[Imc-finance] PENDING: PROPOSAL D -- funding request from South
Africa IMC
Bart
bart at indymedia.org
Wed Aug 28 16:31:04 2002
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just one quick note:
is it possible to post proposals with a [application deadline .... ] in
the subject line ?
we do that in the new-imc group and if you don't have much time for you
mail, you can easily find the important messages ...
Bart
Sascha Meinrath heeft geschreven:
| SUMMARY: funding request from South Africa IMC representatives posted.
| DECISION DEADLINE: August 30, 2002 (Noon GMT)
| ***
|
| Hi Prishani & Francois,
|
| Thanks for posting your grant request. I understand your frustration;
| however, this is the first proposal that was sent to the
| imc-finance@indymedia.org list that I know of. To maintain the
| transparency and democracy of our process, we can only consider proposals
| made by IMCs to this list and thus reviewable to all working group
| participants.
|
| The following proposal has been posted to our list and is available at:
| http://kropotkin.indymedia.org/moin/moin.cgi/FinanceWorkingGroupSummary
|
| *******************
| *** PROPOSAL D: ***
| *******************
|
| *POSTED: August 28, 2002 by Francois (South Africa IMC; via Sascha)
| *DISCUSSION PERIOD: August 28-30, 2002
| *DECISION DEADLINE: August 30, 2002 (Noon GMT)
| *PASSED: ***PENDING***
|
| To approve the following expenditures for media equipment and supplies for
| the South Africa IMC following our emergency funding proceedures:
|
| 1 dv camera R15 000.00 (1,500 US$)
| Mini-disk player R4 000.00 ( 400 US$)
| Dv & md cassettes R2 000.00 ( 200 US$)
| Printing R1 000.00 ( 100 US$)
|
| TOTAL R22 000.00 (2,200 US$)
|
| **********************
| *** END PROPOSAL D ***
| **********************
|
| All constructive comments and support are welcome.
|
| In solidarity,
|
| --Sascha Meinrath
| Urbana-Champaign IMC
|
| On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, francois wrote:
|
|
|>Dear IMC-finance group,
|>
|>It has been some time now since we submitted a proposal for assistance
|>around our programme on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
|>and we are disappointed that we have still not received a response
from the
|>Finance Committee. Now that the WSSD is upon us and there is significant
|>repression of critical voices, we are forced to apply to the emergency
fund
|>as we are in desperate need of money to ensure a significant Indymedia
|>presence at the summit and particularly in covering the protests.
With the
|>brute force employed by the police over the last week, it is expected that
|>their heavy-handedness will increase over the period of the heads of state
|>meeting. We are in dire need of dv cameras, in particular, to ensure that
|>the facts are adequately recorded and to ensure some degree of
protection in
|>the demonstrations. With the South African state determined to portray
|>protests as the actions of a small group of unruly northern activists who
|>have joined with a small group of ultra-leftist South Africans,
|>Indymedia-SA has a critically important role to play in countering the
|>propaganda of the state and the mainstream media.
|>
|>We have successfully raised the funds to cover half our core expenses. At
|>present, however, we have only 2 dv cameras as we had the unfortunate
|>experience of having our third camera stolen last week. We are currently
|>trying all means to get additional funds to beef up our programme. We
would
|>therefore urge the Committee to consider the revised emergency request
|>below:
|>
|>1 dv camera R15 000.00
|>Mini-disk player R4 000.00
|>Dv & md cassettes R2 000.00
|>Printing
R1 000.00
|>TOTAL
R22 000.00 (2,200 US$)
|>
|>The amount above would be a significant contribution towards helping
us meet
|>our overall costs.
|>
|>We hope that you will respond positively and swiftly to our request noting
|>the urgency of the matter.
|>
|>Yours,
|>
|>Prishani Naidoo & Francois LEcuyer
|>for Indymedia South Africa
|>
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|>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-finance
|>
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