[Imc-communication] [IMC-Tech] Update from Kenya - People Power and Solutions

Wed Jan 16 02:23:56 PST 2008

Dear Nah and All,
  Obrigado to Nah and comrades in Brasil for their offer to create a working group to work with Kenya IMC. Find below some of the areas where your assistance is most welcome:

  - Translation of some articles in the Kenya IMC website into portuguesse
  You could identify any articles from the Kenya IMC website, that you think the Brazilian audience needs to access. You can then translate these articles into Portuguesse so that grassroots people in Brazil can also be able to know what is happening here and how we can work together more and more.

  - Translation of the some comments from Brazillian readers into English 
  I visited your site and saw some comments from your readers, in response to the summary you had done. It would be great if you can translate some of these comments to give us an idea about the thoughts, questions and ideas that our Brazilian comrades have.

  - Grassroots action posters
  It would be great if you can work on posters with the following words:
  Grassroots action for peace and justice
  Joining hands for a peaceful and just society
  Speak out and take action for peace and justice

  Please feel free to come also suggest more ideas on the posters. We can use the posters in our peace bonanza that we plan to hold early next month.

  - Sharing of select video footage about grassroots action in Brasil
  We are also planning to make a documentary. Brasil has had a lot of experience in grassroots action. Please share with us some of the video footage that we can incorporate in this documentary to give it more diversity and also as an example of what grassroots action can achieve.

  These are just some of the things that the working group can focus on once it is in place. We can chat anytime to further discuss all these issues.

  Asante! (Thanks in Swahili)

  John

nah <nah at riseup.net> wrote:
  hello people,

In the brazil we did an editorial about what's happening in Kenya[1], and
we are thinking about create a working group to help imc-kenya in any way
we can around here .. forwarding information, sending emails to embassies,
making posters, etc..

in solidarity,

nah - brazil, rio de janeiro

[1] http://brasil.indymedia.org/pt/red/2008/01/408327.shtml

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[pt-br]

olá pessoal,

no brasil nós fizemos um editorial sobre o que está acontecendo no Kenya,
e estamos pensando em formar um grupo de trabalho para ajudar no que for
possível por aqui.. repassando informações, mandando e-mails para
embaixadas, fazendo cartazes, etc.

em solidariedade,

nah - brasil, rio de janeiro

[1] http://brasil.indymedia.org/pt/red/2008/01/408327.shtml

On Fri, January 11, 2008 8:40 pm, ryan wrote:
>> I am forwarding this email sent to the imc-africa list by John Bwakali,
>> one of the organisers of the indymedia coverage during the WSF last year
>> in Nairobi, Kenya. You have all heard about the tragedies that are
>
> Hello,
>
> It was just called to my attention the call for help from IMC-Kenya. I
> went and I looked and I noticed that they are using the CSS file
> design I had made years ago for IMC-South Africa's sf-active
> installation ;)
>
> IMC-Kenya should be immediately plugged into the support system that
> is available for sf-active websites within the Indymedia network. For
> going on 8 years, the sf-active support team has been online in irc,
> providing hosting and tech support for sf-active websites.
>
> Since IMC-Kenya is already running sf-active, the quickest way for
> them to start having all the tech support they need is to make them
> aware of the sf-active support system.
>
> This includes:
>
> 1) SF-ACTIVE TECH SUPPORT: Any questions about their software should
> be sent to imc-sf-active at lists.indymedia.org ... this is the official
> support list for sf-active websites. This is also the place to find a
> volunteer who can help them clean up their website, etc.
>
> 2) SF-ACTIVE HOSTING: There is an international group of volunteers
> who provide hosting for sf-active websites and we organize ourselves
> at imc-sfa-servers at lists.indymedia.org ... the main group on that list
> provides hosting for sf-active websites on Linefeed servers which are
> located at San Francisco Community Colo (so, a 'protected network'
> from a legal point of view). I see that imc-kenya is hosted on popelin
> and they should be able to email imc-sfa-servers at lists.indymedia.org
> and get server support, or they can opt to move their site to the
> sf-active installation farm we have at Linefeed.
>
> 3) LIVE TECH SUPPORT: As mentioned, the sf-active support groups are
> around all the time on IRC. Someone from imc-kenya can use
> http://chat.indymedia.org/ to come on IRC and talk to us live, almost
> all day, every day in the #sfkids or #sf-active channel. If they just
> say they are from imc-kenya and need help, it's likely that someone
> will be there fore them.
>
> All of this is there for local IMC's to get the help they need in
> setting up and maintaining an indymedia site.
>
> It looks like the first step would be for imc-kenya to make contact
> with the imc-sf-active at lists.indymedia.org group and make a request
> for a volunteer to help them finish setting up their website. And,
> then we could go from there.
>
> Also, someone from imc-kenya should drop by on IRC and get introduced
> to the sf-active support people ... again, #sfkids and/or #sf-active
> are the channels to find us.
>
> - ryan - san francisco, california, usa
>
>
>
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