[Imc-finance] Request for support of the Dakar Conference

[Joeri]

hey,

if anyone is interested in translating the proposal (or a summary of 
it): http://translations.indymedia.org/Translations/1075876560/index_html
(i put french to do as well as it is widely spoken in africa)

greets
joeri

Liber Tinus wrote:

>hola jay!!! tanto tiempo How are you? send me a private email!!
>
>When I saw the email, it was sending to a lot of lists, so I didn't think that
>was a oficial propostal. I didn't talk with my colective. 
>
>Cuando vi el correo no pensé que fuera una propuesta oficial a la lista porque
>tenia demasiados destinatarios. No hablé del tema con el colectivo.
>
>This amout it's only the travel ticket? Its a lot of money for use in people
>only. In africa or Latinamerica with this money we can do a lot of thing for a year.
>
>¿Este dinero es solo para pasajes? es mucho dinero para financiar personas
>solamente. En africa o america latina podemos hacer  muchas cosas con todo ese
>dinero.
>
>I will talk with the collective, but Jay all propostal must be in two languages.
>please. :)
>
>Voy a hablar con el colectivo, pero Jay todas las propuestas deberian estar en 2
>idiomas. por favor. :)
>
>Exists a spanish version? castellano? 
>
>un abrazo.
>
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>Mensaje citado por Jay <jaypsand at yahoo.com>:
>
>| Hi imc-finance (and imc-africa by cc),
>| 
>| This is Jay from IMC Philadelphia.  Some of you may know me, others may 
>| not.  Hello to everyone.
>| 
>| I've recently started to support imc-africa group in its attempt to raise 
>| some money to support the travel of African delegates to the upcoming 
>| conference in Senegal.  I haven't been on imc-fiance for a while, but I 
>| understand Sphinx sent a request for funds.  I also have seen Joeri's below
>| 
>| reply asking for clarification and expressing some concern about the amount
>| 
>| of money requested.
>| 
>| I e-mailed imc-africa with the below idea a few days ago and haven't heard 
>| any dissent.  I don't know the current process on imc-finance but I would 
>| love for someone who does to help work this into a proposal.  Plus, we need
>| 
>| to act on this SOON.  The conference is scheduled for March 1-14 and I'm 
>| pretty sure most delegates will have to get visas, or at least make plane 
>| reservations as soon as possible.
>| 
>| Here's the idea.  Right now imc-africa has a great list of delegates 
>| intending to come from around Africa.  Some IMCs, even forming IMCs, are 
>| interested in sending more than one, which is great . . . and expensive.  I
>| 
>| think we all should do our best to get at least one person from each IMC to
>| 
>| be able to come to Senegal.
>| 
>| What do people on imc-finance think of imc-africa asking formally for 
>| enough money to get at least one person from each of the interested IMC 
>| groups to get to the conference?  Then we could have a firm, more 
>| manageable amount.
>| 
>| That would be, according to Sphinx's estimates:
>| 
>| 1from South Africa  = 877 Euro
>| 1 from Ambazonia =   750 Euro
>| 1 from Congo =         1200 Euro
>| 1 from Angola =        1100  Euro
>| 1 from Kenya =          1100 Euro
>| 1 from Madiaq =            450 Euro
>| 
>| Total:   5477 Euro
>| 
>| Plus, 533 Euro to help pay for expenses in Senegal.  Total = 6000 Euro.
>| 
>| If imc-finance would release 6000 Euro to pay for the tickets that will 
>| assure the conference will have representation from at least 6 African 
>| IMCs, plus Senegal.  That will be a great stride forward for African 
>| indymedia organizing!
>| 
>| As for the fear from imc-finance that imc-africa is asking for too much, 
>| perhaps imc-africa can pay back imc-finance "33 cents on the 
>| dollar."  Meaning, if imc-africa independently raises 9,000 Euro toward the
>| 
>| conference, they'll pay imc-finance back 3000 Euro of what they lent.  If 
>| they raise 15000 Euro they'll pay back 5000 Euro.  In other words, 
>| imc-finance will be able to assure some level of success at an essential 
>| Indymedia conference but at the same time we will all make sure imc-finance
>| 
>| doesn't have to be afraid imc-africa will drain all its money.
>| 
>| How does this sound?
>| 
>| Jay
>| 
>| 
>| 
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