[Imc-finance] Ford Foundation

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-- english, spanish --


Hello to all,

Firstly, to commend you for the good work you're doing and to ask your =
forgiveness for our poor participation in international matters.  We hop=
e that, little by little, it will be easier for us to keep-up the newswi=
re and be able to collaborate more.

We thought it appropriate to intervene in the debate about the Ford Fou=
ndation because it is a matter that, although local, could affect all IM=
Cs.  Our collaboration is based on confidence, but we also have to come =
to consensual agreements as and when differences of opinion regarding a =
given subject arise between IMCs.

We'd like to thank the people that have worked in finance in IMC Urbana=
 for dedicating their time and energy to obtaining sources of funding.  =
We hope that you are not disheartened by our decision and that you see t=
his debate as a part of the continued growth of Indymedia.

We'd also like to thank IMC Argentina and others for alerting us to the=
 consequences that some of our decisions could have.

IMC Barcelona declares itself against accepting any donation whatsoever=
 that comes from companies, associations or non-profit organisations whi=
ch are linked to profit-making companies or whose ends are in opposition=
 to the principals of Indymedia.  To this end and with reference to the =
case of the donation from the Ford Foundation, we refuse to accept a con=
tribution that comes from an entity with clear links with the business w=
orld, and other links of a perhaps shadier origin.

We believe that we should make good use of the case of the Ford Foundat=
ion in order to establish a common basis for financial policy within Ind=
ymedia; some consensual minimums.  For this reason, we encourage every I=
MC to express its own opinion and its own financial policy.  In our case=
, all money has come from the those of us who participate, a party in an=
 Okupa house and the donation by one person of 30 euros. 

We shall follow the matter with great interest,
Salut!

imc-barcelona

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hola a tod*s

primero felicitaros por el buen trabajo q est=E1is haciendo y pediros d=
isculpas por nuestra escasa participaci=F3n en temas internacionales. es=
peramos q poco a poco nos resulte m=E1s f=E1cil el mantener el newswire =
y poder colaborar m=E1s.

hemos creido oportuno intervenir en el debate sobre la ford foundation =
porque es un tema, que aunque es lokal, puede afectar a todos los imcs. =
nuestra colaboraci=F3n se basa en la confianza pero tambi=E9n tenemos q =
encontrar acuerdos consensuados seg=FAn vayan surgiendo las difencias de=
 opini=F3n sobre un tema entre imcs.

queremos agradecer a las personas que han trabajado en finance, en imc-=
urbana por gastar su tiempo y energ=EDa en conseguir fuentes de financia=
ci=F3n. esperamos que no se desanimen por nuestra decisi=F3n y que vean =
este debate como parte del proceso de crecimiento de indymedia.

queremos agradecer a argentina y otros imcs por alertarnos sobre las co=
nsecuencias que pueden tener algunas de nuestras decisiones.

imc-barcelona se pronuncia en contra de aceptar cualquier donaci=F3n qu=
e provenga de empresas, asociaciones o entidades sin animo de lucro vinc=
uladas a empresas con beneficios o cuyo fin est=E9 en contra de los prin=
cipios de Indymedia. Por ello y refiri=E9ndonos al caso de la donaci=F3n=
 por parte de la Fundaci=F3n Ford, nos negamos a aceptar una aportaci=F3=
n que provenga de una entidad con claras vinculaciones con el mundo empr=
esarial y otras de m=E1s oscura procedencia. 

Creemos q hemos de aprovechar el caso de F. Ford para establecer unas b=
ases comunes de pol=EDtica de financiaci=F3n en Indymedia, unos m=EDnimo=
s consensuados. Para ello animamos a todos los dem=E1s IMC a que exprese=
n su opini=F3n y su propia pol=EDtica de financiaci=F3n. En nuestro caso=
, todo el dinero ha provenido de las personas q participamos, una fiesta=
 en una casa okupa y la donaci=F3n de un particular de 30euros.

Seguiremos el tema con gran inter=E9s.
Salut!

imc-barcelona



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