[Imc-finance] SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING FUNDING REQUESTS

[Sheri Herndon]

summary:

*  liaisons need to be sending all these proposals to their local imcs
*  imc jakarta - submitted eons ago and i can't find it in the 
archives at the moment.  anyone else?
*  imc india - no amount specified (submitted 12/8/02)
*  imc argentina - $2,829 (submitted 12/9/02)
*  imc network server support - $1,800 (submitted 12/24/02)
*  imc brasil (2 proposals) - $3,630 and $860 (submitted 1/3/03)
*  general emails about finance list status criteria, documentation 
and methodology
*  current global bank account balance
*  offer of finance support from deedee halleck

upcoming deadlines:

*  imc network server support - tomorrow, january 6 (needs to be extended)
*  imc argentina - thursday, january 9
*  imc brasil - january 13, 2003 (extended deadline 1/17/03)

hi liaisons,

happy new year!!

i'm hoping that everyone who is a liaison on this list will be or has 
already sent all of these proposals back to their local lists and 
collectives so that we can have decisions for some of the recent 
proposals that have been sent to the list.  this is how the process 
is supposed to work and is essential for this list to be a democratic 
forum for decisions about network funds.

there are various deadlines for these proposals (see below) and 
depending on whether there's been any discussion happening at the 
local level will determine whether we can move quickly on these 
requests and keep within the deadlines.

we've also had several really important comments from nyc and atlanta 
with regard to funding criteria and methodology and general 
information about our financial situation.  all worthy of our 
attention and discussion, on the list and back in our local 
collectives.  i've reposted those links here with a few others that 
are pertinent to the general discussion about how we're working as a 
list - process wise.


OUTSTANDING REQUESTS


1.  imc jakarta

a proposal was sent to this list a long time ago and i don't think we 
ever followed up on it.  might be good to follow up on it and get 
back to the jakarta collective.  anyone on the list from jakarta?

2.  imc india proposal - amount not specified

submitted:  january 8, 2002

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001611.html

summary:  the proposal was from the madurai collective.  this is 
their first request for funding.  there was no amount given for their 
request.  it was primarily for video editing and screenings and was a 
request for a mini dv and editing equipment.  i asked amuthan to send 
in an estimate of costs and we have not heard from india imc yet.

3.  imc argentina proposal - $2,829

deadline:  january 9, 2003 (originally submitted december 9, 2002)

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001615.html

summary:  this proposal was originally submitted  in 2 parts.  the 
first part for $500 was approved.  this expenditure was for actions 
around d19-20.  the second part of the proposal is for $2,829 and is 
for general operational support for the next 6 months for indymedia 
argentina.

support from several imcs have already come in for this second 
request, but discussion is underway.

deadline was given for 4 weeks.  that puts it at january 9 which is 5 
days from now.   do people feel this is enough time?


4.  imc la proposal for indymedia network server expenses - $1,800

submitted:  december 24, 2002
discussion deadline requested:  january 6, 2002

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001664.html

summary:  this request is for network server expenses which have been 
covered up til now by imc-la and regenerationtv.  the two servers 
host irc.indymedia.org and docs.indymedia.org and 3 indymedia sites 
(la, chiapas and hawaii).

revised deadline:  2 weeks from the date of the proposal would be 
january 8.  this might not be enough time either.


5.  imc brasil proposal - $3,630 for imc brasil and $860 for rio de 
janeiro collective

submitted:  january 3, 2003
discussion deadline:  january 17, 2003 (although a request was made 
for a shorter discussion period because there are costs that need to 
be paid soon.  that deadline is january 13).

http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2003-January/001666.html

summary:  imc brasil general request:  for world social forum 
organizing in porto alegre and having an imc brasil national 
organizational meeting.  rio de janeiro request:  for a video 
projector for doing screenings daily at the youth camp at the wsf and 
then following the forum, the projector would be for ongoing work in 
rio, where the internet is not the primary means of media activism 
and where video projects are central to their work.


FINANCE LIST STATUS, CRITERIA, DOCUMENTATION AND METHODOLOGY

james from imc atlanta - suggestions re funding criteria, finance 
methodology and more.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2003-January/001667.html

jeanne from imc-nyc - lots of good questions about current status of 
our network bank account, criteria for disbursements to the south 
(redistributing the wealth) and need for a budget so decisions aren't 
made only on an ad hoc basis.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2003-January/001668.html

sascha from urbana - will be providing a year end report for what 
urbana has overseen in 2002.  since they have acted as the network's 
fiscal sponsor for numerous local imcs and indymedia projects.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001603.html

roving from imc-commwork and imc-summaries-wg about the need for each 
global list to do summaries:
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001644.html

sheri from seattle - imc finance summary from april 2002 to december 2003:
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001658.html

sheri again - indymedia funding and network issues (i wrote this in 
response to the ford discussion, although it's in need of some 
updating and i'm working on a more comprehensive funding strategy 
document that will be available on the wiki and organized in a way 
that can be helpful for ongoing discussions.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-October/001524.html


CURRENT GLOBAL BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE

i'm sure sascha will be providing this soon.

i'm adding this into the summary because i saw that jeanne (nyc) 
asked whether the balance was still at $46,000.  her question makes 
it clear that new liaisons and possibly others on the list aren't 
keeping track of these details.  i think this can easily be solved if 
we keep the finance wiki updated.

we should perhaps make it a habit of sending out an updated account 
balance with each proposal request.  and perhaps we can have a place 
on the wiki where we have a running balance with recent expenditures 
and approved funding requests.


OFFER OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT

possible funds for streaming media and translations
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-finance/2002-December/001654.html

summary:  deedee halleck sent this email to imc-finance and imc-tech. 
i am not sure how we would like to handle this.  or if this really 
should be put into the hands of imc-tech for the streaming media side 
of things and the translation question we figure out IF the funds 
become more a reality.  for those who don't know deedee, she's been 
involved with indymedia since the beginning; is a filmmaker, wrote 
handheld visions, cofounded paper tiger tv and much much more.


in solidarity and wishes for a really inspiring 2003 for all of our 
collective work,

sheri

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