[Imc-africa] Information from Nairobi

[Peter van Heusden]

Hi John

Peter from South Africa here. We're very interested in supporting an
Indymedia space, both in terms of funding the space (if we can get a
funding proposal together ASAP that would be good) as well as coming to
Nairobi to participate & assist. And of course, we love supporting
Indymedia Kenya!

In addition to Indymedia creating an IMC, we're interested in the
possibility of linking the Indymedia space to a larger experiment /
space to highlight 'horizontal' styles of decision making - I think the
workshop sphinx is talking about is very relevant here. Are other people
also interested in this?

On these questions:
*
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.

We would very much support budgetting for producing a print newsletter.
As to a WWW site - for Bamako we hosted (with varying degrees of
success) articles on two Indymedia sites - SA (though we had publishing
problems there during the WSF) and Marseilles, as well as some posts to
Global Indymedia. We have time, however, to propose a specific
wsf.indymedia.org, hosted by a group within the global Indymedia
network. Do people think this is a good idea?

As to workshops - Fabian, wasn't there some kind of intro-to-Indymedia
workshop in Bamako? That would be a good idea again. And a gendered
workshop along the lines that Glenda suggests sounds interesting - if
our slogan is 'be your own journalist', then the way women's voices are
silenced is a helluva relevant topic. Maybe different groups coming to
Nairobi could input on workshops they could hold?

Another thing - is there a possibility of film screenings? Do you have
access to a video projector over there? Could one be hired? Again,
Glenda's comments about the film festival in SA come to mind (do you
mean the 3 Continents one organised by Uhuru Productions, Glenda)

Fabian, do you think we could recycle parts of last year's Bamako
funding proposal to use as a basis for the Nairobi one?

Viva Indymedia ! Aluta Continua !!

Peter
one of Cape Town collective of Indymedia South Africa


David John Bwakali wrote:
> 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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