[Imc-india] Re: [IMC Bombay] proposal for WSF indycoverage

[Vickram Crishna]

At 11:52 -0500 01/12/2003, Ali wrote:
>this is ali, involved with sfbay indymedia and various other 
>indymedia projects. I am planning on making it to india for the WSF 
>and was curious about indymedia coverage. One ambitious idea that i 
>had was to stream the whole conference. Obviously this might not be 
>a possibility depending on our resources and the number of events 
>happening at the same time but i think a comprehensive audio 
>streaming coverage can be accomplished and even video streaming for 
>the bigger events of the forum. A good web interface where people 
>can go through the WSF program and pick a stream or archived audio 
>from an event would make the forum accessible to everyone with an 
>internet connection that couldn't travel to India. I am sure it 
>would also generate huge interest in terms of being rebroadcast by 
>various radio stations around the world and is an attractive idea 
>for potential funders because it aims to be very comprehensive in 
>its documentation of the forum.

errr... thanks, Ali. This is exactly what is proposed at indymedia 
india, and ought to be mirrored here at indymedia mumbai, but there 
is no traffic at all over the past few months, hence the decision to 
at least keep the idea flying at the other list.

We have already spoken to WSF, who will probably arrange the 
computers and space for this. We ought to know in a couple of days. 
We are also looking for local accommodation, an apartment, near or in 
Goregaon, the Mumbai suburb where the forum is located. If you have 
any contacts, please do help. In the absence of anyone else yet, I am 
coordinating in Mumbai. When will you be here?

One practical idea to get this moving is to set up a list under 
indymedia specifically for this discussion. Will you join?
-- 
Vickram