[Imc-finance] Proposal 2004-D anti-wef request imc-poland 500USD

[Joeri]

posted: 2nd of april
discussion period: 2nd-9th of april (till 500 usd deadline is only one week)
decision deadline: 9th of april

Bartek wrote:

>---------------REQUEST-[en]-----------------
>[spanish below]
>
>From the 28th till the 30th April Warsaw, the capital of Poland, will be the
>host of the European Economic Forum, which was usually taking place in 
>Salzburg, Austria. The Polish president invited the Forum to Warsaw, and 
>more and more of his compatriots disagree with his great hospitality. They want to
>protest against the EEF. Among many anti-EEF initiatives organized by local
>activists there are demonstrations (www.antyszczyt.w.pl), the Alternative Economic
>Forum (www.wa29.org ), happenings, street theatres etc.   
>
>Polish collective of Indymedia (www.pl.indymedia.org)  is keenly interested in
>providing comprehensive coverage of these events. Already now there is a lot of
>information about the 
>summit (the first information on the EEF was published here!) and the groups 
>willing to protest against it on Polish imc. In opposition to corporate media we
>try to present also the voices of opponents of the neoliberal politics. Actually,
>together with polish independent information service www.poprostu.pl we constitute
>the only alternative to corporate media in Poland, which are prophesizing  the
>would-be catastophe/apocalipse allegedly going to take place togehter with the
>appearance of protesters in Warsaw. We are particularly interested in presenting
>the voices from the alterglobalist movements/ groups, which are pictured by the
>official media as "the main threat to young Polish democracy".... 
>
>As an young IMC - collective (Polish imc exists since 2002), we do not have any
>financial resources, and not many options to foundrise in Poland. We want to secure
>fast access to information for the time of EEF both for us and for IMC people from
>other countries and this involves having a space for indymedia work (with
>connection to internet) which could serve as an information centre. Therefore we
>decided to ask you for some financial support. 
>
>We haven't got our own place in Warsaw until now. We tried to cooperate with 
>some NGO's previously, but they dont want to give us a space for independent 
>media activities for the time of the EEF. We will need the space not only 
>for the time of the summit, but also for before - for workshops, meetings 
>with people willing to join imc for the time of the summit. We also plan to
>publish printed edition of news from imc site.
>
>Our basic needs are: 
>- renting a space for the imc - we will either try to rent some cheap space 
>from the city (to get that we need to pay 3 months rent in 
>advance); or - we will try to rent an internet cafe (risky option, since 
>the police will probably try to convince its owner to not to do that); (300 
>USD) 
>- connetcing the place to internet (100 USD) 
>- printing a newspaper for the time of the protests (100 USD) 
>
>we count 4 PLN for one USD (now it is exactly 3,80 PLN, but this is changing 
>all the time) 
>
>We would need much more money, especially to print leaflets and other 
>materials about the independent media and the current polish situation, but we
>will try to arrange it somehow. We are going to supply hardware, video cameras,
>cariers etc. Ourselves as well. We would also need much more equipment, materials
>for backups etc. and we will try to organise them. We will probably try to fundrise
>also in one activists foundation, but we donit know the possible result of this,
>since it is so close to the summit already.
>
>---------------REQUEST-[es]---------------------
>
>EN el fin de abril (de 28 hasta 30) vamos a tener en Varsovia (capital
>de Polonia) Forum Economico Europeno, que es una version mas pequenia de
>Forum Economico Mondial a Davos. En mismo tiempo los activistos polacos
>organizan Forum Alternativo (http://www.antyszczyt.w.pl/),
>demonstaciones y heppenings (http://www.wa29.org/).
>
>Indymedios polacos quieren hacer relactiones directas de Forum Economico
>y de Forum Alternativo. Nuestras paginas (http://pl.indymedia.org/)
>tienen muchas informationes de estos dos evenementos. Juntos con portal
>PoProstu (http://www.poprostu.pl/) estamos la uniqa alternativa a las
>medias de estado y de corporaciones, que composan una vision de
>apocalipsa, que va a pasar quando las altermondialistas llegan a
>Varsovia. Esperamos mucha jente a Varsovia, no solamente activistos
>polacos.
>
>Para tener la possibilidad (por nosotros y por Imcistas de otras paises
>tambien) de publier los informaciones rapido, preguntamos ustedes de nos
>ayudar. En esto momento no tenemos una officina en Varsovia. Para luer
>una habitation tenemos que pagar para 3 mesos. Tenemos que renovar estos
>lugar un poco tambien y comprara la connecion internet. Tenemos
>computadores, cameras y minidiscos, pero tenemos que comprarar
>materiales (casetas, pediculas, cd etc). Quieremos tambien imprimar un
>periodico cada dia con informaciones los mas recientos. 
>
>Dinero que necessitamoes es mas-o-menos esto:
>Para luear una habitacion por la officina - 300 USD
>Interenet - 100 USD
>Periodico (1500 examplaires) - 100 USD
>Juntos: 500 USD
>(1 USD = 3,80 PLN - dinero polaco)
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