiter - $86 Power Supply
-$140

  = $559

  + Coaxial (100ft/station) - $45 N Connectors and Jacks - $20 Audio
Cable - $110 (per three stations) Audio Connectors - $100

  = $265

  + Studio Equipment:

  Mixer - $180 Microphones - $150 Headphones - $50 Playback - $300
Remote Gear - $200

  = $880

  ----------

  +Another exciter for use in workshops =$140

  +At least three computers with good soundcards to run automation and 
serve for
editing programs.

  -3CPU =3($800)= $2400

  -3 CRT Monitors 17= 3(14.99)=$344.97

  -3 Delta 44 professional 4in/4 out audio card= $199.95

Over all total is $ 4,788.92


-Complete details of the preparation of the event are available at this wiki:
https://212.18.240.237/view/Local/WorldSocialForum2007

-The list where all discussions and decisions about the event are made is
archived here:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/2006-October/date.html

Sincerely Yours.
Valentine Eben (Sphinx at indymedia.org)

P.S.  I wish to state that XminusY must not provide the entire amount of $
4,788.92. Any contribution you make will be greatly appreciated as it will go
along way
to cut down on our total budget of 44,700 USD (equipment, logistics and
transport for all our Delegates coming to the WSF-Convergence IMC event in
Kenya- from across Africa, South America, Asia, Europe and North America).


-The delegate from Netherlands is Bonzai:  bonzai at squat.net