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

[frank]

I've been out of town for a couple weeks, just trying to catch up on
email...

Wouldn't August 30th have been two days for discussion?  I thought the time
limit had been extended to at least a week.

f

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sascha Meinrath" <sascha@ucimc.org>
To: "francois" <francois@alternatives.ca>
Cc: <imc-finance@indymedia.org>; <imc-sa@lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: [Imc-finance] PENDING: PROPOSAL D -- funding request from South
Africa 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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