[New-imc] Re: A few questions

Tue Aug 12 12:08:50 PDT 2003

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DATE: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 03:09:08
From: John Bwakali <jonafrica at avu.org>
To: <vally_x at lycos.com>
Cc: 

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>Hi Valentine,
>Great to get your feedback! There seems to be a problem as Blicero 
>says that he hasnt received any feedback from me but I have sent a 
>couple of mails to him. Like yesterday when I sent you mail, I also 
>sent one to him. Again, I didnt realise that you neeeded the specific 
>names of the media groups that we have been in touch with. Our 
>understanding was that a group of media people, irrespective of their 
>media affiliations comes together and forms a local IMC. I know some 
>of the groups that Blicero has explained and of course we would be 
>delighted to work with them. Some of them are quite established 
>unlike some of us in our group, who are more in 'behind the scenes' 
>community media. Anyway, more soon and all the best. So which is the 
>right email address for me to be using when I want to communicate to 
>the whole group?
>Kwaheri,
>John
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Nice to hear from you again.
The right email address of the working group is  new-imc at lists.indymedia.org
The idea of contacting as many groups as possible has to do with the fact that we hope to have as many people informed about the project as possible and have as many people participate as possible.

About Blicero not getting mails from you I think it has to do with the time before you replied. If he still is not getting mails from you then I think he'll indicate by mail to you.

Invovling many groups and individauls in the process of indymedia Kenya gives one the hope that we are going to get a very active new imc in the continent soon which is good news.
Stay in torch brother and if you wish you can subcribe in the African indymedia list and follow discussions on what in going on there even though there is very less traffic at the moment.
http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-africa
Kwaheri
Sphinx  

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>[RE: IMC Swahealing?]
>valentine V eben <vally_x at lycos.com> wrote on 8/11/03 03:05 PM
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>Hi John! it's nice to hear from you again. You'll realise that every 
>mail you send to me on this topic I have to forward it to the new-imc 
>list(new-imc at indymedia.org).It will be nice if all question with 
>reference to your imc are handled on the new-imc working list because 
>that is a working group that supports new IMC there are activists 
>with lots of experience on helping new imcs. 
>Blicero from IMC italy and Francois from IMC South Africa and IMC 
>Canada are those who have upted to help your IMC.
>I understand they've been trying to get contact with me.
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>Recently there was good news from Blicero that there are other people 
>who have been preparing to set-up imc Kenya for a while now, thus you 
>guys will form a bigger team and do the work more efficently. Surely 
>not only in Kenya but the whole of East  Africa.Whahoo!
> Please do not forget to try to clarify Blicero on your process; the 
>groups you talk to about forming an IMC and all other questions that 
>he may have.Remember he wishes to help you people through the process 
>of becoming an imc and since he is not leaving in Kenya he needs to 
>be able to  get information from you to get a better picture and to 
>advice you on what has to be improved on your structure and what are 
>the next steps after feeling the form and stuff like that,  so that 
>you get yourselves in to the network on a good footing.
>Solidarity
>Kwaheri-swahili for bye:-))))  
>Sphinx
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>DATE: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:17:14
>From: John Bwakali <jonafrica at avu.org>
>To: <vally_x at lycos.com>
>Cc: 
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>>Dear Valentine,
>>How are you? I was away from Nairobi but I am now back. Thanks for 
>>your clarification on the name. Our new proposal for our name is IMC 
>>Kenya. If for any reason this will not be feasible, then IMC Nairobi 
>>is also fine. Thats it for now and all the best.
>>John Bwak
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>>[IMC Swahealing?]
>>valentine V eben <vally_x at lycos.com> wrote on 8/8/03 09:15 PM
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>>Hello Again John! 
>>I think I understand the desire of your group to bring on board a 
>>uniquely African contributions.
>>But if you take a look at a couple websites and network list, you 
>>realise that the naming of imc collectives seems to go as much with 
>a 
>>geographical location than with a political or other concept. Of 
>>course there exist some issue imcs like Eugene.Yet I think it will 
>be 
>>nice if your group considered thia abit. So that other future groups 
>>will not get the complication of trying to figure-out a name that 
>>will reflect a particular high point they wish to bring into the 
>>network. 
>>This is just an opinion and not a rejection of your group name by 
>me.
>>Solidarity
>>Sphinx
>>IMC Ambazonia
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>>>DATE: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 02:05:55 
>>>From: John Bwakali <jonafrica at avu.org>
>>>To: <vally_x at lycos.com>
>>>Cc: 
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>>>Dear Friends,
>>>Swahealing is a combination of Swahili and Healing. Swahili, as one 
>>>of teh most widely spoken African languages reminds Africans of 
>>their 
>>>roots, wherever they are. Swahili is therefore symbolic of Africa. 
>>We 
>>>have combined this with healing because we realise that you must be 
>>>in touch with your roots to be whole. In other words, we will bring 
>>>on board uniquely African contributions. Am I making any sense? 
>>Well, 
>>>hope so and kudos to you all for this wonderful network!
>>>John Bwakali
>>>Kenya
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>>>[Re: [New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (Swahealing)]
>>>valentine V eben <vally_x at lycos.com> wrote on 8/1/03 08:54 AM
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>>> I've been talking with John too about their community video 
>project 
>>>in Kenya and Tanzania as well as their indy project. I really think 
>>>it will be nice that they get to deal with different people from 
>the 
>>>network and get a feel of things here. So it is fine with me that 
>>>You(Blicero) and Francois deal with that. 
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>>>Just one question for John. Is  "Swahealing" too a swahili word or 
>>>the name of a place in Nairobi? 
>>>Solidarity,
>>>Kwaheri-swahili for bye:-))))
>>>Sphinx
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>>>DATE: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:49:44
>>>From: Blicero <blicero at ecn.org>
>>>To: jonafrica at avu.org
>>>Cc: new-imc at indymedia.org
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>>>>i can take over this together with francois from imc-southafrica 
>>and
>>>>imc-montreal who was already talking with them :)))))))
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>>>>is it ok for everybody ?
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>>>>On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:53:38PM -0700, jonafrica at avu.org wrote:
>>>>> Submitted by: David John Bwakali <jonafrica at avu.org> on Tuesday, 
>>>July 29th, 2003 @ 11:53:38 pm (-0700)
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>>>>> Client Variables
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>>>>> HTTP_USER_AGENT:
>>>>> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
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>>>>> Online Form Fields
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>>>>> imc_name:
>>>>> Swahealing
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>>>>> city:
>>>>> Nairobi
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>>>>> state:
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>>>>> country:
>>>>> Kenya
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