[Imc-india] Draft - WSF Funding Proposal

[max]

I can volunteer to bring equipment from the states, but I don't have 
any.
if it's convenient for people in the US who are getting equipment to 
somehow get it to me, I can try to bring some of it.
email me off-list if this sounds like a good idea.

max

On Dec 23, 2003, at 3:50 PM, Harsh Kapoor wrote:

> The draft proposal as is structured doesnt include money for audio 
> streaming equipment . . . we are hoping very  much some of it can have 
> to be carried  or brought in by activists attending from outside ..... 
> in Bombay we have a mikes, earphones, ....and some cables etc... 
> Vickram can maybe fill us on this ....
>
> I would suggest and invite, friends and activists coming from other 
> IMC's or other radical media operations to give us a hand and carry, 
> some net working cables, hubs, adapters, extension cords, and other 
> stuff (may be list can be done) ... we can of course buy or rent 
> stuff, but be we can keep the costs down to as much as we can, if 
> people volunteer to carry some  spare equipment and/or things that 
> they can take back with them
>
> harsh
>
> At 1:33 PM -0500 23/12/03, max wrote:
>> does this proposal include money for equipment (if any is needed) 
>> that would be needed for the streaming audio project?
>>
>> max
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2003, at 1:03 PM, evan wrote:
>>
>>> This is a proposed funding letter to send to imc-finance. It needs 
>>> to first be checked over to make sure people agree with it, then 
>>> sent on to imc-finance as an official proposal from imc india. We 
>>> should do this quickly as we need to give people a couple of weeks 
>>> to make the decisions in their local imc's.
>>>
>>> -evan
>>>
>>> Summary:
>>> 	$750 from IMC-Finance for Indymedia India in Mumbai for the World 
>>> Social Forum.
>>> 	Projects: Small public media lab and web radio station.
>>> 	Deadline - ????
>>>
>>> The World Social Forum in coming to Mumbai, India in January 2004. 
>>> Indymedia India and indymedia activists from other IMC's are 
>>> planning a small project to cover the social forum, parallel events, 
>>> and build indymedia organizing within south asia.
>>>
>>> The project includes setting up a small media center with internet 
>>> access within the official forum. An outside space is also being 
>>> investigated. Community radio is for the most part illegal in India 
>>> and not wide spread. In prep discussions the idea came up of 
>>> creating a web radio studio and inviting people to participate. With 
>>> this we will be both supporting the struggle to create a form of 
>>> participatory media which is locally approiate and creating an 
>>> activity in which people can learn about and participate in 
>>> indymedia activities during the forum.
>>>
>>> Total Project Costs:
>>> Rent - Office space for the media lab inside the WSF		$150 
>>> (estimated)
>>> Rent - Workspace outside the official WSF				$100
>>> 6 Computers at $50 per computer 		$300
>>> Internet Connection 			$50
>>> Printing Fliers and Materials 		$50
>>> Misc Expenses 			$100
>>>
>>> 	Total Budget:	$750
>>>
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