[Imc-africa] Proposed network call
sphinx
sphinx at indymedia.org
Fri Sep 8 00:50:04 PDT 2006
Jay! Thanks for beefing up the draft.
Hello all! With the improvements from Jay, our text to be sent around the
network as our call for the WSF IMC will look as below.
Meanwhile as Jay rightly pointed-out, we will need to send out a
targeted budget
in a fundraising appeal in the next days. I also support the sum of
$5000(minus
travel/lodging), since the folks from Prometheus had talked of $2500-$3000 for
the radio equipment and the balance can go to take care of office stuff.
I will seriously appreciate if someone took on translation of this text in the
next day or two before we send it to the major network list as well as to the
individual IMCs.
--Good news:
A few days back I was on IRC with Jebba (an indymedia activists) and he
introduced me to BLASTERISK. (http://www.blagblagblag.org/BLASTERISK/).
With this we can have many Conference Calls linking people from around
the world
for NO COST. As soon as I recover fully, I?ll try to set up one such
Conference call. As it seems for the moment one will need get
BLASTERISK folks
set numbers for Kenya, Ambazonia/Cameroon, South Africa and Mali, as well as
Angola, Senegal, Congo and Togo, since all the other countries via Nigeria,
Europe and the US already have numbers. When we send around a call for WSF
Conference Call, we can get other countries I forget to mention on line as
well. This is so great because surely many more people have access to phones
than internet. Also I remember how the Dakar Conference left me with a large
phone bill to deal with.
Looking forward to Nairobi.
Sphinx
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CALL: Indymedia Center at the World Social Forum(January 2007 in
Nairobi-Kenya)
INTRODUCTION
Independent media activists from Africa and around the world are inviting
YOU to participate in an independent media center (IMC) during the upcoming
World Social Forum(WSF) in late January, 2007, in Nairobi, Kenya. This
"convergence-based" IMC will provide an example of effective independent
media center and empower WSF attendees from around the world, especially
those in Africa, to start or enhance their own local IMCs.
VISION:
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.
Thousands of organizers will be coming to the World Social Forum from
around
the globe, especially from Africa; this IMC will empower activists (especially
those in
Africa) to create effective independent media institutions in their countries.
Also, 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.
KEY ORGANIZERS/SUPPORTERS:
-- the Kenya-IMC, still pending approval as a formal part of the Indymedia
network, has been in existence since 2004, after sending two
representatives to the African Indymedia conference in Dakar,
Senegal.
-- the IMC-Africa working group, an Indymedia list composed of
African Indymedia activists and supporters from around the world.
(http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/)
-- Prometheus Radio Project (http://www.prometheusradio.org), an organization
that supports and builds low-power-radio stations around the world, and will
provide technical advice and assistance for the low power radio station that
will be operated from the ?Convergence IMC Center? to be
built in Nairobi for the duration of the WSF (with equipment to remain in
Kenya for use by future low power radio
initiatives)
--Some students and faculty members from Maseno University in Kenya , who will
participate in ongoing independent media projects after the WSF is over.
INVITATION-
This is an invitation for ALL who wish to participate in this IMC, whether
by coming to Kenya, for the WSF, fundraising or providing any other support
from abroad to express your interest by sending an email with their name or
group?s name to 'imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org'.
We will be attempting to raise travel funds for independent media activists
who wish to come to Kenya to participate in the IMC. Preference will be
given to activists from Africa, but we encourage all who are interested in
coming to let the imc-africa list know **as soon as possible**. We would
like to effectively come up with a budget by OCTOBER 1. 2006.
Don't hesitate to send any ideas
you may have for the Nairobi IMC to the IMC-Africa list. We'll see you in
Nairobi!"
wiki:
http://wiki.radiolivre.org/Main/WorldSocialForum2007
=======
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Quoting Jay <idiot at jaysand.com>:
> Sphinx and everyone,
>
> Thanks Sphinx for working on this, especially through your
> migraine. (ouch) It looks really great! I have a few comments and
> suggestions below, which you can choose to take or discard.
>
> At 9/6/2006, you wrote:
>> Hi all! I'm sorry for being late again. I came down with a migrane.
>> This is a draft text to be sent to various nework list by Saturday
>> September 9.
>> 2007(in 3 days) as our call for the Nairobi event.
>> 1-please indicate all the proposed corrections or additions you
>> think need be
>> made.
>> 2-We need someone to help with translation into French.
>> 3-Fabian I think the points you raised in your last mail are very
>> important but
>> I hope you do not mind that I could not work them into this proposal since
>> some
>> of them seemed to me to be network-wide question e.g indy WSF relations.
>> Sphinx
>>
>> ---------------
>>
>> CALL: January 2007 World Social Forum(WSF) Indymedia Center
>> (Nairobi-Kenya).
>> Following discussions that have been going on in the imc-africa mailing
>> list and
>> other fora since November 2005, a ?Convergence IMC? for the coming World
>> Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi-Kenya will run from January 13 to January 25 .
>> 2007 when the forums ends.
>
> I think this is a bit hard to understand. I'd say something more direct as
> an introduction, letting the body of the e-mail tell the
> details. Something like (but you can make it better):
>
> CALL:
> Independent media activists from Africa and around the world are inviting
> YOU to participate in an independent media center (IMC) during the upcoming
> World Social Forum in late January, 2007, in Nairobi, Kenya. This
> "convergence-based" IMC will provide an example of effective independent
> media center and empower WSF attendees from around the world, especially
> those in Africa, to start or enhance their own local IMCs.
>
>
>> VISION:
>> 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.
>
> Maybe add:
> The IMC will also be a hub for trainings and hands-on media-making
> workshops throughout the World Social Forum.
>
>
>> Thousands of
>> organizers will be coming to the World Social Forum from around the globe,
>> especially from Africa; this IMC will empower activists (especially those in
>> Africa) to create effective independent media institutions in their
>> countries.
>> Also, all the equipment purchased for this IMC will remain in Kenya for use
>> by the Kenya IMC and other Kenyan independent media
>> projects.
>
> Suggested addition:
> The IMC plans to be open from January 13 to January 25. The WSF itself
> takes place from January 20-25.
> (are these the right dates?)
>
>
>> KEY ORGANIZERS/SUPPORTERS:
>> -- the Kenya-IMC, still pending approval as a formal part of the Indymedia
>> network, has been in existence since 2004, after sending two
>> representatives to the African Indymedia conference in Dakar,
>> Senegal.
>>
>> -- the IMC-Africa working group, an Indymedia list composed of
>> African Indymedia activists and supporters from around the world.
>> (http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/)
>>
>> -- Prometheus Radio Project (http://www.prometheusradio.org), an
>> organization
>> that supports and builds low-power-radio stations around the world, and will
>> provide technical advice and assistance for the low power radio station that
>> will be operated from the ?Convergence IMC Center? to be
>> built in Nairobi for the duration of the WSF (with equipment to remain in
>> Kenya for use by future low power radio
>> initiatives)
>>
>> --Some students and faculty members from Maseno University in Kenya
>> , who will
>> participate in ongoing independent media projects after the WSF is over.
>>
>> INVITATION-TIMELINE
>> This is an invitation for ALL who wish to participate in this ?IMC
>> Convergence
>> Center? to register by sending an email with their name or group?s name to
>> imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org
>
> Maybe instead of "register," which sounds a bit official and may dissuade
> people from letting us know they're thinking of coming, we should say:
>
> "This is an invitation for ALL who wish to participate in this IMC, whether
> by coming to Kenya, for the WSF, fundraising or providing any other support
> from abroad to express your interest by sending an email with their name or
> group?s name to 'imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org'.
>
> We will be attempting to raise travel funds for independent media activists
> who wish to come to Kenya to participate in the IMC. Preference will be
> given to activists from Africa, but we encourage all who are interested in
> coming to let the imc-africa list know **as soon as possible**. We would
> like to effectively come up with a budget by SEPTEMBER 18. 2006."
>
> I hope I'm not misunderstanding things here. We're asking people to let us
> know if they're interested in coming so we can start applying for travel
> grants, right?
>
> I'm afraid September 18 may be a bit soon, though if that's when we need to
> get things together then that's what we have to do. If we have a bit more
> time, I'd suggest we set the deadline for October 1.
>
>> On the other hand we?ll greatly appreciate any support for this event both
>> material and non-materials. As such we?ll be very grateful if activists with
>> experience in organizing such type of events do share their
>> experience with us
>> at the imc-africa list
>> (imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org) .
>>
>> Here is the wiki we are using :
>> http://wiki.radiolivre.org/Main/WorldSocialForum2007
>
> Maybe we should end with something like, "Don't hestitate to send any ideas
> you may have for the Nairobi IMC to the IMC-Africa list. We'll see you in
> Nairobi!"
>
> I think this is a good start. Getting this around the network will let
> people know there's an IMC in the works in Nairobi and inspire people to
> start thinking about coming. Hopefully we'll pin down a number of African
> delegates and start being able to raise money.
>
> As for the general budget, that's to discuss in another e-mail, but we
> still need to pin down potential costs of space rental, internet, phone
> service, etc, and Petri from Prometheus still has to get us that itemized
> radio parts budget. In any case, we should start to send out a targeted
> fundraising appeal really soon. I think saying we need to raise
> approximately $5000 to support the technical infrastructure of the IMC
> (minus travel/lodging) is a round enough number that people can start
> working toward it.
>
> Thanks, Sphinx!
> Jay
>
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