[CIMC-working] global south fund listserv by uc-imc participants, notes from
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Doug Morris
being at enteract.com
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:21:59 -0600
Hi all,
The notes below, from a globalsouthfund listserv of uc-imc, indicate there=
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may be a certain forcefulness by Sascha in pushing through funds at UC-imc.
This is of concern because of the way that the TMF proposal is going=20
through in quiet and private, though it relates to funds for the indymedia=
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network.
Several other notes at end from this list refer to start up of some recent=
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grant work.
The third note below points out some of the reasoning in the decision to=20
use UC IMC rather than an allied media fund, AMF, to put proposals to the=20
Soros OSI group.
Apparently, UC IMC participants may have several proposals submitted=20
through AMF to the OSI. Hence, the reasoning for using UC-imc. This is of=20
concern given the issues about Soros (and capitalist foundations) raised in=
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earlier notes.
The notes are from the archive url below, where most uc-imc listserves are=
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held, which are not linked into the general indymedia listserv process:
http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo
Most of the fundraising lists there are private, but not this one:
http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/mailman/archive/globalsouthfund/
The purpose of the list reads:
http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/globalsouthfund
"Howdy & welcome to the Global South Fund (GSF) coordination e-mail list.=20
The overarching goal for the GSF is to increase the voice of the people in=
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the "Global South" in the ongoing discussions taking place at local,=20
national and international levels, and to build more social network=20
relationships between the IMCs in the North and the South."
The funds discussed on this list are for imc network use. Not only for=20
local use. Hence, the concerns raised by the notes below have imc network=
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implications.
Just a note for clarification and a minor issue (to help remember this):=20
The groogroo.com listserv base is also the home of the Prairie Greens=20
listserves and for various local central illinois and other locations media=
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projects. There is hopefully no overlap between local imc efforts and the=
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Greens. If so, this is of concern one of the criteria of membership of imc=
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locals is independence from political parties.
The notes below are reproduced here because several listserves used for=20
planing the tmf were open a few days ago and are now closed, open only to=20
members.
Best, Doug
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[Globalsouthfund] Re: [Imc-finance] concerns
Brian Hagy bhagy@urbana.indymedia.org
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:46:33 -0600 (CST)
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> Another way to formulate this is that meeting participants trust me to
> fulfill one of my explicit roles as treasurer -- to oversee fiscal
> sponsorships. I don't expect people to necessarily keep up with every
> financial thing that is happening or know every detail of what I am=
doing.
> In this way it is akin to many of the other roles at the UCIMC -- we=
trust
> people to perform their jobs and be responsible and accountable for their
> actions. When I bring a proposal to the Finance Working Group it is=
after
> a lot of thought and research -- it is obvious that you have a very
> different process in mind about the role of the UCIMC's Finance Group and
> the level of management that this group should have over fiscal
> sponsorship decisions. But you should also know that this is an entirely
> different role than the Finance Group has played in the past.
um, sascha, the reason you bring proposals to the finance working group is
not for a rubber stamp. no one questions your research into the
proposals. but it's not fair to assume that just because you support a
proposal, that all those in the working group should. it might be that
someone sees a problem in it that you had never even thought of. the point
of the group is to brainstorm concerns, conflicts, connections, and supports
that the proposal may bring. it's also exists so that things aren't done
in secret, which i'm not saying you have ever done. it's just one of the
functions of the group.
i too was somewhat caught off guard by all the proposals brought forth
yesterday. i figured it was just cuz i haven't been able to attend
meetings for a while. some new territory is being brought forth (local
fiscal sponsorship), and i think it's wise to be able to discuss what this
means (both positive and negatives).
anyways, don't get me wrong by the above, i really am stunned and have
great respect for the finance stuff you do. after doing prompting theater
stuff for so long, i know it's no easy task, and often thankless, and
frustrating when someone calls you on a decision you want to happen (my
supervisors do that to me all the time....it really is hard to deal with,
but usually it stems from me not keeping them up-to-speed with the what's
and why's of an event).
brian
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[Globalsouthfund] Re: [Imc-finance] concerns
Sascha Meinrath sascha@ucimc.org
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Paul Riismandel wrote:
> First a question -- what is the Global South Fund Proposal? I do not
> consent because I do not know what it is.
Paul, we achieved consensus at the meeting and if there are specific
concerns that you have, we can attempt to forge a new consensus (thus the
pending objections), or we can discuss it at Steering Group. We made a
decision as an IMC that decisions made at working groups could not be
blocked by people not at the meeting. And I know you had another meeting
to go to, but we simply cannot have a process where anyone not a meeting
can block consensus -- it's antithetical to how we work.
That said, the Global South Fund is a project to supply microgrants to
areas in the Global South to support timely media production that would
otherwise not happen. The group raises funding to support its mission, it
is supported by multiple IMC-istas in the Global South, and is an
outgrowth of the process of disbursements followed in the Plata-Latina.
If you have more specific questions you can send them to gsf@ucimc.org and
I'm sure that they'll get answered.
> Now onward...
>
> Although I'm certain I did a less than great job of hiding it, I must
> reveal that tonight's finance meeting raised some major concerns with
> me. And I'm not just talking about the proposals on the table.
>
> The center of my concerns is this: we had too many proposals to handle
> in one meeting, with too little advance notice and information. I felt
> overwhelmed and uneasy giving my consent to anything, because I barely
> had enough grip on the stuff at hand to understand the ramifications of
> what we were deciding.
According to you we had too many proposals -- but this is certainly not an
absolute statement. We have never previously had problems with multiple
proposals and have been able to get through proposals much more quickly
than we were last night. This is not to dismiss your concern, but the
reason things took so long was because of our desire to address the
multiple concerns you yourself raised. You have not been to nearly as
many finance meetings as many of the other participants (especially ones
where fiscal sponsorship decisions have been made), and it is fine that
you have different ideas concerning what process we should use -- however,
our processes have worked quite well since the inception of the
organization and have previously not been problematic. And certainly all
processes are open to being changed, but unilaterally declaring a correct
process for how we _should_ do things was not conducive to creating a
climate that was mutually supportive to participants or to the other new
members who were attending their first Finance Working Group meeting.
One of the main differences that was apparant to me last night was that
many participants more familiar with our fiscal sponsorship process know
that the proposals being brought to the UCIMC have been researched, that I
have spent a lot of time talking with the stakeholders involved, and we
have maintained an attitude inclusion of projects based on their mission
to create Indymedia and support the mission of the UCIMC. I vet proposals
that are not ready for sponsorship from us and work with people to create
proposals that fall within our organizational mission. People inolved in
the Finance working group trust that the proposals that do make it through
this vetting are worthy of our sponsorship.
> Yes, I recognize that my questions and concerns may seem like needlessly
> complicating things, but clearly I disagree. I think that a lot of it
> really stems from not having proper info and notice, but that info and
> notice doesn't mean that anyone will necessarily consent, either.
>
> Sascha -- I respect and appreciate the time, energy, creativity and
> tenacity you invest in finance. But please also understand that it can
> be really fuckinig hard to keep up wth it all. Not one of these
> proposals or issues raised at the last finance meeting. A review of
> IMC-finance archives shows that only one of the proposals was on e-mail
> in the last month -- and that's just the GIA one that went out today
> before teh meeting. That's a lot of new, sometimes complex stuff to get
> a handle on and come to consensus on in just 30 - 60 minutes.
>
> I don't think it's reasonable to expect that we can consistently come to
> consensus on proposals the same night that we learn of them. In fact,
> if we consistently do this, I'd suspect we're not be thoughtful or
> cricial enough.
Another way to formulate this is that meeting participants trust me to
fulfill one of my explicit roles as treasurer -- to oversee fiscal
sponsorships. I don't expect people to necessarily keep up with every
financial thing that is happening or know every detail of what I am doing.
In this way it is akin to many of the other roles at the UCIMC -- we trust
people to perform their jobs and be responsible and accountable for their
actions. When I bring a proposal to the Finance Working Group it is after
a lot of thought and research -- it is obvious that you have a very
different process in mind about the role of the UCIMC's Finance Group and
the level of management that this group should have over fiscal
sponsorship decisions. But you should also know that this is an entirely
different role than the Finance Group has played in the past.
> I do my best be respectful of deadlines and the fact that the rest of
> the world does not operate on or expect democratic consensus. But, for
> instance, perhaps we'd had less debate about the OSI grant if we'd had
> known about it earlier.
>
> I do not wish to block progress, but I will not ignore concerns that I
> think are important for the sake of expediency.
I don't think anyone has or plans to ignore your concerns. I would just
point out that we have never had a problem with our process previously
because we have all shared an common understanding about our process and
roles. You have brought a new and different process to light, one based
on a different set of priorities and a different understanding of the role
of the Finance Working Group. If your personal process requires more
time, then certainly we can work on ways to address your concerns;
however, you chose to block a proposal -- which is certainly quite a
heavy-handed response unless you felt that accepting that proposal harmed
the UCIMC.
--Sascha
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Sascha Meinrath sascha@ucimc.org
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:06:24 -0600 (CST)
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hi all,
it's easy to set one up through the UCIMC -- i've just created one for
globalsouthfund@ucimc.org -- it would be just as easy to alias other names
(e.g. gsf@ucimc.org to this list). also, in the future we can use our
server for other Indymedia (that are not global) project lists -- i think
this will help differentiate between global and local IMC projects.
we can use this list (i've added myself, sheri, bart, dri, thatcher, evan,
and luz) for now; but we may want to think about locating the list on a
server in the global south if there's a good place for it. i've also put
sheri & myself as admins (but i'd love it if someone else wanted the job
;). but we can now send e-mails to the above address (where they'll be
archived for posterity). also, if you want to see some of the other lists
we have on our server just point your browser at:
http://lists.cu.groogroo.com
--sascha
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Sheri Herndon wrote:
> >i'm getting caught up on my e-mail, i may have jumped the gun about
> >setting up an e-mail list; however, i really think it's not a good idea=
to
> >have the gsf list as a global indymedia list -- we'll run into confusion
> >about whether this is a global project if we do this.
>
> good points.
> other list ideas? where are friendly email lists we can use that are=20
allies?
>
>
> >
> >urbana has everything in place to handle the finances for this grant and
> >could do so. also, the budget, board of director and disbursement info
> >for the grant are for the UCIMC, but if the group feels it would be=
better
> >to utilize Allied Media Projects, we can work with the funder to change
> >this. but we should figure this out soon since it'll effect UCIMC=
budget
> >estimates for the 2003 fiscal year.
>
> i think maybe we should do this one through urbana, since the osi
> proposals a few of us are working on will then probably go through
> amp. that would be my suggestion.
>
> others?
>
> xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
>
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PseudoPunk bart@indymedia.org
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:29:02 +0100
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Sheri Herndon heeft geschreven:
> hi everyone,
>
> bart, can you set up a list per luz's recent comment?
sorry for being late on this one ...
> gsf@indymedia.org? or other ideas? criteria for spokescouncil? what's
> our limit in terms of a spokescouncil? i had originally conceived of it
> as being someone from each continent if possible, people committed to
> global network issues, diversity, someone from tech as well as social
> network organizing and the person(s) handling the actual distribution of
> funds. remember, this does not need to be perfect to start.
ok
> but let's raise our concerns and see how we can work through them. i
> organized this proposal in my conversations for 12 months with this
> foundation so taht we would not be burdened by the lack of governance
> structure in the network. there are imcs that need support; here's some
> money; let's create a workable model that can help make that happen.
> i'd like this team to be a trusting group of people who are eager to see
> things happen, are committed to improving things along the way, enjoy
> constructive criticism but don't need to make initiatives and projects
> grind to a halt. i've experienced enough of those. the world is in
> crisis. let's help out our indymedia friends with some timely
> additional funds.
>
> this fund will be channeled either through a friendly 501c3 (for taking
> donations) called Allied Media Projects (josh breitbart) or urbana. we
> haven't figured it out. it is not an "internal" indymedia grant, but
> the focus is to fund indymedia projects in the south and to experiment
> with a new decision-making model and proposal structure based on
> spokescouncil, consensus and some of the work that has been developed on
> imc-finance.
I don't think it really mathers who is our fiscal sponsor ... I guess
both will do fine & since it's on ucimc now, I guess it can stay like
that ...
I guess deciding & organising specific tasks in smaller groups in which
the people are committed to do it, makes alot of sense. It will be
easier to have consensus then on imc-finance were there should be people
subscribed now from about 100 imc's.
We should try to document our process, positive and negative sides of it
, as well as possible. without it, it will be hard for other groups to
learn something from it.
> we want this fund to be a supplement to the current funds that are being
> used, with a focus outside the united states and europe.
the focus is ok. I wouldn't lock out europe totally, there are some real
poor countries around here too.
>
> i'm attaching the original grant. the total is not for$30 as the
> original proposal stated, but for $15K. this is still wonderful and i
> imagine there will be more funds along the way and that we will continue
> to tweak and improve the process. so let's not assume we're starting
> with the perfect model, but that we will keep what works and leave
> behind what doesn't.
good idea.
>
> the grant will be distributed in 3 installments and after each
> installment we'll have to prepare a report. 1-2 pages only. simple.
> different people will take ownership for the report. we will also keep
> track of every expenditure and what the proposal was, what was the
> decision and the amount (straightforward bookkeeping). that's all for
> accounting and record keeping.
that's nice.
>
> after each report is submitted, they will distribute another 5K for us
> and we'll do the same thing. i'd like to try and imagine this taking
> place over a 12 month period to see how that goes.
>
> the grant was also conceived to be a fund for microgrants and not to be
> a burden on the collective or indymedia project needing the money. it
> should be easy for them to send in a proposal and we should be clear on
> our criteria. some of that work has happened already as you will see
> from the proposal, but there's still more work to be done.
a one page proposal should be the maximum ? short description of the
project & small overview of how they think to realise it financially ?
and what is microgrant ? 250$ - 500$ ? This could mean a lot for doing
small concrete projects ?
>
> let's jump in! here's the grant proposal. the budget at the end is for
> urbana, you don't need to worry abotu that. it doesn't have anything to
> do with this grant.
grant proposal looks good.
must have been quite some work.
Bart
>
> peace
> sheri
>
>
> *PANTA RHEA FOUNDATION
> COVER SHEET
>
> *Organization: Independent Media Center Network (Indymedia)
> Project: Global South/Rapid Response Fund
> Contact Person: Sheri Herndon
> Title: Indymedia Organizer (Volunteer)
> Email: _sheri@speakeasy.org_ or_ sheri@indymedia.org
> _Phone: (206) 789 7887
> Address: 5116 Palatine Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103
> Website address: _www.indymedia.org
>
> _Organizational Description:
>
> The Independent Media Center Network is a grassroots and international
> organization committed to facilitating media production and distribution
> as a tool for promoting social, environmental and economic justice, and
> to developing a global decentralized communications network to provide a
> voice to the voiceless. It is also the purpose of this Network to give
> expression to a wide diversity of social movements not covered by the
> commercial press. It is our goal to further the self-determination of
> people under-represented in media production and content, and to
> illuminate and analyze local and global issues that impact ecosystems,
> communities and individuals. We seek to generate alternatives to the
> biases inherent in the profit driven commercial media, and to identify
> and create positive models for a sustainable and equitable society. We
> seek to expand and develop our own working relationships in a manner
> that is non-hierarchical, autonomous, and based upon mutual aid and
> solidarity.
>
> Amount Requested: $30K
> Grant Period: 1 year
>
> Purpose of this request:
>
> To support the growth of the IMC Network, in particular IMCs in the
> "Global South", through disbursement of small and timely grants.
>
> Organizational Budget:
> Last year: $26,800
> Current year: $42,610
> Next year: $42,610 (next year's budget hasn't been passed yet, so
> we only have this year's budget to go on. It will get revised at the
> end of the year).
>
> Actual Organizational Income:
> Last year: $28,453
> Current year (to date): $20,198 (this is high mainly due to monies
> coming in from unanticipated projects and other IMCs (e.g.,
> mobile-((i)), Chiapas IMC, Nigeria IMC).
>
> *PROPOSAL: INDYMEDIA GLOBAL SOUTH FUND (GSF)
>
> *The Global Independent Media Center Network ("Indymedia") is at the
> forefront of developing a truly international and decentralized
> communications network. Indymedia represents a new and powerful model
> that counters the trend toward the privatization of all public spaces
> and expands our capacity to reclaim public airwaves and resources. Two
> years ago in Seattle, following in the tradition of decades of
> alternative media projects, a group of dedicated media activists founded
> the first Independent Media Center (IMC). This first IMC provided a
> multimedia platform and venue for independent media producers from
> around the world to cover the protests against the World Trade
> Organization (WTO). Today, Indymedia has grown to over 80 IMCs in 30
> countries and 17 languages across the planet. These media collectives
> provide an inspiring and viable alternative to corporate and state media
> sources and document the continuing struggles and the many successes
> people have had world-wide fighting corporate globalization. The role
> of communications and particularly decentralized communications networks
> are taking a leading role in social change and liberation movements,
> primarily because of the digitization of information and technological
> transformation. Indymedia is at the leading edge of this trend and is
> continuing to push for more democratic uses of appropriate technology,
> more participation of all sectors of the community and more public
> spaces for sharing ideas.
>
> *Network Expanding*: A fundamental and integral part of Indymedia is
> helping support new and developing IMCs that are forming in the "Global
> South". The recent applications for new IMCs in the South include
> Cyprus, Croatia, Jakarta, Palestine and Bolivia. The Network is
> experiencing ongoing exponential growth and the need for sharing
> resources and helping IMCs get off the ground is likewise growing.
> These centers could have a tremendous impact on those regions'
> communities' efforts toward building more democratic infrastructures.
> Support from the Indymedia Network comes in the form of financial
> resources, human connections and building of relationships in person and
> on-line. Access to funds is very limited in the south and many people
> working toward creating independent media in these countries face
> obstacles that people in the North can hardly imagine. For example,
> people in Bolivia, Jakarta, Palestine and Columbia put their lives on
> the line daily to tell stories about their experiences and local
> oppression, as well as possible solutions. People in the North have a
> responsibility to collaborate with and to support these media activists'
> work. Indymedia is uniquely situated to support and develop
> people-centered media centers around the world because of our use of
> technology and free software development projects, our organizational
> structure, and the inspiration our model provides to groups who discover
> that they can be empowered to start their own open and democratic media
> and production centers.
>
> *Establishing a Global South Fund*: Because of the overwhelming need
> caused by the Network's growth, we want to set up a "Global South Fund"
> to not only share resources we have, but also to create an efficient
> funding mechanism for supporting the Network. Indymedia has already
> proven that it can achieve powerful and truly phenomenal results with
> small amounts of money. This demonstrates an efficient and effective
> use of resources. We want to continue this successful pattern by using
> microgrants as the primary disbursement mechanism. This will help foster
> an efficient use of resource thinking in new and developing IMCs as well
> as teach Indymedia participants that we can come up with solutions with
> less resources if we work collectively and collaboratively. This project
> recognizes that while the North can provide hard-to-come-by financial
> resources, the IMC collectives in the South have much to teach us, and
> we want to use this proposal (and any others that follow) to increase
> understanding, appreciation and mutual support between all IMCs.
>
> *Goals*: The overarching goal for this proposal is to increase the
> voice of the people in the "Global South" in the ongoing discussions
> taking place at local, national and international levels, and to build
> more social network relationships between the IMCs in the North and the
> South. The specific goals for this Fund are to: (1) empower grassroots
> media production and facilitation in parts of the world where available
> resources make media production extremely difficult; (2) disburse grants
> to areas not served by grant-giving foundations (although many
> organizations in the U.S. give grants, these types of organizations are
> much less common in countries in the Global South; therefore we will
> become an intermediary grant giver for IMCs in the South, using our
> resources in the North to get grants to create small yet important
> opportunities for media makers throughout the southern hemisphere); (3)
> survey the IMCs in the South for their needs and potential stumbling
> blocks; and (4) counteract the economic imbalance of the relatively
> high cost of media making equipment and technology (wages in the South
> are low compared with the North but technology and media equipment costs
> are fairly stable between the hemispheres).
>
> Additional goals of this Fund are to: (1) inspire greater awareness for
> how to use small amounts of money to its fullest potential; (2)
> encourage collectives in the South to develop their own mechanisms for
> raising and disbursing money; (3) increase international collaboration
> and awareness of the priorities of Indymedia as a whole; and, (4)
> increase understanding of the different needs and resources available in
> the Network, North and the South.
>
> *Grant Criteria*: The most significant criteria for grant disbursement
> are (1) the IMC must be in the "Global South"; (2) the IMC must meet the
> Network Principles of Unity and the Membership Criteria; (3) the IMC
> must be participating (through their liaisons) on global lists and
> facilitating media production at the local level; (4) the grant should
> facilitate media making that counteracts the worst failures and gaping
> holes in the corporate profit-based or state-sponsored media; (5)
> timeliness of the funds will be a consideration (rapid response
> element); (6) a limit of one grant per quarter for each IMC and/or
> project; and (7) we recognize that emergency situations will arise and
> such grants are given a high priority. We define an "emergency" as a
> situation when communication is being prevented by a fixable short-term
> problem. For example: tension escalates in Ache (Indonesia) and media
> makers have taken hundreds of photographs but don't have enough money to
> process their film. The GSF could facilitate a constructive solution to
> this problem by sending them immediate funding to be used for film
> processing and scanning. Thus, successful application of GSF
> disbursements can act as a catalyst for future growth of sustainable
> democratic independent media in the Global South.
>
> *International "Local IMC" Global South Fund Spokescouncil:* The GSF
> will be administered by an internationally representative Spokescouncil
> and will be comprised of members of IMCs regionally representative of
> the Network, including the Global Tech Collective. This is a new and
> innovative structure that meets our values while at the same time
> develops and promotes a more creative funding mechanism that keeps us
> from relying only on centralized planning and funding structures. From
> day one, Indymedia has been about experimentation and this is another
> step in that spirit. By grounding our proposal in our Mission, values
> and with input from many sources, we hope to continue to evolve the
> organization into something even more inspiring and capable of remaining
> true to our goals as a Network.
>
> Each of the individuals participating on this Spokescouncil is active in
> their local IMC as well as active in the Global IMC Network. They have
> also been working together (to increase communication between IMCs) in
> various ways and through different projects over the past year and a
> half, both on and off-line. Because of these criteria, the group will
> be an excellent affinity group/spokescouncil for this fund. Their sense
> of the Network as a whole, its needs and challenges, will be a critical
> piece for jumpstarting network consciousness. Since the group will be
> working virtually (on-line) for the most part (although budgeting in a
> meeting once or twice during the year would be ideal), it will operate
> on-line by time-delimited and implicit consensus decision-making models,
> and will commit itself to developing better on-line communication
> methods and decision-making processes, that can also be applied to all
> other working groups. We hope to set an example of a "best practice"
> that can be shared by all. All decisions by this group will be archived
> on-line and made available to the public. Proposals can be initiated
> and generated by: (1) a local IMC from the South sending a proposal to
> the GSF list; (2) an individual from the GSF Spokescouncil suggesting a
> grant proposal; or (3) an individual from a local IMC or working group
> making a proposal to the GSF list (with the support of their
> collective). Evaluation will be provided externally by each grantee
> writing a short report to the GSF list sharing how their microgrant
> helped their work, and internally by a quarterly report collectively
> written by the GSF Spokescouncil discussing the successes, lessons
> learned, and challenges facing the continued success of the project.
> These reports will be shared with the Global IMC-Finance working group
> list and more opportunities for input into the GSF process will be
> created as we begin to implement the process.
>
> What we hope to achieve through such a fund is to support those IMCs who
> are in greater need and to share the resources in the best way we can.
> We also seek to increase the Indymedia vision and to build a stronger
> people's communication network throughout the world.
> *ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
>
>
> 1. CONFIRMATION OF PROJECT IRS STATUS
>
> *Our fiscal sponsor is Urbana IMC
> Tax ID #37-1403593
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *2. NAMES AND TITLES OF BOARD MEMBERS (Urbana IMC 501c3)
>
>
> *BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
> Sascha Meinrath, Treasurer, Financial Liaison & Global IMC Liaison
> Michael Lehman, Space Liaison & Construction Coordinator
> Brian Hagy, Outreach Liaison, Event Coordinator
> Danielle Chynoweth, News Liaison, Syndication Coordinator
> Molly Stentz, Environmental Issues
>
> * 3. URBANA IMC PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT 2001
>
> *Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
> Profit & Loss=C5\Cash Basis
> January through December 2001
> Prepared by Sascha Meinrath, Treasurer
>
> _Income
> _Classes at UCIMC 20.00
> Donations
> Event Donations
> 1,616.14
> Founding/Sustaining Funders 13,045.88
> Membership Donations
> 2,280.00
> Misc. Donations 419.89
> Space-Related Income
> Space Rentals
> 1,851.00
> Other Donations 5,866.44
> In kind donation swap
> account 349.75
> Interest
> Inc
> 32.23
> Key
> Deposit
> 320.00
> News
> Story
> 350.00
> Public i
> Subscription
> 50.00
> Register Sales
> (1)
> Books
> 179.00
> (2)
> Periodicals
> 10.00
> (3) Food & Beverage
> Sales 1,102.23
> (4) Media
> Supplies 341.36
> (5) Consignment=C5\Art
> Sales 536.09
> (6) Other
> Taxable 43.65
> (7)
> Other=C5\Non-taxable =
9.00
> (8)
> Fundraiser
> 20.05
> UCIMC
> paraphernalia 5.44
> Register Sales -
> Other 5.00
>
> *Total Income
> 28,453.15
>
>
>
> *_Expenses
> _Business costs 4,518.22
> News Story Expense 170.00
> Rent
> 8,400.00
> Sales
> Tax
> -1.68
> Utilities
> Gas & Electric
> 1,382.43
> Internet
> 1,237.00
> Telephone
> 704.34
>
> Working Group Expenses
> Finance Group Expenses
> Events
393.88
> Supplies for retail sale
> (1) Book
> Purchases 105.00
> (3) Food & Beverage Purchases 1,215.21
> (4) Media Supplies Purchases 495.40
> (5) Consignment=C5\Art Sales =
121.35
> Supplies for retail sale - Other 103.00
> Finance Group Expenses - Other 3.32
> Library
> Expenses =
489.12
> News Group Expenses 326.22
> Outreach Group Expenses 181.32
> Print Group Expenses =
1,564.30
> Space Group Expenses 387.05
> Tech Group Expenses 54.16
>
> *Total
> Expense
> 21,849.64*
> *
> Net
> Income
> 6,603.51
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ** 4. URBANA IMC BUDGET OVERVIEW - 2002
>
> *Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
> 2002 Budget Overview-Cash Basis
> Prepared by Sascha Meinrath
>
> _Income
> _ Donations
> Event Donations 2,400.00
> Founding/Sustaining Funders 12,000.00
> Membership Donations 2,400.00
> Misc. Donations 600.00
> Space Rentals 3,600.00
>
> Donor Drive 6,000.00
> Grants 12,000.00
> Register Sales 3,610.00
>
> *Total Income =
42,610.00
>
> *_Expense
> _ Business costs
> Capital Fund 3,600.00
> Business costs - Other 1,800.00
>
> Personnel
> IMC Coordinator
> 10,000.00
>
> Rent 8,400.00
> Utilities
> Gas & Electric 1,800.00
> Internet 1,020.00
> Telephone 840.00
>
> Working Group Expenses
> Finance Group Expenses
> Supplies for retail sale 3,000.00
> Finance Group Expenses - Other 600.00
> Library Expenses 1,850.00
> News Group Expenses 2,350.00
> Outreach Group Expenses 1,800.00
> Print Group Expenses 2,400.00
> Space Group Expenses 750.00
> Tech Group Expenses 2,400.00
>
> *Total Expense 42,610.00
>
> Net Income **0.00
> ** 5. FOUNDATION SUPPORT
>
> *The UCIMC has received the following major donations during the 2002
> fiscal year:
>
> $1500 to create a performance space
> $3000 for the Chiapas IMC
> $3000 for the Nigeria IMC
> $8000 for the Mobile-((i)) project
>
>
> IMC Network:
> $5,000 Anonymous Donor 2001
> $35,000 Chumbawamba 2002
> $2,000 Misc. Donations 2001
>
> Global Tech Collective:
> $10,000 Silicon Valley 2001
> $1,500 Paypal Donations 2002
> * 6. PRESS COVERAGE (IMC Network, Corporate and Alternative and Local
> Urbana IMC)
>
> IMC Network
> *_http://process.indymedia.org/articles_about_indymedia.php3
> http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3236--255107-,00.html
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010119/aponline023217_000.ht=
m
> http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=3D85948
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0925/p11s1-leca.html
> http://www.indymedia.org:8081/fbi/
>
> http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/02/fbi_web/index.html
> http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jul/010702.karr.html
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21136.html
>
http://zena.secureforum.com/interactive/content/display_item.cfm?itemID=3D19=
86
> http://www.zmag.org/lawson.htm
> http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?ID=3D681
> http://www.newsguild.org/gr/gr_display.php?storyID=3D507
> http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/on/7502/1.html
> http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=3D85948
> http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jul/010702.karr.html
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D131
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D10514
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D10653
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D9516
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D9887
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=3D10340
> http://www.thestranger.com/2000-04-27/city2.html
> http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17793,00.html
> http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17356,00.html
> http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/01/weblog/index.html
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38038,00.html
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38286,00.html
> http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38636,00.html
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43339,00.html
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44532,00.html
>
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/B/20000907/wweb=
b6?tf=3DRT/fullstory.html&cf=3DRT/config-neutral&slug=3Dwwebb6&date=3D200009=
07&archive=3DRTGAM
> http://www.gn.apc.org/www.undercurrents.org/indyarty.htm
> http://www.cnn.com/1999/US/12/02/wto.indymedia/
> http://www.tbwt.com/views/feat/feat1906.asp
> http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~wood/445/vari.htm
> http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/emag/features/feature3.html
> http://takoma.com/bak/archives/2000/200008activists.html
> http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0031/carr.shtml
> http://www.newsboom.com/dschechter_printer09.html
> http://www.citybeat.com/archives/2000/issue639/columnsarticle4.shtml
> http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/9947/features-parrish2.shtml_
> _http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/9951/impolitics-parrish.shtml
> http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/12/09/p12s1.htm
> http://www.speakout.com/ThePulse/1234/
> http://past.thenation.com/issue/991227/1227greenwood.shtml
> http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/07.27.00/convention-0030.html
> http://www.chicoexaminer.com/col_NS/col_NS_20000426.html
>
> _*Progressive/Alternative Media
> *Participatory Media Networks
> _http://chris.shumway.tripod.com/pmn.htm
> http://cybertraveler.org/imc_feature.html
> http://cybertraveler.org/imc_interviews.html
> _Indymedia - Wired Dissent - New Internationalist (_www.newint.org_)
>
_http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-November/0=
02311.html
> _Email Interview about IMC and more
>
_http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-November/0=
02310.html
> _Internet and Technology (email interview)
>
_http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-communication/2001-November/0=
02309.html
> http://www.rekombinant.org/article.php?sid=3D1280
>
> _*Local Urbana IMC Coverage:
> *Announcing the UCIMC's Newspaper
> _http://www.news-gazette.com/ngsearch/story.cfm?number=3D9582
> _The press calling the UCIMC "a center of liberal activism"
> _http://www.news-gazette.com/ngsearch/story.cfm?number=3D1020
> _Anti-War Anti-Racism Efforts (AWARE) at the UCIMC
> _http://www.news-gazette.com/ngsearch/story.cfm?number=3D10765
> _ *7. ORGANIZATIONAL BROCHURE
>
>
> *PDF hard copy of Seattle IMC's newest brochure provided (printer copies
> will be available later this week)
>
> IMC Urbana brochure included.
>
>
> *8. ADDITIONAL LINKS
>
>
> *Proposed Charter for the IMC Network
> _http://www.regenerationtv.net/CNIMC_Draft_01.pdf
> _Indymedia Caravan Project
> _http://www.indymedia.org/mobile-i
>
>
> _*9. SEATTLE IMC GLASER GRANT (the prototype for this Fund)
>
> *With this email proposal, I have provided a word document version of
> the grant that the Seattle IMC submitted to the Glaser Foundation last
> year. We received $15,000 to help "build the global communications
> network", none of which was used for Seattle operations or projects; it
> was exclusively for needs outside of Seattle and outside the U.S. Some
> microgrants included numerous new IMC projects outside the U.S., travel
> stipends for an Indymedia Conference in San Francisco April 2001,
> including IMC representatives from Australia, Belgium, Brasil, Chiapas.
> More information is available upon request.
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