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
07 3864 8178

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