[Imc-africa] Kenya IMC/Maseno University Radio Project meeting minutes

[Madou]

siyade gemechisa a écrit :
> Hi Judith,
> It's good to hear from you.  i was wondering if you'd like to join us for
> our next meeting.  We can do an IRC chat, that way no one has to pay any
> insane phone bills. Let me know if I can help you ou in any way.  thanks
> judith.
>
> -siyade
>   
>> it looks to me like things are full steam ahead. but
>> as Chris pointed out i still need to have some
>> concrete commitments. i need to talk or communicate
>> with someone who can give me the conditions of the
>> collaborations so that I can have something concrete
>> to tell the university collaboration and linkages
>> department. i must admit i am still pretty much
>> ignorant. I am still waiting for communication from
>> John Bwakali.
>>
>> Judith
>>
>> --- siyade gemechisa <siyade at prometheusradio.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Greetings from Philadelphia!  So we're all looped
>>> in, below (and attached)
>>> are the minutes from our most recent conference call
>>> for the radio project
>>> during the WSF.
>>> Thanks,
>>> siyade
>>>
>>>
>>> October 13, 2007
>>> Minutes to conference call (Sphinx, Hannah, Siyade,
>>> Andy, Petri, Chris):
>>>
>>> Siyade—Asks for clarification about Maseno radio
>>> project and IMC
>>> convergence radio station.  How many radio stations
>>> are we talking about?
>>> —Sphinx—indymedia Kenya is trying to find some space
>>> for the convergence
>>> radio station at the WSF space in Nairobi. The
>>> Maseno project is directly
>>> related to the WSF. The situation in Kenya is that
>>> indymedia is a young
>>> organization and as yet there is a  social space in
>>> Nairobi that could be
>>> set up with the radio station for the WSF and then
>>> maintain the station.
>>> Maseno represents a school that could house the
>>> station and not worry
>>> about paying rent and also ideally would have
>>> students who will support
>>> indymedia ideas about access and can network with
>>> the indymedia Kenya
>>> people in Nairobi and elsewhere.  It could happen
>>> that the radio group
>>> could get lost within the school structure and it
>>> will be important for
>>> the indymedia Kenya people to continue to be
>>> involved and networked with
>>> the students.
>>> —Chris—Clarification about the buildings and
>>> locations that Maseno might
>>> use for the radio equipment.  One possible space
>>> would be on the main
>>> campus in Maseno which is 25 km from Kisumu, up on
>>> top of a hill, very
>>> near Lake Victoria.  The Communications Dept also
>>> may be moving some of
>>> its equipment and classes to a tall building (8-10
>>> stories) in Kisumu, the
>>> 3rd largest city in Kenya that sits on Lake
>>> Victoria.  The radio equipment
>>> might be located in either of those places.  If it
>>> was at the building in
>>> Kisumu it would be probably easier for residents of
>>> Kisumu to access it.
>>> Of course any decisions about location would be up
>>> to the department and
>>> the student club.
>>> —Sphinx—We need to continue with discussions with
>>> Maseno folks about what
>>> indymedia is about. The internet can be awkward for
>>> communicating between
>>> Maseno and indymedia folks in Nairobi and more face
>>> to face communications
>>> will support clearer understandings. It was good
>>> that Judith and Jon were
>>> able to meet and talk recently in Nairobi. It's
>>> important that if the
>>> equipment ends up in Maseno that people get access
>>> to it, that other
>>> content get on the air, and that the organization is
>>> horizontally
>>> structured. Regarding a set up that would involve a
>>> station in
>>> Kisumu/Maseno and another in Nairobi...perhaps there
>>> could be relays
>>> between stations in Maseno and Nairobi so they could
>>> share programs.
>>> —Hannah—More clarification please around how many
>>> stations, etc.
>>> —Sphinx—Describes how indymedia Berlin works with a
>>> mobile station, and
>>> wonders whether relays could function in Kenya if
>>> there were 2
>>> stations—one in Maseno and one in Nairobi.
>>> —Chris—estimates distance between Kisumu and Nairobi
>>> to be around 200
>>> miles [check this]
>>> —Andy—If there is more than one studio (one in
>>> Nairobi, one in
>>> Kisumu/Maseno, how will content be sent?  200 miles
>>> is too far for the
>>> stations we are building, and relays won't provide
>>> the solution.
>>> —Hannah—more clarification needed---what would be
>>> the bare bones
>>> situation?
>>> —Chris—Clarifies that internet service even for the
>>> Communications Dept at
>>> Maseno was a problem--faculty had computers but not
>>> necessarily internet
>>> access. Unlikely that the internet could be used to
>>> reliably transfer
>>> files from Nairobi to Maseno, at least at this time.
>>> —Sphinx—What about a linux box that's used in some
>>> places as a repeater?
>>> If money could be raised for 2 stations would there
>>> be a way to share
>>> content?
>>> —Andy— A 100 watt station would only reach part of
>>> Kisumu or part of
>>> Nairobi, and it could not transmit from one city to
>>> the other. In fact
>>> within each of these places we need to think about
>>> where the
>>> transmitter(s) will be located.
>>> —Sphinx— The one in Kisumu/Maseno will be located on
>>> campus (or in Kisumu)
>>> and be primarily focused on/by the students. As for
>>> the location of one in
>>> Nairobi, we haven't heard back from Oloo about
>>> whether the WSF will be
>>> giving us space or not. Jon  (Bwakali)  says the
>>> fall back position is the
>>> guest lodge that will definitely have internet
>>> access and can house
>>> people.
>>> —Siyade—Clarification...we thought that there would
>>> be only 1 station (at
>>> the WSF) and then after the WSF ends, the station
>>> would be moved to
>>> Maseno.  $3000 won't be enough for 2 stations.
>>> —Sphinx—I'm trying to look at how to maximize the
>>> efforts in Kenya. If
>>> there was enough money there could be 2 stations.
>>> —Hannah—We have some questions about being in the
>>> same building as the
>>> WSF. We want to be clear about what Prometheus can
>>> do and can't do:
>>> Throughout the next months and when we arrive in
>>> Kenya, Prometheus Radio
>>> Project's primary involvement with the Maseno
>>> University Radio Project
>>> will be in the form of technical support. Our
>>> primary responsibility will
>>> be to donate our technician time and our attendance
>>> at the event, to help
>>> with logistics of the two station builds, and to
>>> help wherever possible
>>> with questions around licensing. We leave it to the
>>> local communities to
>>> find the final answers to that question, but we can
>>> likely help with
>>> research from this end.  If there is a space
>>> available for the IMC,
>>> Prometheus would be interested in holding small
>>> workshops, but our primary
>>> responsibility will be to working with volunteers
>>> who want to understand
>>> the technology and build it into a working radio
>>> station!  The best
>>> scenrio is to have a space that's seperate from the
>>> rest of the chaotic
>>> conference.
>>> —Sphinx—Another thing that the people in
>>> Kenya—either the indymedia people
>>> or the people at Maseno—need to do is research the
>>> licensing.
>>> —Chris—I found current information on an
>>> international radio site managed
>>> by Robert Horvitz that may be helpful, and covers
>>> other countries as well
>>> as Kenya:
>>> www.openspectrum.info.  I will also send this
>>> information to Judith and to
>>> the imc-Africa list.
>>> —Siyade—What about transportation of equipment,
>>> Prometheus people, and
>>> others from indymedia Kenya or WSF attendees from
>>> Nairobi to Kisumu?
>>> —Chris—It seemed to me that many people took the bus
>>> from Kisumu to
>>> Nairobi and it took half a day.  Difficult to
>>> estimate the actual distance
>>> because the roads were not always good. It's also
>>> possible to fly (2
>>> airlines, 2-3 flights/day, probably in the range of
>>> $100+).
>>> —Sphinx—I'm not envisioning a formal relationship
>>> between indymedia Kenya
>>> and the school, rather the critical relationship
>>> will be between indymedia
>>> Kenya and the active students.  Radio is a sensible
>>> alternative in Africa,
>>> a setting where there is not so much access to the
>>> internet. We will try
>>> to raise money from indymedia to cover
>>> transportation from Nairobi to
>>> Maseno.  I'll be there at the beginning of January
>>> to help facilitate
>>>
>>>       
>> === message truncated ===>
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>> Judith Miguda-Attyang
>> Dept. of Communication and Media Tech.
>> P.o Box 333
>> MAseno, Kenya
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