I find all of the suggestions regarding future OM work very interesting and
exciting and I will send along an India contact (in Bangalore) soon but I'd
like to echo "t" who wrote (see below):

" just one more thing: I really wanted to know how can we further
reflect on the last conference. it seems that we are jumping at a
next stage without really thinking over the last one."

I would love to hear some more report backs and evaluation, or working group
follow-up to the last conference. This is useful for many reasons, and
without it, it is pretty difficult for those of us that cannot usually
attend the confab, to participate. I read one report back right after the
conference - but nothing since - perhaps I've overlooked something.

Thanks, Martha Wallner/California
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  hi ellie, all
  we are going to sarai in november
  http://www.sarai.net/
  there is also a new space being opened in bangalore
  we are about to start a collaboration between india and brazil


  I'll wait for your proposal so that I can send it to them as I am sure
  they will want to be involved


  just one more thing: I really wanted to know how can we further
  reflect on the last conference. it seems that we are jumping at a
  next stage without really thinking over the last one. I think
  somebody suggested that the polymedia group reassembled
  through the list... but I was never from the polymedia list, only
  this one, and I am afraid that if we continue the discussion separately
  the process will be always *obscure*.


  my suggestion will be that we set a group to work and a site
  maybe the wiki or the future one with concrete reflections regarding
  format, local knowledge, post-network strategies, latin-american issues
and so on.
  this work is really relevant for places that need to build up
  their network capacities..


  x thanks, obrigada, gracias, namaste
  t



  On sábado, set 25, 2004, at 01:03 Brazil/East, Ellie Rennie wrote:


    A group of OM people have begun to put together a proposal to hold OM V
in India. I plan to distribute a full proposal in the coming week. Are there
any OM members on this list who would like to contribute ideas/contacts to
the proposal at this stage?


    The OM website has the following members listed under India:


    Ashish Sen, VOICES
    Arum Aran, The Hindu
    * Suchi Kothari, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    * Bella Mody, Michigan State University, USA


    I am very interested to hear from these members and other
activists/researchers/funders who are involved with groups there.


    I look forward to hearing from you.
    Ellie.





    Dr. Ellie Rennie
    Research Fellow
    Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre
    Queensland University of Technology
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    07 3864 8178


    Dr. Ellie Rennie
    Research Fellow
    Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre
    Queensland University of Technology
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    07 3864 8178