************************************ OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios A network of alternative, community & citizens media research and practice http://Ourmedianet.org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: OURmailing list (subscribe/unsubscribe): http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=ourmedia-l&A=1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 6th Conference: Sydney, April 9-13, 2007 http://www.ourmedia07.net/ Conference Documentation: http://om6.engagemedia.org/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Join an OURFuture Working Group: Organization Structure, Communication Infrastructure, Next Conference, Special Projects and more... http://om6.engagemedia.org/index.php/Working_Groups On 5/10/07 9:28 AM, "Monique Potts" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could I please get some information on how/where to unsubscribe for this list. > > Thanks > > Monique > > > From: This listserv will be used to facilitate communication among alternative > media academics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alfonso > Gumucio-Dagron > Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2007 3:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Our Media 7 & OM 8 - Next Conferences > > I support the next conference in Ghana, and have a suggestion: we can already > schedule two conferences. I suggest the OM7 conference takes place in Ghana in > 2008, and the OM8 conference takes place in Budapest in 2009. This will allow > for more time for planning and preparation. > > I support Ghana because this a region where Our Media has not been present > yet. It is an important region in development, and most of our work is > related to development. It is also a region where new community media > experiencies are developing very fast, and the discussion on community media > is more necessary than ever. > > On top of the above, we have Wilna in Ghana, her offer to organise it, and I > trust very much her skills as organiser and her capacity to gather a good > local steering committee. Let's wait to hear from her in terms of putting > together a good local committee. > > I don't very much endorse the idea of regional conferences, because they may > disperse our efforts (as happened with the Social Forum). There are other > instances at the regional level where people can meet in smaller groups. We > need all efforts together to put on one OurMedia/NuestrosMedios conference > every year or every 18 months, so lets focus on that and contribute towards > that end. > > Best regards, > > Alfonso > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Wilna Quarmyne <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 2:53 am >> Subject: Re: Letter from Ghana - OM7 >> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >>> > >> Good morning from Ghana, All. >>> > >>> > Last night, I had the chance to acknowledge Alfonso's expression of >>> > support for Ghana's hosting of OM7. Since then, there have been >>> > similar warming e-mail from Mavic, Amparo and Tanja - many thanks >>> > also. Then came Clemencia's typically balanced and inclusive >>> > response, copying the proposal from Arne, Stefania and Kate. Very >>> > much also appreciate the latter's disclaimer and expression of >>> > support for Ghana/Africa. >>> > >>> > Thought of putting all together in a chain, but it might be too >>> > unwieldy. >>> > One of the great differences I experienced and deeply appreciated >>> > at OM was the openness of the decision-making process - no >>> > stultifying resolutions, no jockeying for positions or "prestige", >>> > an effort to live the participatory processes that we profess. >>> > >>> > Athens, Ohio; Budapest, Hungry; Accra, Ghana - each clearly offers >>> > the possibility to explore and extend new worlds for OM. As in >>> > Sydney, Australia (which is the only one I've experienced), each >>> > admitting the world through, and sharing its own, different prisms. >>> > It would be wonderful to be led by Rafael (even if we have not yet >>> > met) through Appalachia and beyond, and by Arne, Stefania and Kate >>> > through Budapest and Central Europe. >>> > >>> > Needless to say, we would love for all to come to Ghana/Africa - >>> > the time is finally nearly-right, the need is so great, the voices >>> > so diverse and the indigenous traditions so deep yet so overlooked >>> > by the media. >>> > >>> > When I say "our", I'm speaking for GCRN and those to whom - >>> > academicians, civil society activists - we have raised the idea. >>> > We are casting the net wider - if possible, beyond Ghana - which is >>> > partly why we are not yet listing those on the emerging local >>> > committee. There is already, as I mentioned, great excitement and >>> > we just need to ground it in specifics. You will hear from us by >>> > 31 May. >>> > >>> > A Good Day, and for those on the other side of the world, Good >>> > Evening to All! >>> > >>> > Wilna >>> > >>> > P.S. Copied above is the other e-mail address I use - it has a >>> > glitch so I can only receive from it at the moment. >>> > >>> > ================================== >>> > GHANA COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK (GCRN) >>> > Addis Ababa Rd, cor Lagos Avenue, East Legon >>> > P O Box KA 9482 >>> > Accra, Ghana >>> > Tel +233.21.516441 >>> > Tel/Fax +233.21.516442 >>> > ================================== >>> > E-mail : [log in to unmask] >>> > [log in to unmask] >>> > Mobile : +233.24.470.43.93 >>> > >>> > >>> > ___________________________________________________________ >>> > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. 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