[Imc-finance] PENDING: FUNDING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IMC REGIONAL MEETING IN NIGERIA

[Sascha Meinrath]

my mistake:  the decision deadline is November 28, at Noon GMT (not
December 5).

oops,

--sascha

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> SUMMARY:  IMC Regional Gathering in Nigeria funding request proposal --
> discussion period modified per Finance Guidelines & posted on proposals
> website & forwarded to IMC-communication.  Translation is asked to send
> translations of the modified proposal to IMC-Finance & IMC-Communication.
>
> ***
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We have a proposal pending that was posted today.  The total proposal is
> for $1,900 (USD).  Because it it for over $500 and needs to be sent to
> translation, I have modified the discussion period as per our proposal
> guidelines (see section 2.2 of:
> http://kropotkin.indymedia.org/moin/moin.cgi/FinanceWorkingGroupSummary ).
>
> The proposal has also been sent to translation.  We allow translation 3
> days to get translations distributed. And the discussion period has been
> modified to reflect this also.  Below is the modified proposal.
> Discussion of the proposal will take place mainly on the IMC-Finance list
> -- all liaisons from IMCs are encouraged to participate and communicate
> with their local IMCs concerning the proposal.  The proposal will also be
> posted to our working group summary page (see URL above).
>
> In solidarity,
>
> --Sascha Meinrath
> Urbana-Champaign IMC
>
> ***
>
> PROPOSAL F-2002
>
> POSTED: November 11, 2002
> by Valentine (IMC-Ambazonia) & Winters (IMC-Nigeria)
> TRANSLATION:  November 11-13, 2002
> 2 WEEK DISCUSSION PERIOD: November 14-28, 2002
> (one-week discussion period extension would extend discussion to December
> 5, 2002)
> DECISION DEADLINE: December 5, 2002; Noon GMT
>
>
> SUMMARY:
>
> $1,900 (USD) Proposal to have the global indymedia fund to support a
> face-to-face meeting between members of imc-nigeria and the forming
> imc-ambazonia to coincide with the visit of Jay Sand from the Philadelphia
> IMC.
>
> Details:
>
> The IMC-Nigeria has been a well-established IMC for over a year.  The
> imc-ambazonia, in Cameroon, is currently forming as an essential
> independent media voice there.  Imc-ambazonia believes that the struggles
> imc-nigeria faced and continues to face while organizing independent media
> in West Africa will be similar to those imc-ambazonia will encounter, and
> believe a face-to-face meeting will be the best way to have imc-nigeria
> teach these lessons, and inspire organizing in Ambazonia.  IMC-Nigeria and
> IMC-Ambazonia are therefore applying to the imc-finance group to help
> support a face-to-face meeting.
>
> This meeting, to occur from November 25 to November 28 in Benin City,
> Nigeria, will include many discussions about topics such has how to
> organize an IMC in a place where so few people have Internet access, how
> to raise money and otherwise support this kind of organizing, how to run
> the technical aspects of an IMC site, and how to most effectively harness
> the power of Indymedia to enable independent media to blossom in West
> Africa.  The meeting will coincide with the visit of Jay Sand from the
> Philadelphia IMC to Nigeria; he will be able to provide perspective on the
> global Indymedia network.
>
> The proposed budget $1,900 (USD) and the breakdown is as follows:
> $600 To Support IMC-Ambazonia to attend Meeting.
> $1300 to Support IMC Nigeria to organise the meeting.
>
> IMC-Ambazonia   BUDGET Breakdown:
>
> 338 Euros requested for over-ground transportation for of three(3) persons
> from Ambazonia and Cameroon to and from Benin City, Nigeria(details below)
>
> 117 Euros requested to support lodging and expenses on the way and while
> there
>
> 150 Euros requested to support an Ambazonia-wide information campaign to
> inform people about indymedia after the meeting.
>
> Nigeria IMC BUDGET BREAK DOWN:
>
> $800 Cost of Flight to enable IMC Nigeria Contact person (Winters) who
> unfortunately is currently out of country, but who’s view and presence is
> very important to the progress of the meeting.
> $200 Technical and Internet support for period of meeting.
> $150 Local Transportation for Nigeria IMCs within Nigeria.
> $150 Feeding, accommodation and other logistics for Nigeria IMC attendance.
>
>
> We have proposed a discussion period of 7 days, from November 11 to
> November 18. We have submitted the proposal to the
> translation@lists.indymedia.org list, and will forward any translations we
> receive as soon as possible. [NOTE: the timeframe has been changed to meet
> our proposal guidelines.  3 days were added to allow for translation; one
> week was added because the request is for over $500 (USD); the new
> discussion period runs from November 14-28]
>
> We also encourage local IMCs around the world to participate in this
> proposal.  We would like to encourage any local IMC to hold a fundraiser
> that has a goal of raising approximately 50 Euros to go toward this
> meeting.  If local IMCs are able to raise money, imc-finance will have to
> put less of the requested $1900 from the global fund.  This will speak
> well for network-wide unity, as several local IMCs will be able to
> participate in supporting this regional IMC meeting.
>
> Thank you, and we look forward to your response.
>
>
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