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[Jacquie Soohen]

i believe some of the articles are already in english in the paper and 
plan to be...
don't think language is a way to exclude posts...

On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 06:35 PM, sam rossiter wrote:

> Excellent round up boud- cheers for that! i feel
> clearer now that we are supporting the paper and
> associated website, and waiting to see if there is
> local enthusiasm for IMC a couple of months down the
> line.
>
> 1.Group description
> 2.Reminder of the urgent equiptment needs
> 3.UCIMC support for the project
> 4.Other funding
> 5.Technical query
>
> 1. RE: "Since the list name  does not include
> "support", could i suggest that you edit the
>  imc-baghdad listinfo  page in order to clearly
> explain to new people what the purpose of the list is,
> in order to minimise confusion?"
> Yes- does anyone on-list know we amend the list info
> page?
> I propose that this be done without further ado...
>
> 2.
> Critical equipment costs in iraq: computers:
> $600 each (requesting 5)
> printers: $250 each (requesting 2)
> digital cameras: $200 each (requesting 4)
> tape recorders: $40 each (requesting 4)
> Desks & Chairs: $30/set (requesting 5)
> File Cabinets: $10 each (requesting 2)
> Office Supplies: (pens, notebooks, paper, etc...)
> requesting $100
> TOTAL CRITICAL EQUIPMENT COSTS: $4,630
>
> 3.
> I fully support using the UCIMC as fiscal sponsor- do
> they/you have a seperate account for such things? or
> would the funding come direct from UCIMC funds?
> "Hi all, I'd like to set a SUNDAY May 11, 2003 (Noon
> GMT) deadline for accepting fiscal sponsorship from
> the UCIMC. If people have concerns with moving forward
> on this, please raise them now (likewise, of you
> support the idea, feel free to make your opinion
> known)."
> Would UCIMC have the resources to meet all the urgent
> equipment needs?
> If not how much shortfall would there be?
>
>
> 4.
> I propose that we contact the tactical media fund and
> the global south fund to make up any shortfall.
> We could do this on the agreement that we then
> fundraise for these funds.
>
> 5.
> Is it possible to offer the newspaper group a website
> which will only accept arabic script for 'articles'
> but will allow English characters as 'comments'?
> This IMHO would make the site a lot easier to
> moderate/maintain (see previous comments about SPAM)
> whilst still allowing for english speaking people to
> engage with discussion.
> I also think that this would place the emphasis for
> translation on us, rather than with the overstretched
> people in Bagdad. On the Bristol site we certainly
> don't have the added pressure of making sure the
> articles are translated into Arabic, why should we
> expect Bagdad to do this for us?
>
> Cheers
> Sam
> (one of Bristol IMC)
>
>
>
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