[imc-melbourne-work] iBurst card for G20 organising

[Phoenix Rose]

Hey there,

Some clarification: RMIT has wireless but it's not open to the public  
-- this info came from Rahima. Rahima is not on this list to my  
knowledge and doesn't need to be because it's an IMC organising list,  
not an RMIT G20 organising list. At last week's G20 media meet-up, we  
(Rahima, Anna, Tom, I, Pete) discussed asking IMC to put in for the  
iBurst card, I was delegated to ask the list but didn't get around to  
it until last night and Anna apparently put it to the IMC meeting the  
same day.  The decision at the meeting was as Harry described and I  
think that's fine.

I do think (with my Indymedia hat on, not my G20 hat on) that it's  
not a bad idea for Indymedia Melbourne to own an iBurst card for  
future protest coverage and while it's not a financial priority  
perhaps, we do (if I'm not wrong) still have a good amount of money  
in the bank even with the $1000 donation to axxs.

The two spaces are to do with having an 'edit suite' for video  
collection and download because some of the stuff Anna and Rahima are  
doing will be too high-res to just upload without compressing and  
editing first (at least, that was my understanding...)

Cheers,

phoenix

On 12/11/2006, at 12:22 AM, Liz Turner wrote:

>
> Rahima needs to be in on this discussion, as does Bryan the dude at  
> RMIT student union who knows how to hook up the computers in catalyst.
>
> It was my understanding that the catalyst space actually HAS  
> wireless, so this issue that has been difficult for a while, is no  
> longer an issue.. but I could be missing something?
>
> A-Lo, I think two spaces will be better than one, especially  
> because of size issues with the van. There may well be quite a few  
> people who want to do independent media stuff.
>
> Is Rahima on this list? Am I out of some crucial loop? If she's not  
> on the list, she has a lot of info and should be, as she has been  
> organising the RMIT G20 media space stuff.
>
> Phoenix, I don't reckon it should be a financial priority for  
> Indymedia to donate $366 to purchase this iBurst. If there ends up  
> being a decision to prioritise the purchase of this thingi, it will  
> need to be raised methinks.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Liz Turner
>
>
>> From: and <and at axxs.org>
>> Reply-To: "This is the email list for the collective working on  
>> indymediamelbourne." <imc-melbourne-work at lists.cat.org.au>
>> To: "This is the email list for the collective working on  
>> indymediamelbourne." <imc-melbourne-work at lists.cat.org.au>
>> Subject: Re: [imc-melbourne-work] iBurst card for G20 organising
>> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:50:42 +0000
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 11/11/2006, at 10:11 AM, Phoenix Rose wrote:
>>
>>> hey gang,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if indymedia can donate a little cash towards  
>>> buying  an iBurst card to make the RMIT workspace internet  
>>> capable during  the G20 weekend... and it would come in really  
>>> handy in the longrun  for mobile coverage of events anyway. A USB  
>>> modem is $300 and a  month's worth of access is $66.
>>
>> You can't get on the net at RMIT?? What about buying telstra  
>> hotspot  access? I'm not against it, just sussing out other  
>> options. seems to  make more sense for the mediavan idea rather  
>> than at rmit, but then i  am probably missing something.
>>
>> cheers.
>> and.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> And then we can cease access till we need it again for an event...
>>>
>>> What do you guys reckon?
>>>
>>> Phoenix
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