[Imc-finance] ***PENDING*** Proposal 2003-P: CMI Chiapas for $579(US). Deadline: 10/24/03

[Mike Lehman]

In ethusiastic support,
Mike Lehman
UCIMC

Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> POSTED: [Wednesday, December 10, 2003] by IMC Chiapas (via timo)
> ORIGINAL DISCUSSION PERIOD: [Dec 11-24, 2003]
> DECISION DEADLINE: Dec 24, 2003; Noon GMT
> 
> SUMMARY:
> 
> Hola a tod at s en Finanzas....Hey to everyone in Finance...
> 
> Favor de considerar esta propuesta de Indymedia Chiapas para crear una
> memoria multimediatica y coberatura de los 10 años del movimiento Zapatista
> en Chiapas, Mexico.  Para $579US.
> 
> Los Zapatistas acaban de celebrar 20 años de su formación clandestina el 17
> de Noviembre y celebrarán 10 años de de su levantamiento armado el 1 de
> Enero 2004. For $579US.
> 
> 
> ENGLISH:
> 
> Please consider this proposal from Chiapas Indymedia to produce a
> multimedia memory and coverage on the 10 years of the Zapatista Movement.
> 
> The Zapatistas just celebrated 20 years since their clandestine formation
> on the 17th of November and will celebrate 10 years since their armed
> uprising on January 1st 2004.
> 
> PROPOSAL:
> 
> Chiapas Indymedia
> 20-10 Zapatista/Civil Society Dignified Memory
> 
> An Audio-Visual project for the collective memory of the 20-10 years of the
> Zapatista struggle.
> 
> We are a collective of people working with the Independent Media Center in
> San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, united in the goal of compiling a
> production on the experiences and reflections of the 10th anniversary of
> the Zapatista uprising.
> 
> We will produce a collective memory, with the goal of promoting reflection
> within the local population and the general populous about the process of
> the indigenous Zapatista movement in their search for justice and dignity
> through the construction of a self-determined autonomy.
> 
> Through this project, we intend to generate a dialogue that transmits the
> personal experiences in the form of opinions, anecdotes, sentiments, and
> memories of many zapatista related events throughout the last ten years. We
> propose to create this dialogue through an audio-visual documentary (with
> interviews, photos, text, audio, and other images). With this project we
> hope to compile the reflections and personal memories of people who have
> participated in this movement in San Cristóbal, principally those who have
> participated outside of the public eyethe cooks in the kitchen during the
> San Andrés dialogues, the taxi drivers who lent their cars so that the
> insurgents could get from one place to another, or the people who
> participated in the popular neighborhoods of Jovel, etc...
> 
> To facilitate the collection of materials, we’ve divided the 20-10 years of
> the Zapatista struggle into the following periods: 1) The conception,
> before 1994, 2) The uprising and the first twelve days of war, 3)
> Encounters with civil society, dialogues and ruptures with the
> governmentMarch 1994 to the breaking off of the dialogue in January of
> 1997, 4) The silenceJanuary of 1997 to December 2000, 5) The rejection of
> the indigenous law and autonomy in action, (The March for Dignity in August
> of 2003), 6) The birth of the Caracoles and the Juntas of Good Government,
> 7) The Future: what do we want, what do we dream, what do we wish for the
> future?
> 
> We propose to interview people who have had different roles in distinct
> moments throughout this decade, with the goal of portraying diverse sectors
> of the population, and the perceptions of the people who have been witness
> to some specific event during this process.
> 
> With the material that we gather, we are going to have a lot of work in
> organizing and editing it (in the case of audio and putting together a
> multimedia CD). For this reason, we have placed a time limit for receiving
> submissions of the 20th of December. This is important so that we can
> distribute this material before January first in the neighborhoods and
> other public spaces in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Furthermore, we’re
> interested in putting the material up on the web, so that it is available
> to the general public, and so groups interested in commemorating the
> 10-20th anniversary of the EZLN can use it in their respective
> celebrations.  The final production will be projected in San Cristóbal in
> public events on various neighborhoods on walls and outdoor spaces in a
> series of public acts.  This will also be distributed to all of the five
> Caracoles in Zapatista territory for screenings in the autonomous
> communities.  The memory will be available on the Chiapas Indymedia site
> for download around the world for those that express interest in the
> Zapatista movement and the local
> 
> The Collective calculates that the creation of this project will cost a
> total of $579. We expect to spend $79 for 50 VHS cassettes, $27 for 100
> CD’s for making copies, $42 for printer ink and CD sleeves, $45 to pay for
> transportation for our subjects to travel to and from interviews (10
> interviews, $4.50 for each), $22 for the cost of internet use (30 hours)
> and $35 for electricity in the office of Indymedia, and $329 for 5
> presentations (at $13.50 a presentation) in each of 5 Caracoles. These
> figures were calculated using the currant exchange rate of 11.4 pesos to
> the dollar.
> 
> Tel: 011-52-967-678-3348
> Or by the following email address:
> lista at mediosindependientes.org
> memoria at promedios.org