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<font size=3>Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
I'm sending this out to you because this is our first real opportunity to
help build the Global IMC network in a concrete and personal way.
Several of us here at the UCIMC have agreed to help the Nigeria IMC get
set up and running. We are doing this because we feel that it is
the responsibility of IMCs who are established and have an abundance of
resources to aid others; because coverage of events is Africa has been
dominated by corporate-media; because Nigeria specifically is in dire
need of an independent source of information about what is happening in
the country; and because skill and resource sharing is an integral part
of building communication and trust among IMC participants. <br>
<br>
The UCIMC plans to hold several events over the next year to help raise
money for Nigeria IMC. If you are interested in helping plan these
events, please contact me or molly <molly@onthejob.net> as soon as
possible. The Urbana-Champaign IMC is lucky enough to have an
incredibly talented tech-team, and participants in the Nigeria IMC should
feel free to send questions or requests to our tech working group <br>
<imc-tech@urbana.indymedia.org>. If you would like to aid
Nigeria IMC with tech logistics, please send an e-mail to
nigeriaimc@yahoo.com.<br>
<br>
Finally, at our regional Indymedia gathering, we discussed at length the
need to build the Global South, and the need to find routes of skill and
resource transfer to areas of the globe that have been oppressed by
"first-world" nations. This is an opportunity to
actualize these ideas, I hope you will join this effort and support the
Nigeria IMC effort.<br>
<br>
If you would like to make a financial contribution to help build the
Nigeria IMC, please send your tax-deductible donation to:<br>
<br>
Urbana-Champaign IMC<br>
Nigeria IMC Fund<br>
ATTN: Treasurer<br>
218 West Main St., Suite 110<br>
Urbana, IL 61801<br>
U.S.A.<br>
<br>
I hope you will help us with this effort,<br>
<br>
--Sascha Meinrath<br>
Urbana-Champaign IMC<br>
<br>
P.S. Below is the latest news from Nigeria IMC:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Delivered-To:
meinrath@urbana.indymedia.org<br>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 02:06:17 -0800 (PST)<br>
From: nigeria imc <nigeriaimc@yahoo.com><br>
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP: NIGERIA IMC<br>
To: molly@onthejob.net, meinrath@urbana.indymedia.org<br>
Cc: environmentalrescue@yahoo.co.uk<br>
<br>
Hello ,<br>
<br>
Great to reach you all. We thought we could reach you<br>
earlier than this, but we have been very busy here<br>
doing some local organizing in our IMC. <br>
<br>
We got your message UC IMC readiness to form<br>
collaborations and help the Nigeria IMC. This is<br>
really a great offer and we sincerely appreciate and<br>
accept the offer. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.nigeria.indymedia.org/" eudora="autourl">www.nigeria.indymedia.org</a>
is currently up and running.<br>
Thanks to all our IMC folks that across the globe<br>
that made it possible. Haven got our site up and<br>
running, we are now faced with more task that deserve<br>
a greater commitment than ever before. We now need to<br>
moe further to be technically sound so that we can<br>
manage our site ourselves . We also now need financial<br>
and material support to enable us have access to the<br>
equipment and skills needed for us to run our IMC. <br>
<br>
We want to use this opportunity to request for you<br>
assistance in the areas of finance, hard wares,<br>
training, internet connection, etc. <br>
<br>
We are relying on you for us to move our IMC forward.<br>
We look orward o hear from you. We care!<br>
<br>
Winters Negbenebor <br>
Nigeria IMC<br>
<a href="http://www.nigeria.indymedia.org/" eudora="autourl">www.nigeria.indymedia.org</a><br>
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