[IMC-bristol] about the african imc fundraising e-mail (read me first)

[kyra]

dear Jay

hi, nice to hear from you
this looks like a massive project - good luck with supporting it
sorry that we dont have any funds to help but we will try to circulate 
the call for support through any possible channels.

we look forward to hearing what happens

kyra
bristol imc

Jay wrote:
> Hello there, IMC Bristol,
> 
> This is Jay from Philadelphia IMC.  Some of you may know me, most of you 
> probably don't, but hi to everyone anyway.
> 
> I'm e-mailing you to let you know I'm going to send you, in another 
> e-mail, an appeal for funds to support
> the upcoming Indymedia African continental conference, to be held in 
> Dakar, Senegal, March 1-14.  The imc-africa group is trying to see if we 
> can harness some of the energy and resources of our network to support 
> this really important network-building event -- one that can't take 
> place withour your help.
> 
> The imc-africa at indymedia.org working group is trying to plan a 
> convergence that will allow indymedia
> organizers from all over Africa to exchange experiences and inspire each 
> other to build independent media networks all over the continent.  
> Delegates from existing IMCs in South Africa, Ambazonia and the Madiaq 
> would like to come, and others from Angola, Kenya, the Congo, etc. want 
> to attend to help jump-start their local IMCs.
> 
> As you can imagine, international travel within Afirca is difficult and 
> EXPENSIVE.  The imc-africa group
> currently doesn't have the funds to support travel to the conference by 
> delegates, let alone any
> lodging/food/supplies for attendees.  They're just starting to send out 
> urgent fundraising appeals like
> the one I'm going to send you.
> 
> I'm not expecting any of you to actually send $$ (that's right, you're 
> off the hook!) but I would love
> it if any of you could spread the word about the conference and its need 
> for funds.  Perhaps you could post information about the upcoming 
> conference in your features column.  There is information in the 
> fundraising e-mail about how to send funds (paypal is easiest -- 
> imc-africa at indymedia.org).  Or, if you're really cool :), you could have 
> a fundraising party.  In Philly we're having an African dinner party and 
> asking for a $10 donation per person.
> 
> I do hope we can find enough money to assure representation from several 
> African countries.  It's going to be a
> small conference, no matter how much money comes in, but if it works it 
> could be a positive step toward inspiring some great independent media 
> organizing in Africa.
> 
> Thanks for taking your time to send the info around.  Please feel free 
> to e-mail me or imc-africa at indymedia.org with any questions.  Thanks!
> 
> Jay
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