[Imc-africa] Funds from Houston

[sphinx]

Good idea about the excursion!  Then who pays the bill for the phone calls
without which you probably could have not have any delegates to struggle to
present an excursion to??.
What do you exactly expect me to do?
Have donations sent in to be sent over for excursion and then start screeming in
my lil corner with a telephone bill incured on the organising of the conference??

Ask the delegates how many times I had to ring each of them to Organise ticket
visa etc. And how many times I called the Senegalese embassy in their country 
Ask the delegats from ALL the countries. May be start with Angola and he will
tell you I called him more than 20times I repeat 20(twenty times) to put things
together for him to be done there in Dakar and you to consider the excursion
more important than the telephone bill . Ask all the others, ask Jean how many
times I called to organise the trip for floribert and then he got sick and we
had to change things for Him. Ask Frank How any times I called him, Ofege, then
the Senegalese Consolate then hiim then Ofege. And so on.

Or in other words you do not mine the dam how I get to solve that problem of the
phone bill?? what have the funds you raised in Switzerland been used for???

Quoting Glenda Loebell <glloebell at yahoo.com>:

> Sphinx and others
> We here the activist and our counterparts, share the
> opinion that this money would be well spent for this
> very significate and appropiate action which is at the
> forefront of the principal of indydedia world wide.
> Mobilisation and solidarity for the voiceless when
> they become the voice.
> While we symethise that for reasons only you
> understand, hence the telephone bill.
> The telephone bill quoted is equal to the amount paid
> out for the use of resouses for the whole conference.
> We suggest that should this bill be met a party
> fundraiser be organised to meet it. In Germany
> 
> We would like to deposit our counter argument that
> this money be differently, well spent for an action
> that will affect the awareness and solidary for a
> whole island community. An island that has a
> historical significance for all of  us in Africa and
> the debate of slave history and the continued
> marginalised communities -go to website page.
> www.globalblacknews.com 
> for more information on BUSH's visit and the
> subsequent removal of over a 1000 person placed in
> prison in order to clean up the streets of Goree for
> the visit of BUSH.   Further instruments of
> oppression.
> And more, we have interviews and film coverage which
> the community willing have given and would further
> inform and talk to us. 
> 
> A $100 dollars enshares 20 Dakar and African delegates
> which in our opinion is an action that would support
> an example of solidary. 
> We all as European activist will ensure our own costs.
> All in all we would be over 40 activist going over to
> the island for a whole day day of solidarity.
> 
> We suggest that you approve the use of this $100 for
> this action.
> 
> NeBe