[imc-tech-solidarity] thinking about a shipment of computers to africa

[gaba]

i dont know too much about africa but i think it would be great to support=
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the imcs there.  About preparing the project i think that is basic!. is=20
shit to lose a container with machine that could help the movement. im a=20
little worry about what is happening with the container to imc-ecuador. we=
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should have a group discussing and working in the project in the usa to=20
send them (it was really ok) and in the south to receive them. we have the=
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working group in the south on the air. we didnt know how to receive them,=20
we dont know how to distribute them... are really ppl interesting in the=20
project on the south to take care about it? we all agree that is very=20
important this project for imc collectives here in south america but we=20
have to discuss it and search for legal and practice information to support=
 it.

no se mucho sobre africa pero pienso que seria genial ayudar a imcs alli.=20
sobre preaparar el proyecto pienso que es b=E1sico! es una mierda perder un=
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contenedor con m=E1quinas que podrian estar ayudando al movimiento. estoy un=
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poco preocupada por lo que est=E1 pasando con el contenedor a imc-ecuador.=
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debemo tener dicusiones en grupo y trabajo grupo en el proyecto en usa para=
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enviarlas (fue hecho bien) y en el sur para recibirlas. tenemos el grupo de=
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trabajo en el sur en el aire!!. no sabiamos como recibirlas, no sabemos=20
como distribuirlas... hay realmente gente interesada en el proyecto en el=20
sur para hacerse cargo de este? todos estamos de acuerdo que este proyecto=
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es muy improtante para los colectivos de imc aqui en el sur de america pero=
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debemos discutirlo y buscar informaci=F3n legal y practica para mantenerlo.

At 11:21 15/12/2002 -0800, evan@protest.net wrote:
>To get the ball rolling. I was chatting with abc from Nigeria and
>sphinx from Ambazonia during the imc global meeting today. It seemed like
>it would be a good idea to start discussing a shipment of computers to an
>imc in Africa. Things work pretty slowly so starting now for a shipment in
>10 months to a year is probally enough lead time.
>
>What do people think of this idea?
>
>For those who don't know, the basic idea is to refurbish old computers in
>the US and ship them by the container to imc's in the third world. They
>can then use them for setting up indymedia center computer labs but also
>to wire and support many social movements and community radio stations.
>For Ecuador we shipped 235 computers. For Argentina we will probally be
>shipping fewer.
>
>Draft grant for Argentina Shipment:
>http://internal.protest.net/osi/index.php?TechTrainingOsi
>
>Article about the Ecuador Shipment:
>http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/23/antiglobal_geeks/
>
>One thing in general is we need to figure out how we decide where
>shipments go and in what order. For one thing it's SUPER important that
>the people recieving the computers be able to handle them. Both getting
>through customs but also the distribution and training. Remember that a
>container of computers weighs 8.7 metric tons! If we loose even a SINGLE
>container somehow then it will be much harder to get funding to keep the
>proejct going.
>
>-evan
>
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