[Imc-africa] Information from Nairobi

[Glenda Loebell]

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

> Hi John, thanks alot for this information. Your
> proposal for this
> guesthouse sounds very good indeed. It is something
> we can defintely work
> with in my opinion. I have a small point to add only
> for the budget. Is it
> possible that you calculate roughly the costs of
> local transport to get
> from there to the WSF and to the airport, so we
> could include that as
> well?
> 
> 
> Concerning the hardware question let me just give
> some thoughts...
> If we had a seperate Media centre inside the WSF
> (possibly equipped with
> computers already as it was the case in Bamako,
> where we co-operated with
> the Youth Camp Media Centre who also came up for the
> bulk of the costs) we
> propably wouldn't need a big computer set-up in the
> guesthouse.
> And as it was in Bamako, the guesthouse/headquarters
> was packed with
> private computers anyway.
> Yet we didn;t do any workshops in advance of the WSF
> there. Surely its
> worth talking to WSF organizers about it as there is
> some experience of
> joint conduct from previous WSFs.  If WSF could
> provide us with a
> mediacentre like in previous cases, but maybe also a
> week or two before
> the wsf acutually starts, we could offer to provide
> advance workshop and
> training for local media activists in radio and web
> grassroots journalism.
> That would save us from high costs in purchasing
> computer equipement,
> given that we already talking about spending a few
> thousend Dollars on the
> radio equipement.
> 
> In any case thanks for great work on the ground
> best for now
> Fabian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi Jay and colleagues,
> >   We too are excited about the WSF! I think we
> must now get down to
> > concrete business in terms of making concrete
> preparations. Find below
> > answers to some of your questions:
> >   - find the right physical space for the IMC. 
> (is it big enough for the
> > number of people we expect?  does it have enough
> electricity?  what sort
> > of access will there be to the public, i.e. is it
> in a building that
> > requires some sort of conference badge to get in? 
> will we have to pay
> > any rent on the room?) We need to have an
> indication of the people
> > expected to come so that we can finalise plans for
> the rented house.
> > This November, youth from across the world will be
> converging in Nairobi
> > for the United Nations Framework Convention for
> Climate Change. I have
> > made arrangements for them to be hosted at a
> guesthouse that can
> > comfortably host 35 people or 50 people if some of
> them camp in the huge
> > garden of the house. The cost for one month is
> 1300 US dollars including
> > internet access. If we pay fot for the entire
> month of January, then
> > Indymedia people can stay there exclusively for
> this duration. The
> > guesthouse is about 10 - 15 minutes drive from the
> city centre in a
> > place
> >  known as Westlands. Apart from internet, it also
> has a phone and
> > electricity. There is also a kitchen and a cook
> who can prepare meals at
> > an additional cost of about 5 - 10 dollars per
> person. This house can
> > host people and also act as a headquarters of
> sorts. I will confirm with
> > Onyango concerning space for Indymedia at the
> official venue of WSF.
> >
> >   Concerning the issue of available computers,
> some of us here have our
> > own personal computers but we do not have
> computers as Indymedia Kenya.
> > There is thus need for computers to be purchased
> or for people who are
> > coming to bring some so that we can network them
> at the house for more
> > people to access internet. I will be confirming
> with you concerning the
> > bandwidth.
> >
> > There are many organizational issues to approach
> too, such as figuring out
> > exactly what we kind of things we envision
> happening at the IMC: a low
> > power radio station definitely, but also do we
> want to webcast the radio
> > station?  That will require the right computer/s. 
> Do we want to have a
> > print project to write articles about the WSF
> while it's happening?  Do we
> > want to do updates on a WSF web site?  (if so,
> where will the site be
> > hosted and what techs will maintain it?).  What
> sort of
> > workshops/trainings will we try to hold?  How will
> we publicize them
> > (print something up?  if so, how much will that
> cost?).  Everyone should
> > provide further input into these questions.
> >
> > John, do you think your working group could come
> up with a quick list of
> > costs for those things, as well as an estimate of
> office supplies and any
> > other logistics?  They can be rough estimates, but
> we really should start
> > talking numbers soon.  If we rent the house for
> one month, we can use of
> > the room/s as an office, so the cost would be
> covered in the 1300 USD that
> > we will be paying. We would also need to buy a
> printer (about 100 USD) and
> > office stationery (about 100 - 200 USD) depending
> on the quantity. People
> > can come with their cell phones and buy local SIM
> cards (one SIM card is
> > about two USD) We could use the house's phone to
> make international phone
> > calls, or use skype. By rough estimate, we would
> need about 300 USD to
> > over phone bills and fax bills.
> >
> >   More later after I meet with Onyango.
> >
> >   Greetings from Nairobi.
> >
> >   John Bwak
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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