[Imc-africa] Re: PLEASE HELP: African Indymedia conference needs your support (fwd)

[nicolas dieltiens]

There was never an indication given that the histories of proposed delegates was to be scrutinised. It is disturbing that a donor was allowed the discretion to select delegates as though we should not be best placed to make such decisions. Donors have long determined organisational development of their recipients and modelled projects to suit their own programme objectives. Even the independence of indymedia is compromised in this beggarly way of pulling together a conference.

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:11:40 +0000, African IMCs and the imc project in Africa <imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org> said:
>Ofege not showing up does not in any way disturb SA ticket.
>
>I said before that the application to "umvertilung" included  the name of all
>the delegates from all the countries, their professions and life history. 
>I also included- "3 prsons from South Africa". Umvertilung chosed from the
>entire list 5 persons they would pay tickets for. Five persons whom one of the
>comrades who participated in the first stage of the decision of which 5persons
>even gave a hint why those specific 5.
>
>-Grace was the only woman on the whole lists.
>-Ofege was the person amongst all the delegates with the longest history of
>imprisonment for carrying out his profession as a journalist.
>-Floribert was even know to "Umvetilung" as they once had to hurrily send money
>to DRCongo for people to help him escape from the regime in Kinshasa some years
>back.
>-Gilberto's-Angola their Radio station had won some award for the most
>independent news outlet.
>-Frank; their radio station is amongst the few in Cameroon that is trying to  be
>as object as they can in the face of a brutal dictorial regime. 
>
>Of course I believe had we known abit more information about the SA delegates
>(history and names) they could may be have been chosen by umvertilung. That I've
>already explained on this list more than twice.
>
>Think of something better!     
>
>
>Quoting Glenda Loebell <glloebell at yahoo.com>:
>
>> oh I forgot to say that so much waste of money has
>> incurred due to last minute arrangements.
>> The other incident is one of the delegates(Ambazonia
>> 2nd delegate) did not pitch up even though the ticket
>> was paid for and on the other hand the South Africans
>> were not able to participate due to lack of funds.
>> NeBe
>-- 
>but for fate we could have been one another
>
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