[Sethreports] Post #4 URGENT

[Seth Porcello]

---IMEMC NEEDS A VoIP BOX---

Hello everyone - We are initiating a very exciting project here at  
the IMEMC in Beit Sahour Palestine but we need a VoIP analog  
converter.  Can you donate?  We only need to raise 150 US dollars.

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Please send donations to:
Alden Penner
189 Rose-de-Lima
Montreal QC,Canada, H4C 2L1

OR for all you Montrealers, just drop by this address - find Alden  
Penner and stuff some money in his pocket.  NO DONATION IS TOO  
SMALL.  Support the non-violent resistance in Palestine.
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WHY WE NEED THE VoIP BOX:
A VoIP analog converter allows anybody with a phone (cell phone or  
land line) to call our computer at our studio in Beit Sahour  
Palestine and record an MP3 message.  We are currently setting up a  
network of community leaders, palestinian activists, village mayors,  
town councils, etc. all across palestine who would be able to phone  
in the news to our VoIP box whenever anything happens in their area.   
They would be able to give an up to date, real-time account of the  
news as it happens which we could then use to update our english  
language website, and in the semi-near future, create a live web  
stream of the phone-in reports for people to listen to.
WHY THIS WILL WORK:
Because this model of news reporting is one which is already in place  
in various forms all across palestine.  Unlike our media in the west,  
Arab TV and Radio stations are always open to people who may have  
news to report or a personal story to tell.  Many times people will  
have seen something particularly horrible at a checkpoint somewhere,  
and they will go to their local TV station and tell them about it.   
During the siege of the Nativity here in Bethlehem, TV stations were  
constantly informed of where the army was by local residents, so they  
would know where to film.  This meant that if the army was going to  
do something, they would have to do it on camera. This is a very  
common tactic in the resistance here.  I might also mention that  
nearly everyone in Palestine has a cell phone, which means that the  
potential for the breadth of coverage to be generated is enormous.
NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL!
If you are willing to donate, I would appreciate it if you would send  
me an email telling me how much you intend to donate.  This will help  
me coordinate the purchase in a more timely manner.

Much Love and resistance,
Seth