[imc-baghdad] PROPOSAL: funding from IMC finance list?

[Sascha Meinrath]

As one of the facilitators of the global finance list, I can tell you from
first-hand experience that until IMC-Baghdad becomes an official IMC it's
going to be _extremely_ hard to forge a consensus to disburse Global
Indymedia funds to it.  It might be worth making a request that once
IMC-Baghdad becomes an official IMC that funding be disbursed.

It _might_ help that the project is sponsored by the UCIMC, but then
again, this would be asking everyone to agree to send Indymedia funding to
an organization that itself hasn't gone through the application process.
Either way, I can't be the one requesting the disbursal, but I'm willing
to help shepherd it through the finance decision-making process.

--Sascha

On Thu, 8 May 2003, sam rossiter wrote:

> Although there is a wikki page set up;
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcBaghdad
>
> I had a check in the imc finance archive
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/
> and no formal request for funds seems to have been
> made.
>
> I suggest that in the interests of getting some money
> on the way quickly we submit a proposal to fund the
> equipment needs from the global fund, but excluding
> the running and salary costs.
>
> It's not that I don't appriciate the situation, and
> the importance of salaries in such a circumstance.
> I just think the proposal would go through quicker
> this way, as these imc processes can take ages at the
> best of times, and the need seems to be urgent...
>
> We could always make a second proposal later.
>
> BUDGET:
> EQUIPMENT NEEDS - 5 computers w/Arabic language
> support & keyboards - 2 printers - a Xerox machine - a
> fax machine (once phone lines are back up) - 2 phone
> lines - a dedicated internet line (satellite modems to
> serve until phones are up) - 2 digital cameras - 2
> video cameras (for web reports) - 2 file cabinets - 5
> desks/chairs - a sofa & lounge chairs - an air
> conditioner - a fridge - a generator (even when power
> comes up, it's likely not going to be available at all
> times)
>
> Could someone who has contacts in Iraq find out the
> costs for the most urgent items?
>
> I was thinking probably about $5000
>
> Any comments/suggestions gratefully recieved
>
> Cheers
> Sam
>
>
>
>
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