[Imc-finance] Re: imc beirut

[blue.pi]

Hi, 

Sherri writes: 

>because there isn't enough information and there isn't a request for a 
>specific amount of money.   this list is empowered to make decisions about 
>allocating the global funds to indymedia projects.  

Well, I really don't know, because it depends on the number of computers we 
can get in the end, the country where they are shipped from and, on top, 
taxes can be quite arbitrary here (maybe we find someone whose cousin works 
at the port...:). 

But let's say $500 - that would cover it and in case we get less computers 
or have to pay less tax we could use that for the arabic keyboards. 

>it sounds like a great project you all are working on.  what is 
>somewhat unclear is how much of this is an indymedia project 
>and how much is a larger activist collective project?  

It is an indymedia project, planned by the indymedia group. But since 
indymedia Beirut is very much part of the left movement as a whole it would 
be impossible to have this space exclusivly for indymedia. The idea is not 
to have a space for the indymedia group, but for everybody. So, of course, 
if someone wants to type his article for a leftist student paper, we would 
encourage that as much as we would show people how to work with the 
indymedia site. It would also be a space where activists can learn how to 
use a computer. I think that’s the idea of indymedia, no? 

>have you all been in contact with any imcs in europe who could 
>do the shipping?  it would be great to see if we could get a huge 
>container load of computers to the middle east/mediterranean.  
>perhaps we can add that to the tech solidarity project's wish list.  >they are nearly ready to send off the second shipment of nearly 
>200 computers.  so it's definitely doable.

Yeah, I talked with Xavier from IMC UK about this when we met in Escanda, 
but I actually didn’t even know until now that it was called tech solidarity 
project. So, yes in fact this was on possibility I was thinking of but I had 
no clue that it was so concrete and already close to shipment. What is the 
contact of the project? BTW. if that's a sort of official project (I had 
thought it was just some people in the UK), do they have funding? Because 
then, I guess, I would have to ask for a lot less. 

Blicero writes: 

> 
> i think everybody is just waiting for the complete proposal to send it around
> his/her/its imc and have feedback 
> 
> for disbursemente there is a process on this list (i think it is also on
> docs.indymedia.org) 

Nope, at least last time I checked (about two weeks ago). I tried to work my 
way through all the docs mentioned in the welcome email, but that’s really a 
lot, so sorry if I didn’t understand the process. 

cheers,
blue 

and we are just waiting to be able to help you through that
> process :))))) 
> 
> ciao
> blicero
 


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