[Imc-africa] site

[sphinx]

I'm not exactly sure where the IMC-Kenya application is at the moment.
But I do know that there was a volunteer from Italy who was thier sponsor.
They have got an indymedia.org domain and a full flesh site.
www.kenya.indymedia.org

Oloo should know better where exactly they are in the new-imc process 
becuase he
served like contact.
It will indeed be great if we get to use their site for the reporting.
Sphinx

Quoting Jay <idiot at jaysand.com>:

> Fabian,
>
>> >
>> > 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)?
>> >
>
> These are all such wonderful questions!  Most of my experience with
> organizing convergence-based IMCs has taken place at events like World
> Bank-IMF protests, at which clearly we were on the outside.  I did go to
> the WSF in Porto Alegre a couple years ago.  The IMC space was located in
> the "youth camp," which was outside the official convention area.  I don't
> think most of the WSF participants knew we were there.  That did give us a
> nice sense of independence, though, and we did a lot of coverage of events
> that questioned the WSF, and even some protests that went against it,
> though on the other hand we had very few resources and could have
> benefitted from being more public.
>
> All your questions go right to the question of the goals of this IMC.  Is
> our primary goal to provide coverage of the actual WSF or are we going to
> mainly focus on workshops, trainings, etc, for WSF participants to empower
> them to make independent media?  We can certainly do both, and perhaps
> equally, as long as there are enough people willing to participate, so
> that's an option too.  While the WSF itself may not make for the most
> exciting coverage -- lots and lots and lots of panel discussions --
> certianly there are going to be a lot of great ideas to discuss and
> wonderful people to interview.  We can have people "learn by doing,"
> teaching people how to interview, especially using cheap audio equipment,
> or learn how to write articles and post them on the internet.  (Which leads
> to another question -- which site will we use to post information?  If the
> imc-kenya group is up for it, maybe we should support imc-kenya's last
> steps through the new-imc process and have them debut their site at that
> time?  Or should we try to set up a wsfnairobi.indymedia.org site?)
>
> I guess I'm just throwing out more questions to add to your questions.  The
> important thing is, these seem to be absolutely the right questions to be
> asking ourselves at this point.
> Jay
>
>> >
>> > 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:
>> >
>> === message truncated ===
>>
>>
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