[Imc-finance] Proposal 2004-F: Support for RNC Indymedia coverage -- up to $3, 000 U.S.

[Mike Lehman]

Sascha,
In general, this sounds good to me.

Do they have a deadline by which they will know what is spent and what 
will be (if any) returned? Given the open-ended nature of the proposed 
budget, I just want to be certain that there's follow-up at the back end 
of things for accountability purposes for any left-over funding given UC 
IMC's responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the account, 
although not having been in on the whole discussion I assume this has 
probably already been addressed.
Mike Lehman

Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> Proposal 2004-F: Support for RNC Indymedia coverage -- up to $3,000 U.S.
> Posted: June 15, 2004
> Discussion Period: June 15-29, 2004
> Decision Deadline: June 29, 2004
> Posted by: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
> Amount Requested: Up to $3,000US
> 
> ***
> 
> The Republican National Convention (RNC) in New York City this August
> 30th-September 2nd will be an enormous and important event.  Currently,
> IMC-stas from across the Indymedia Network are working to organize
> coverage of the protests and expected police responses to the influx of
> hundreds of thousands of protestors.  This proposal would release up to
> $3,000 in Global Indymedia funding to be earmarked specifically to support
> media production and distribution of information (both during and after
> the RNC).
> 
> The impetus for the funding is to ensure that Information gets out and
> that funding is available for mission-critical expenses.  Because it is
> impossible to know the exact nature of what these expenses would be, it is
> recommended that we set a ceiling of $3,000 (if less than this amount is
> spent, the remainder would be returned to the Global Account).
> 
> This would leave about $10,000 in the Global Indymedia accounts for future
> disbursements.
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> In solidarity,
> 
> --Sascha Meinrath
> Urbana-Champaign IMC