Mutual Aid - an Asia-Pacific Network??
Japan Invite
Dear friends in Japan Indymedia,
Warmest greetings!
Quezon City (QC) Indymedia, together with its
counterparts in Manila and Jakarta, are part of the
Oceania Indymedia network. But strictly speaking, in
the historical/cultural and geographical sense, it is
quite difficult for people in these three cities to
think of themselves as part of the Oceania region,
which refers to Australia and New Zealand.
At the recent Oceania Indymedia conference in
Melbourne, Australia, QC Indymedia proposed the
establishment of an Asia-Pacific Indymedia network.
The idea behind this is that the Southeast Asian IMCs
have had very helpful relations with IMCs from
Australia and New Zealand and would definitely not
want to do away with these, but at the same time we
would like to see ourselves with direct links to
IMCistas from places with which the Philippines has
close historical and cultural ties. The best way to
see this through would be to form an Asia-Pacific
Indymedia network.
It was recognized that QC, Manila, and Jakarta are the
only cities in the Oceania Indymedia network that are
not strictly part of the Oceania region. It was
decided that we could start off by inviting Japan
Indymedia to be a part of an Asia-Pacific Indymedia.
The other IMCs requested QC Indymedia to get in touch
with you. On behalf of the Oceania Indymedia network,
we in QC Indymedia hereby invite you to take part in
exploring the possibilities of forming an Asia-Pacific Indymedia.
To the best of our knowledge, Japan is within the
territory encompassed by the Asia-Pacific region,
which also includes Northeast, East, and Southeast
Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and Tokelau.
We in QC Indymedia in particular are convinced that
the formation of an Asia-Pacific Indymedia would show
that the Indymedia network is placing emphasis on the
Asia-Pacific region and encourage the formation of
more IMCs within it, particularly in the regions in
the eastern part of Asia where IMCs are not yet too
many. The more, the merrier. We are convinced that the
activist community and the people's militant struggle
in the region would greatly benefit from more
Indymedia collectives.
We hope you would consider our proposal favorably and
are looking forward to work closer with you in the
service of the people.
In solidarity,
Alexander Martin Remollino
Spokesperson, QC Indymedia
Other thoughts...
we need to further discuss a process for needy imc's in the network to approach
oceania for financial support..
i've just been speaking to terry in irc and she has a proposal on behalf
of manila collective..
i know people at the conference were not keen to have a finance list so i've
advised her to forwd to the list.
so.. this brings up a few issues i had with the conf/and ongoing stuff..
my worries about the finance discussions at the conf was the lack of inclusivity
for other people on hte network to give their opinions and to talk about
their needs.
we've obviously estab'd the need for streaming at future confs..
and indeed in the case of alex the request was obviously reasonable and subject
to a deadline(his return)
however.. shouldn't all oceania expenditures be talked about and consensed
on by the oceania collective on the list..
can this be something we comit to do in future?
if terry does make her proposal for financial help.. shouldn't we then make
it known to other imc's that there is an ability for proposals to be made
for finacial aid..
then there the need to raise more funds..
i think there is some need for some sort of finance process..
money often creates tension in collectives.. it's best to prepare early so
as to avoid that.
--
GarconDuMonde - 18 Jul 2004 - on behalf of
BranDon? who is going to get a login soon at
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