[New-imc] imc-Burma can anyone help us with technical skills?

[Shayne O'Neill]

I'm sure me pabs or finn can help out tech. maybe look elsewhere for
aesthetics. oceania coders are notoriously color blind :)

goodluck tho. Burma needs its voices.

Bit of a worry about the UN repatriating refugees..

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On Sun, 16 May 2004, kim wrote:

> Hi all,
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> just to let you know we are taking first steps to establish an IMC-BURMA
> for Burmese journalists and activists in exile.  My name is Kim and I am
> working with Ying Tzarm fromthe Shan Women's Action Network at Community
> Radio 4ZzZfm in Brisbane, Australia. We are also collaborating on a
> Burma Indymedia. I am going to help get burma indy through the "hoops"
> because I have done it with Brisbane indymedia. www.brisbane.indymedia.org
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> as you probably know, Burma has been under the dictatorship of a
> military regime for many years and literally thousands of burmese
> refugees are living in thailand in border refugee camps.  witht the
> support fo amny international agencies, they have amnaged to survive,
> and now a burgening independent/pirate media movment has arisen within
> thailand.  but things are not so safe there either:  the thai govt has
> recently taken to lockign up some burmese activists in exile and is
> making mvoes toestablish trade links with burma.  the UN will soon be
> goign into burma to see to start repatriation of refguees.  yet daw aung
> sung sui kyi is still under house arrest and all communications
> controlled by the military.  huamn rights abuses including
> extra-judicial killings, forced labour and military gang-rapes still occur.
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> we have secured hosing from nomasters in melbourne and the oceania-imc
> crew have been very helpful.  catalyst in sydney have set up a
> communications list for us at:
> http://lists.cat.org.au/cgi-bin/m/listinfo/burma-indymedia
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> we have established a netwrok of about 30 volunteers to help start us
> off.  however, we are lacking in skills.
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> ***we REALLY need a geek who can help with the technical side of
> things.  if someone can offer to set up our test site while we work on
> the written process, we would be SO grateful! :)  we can probably look
> after any small tweaks from there.
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> regards,
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> kimk
> imc-brisbane, australia
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