[Imc-africa] The Dakar Conference

[sphinx]

In the four years since indymedia started in Seattle in 1999, it  has succeeded
to make a mostest impact on the media worlds as a whole and in the political
left scene in particular. 

Much of the build-up have taken place in the global North thanks to the well
developed multimedia infrastructure. Which allows 
for both quick and cheap production of media content. Yet indymedias in South
America have made substantial progress despite poor multimedia infrastructure.
This characteristic growth being partly due to existing social support
structures developed over the years of social struggles in South America as well
as emphatic support of Global North Activists.   

In Africa for lots of resons indymedia development has been very   slow. To give
the indymedia growth process in Africa a push, the indymedia Africa working
group with other activists groups took upon Organising an Alternative(indymedia)
Conference in Dakar from the 1st to the 14th March 2004. 
Delegates will be coming from ; South Africa, Ambazonia 
(Ex-British Southern Cameroons), DRCongo, Angola, Kenya, Madiaq (South Spain and
Morocco), 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 try to
figure-out the way forward with indymedia in Africa despite the lack of suitable
social support structures and multimedia infrastructure.
This undertaking is now threatened by the lack of funds to cover the fairs of
the African Delegates and basic needs for the conference . We are hereby soliciting 
for donations to support the Conference. 

Donations can be sent by paypal.com to imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org

or by bank transfer to : 
Zentralkultur e.V 
Account No: 269 35 70 
BLZ/Bankcode     60050101 
S.W.I.F.T-code   SOLASDEST 
Password: indymedia Africa 
Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg 
Germany 

 
For those who need  receipts for tax 
deductions please indicate by email to imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org 

We’ll greatly appreciate any contribution no-matter how small . 
IMC-Africa Working group.



Update of the situation:
-Fair situation for the moment looks as follows:
3South Africa = 877*3= 2631 Euro 
3Ambazonia(Ex-British Southern Cameroons)=750*3= 2250 Euro 
1 DRCongo =1200 Euro 
2 Angola =1100*2=2200 Euro 
3Kenya=1100*3=3300 Euro 
2Madiaq(Spain and Morocco) = 450 *2=900 Euro 
Total= 12481 Euro

-Feeding and stationery for the 14days of the conference will cost at least
1300Euros.

-Materials for use in workshops:
.Bak from Imc-ch is bring a computer with a portable content management system
and a host of other software. 
.Tony from imc-uk is also going to send us some videos and some other meterials.
In the worst case scenerio this may be all we may have like equipment ´; thus
the best way to increase the utility will be to connect them to a projector.
Thus we desperately need a projector as well as a printer.

---original list of needs was :  

-A beamer /projector
1.-Five computers (at least) 
2.-Three video recording machines and a video editting machine. 100 video
cassettes. 
3.-Three mini-disc recorder/audio recording machines. 200 pieces of
mini-disc/tapes. 
4.-Three printers. 
5.-5 small radio transmitters. 
6.- 10 video cassettes of films made by other indymedia video working groups to
be used in screening . 
Software needs 
1.-We need to ask indymedia-tech to load the computers for use in the tour with
one of the many freesoftware Operating System. 
2.-Need a portable version of an indymedia production system which allows
articles and other content to be published and produced on the computer without
internet connection. 
3.-We need an easy to use audio editing program. 
4.-We need an easy to use video editing program. 
5.-We need an easy to use lay-out program. 


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but for fate we could have been one another