[Imc-africa] Re: Imc-africa Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

[vally_x at nadir.org]

Hello e! I'm forwarding your mail to the "boundaries to bridges list" where the
group that is presently on the tour on their way to Senegal communicate from
time to time. They are also with Cars and are presently in Morocco; I think they
have probably more upto date information on this issue than any of us in this
list becuase they are driving too and as much as I know some of the cars are old
er than five years. Your can get telephone contact with them by the numbers they
provide on the website; http://imc-in-so36.net

all the best
Sphinx

Quoting eLoi mAduell <eloimex at yahoo.es>:

> hi all ,
> 
> here eLoi, from barcelona . i'll introduce myself ... i'm from
> telenoika.org, video collective, close to madiaq people in spain . i'm
> going
> south with the intention of getting the ((i))mc meeting in dakar, but the
> senegal embassy in madrid told me there is a new law in senegal since this
> summer that prohibits the circulation of older than 5 years cars in the
> country .
> 
> i've info from there from october and seems it's really going like this .
> only chance to get into senegal was to trafic to enter gambia, but getting
> $$militar$$ police on the van and driving straight to the frontier of
> gambia
> . no circulation was allowed into senegal .
> 
> so i ask myeself if somebody knows about this situation and  if there's any
> chance to enter senegal with an older than 5 years old van....
> 
> thanks -p
> 
> e
> 
> 
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> >    1. Most recent update on Delegates for the Dakar Conference (sphinx)
> >    2. Call for donations. (sphinx)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:30:27 +0000
> > From: sphinx <sphinx at indymedia.org>
> > Subject: [Imc-africa] Most recent update on Delegates for the Dakar
> > Conference
> > To: imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org,
> > imc-ch-process at lists.indymedia.org, imc-uk at lists.indymedia.org
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> > Since the last update we got feetback from the second group organising
> imc-Kenya
> > thus they took the remaining two places for Kenya. Bar from imc-CH did
> indicate
> > his wish to be in Senegal; so he joins  Libby from imc-NL, and GATSby
> from
> > imc-de all three will pay the trip  for  themselves.
> > At this point the picture of the participants to the conference is as
> follows.
> > The exact number of Senegalese to participate at the Conference is not
> exactly
> > clear as there have been information sent around the University of Dakar
> by the
> > professor who Organised for us to use the university infrastructure for
> the
> > Conference. There are also a couple of Organisations which have been
> informed
> > about the conference which include; ACADEV, A community cmputer centre,
> and RADI.
> > There are also  a couple of activists involved in the  "Boundaries to
> Bridges
> > tour" or coming to Dakar in the frame of the tour who will be present at
> the
> > conference.
> >
> > IMC
> > UC-IMC had accepted me(Sphinx) like a volunteer to their special project
> for
> > Africa called IGAP. In that respect they will be responsible for my fair
> .
> > http://brainstorm.ucimc.org/ucimcWiki/igap
> >
> >
> > The IMC delegates whom we need funds to pay their fair include :
> > -3 from IMC-South Africa.
> > -3 from IMC-Ambazonia(Ex-British Southern Cameroons)
> > -1 from group in the process of forming  IMC-Congo
> > -2 from forming IMC-Angola
> > -3 from forming IMC-Kenya
> > -2 from IMC Madiaq(South Spain and Morocco)
> >
> > This delegates where proposed by the respective imcs.
> >
> > There are two special cases here where I'll be grateful to know your
> opinion.
> > There is Pennie Quinton who making who has been doing video and covering
> summits
> > and protest across the  world for various IMCs but mostly IMC UK sice
> 2001. When
> > not an IMC volunteer, he  is a video  trainer and he works with people of
> all
> > ages training them to put together short documentary videos, which
> includes
> > shooting and editing.
> > He indicated his desire to participate if his fair will be paid. I wrote
> to him
> > to him asking him to discuss with his local imc(UK) so he could be
> proposed like
> > a UK delegate. He has not replied.
> > There is also Moussa from Senegal now staying in Switzerland since the
> last two
> > years. He is involved in a host of Senegal based cultural organisations
> and can
> > be translator for all the locally spoken languages. He got to know about
> > indymedia not long ago and have been trying to take contact with imc-CH.
> He
> > succeeded  not long ago and participated in one of their meetings. He
> discussed
> > with CH to propose him as a delegate for the  Dakar conference. The
> trouble he
> > says, is that IMC-CH is under lots of pressure now due to their being
> evacuated
> > from their former occupied building in Badnerstr; Zurich.  I did ask
> Moussa to
> > have someone involved in imc-CH write to imc-Africa list proposing him as
> a
> > delelgate to the conference. Hope we can hear from imc-CH soon.  I'll be
> > gratreful to know what you guys think about this two cases. I'm presently
> > drafting a call for donations which I'll send here for you guys to take a
> look
> > before sending out to other network list.
> >
> > CALCUTATIONS THIS FAR
> >  This is how the figures look like for now as from information from a
> travelling
> > Agency:
> > 3South Africa  = 877*3= 2631 Euro
> > 3Ambazonia=750*3= 2250 Euro
> > 1Congo =1200 Euro
> > 2 Angola =1100*2=2200 Euro
> > 3Kenya=1100*3=3300  Euro
> > 2Madiaq(Spain and Morocco) = 450 *2=900 Euro
> > Total for those confirmed =  12481Euro
> >
> > Un-concluded(?) ;
> > Moussa=600 Euro
> > PP=500 Euro
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Sphinx
> > --
> > but for fate we could have been one another
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:36:19 +0000
> > From: sphinx <sphinx at indymedia.org>
> > Subject: [Imc-africa] Call for donations.
> > To: imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org
> > Cc: init at nadir.org
> > Message-ID: <1074108979.40059a339da1f at webmail2.nadir.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Please take a while read through and make proposal. By friday I should
> send this
> >  call to the various network lists.
> > Sphinx
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Since 1999 when indmyedia saw the day of light at Seattle the network has
> > developed in leaps and bounds. Much of that development have been in the
> global
> > North thanks to the well developed multimedia infrastructure. Which both
> allows
> > for quick and cheap production of  content for the media. Yet there have
> been
> > great advancements made by indyedmias in South America in adapting the
> concept
> > of producing media content within a non-hierarchy    organizational
> structure,
> > in a society with not so good multimedia infrastructure. The existence of
> very
> > good social structures developed over the many years of social struggles
> in
> > South America as well as strong support from global North activists  is
> amongst
> >  amongst the many reasons that account for this development.
> > On the other hand indymedia development and growth in Africa have been
> very
> > slow. To  give the indymedia Africa growth process the push it needs, the
> > indymedia African working group in support with other activists groups
> took upon
> > Organising an Alternative(indymedia) Conference in Dakar from the 1st to
> the
> > 14th March 2004.
> > In this Conference we'll be having delegates from  ; South Africa,
> Ambazonia
> > (Ex-British Southern Cameroons), DRCongo, Angola, Kenya, Madiaq (South
> Spain and
> > M orocco), Nertherland, Germany, Switzerland, UK and USA. Three quarters
> of the
> > delegates will be   from Africa.
> >
> > The main point of the Conference will be to exchange experiences and
> know-how on
> > the way forward with indymedia in Africa, with the less developed social
> support
> > structures as well as the less developed multimedia infrastructure; which
> have
> > accounted for the quick and rapid growth/development of indymedia in it's
> four
> > years of existence.
> >
> > The success of this endeavour is now being threatened by the lack of
> funds
> to
> > cover the fairs of  the African Delegates to the conference as well as
> take care
> > of the delegates during the 14days of the Conference. We are hereby
> soliciting
> > for donations to support the Conference.
> > All Donations should be sent to :
> >
> > BANK NAME: Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
> > NAME ON ACCOUNT: Zentralkultur e.V
> > BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 269 35 70
> > SWIFT NUMBER: 600 501 01
> >
> > Password: indymedia Africa
> >
> > Landesbank Stuttgart Branch Germany
> >
> >
> >
> > For those who need  receipts for their donations for use in getting tax
> > deductions please indicate by email to imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org or
> to
> > sphinx at indymedia.org
> >
> > We'll greatly appreciate any contribution no-matter how small .
> > IMC-Africa Working group.
> > --
> > but for fate we could have been one another
> >
> >
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