[Imc-tech] RE: [Imc-radio] Proposal to mail Meridith a MD

[Paul Bengt Riismandel]

Would it make a difference to send by a private carrier like UPS or DHL?
I know that many int'l video activists recommend using those carriers to
get their tapes out of various countries rather than using mail or going
through customs with them.

--Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Pauline Bartolone [mailto:paulinebartolone at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:48 PM
To: clint at ucimc.org; tech at ucimc.org; radio at ucimc.org
Subject: Re: [Imc-radio] Proposal to mail Meridith a MD

Sorry to chime in last minute, but I wouldnt send any equipment to 
Guatemala, unless someone is physically handing it to her. It will
probably 
be caught in customs (if it even turns up), and then she'll have to pay
a 
fee for it. I know that sometimes sending equipment to places like Costa

Rica and Argentina costs more to pick it up from customs then the actual

piece of equipment. I was in guatemala, and the mail system is pretty 
unreliable if it is anything but a postcard... (especially if she is
outside 
a major city)

-pauline


>From: Clint Popetz <clint at ucimc.org>
>To: tech at ucimc.org, radio at ucimc.org
>Subject: Re: [Imc-radio] Proposal to mail Meridith a MD
>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:39:33 -0400
>
>On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 06:50:23PM -0500, Paul Bengt Riismandel wrote:
> > I say yes, given that Meredith has been a member and contributing
> > volunteer for several years.
> >
> > I think it's important to be explicit that we base such a decision
on a
> > record of trust, or a network of trust.  I don't think we want to be
> > mailing a minidisc to just anyone who asks or promises something,
but we
> > should be willing to do so for someone like Meredith, who is a
trusted
> > IMCista, or someone who is known through our network of trust --
like a
> > trusted member of another IMC, for instance.
>
>I agree with that completely.  Our only experience lending equipment
>to a person we didn't know was disastrous.
>
> > So, anyway, yes.
>
>Since all the feedback has been positive, I'd like to propose to
>steering that we send Meridith a gig bag, which she will return when
>she visits in August.  Can someone take that through steering?  I want
>it to go through an open meeting.  I can't attend, because of my CGFC
>committments.
>
>				-Clint
>
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