[Imc-africa] WSF 2007 convergence Independent Media Center and radio project

[Glenda Loebell]

Hello Fabian
Nice to confirm it iis you. 
We here in CH will be having a meeting in 10 days time
to decide on a small delegation that want to joint the
"caravan"-an issue very high on or list is the
inclusion of women.
We have two women from CH and two women from English
speaking Cameroon who we feel should be included in
our delegation.  Our ideas and proposals will be
forwarded after our meeting.

We come with the following skills-community
development, computer train the trainer, wireless +
radio, netwoork set-up and open source etc, small
project set up in rural Africa- Bamenda Cameroon.
These contacts are multiplicators as they work with
women and children.

If we have a proper proposal and  budget we could also
feel out the situuation here in CH re funding. (when I
get back-23rd sept.06)

I am in SA in the next 2 weeks and will be feeling out
the funding options for African delegates from the
perspective of gender.

I have passed all the mails to my fellow indy person
and he would come back to you. We are talking but need
time-time here moves at a slower pace.

Warm regards
Glenda




--- fabian <fab at in-no.org> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I agree with the points Sphinx made and would like
> to urge groups and 
> individual African IMCistas to express their opinion
> of coming and 
> joining into the Kenya Meeting as soon as possible.
> SA? are you up for it?
> Uganda?
> East-Africa?
> Canarias?
> estrecho/Marocco?
> Togo?
> I would like to remind you also of the importance
> that women and men 
> are represented equally in possible delegations  to
> strenghen the role 
> of women participating in indy-media projects. This
> should be included 
> into the network call out as well I think.
> I agree with the priority list for funding travel
> costs as layed out by 
> Shpinx, but in regards to Glenda's point raised we
> might want to 
> include into potential priority funding african
> diaspora activists, 
> espially in cases where in their homelands
> repressive governments are 
> prohibiting the existance of local independent
> media.
> In any way much of this is down to potential funding
> bodies.
> 
> For the accomondation in nairobi and the general
> "feel" of the 
> convergence, I would like to support John's idea to
> get a house or 
> several houses in one aera for all or as many as
> possible of the 
> Indymedia convergence to stay together like it was
> the case in Dakar 
> and Bamako.
> 
> For the IMCs stand towards the WSF, I think we need
> to discuss this a 
> bit more profundly. This will also help us to start
> working on a 
> program/content for the convergence. Some
> questions/ideas :
> To what degree to we understand ourselves as part of
> the WSF and to 
> what degree to we understand as a independent media,
> remaining in a 
> critical distance to the WSF? This is about the role
> of the IMC 
> convergence at the WSF. This also relates to the
> potential aim and 
> outcome of the convergence.  I think we all agree on
> the need to ensure 
> that the stopover of the WSF circus has a local
> impact in the region. 
> How can Indymedia in its pariticipation help that
> this is the case? How 
> can we include more people in Kenia and around in
> East-Africa in to the 
> process of independent media activism, reaching
> beyond the scope of 
> already connected activists? Where should workshops
> take place, inside 
> or outside the WSF? Where is the radio and the IMC
> to be located, so 
> people fell easy to walk inside and take part? What
> would be other 
> means of outreach? for example, should we try to go
> down different 
> software routes in regards to open-publishing ( for
> example with 
> blogs)?
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for the discussion,
>   hope to hear from you all soon...
> 
> Fabian
> 
> 
> Am 30.08.2006 um 08:38 schrieb sphinx:
> 
> > This far much of the activity going on is
> information gathering and we 
> > really
> > need speed-up preparation if we are to get a
> successful event in 
> > January which
> > is just five few months away. Prometheus radio is
> putting together a 
> > list for
> > material we hope to buy locally and use in the
> construction of the 
> > radio
> > station.
> > I tried to put up a wiki page today for the event,
> so we could started 
> > gathering
> > all these fantastic ideas that are coming up in
> the mailing list to 
> > one place to
> > avoid us losing them  to the list archive. But
> unfortunately the 
> > indymedia
> > documentation wiki site is down and as soon as the
> tech folks get it 
> > up and
> > running I'll try to do just that.
> >
> > POINTS THAT CAN BE dealt WITH IMMEDIATELY:
> > Very salient points were raised in the list that
> need be dealt with 
> > right away.
> >
> > 1-Fabian proposed that we start the meeting 
> earlier may be a week 
> > before the
> > forum.  Since the forum will go from January 20 to
> 25, 2007. The 
> > Convergence
> > media Center in Nairobi Kenya for the  7th World
> Social Forum (WSF) 
> > should go
> > operational from January 13th 2007.
> > Is there any objection to this ?.
> >
> > 2-The Mali collective has indicated their desire
> to send 3 delegates 
> > to the
> > event. They have further
> > indicated that they will take time of to research:
> - necessary visa 
> > formality
> > travel and -ticket cost which I think all others
> should do as well.
> > On the question on general information about
> things like cost of 
> > leaving  in
> > Kenya and general traveling information, I think
> the World Social 
> > Forum folks
> > did a great job under the topics : Getting to
> Nairobi, Where to stay, 
> > Getting
> > around, meeting place and Communication on their
> website at
> > http://socialforum.or.ke/
> >
> > Thus all are encourages to research ticket cost
> from their area of 
> > location.
> > In this respect since it is absolutely important
> for us to get the 
> > ticket cost
> > for delegates who will be coming from various
> countries I wish to make 
> > the
> > following proposal.
> > 1-That in the next (2-3) days we make an appeal
> for activists from 
> > across the
> > network who will like to go to the WSF forum to
> indicate and do so 
> > within the
> > next 14 so that we can start planning and fund
> raising especially for 
> > people
> > like Fabian who are interest in fund raising for
> tickets.
> > -The list of preference as to how we fund
> delegates will be based on 
> > the funds
> > we get.
> > But it will start with African delegates who leave
> in an environment 
> > where fund
> > raising is very difficult. Then volunteers who
> will like to help run 
> > workshops,
> > then any other person along that line. Again this
> is a proposal and 
> > your input
> > is needed before we word it to a final proposal
> for distribution 
> > across the
> > indymedia-network.
> > The information on those hoping to come will give
> us a better idea on 
> > the space
> > we may need organize for logging and all other
> cost needed for the 
> > full period
> > of the Conference.
> >
> > AS OF NOW:
> 
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Glenda Loebell-Ryan
Am Wasser 57
CH-8049 Zürich
SWITZERLAND

Tel. ++41  1  341  94 22
glloebell at yahoo.com

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