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

[Joeri]

hey,

sorry to only reply this late

i think it's needed to be more specific about the amount of money; i 
know it's difficult to give an exact amount as you're still very busy in 
fundraising, but for us it's even more difficult to set an amount 
(therefore i didn't set it as a proposal yet)

as on new year's day (this is the latest info i received) our bank 
balance contained $21,679.15, but with still some donations to process 
(at least $5,654),
giving the biggest part of the needed money for the project would have 
big consequences for imc-finance (altough i think this conference is 
really important and i think it's very important that we help getting 
the money together if needed)

so i suggest to (if possible) try to get an idea of the amount still 
needed, so we can put it in a proposal for finance

other ideas on this?

greets
sorry for the delay
joeri


sphinx wrote:

>Imc-Africa Working group is asking imc-finance to support with the fairs of the
>African delegates, food and stationery for the Dakar Conference .
>-In the coming days we'll continue with trying to raise funds through other
>sources. We appeal to all the activts as well as imcs in this list to use their
>know-how in helping us in this process of fund raising as well as spreading the
>information to potential sources of support.
>-We will implore the imc-finance working group to treat this as an application
>for funds. That is 3days tranlation, 14days discussion(dateline is then 3rd
>february2004).
>All funds that we happen to get in the interim, we'll inform imc-finance about
>and hope imc-finance  can  make up the needed amount. Every funds that We shall
>get in the interim shall go first for the tickets.  This is all meant to
>catch-up with time as most of the African delegates need to get visas to go to
>Senegal.
>-We are pleading with all imcs to put a temporary donation link(button) in this
>respect on their various websites.
>
>Details:
>
>The Dakar Conference
>
>In the four years since indymedia started in Seattle in 1999, it  has succeeded
>to make a mostest impact on the media worlds as a whole and in the political
>left scene in particular. 
>
>Much of the build-up have taken place in the global North thanks to the well
>developed multimedia infrastructure. Which allows 
>for both quick and cheap production of media content. Yet indymedias in South
>America have made substantial progress despite poor multimedia infrastructure.
>This characteristic growth being partly due to existing social support
>structures developed over the years of social struggles in South America as well
>as emphatic support of Global North Activists.   
>In Africa for lots of resons indymedia development has been very   slow. To give
>the indymedia growth process in Africa a push, the indymedia Africa working
>group with other activists groups took upon Organising an Alternative(indymedia)
>Conference in Dakar from the 1st to the 14th March 2004. 
>Delegates will be coming from ; South Africa, Ambazonia 
>(Ex-British Southern Cameroons), DRCongo, Angola, Kenya, Madiaq (South Spain and
>Morocco), Nertherland, Germany, Switzerland, UK and USA. Three quarters of the
>delegates will be from Africa. 
>The main point of the Conference will be to exchange experiences and try to
>figure-out the way forward with indymedia in Africa despite the lack of suitable
>social support structures and multimedia infrastructure.
>This undertaking is now threatened by the lack of funds to cover the fairs of
>the African Delegates and basic needs for the conference . We are hereby soliciting 
>for donations to support the Conference. 
>
>Donations can be sent by paypal.com to imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org
>
>or by bank transfer to : 
>Zentralkultur e.V 
>Account No: 269 35 70 
>BLZ/Bankcode     60050101 
>S.W.I.F.T-code   SOLASDEST 
>Password: indymedia Africa 
>Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg 
>Germany 
>
> 
>For those who need  receipts for tax 
>deductions please indicate by email to imc-africa at lists.indymedia.org 
>
>We'll greatly appreciate any contribution no-matter how small . 
>IMC-Africa Working group.
>
>
>
>Update of the situation:
>-Fair situation for the moment looks as follows:
>3South Africa = 877*3= 2631 Euro 
>3Ambazonia(Ex-British Southern Cameroons)=750*3= 2250 Euro 
>1 DRCongo =1200 Euro 
>2 Angola =1100*2=2200 Euro 
>3Kenya=1100*3=3300 Euro 
>2Madiaq(Spain and Morocco) = 450 *2=900 Euro 
>Total= 12481 Euro
>
>-Feeding and stationery for the 14days of the conference will cost at least
>1300Euros.
>
>TOTAL=12481+1300=15481 Euros
>
>-Materials for use in workshops:
>.Bak from Imc-ch is bring a computer with a portable content management system
>and a host of other software. 
>.Tony from imc-uk is also going to send us some videos and some other meterials.
>In the worst case scenerio this may be all we may have like equipment ´; thus
>the best way to increase the utility will be to connect them to a projector.
>Thus we desperately need a projector as well as a printer.
>
>---original list of needs was :  
>
>-A beamer /projector
>1.-Five computers (at least) 
>2.-Three video recording machines and a video editting machine. 100 video
>cassettes. 
>3.-Three mini-disc recorder/audio recording machines. 200 pieces of
>mini-disc/tapes. 
>4.-Three printers. 
>5.-5 small radio transmitters. 
>6.- 10 video cassettes of films made by other indymedia video working groups to
>be used in screening . 
>Software needs 
>1.-We need to ask indymedia-tech to load the computers for use in the tour with
>one of the many freesoftware Operating System. 
>2.-Need a portable version of an indymedia production system which allows
>articles and other content to be published and produced on the computer without
>internet connection. 
>3.-We need an easy to use audio editing program. 
>4.-We need an easy to use video editing program. 
>5.-We need an easy to use lay-out program. 
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