[Imc-africa] congratulations!

[Jay]

Hi imc-africa,

Congratulations and great thanks go out to everyone who worked so hard to 
make the Dakar conference a success.  I know there were many tense moments, 
much frustration, people angry at each other and some disappointments 
too.  I also sense, from seeing the feature on www.indymedia.org, from 
seeing the "imc in africa" web site and from reading the notes from people 
who were at this conference sent to the list, that there were many, many 
positive things that came out of Dakar.

After taking a couple weeks to relax and reflect, certainly we should 
evalulate what went right and what went wrong this time to figure out how 
the next conference can be best organized.  If the next suggested date for 
a conference is a year from now, I guess the planning should start right 
away so there won't be a scramble for funds as there was this time.  Plus, 
I know Sphinx still has some very large cell phone bills that came from 
planning the conference.  Paying those should be a first priority.

I wish I could have been there with you all in Dakar.

Jay