Hello, Stanley
This follows the e-mail below from the OURMedia 7 Secretariat, which also includes the full chain of communication on file with you.
We would very much have wished your experience in Papua New Guinea to enrich OM7, but unfortunately something seems to have gone amiss and your proposal was never received.
Knowing how difficult communication can be, the committee bent over backwards and considered even proposals that were not submitted in the standard form. Reviewing the files, I note that in your mail of 28 February, you said that "for the time being I send you what I have but I will send you more information with details later." Regrettably, I can tell you for a fact that the OM7 Secretariat did not receive even that.
Having met you first at AMARC conferences, it would have been a special pleasure to welcome you to Ghana and OM7. I am sorry that this is not possible but hope that there may be other opportunities to interact in Africa.
Best.
Wilna
----- Original Message ----
From: OURMedia 7 <[log in to unmask]>
To: sanis kaka <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, 2 August, 2008 10:50:54 AM
Subject: Re: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Dear Stanley
Thank you for your interest in participating in OURMedia 7.
OURMedia 7 follows the tradition of OURMedia conferences where participation is on the basis of proposals received and assessed.
We have no record of a proposal received from you. Copied below is the chain of all communications with you on our file. Prior to your last message of 2 August, the last communication was a message from us on 25 May in response to yours of 19 May when we asked you please to resend your proposal because we had not received it and despite the fact that the final call for proposals had closed.
We are sorry if you have sent a proposal which may have gone astray, but we regret that there is now nothing that can be done to enable you to participate in OURMedia 7.
We are sure that the organizers of the next conference, OURMedia 8, will welcome a proposal.
Best Wishes.
OURMedia 7 Secretariat
----- Original Message -----
From: sanis kaka
To: OURMedia7
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 2:55 AM
Subject: RE: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Dear Comrades
I haven't heard from the organising committee in Ghana of the meeting. Could anyone let me know of what is happening there. It is geting too late for me if I am invited to attend the meeting.
Many thanks and hear from you soon.
Stanley Kaka
KASELA Community Radio- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
----- Original Message -----
From: OURMedia7
To: sanis kaka
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Dear Stanley
We have no record of your proposal.
Could you please re-send your original transmission.
This is very important because the deadline for the third and final call passed nearly two months ago, on 30 April, and all acceptances have already been sent.
Thanks and Best Wishes.
OURMedia 7 Secretariat
----- Original Message -----
From: sanis kaka
To: OURMedia7
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 4:05 AM
Subject: RE: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Dear Comrade,
I have submitted my proposal but I didn't receive any reply from your office so could you please let me know. This is from Stanley Kaka in PAPUA NEW GUINEA a developing country north of Australia.
Many thanks
Stanley Kaka
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From: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Fw: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:44:39 +0000
RE-TRANSMISSION. APOLOGIES IF CROSS-POSTED.
----- Original Message -----
From: OURMedia7
To: sanis kaka
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - STANLEY KAKA
Dear Comrade Kaka
We are delighted that you wish to apply to participate in OURMedia 7.
We appreciate your situation. Partly in response to your request and that of others, the deadline for the Call for Proposals has been extended to 31 March 2008.
The revised form is pasted below for your convenience.
We look forward to receiving your proposal.
Best Wishes.
OURMedia 7 Secretariat
OURMedia 7 CONFERENCE
11-15 August 2008, Accra, Ghana,
Theme:Identity, Inclusion, Innovation –
Alternative Communication in a Globalized World
Name of individual/group/organization making proposal:
What is the working title of your proposal?
Which sub-theme/s will your presentation focus on? Please tick as appropriate.
/____/ Identity /____/ Inclusion /____/ Innovation
What is the nature of your presentation? Please tick as appropriate.
/____/ Creative writing /____/ Performance
/____/ Research paper /____/ Theoretical paper
/____/ Symbolic media (e.g., indigenous symbols)
/____/ Visual or other media presentation (video, film, cartoons, street art, electronic art, etc)
Where do you see your proposal featuring at OM7?
/____/ Conference
/____/ Community Radio Symposium
/____/ Festival
What format would you prefer to use for your presentation?
/____/ Individual paper or performance
/____/ Panel or cohort
/____/ Workshop
In which spoken language do you propose to make or explain your presentation?
/____/ English /____/ French /____/ Portuguese /____/ Spanish
/____/ Other. Please name: _________________________________________
If Other, how will you provide for translation?
________________________________________________________________
OURMedia 7, 11-15 Aug 2007, Accra, Ghana, – Call for Proposals, p.2
Summary of proposal
Please summarize your proposal in no more than 250 words. Some of the questions that you may wish to explore are offered below.
With reference to the sub-themes, relationships, emerging focal areas, globally critical challenges and issues that are of particular interest to OM7:
· what issues have you been grappling with?
· what is the context (including, as may be relevant, social, political and economic) in which you have been carrying out your work?
· what alternative communication responses have you been developing or proposing?
· what new questions have arisen in the course of your work which you would wish to be part of the ongoing dialogue around building an alternative world?
Name of individual, group or organization making proposal
If proposal is being made by a group, name of contact person
Street address (physical location)
Post office mailing address
E-mail
Telephone
Cellphone
Fax
Nationality of person/s proposed to make presentation at OM7
[important for visa purposes]
Please tell us something about yourself/group/organization (maximum 100 words):
Date of submission:
IMPORTANT: Please complete the Note on Funding below.
NOTE ON FUNDING
OURMedia will secure some funding to help defray the expenses of participants who could not otherwise attend OM7. We encourage all participants to try to raise at least part of the funds, but if you will definitely not be able to attend OM7 unless OURMedia provides funding, please let us know.
Apart from travel expenses, which will of course differ according to the point of origin, we estimate that participation at OM7 will cost:
· A minimum of USD 300 for registration (including lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments)
·Lodging, breakfast and dinner at an average of USD 150 per day.
I can raise my own funding to cover my entire participation in OM7.
/____/ Yes /____/ No
If you ticked "No", please continue.
I can raise my:
Registration cost
/____/ Yes /____/ No
Airfare or other transportation cost
/____/ Yes /____/ No
Lodging, breakfast and dinner cost
/____/ Yes /____/ No
----- Original Message -----
From: sanis kaka
To: Wilna Quarmyne ; [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:39 AM
Subject: RE: OURMedia 7, Accra, 11-15 Aug 2008 - REMINDER TO SEND PROPOSALS
Dear Comrade
This is from KASELA COMMUNITY RADIO in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea a underdeveloped country in the north of Australia. We go through so many problem with internet and I have to travel four hours by vehicle to reach the nearest Internet Cafe.
Thanks for the information and application form. However, I work in the remote area and there is no access to Internet Cafe. Therefore for the time being I send you what I have but I will send you more information with details later.
Many thanks and hear from you soon.
Stanley Kaka
Kasela Community Radio- Enga Province
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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