[New-imc] Online form: Proposed new IMC! (thailand)

[libby]

Hello Everybody,

I have recently been contacted by an friend that is currently travelling 
through Thailand. He has been in contact with several activists and 
actvist groups,  amongst whom  Matthew but also lots of local activists. 
Thai people, people from ethnic minorities in Thailand and also a lot of 
Burmese activists. They often talked to him about setting up an imc, it 
seems to be something that really lives amongst acitivsts there,  in 
fact, the subject came up that often he took the initiative to mail me 
and some other imc-people he knows.

He assures me its not a big foreign ngo type initative thing, but 
someting that is definately an need for local activists.

It might be a long and rather difficult thing to get an actual imc on 
line (or several, that still remains to be seen too) but there is for 
sure enthousiasm to work on it, in spite of the difficulties that migth 
be ahead (repression, limited possibilities of mooving around...) people 
there have to deal with those anyway, imc or no imc, and an imc could be 
a great tool to help them in communicating with the world.

I have discussed the matter with Jay, who doesn't have a lot of time 
right now and  I agreed to  be the primary contact. He is still willing 
to help out if needed. Bart is willing to help with tech stuff.

Solidarity,

Libby


akha at akha.org wrote:

>Submitted by: Matthew McDaniel <akha at akha.org> on Friday, February 20th, 2004 @ 11:15:49 pm (-0500)
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>Thailand
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>city:
>Chiangrai
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>state:
>Chiangrai
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>Thailand
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>contact_name:
>Matthew McDaniel
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>contact_email:
>akha at akha.org
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>contact_phone:
>66-1884-8111
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>tech_name:
>Matthew McDaniel
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>tech_email:
>akha at akha.org
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>tech_phone:
>66-1-884-8111
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>supporting_groups:
>Akha International 
>FPCN
>Cultural Survival
>Survival International
>Amnesty International
>Human Rights Watch Asia
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>issue_focus:
>yes
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>resources:
>We can set up the server, bandwidth, and techy. No problem, generally how much band width is used per month?
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>outreach:
>Due to years of online activism work on behalf of the Akha Hill Tribe, we have many contacts around the world who are interested in the human rights and political situation in Thailand.
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>introductory_statement:
>Indy Media has a standardized activism/media format that is working.  It is simple to use, straightforward and clearly presented web data for countries and regions.  Our goal is to set up a forum for internationals who want to assist the democratic process in Thailand and a forum for activists in Thailand to be able to contribute to, while we think it would be unlikely to locate such a site on a Thai server.
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