[Imc-finance] PENDING: PROPOSAL D -- funding request from South Africa IMC

[Vishal Singh]

all.

as far as i could tell this proposal was not sent
translation@lists.indymedia.org so i went ahead and did so.

also i have a couple of questions before i can personally make a decision
about sending this money or not:

1) i origially thought that the emergency funding was limited to $500 but
after reading the meta-proposal again it seems that there is no limit to
emergency funding.  is there no limit to emergency funding?

2) if we approve this in the two-day deadline, how much time will that
leave SA-IMC between when they recieve the money and when the WSSD is
finished?  if it is less than two days then the money may not be of much
use - at least not for this one event.  in which case we would not be in
an 'emergency funding situation'.

i am not representing a local imc with this email- just myself.
peace.
vishal.
st louis imc.


> 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 L’Ecuyer
>> for Indymedia South Africa
>>
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