[Imc-africa] thank you for the idea.

[Mamadou]

salut Hannah
les kits peuvent etre interessant (ayant travailler sur un projet similaire
pour des villages et des radios communautaire).
j'aimerais beaucoup arrive au kenya pour voir c'est kits peuvent servir dans
le domaine communautaire hierarchise ou non.
si tout se passe bien on sera là le dimanche soir.alors j'espere vous et en
parler plus.


On 1/11/07, mission youth <mifiyori at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> It  is a nice idea   the ugandan delegation looks forward to taking one or
> more transmitters back home for community use.
> Yours
> Bukulu
>
> *Hannah Sassaman <hannahjs at prometheusradio.org>* wrote:
>
> Hello partners in community media,
>
> Hannah at Prometheus here. I can't believe that we are starting to
> arrive in Kenya and to plan the work we want to do! I am very excited
> and hope to learn a lot and offer what we can here at Prometheus. Here's
> an email about another great project we hope to participate in at the
> IMC convergence space!
>
> One thing that Prometheus is excited to offer are a number of
> transmitters. This week, andy and elena are bringing the large
> transmitters (40 watts each), one set to be established with the Nairobi
> activists of the Kenyan Independent Media Center, and another set to be
> established with the students and community of Maseno University.
>
> But we also are bringing 15 small transmitter kits, ranging from 1/4 of
> a watt in power to 1 full watt in power. these kits, once powered with
> a 9 volt battery (for the 1/4 watt) or a 12-14 watt battery (for the 1
> watt), housed in a metal box, and plugged into your favorite music or
> commentary, work as fully functional, small radio stations. The 1/4
> watt transmitters, when put relatively high up, can cover about a city
> block. a 1 watt transmitter, when put relatively high up, can cover 1/2
> mile or even a mile.
>
> We would very much like to distribute these kits, and to help people to
> assemble them over the next week at the Independent Media Center
> convergence space. We are not sure exactly how distribution will work,
> but this is what we think might be good criteria for working with one of
> these transmitters and taking them home after the convergence event.
>
> 1) First of all, that your group wants to learn how a transmitter is put
> together, wants to put it together, and then wants to take it home and
> use it! We aren't forcing transmitters on anyone.
>
> 2) That the people building the transmitter are willing to put 1-3 days
> into working on it and trying to finish it before The 1/4 watt
> transmitters can be built in as little as one day or less, with the
> larger ones taking a bit more time, maybe two days. This can be done
> all in one chunk or over a number of days, but it will take focused
> time, onsite at the convergence space, to build these devices, test
> them, troubleshoot them, and pack them up for you to take home.
>
> 3) Because we only have so many transmitters, we'd like to propose that
> IMC collectives or community media organizations, especially African IMC
> collectives or community media organizations, get first crack at
> building the transmitters. After that, we'd propose that organizations
> get the next crack at building a transmitter, followed by individuals.
>
> 4) In terms of the finances, I believe that we discussed on this list
> that it would be great if some, if not all, of the kits that went home
> with IMCs were paid for from remaining IMC-Finance or XminusY moneys
> that are reserved for equipment. I think we have already discussed this
> online, and consensed that it was OK? But if I am wrong, please correct
> me.
>
> I don't think we need to work out anything too formal here on this list,
> but we can talk in person and decide what will work best for the groups,
> the IMC, and Prometheus. It would be excellent if our costs for these
> kits could be recouped, either from the money that was fundraised, or
> groups can pay us for the kits when we bring them.
>
> (We paid $254.85 for a total of 5 of the 1-watt kits. So those cost $51
> American dollars each, or about 3500 Kenyan shillings. The 1/4 watt
> kits are 14 British pounds, or about $27 American dollars, or about
> 1877.76 shillings.)
>
> Once we are on site, I know many of us will be able to help people put
> together the kits, test to see if they work, and celebrate their new
> technology! Elena and I personally have some experience with these
> kits, Andy, Josh, and Steph may have more, and others who come may have
> built hundreds of them in the past.
>
> Thanks for reading this. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
>
> Hannah Sassaman
> Prometheus Radio Project
>
> PS -- in terms of kits that have already been reserved -- only IMC-Cape
> Town have put their name in for one of the kits. Please contact us if
> you hope to reserve a kit. If there are too many requests, perhaps we
> can meet informally to discuss this onsite in Kenya.
>
> --
> -----
>
> hannah sassaman
> prometheusradioproject
>
> building radio stations = awesome
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> 215-727-9620
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