[imc-baghdad] current fundraising proposal?

[Julia]

I have just arrived in Amman

The process for Journalist accreditation is still going to the intercontinental, getting press accreditation from the Jordanian office there.  They then give you a pass to cross the border when you need it.  There are also notices posted for journalists forming convoys for the journey in.

Julia
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sheri Herndon [mailto:sheri at indymedia.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 05:31 AM
>To: imc-baghdad at lists.indymedia.org
>Subject: [imc-baghdad] current fundraising proposal?
>
>hi everyone,
>
>i wanted to be able to send a proposal about the project to a few people i know
>(regardless of whether it's an imc) before i leave tomorrow at midnight.  if
>there's a current proposal for the newspaper (phase 1) and the other requests
>for more media making (phase 2), please send it to me.  i'll do my best to
>generate some interest and get some people aware of the project.
>
>much peace and thanks for the great work to all of you.  
>
>love
>sheri
>
>
>>1. Printing update
>>2. Where to send
>>3. Summary for website
>>4. Contraints to publishing
>>5. Politics
>>6. Getting into Iraq
>>
>>Dear All,
>>
>>1. We've run into some snags in getting the paper
>>layed out & published. It looks like we'll have it
>>printed and ready for distribution on Thursday or
>>Saturday (Sunday at latest). 
>>
>>2. Much thanks to everyone involved in setting up the
>>website. It is appreciated. Thanks also to
>>Christopher, Jacquie, Spike & Mike for volunteering to
>>post the paper. I'll send it to all of you, along with
>>the extra articles that didn't make the cut this week.
>>Inshallah (God willing), we'll post for ourselves
>>soon... 
>>
>>3. Please write this yourselves - you're welcome to
>>use language from the proposal...
>>
>>4. Our major problems, so far, and in no particular
>>order, continue to be:
>>
>>a. limited electricity (fairly self-explanatory ;-))
>>
>>b. limited communications (no phones at all, except in
>>some neighborhoods, and then only w/i those
>>neighborhoods - no intra-city phone service)
>>
>>c. security concerns limiting movement after dark, and
>>even during the day - especially for women
>>
>>d. no money to pay transportation costs for people
>>coming to the hotel to drop off
>>stories/edit/type/talk/etc... gas prices have
>>skyrocketed, relatively speaking, and cabs are much
>>more then folks can afford - especially if they need
>>them to cover events too...
>>
>>e. no office space. the paper itself has no money
>>whatsoever, so no money for renting a place. voices
>>will let them use space when we get a house, but our
>>search has been unsuccessful so far. part of that
>>problem is that the 2 groups have somewhat different
>>needs/goals. another part is the requirement that
>>foreigners pay an entire year's rent ahead of time (or
>>at least 6 months at once), and, again, no money to do
>>that. but, inshallah, we'll find something soon...
>>
>>f. very limited equipment. we have 2 laptops (mine and
>>voices') on which we've installed arabic fonts, so we
>>can type/edit stories in arabic on them. but neither
>>has arabic-windows, so we can't use any publishing
>>software to lay-out the arabic text for the newspaper.
>>this is a *MAJOR* hassle. if we could get at least one
>>computer here w/full arabic-language support, that
>>would be very, very, very helpful!
>>
>>5. Folks working on this tend to be anti-Saddam,
>>anti-Occupation, but we are pro-actively trying to be
>>as inclusive of all points-of-view as possible, and
>>presenting ourselves this way too. Most Iraqis I've
>>spoken to are a divided on whether or not they want US
>>troops to remain, but all are pretty well united on
>>fearing total chaos (crime) and the possibility of
>>civil war if the troops just pull out (not that that's
>>likely to happen anytime soon, lol). Anyway, the point
>>is that I hope folks on this list would be supportive
>>of all opinions being expressed through this project,
>>regardless of whether we, personally, agree with them.
>>I understand that this is the general
>>approach/philosophy to indymedia, but just want to be
>>very clear... 
>>
>>6. The situation has changed since I entered. My
>>understanding is that currently you have to apply for
>>permission (not a "visa" - those don't exist) through
>>the Iraqi embassy in Amman, Jordan, and that only
>>journalists and NGOs are being allowed in. Most
>>journalists are staying at the Intercontinental or
>>Hyatt hotels in Amman, and you can probably get info
>>on renting a car/joining a convoy at those hotels.
>>We're at the al-Fanar hotel on Abu Nuwas Street (next
>>door to the Palestine), until we find a house. Anyone
>>working on this project is welcome to come live with
>>us at $11/night at the Fanar, or whatever we work out
>>for the house (either free or maybe $50/wk if folks
>>can swing it). Regardless, anyone at all is welcome to
>>come visit with us, in either location, at any time
>>:-)))
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Ramzi Kysia, Baghdad
>>
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