Thanks Cynthia for communicating the wishes of the contributors. The ball is now on the court of the media practitioners. Chi Jaama Joe >From: Cynthia Daniels <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Cynthia Daniels <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >CC: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Media Fund >Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:56:46 -0600 > >Hi All: > >The brutal murder of Deyda Hydara has re-sparked an interest in some to at >least start a dialogue >again about creating a fund to assist the Independent media with their >mounting financial obligations. > >Towards the end of 2003, a fund was created for that stated purpose. The >goal was to have Gambians >and Friends of Gambian contribute $1 per month thus eliminating a huge >financial burden on any one >individual. Those that couldn’t afford the $1 per month contribution had >the opportunity to >contribute any amount they could afford. Since that time, the total amount >collected in the fund >is $322. > >We, the contributors of the fund would like to transfer the custody of the >funds to the GPU or it's >designate in the US with one stipulation: The designated individual(s) >agree to continue raising >and managing the funds collected for the Independent media until it is >deemed by all pertinent >parties that a fund is no longer needed for the stated purpose. > >I would like to thank those who put this issue back on the table. > >Please take care… > >P.S. - Chris, can you forward this to the G-Talk and Post… > > > > >___________________________________________ >Cynthia M. Daniels >Northwestern University >Biomedical Engineering Department >2145 N. Sheridan Rd. >Technological Institute, E310 >Evanston, IL 60208 >Ameer Lab: 847-491-7646 >Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤