MoeMaKa Projected Operations (2009 on ward)
1. Supporting MoeMaKa Reporting Team in Rangoon
Compose of 4 Teams covering different area and issues inside Burma for communication, traveling, rental space and equipment expenses.
2. Supporting MoeMaKa Communication Team in Thailand
Compose of 1 team as to work in operation communication center between Rangoon and US Team and also to co work for web casting and online publication of MoeMaKa web services. for communication, traveling, rental space and equipment expenses.
3. Publication of Books
Publishing of books written by Burmese exile writers, artists and also written by Burmese writers inside Burma banned or censored inside Burma which shall be also provided in e-PDF files to distribute inside Burma through email, CD ROM and USB devices.
We have following Burmese writers and artists in exile as our MoeMaKa advisory and contributors group such as Maung Swan Yi, a poet and critic, Director Win Pe, film director and artist, Mar Mar Aye, singer and artist and Aung Way, poet.
We are expecting to publish at least 3 books to 6 books per year.
4. Production of Multimedia Products
MoeMaKa has committed itself in archiving, recording and collecting oral and visual history from the view and the voice of Burmese contemporary artists, writers and dissidents. It is regularly at least weekly web casting from our website – http://moemaka.net - MoeMaKa audio & video gallery website.
With the advice and recommendation from our advisory team and also from the team from Rangoon and senior Burmese contributors, we will be doing documentary of such archives
We are expecting to produce at least 12 documentary pieces per year.
5. Royalties, Honorariums and Advisory Fees to Contributors
As we have published daily 3 to 5 articles per day, we have an average of 100 article published monthly online not mentioning relating photos, video and audio archives. While the production and operation costs are kept at minimum, we would like to show our thanks and appreciation to our contributors, artist and writers with some compensation. We will be providing either financial or material present to the writers and contributors.
6. Supporting Creativity, Capacity and Activity of Burmese Journalists, Writers and Artists of new generation
While we are supporting and running the existing operation of MoeMaKa, it is also crucial for us to keep an eye on the new generation of Burmese writers, journalists and artists. MoeMaKa will be finding such persons to support their creativity, capacity and activity to encourage them and also offer them an opportunity to work with MoeMaKa as a training ground. They can be either working with team in Rangoon or Thailand.
7. Translation of MoeMaKa in Burmese into English Project
MoeMaKa is been offering Burmese related news and articles in Burmese language to Burmese audience. As we need to tell the story of Burmese people’s struggle for democracy and freedom to the whole World in English language, we have started our first phase of presenting MoeMaKa in English.
We will be offering translation works and task to Burmese inside and outside Burma who want not only to improve English fluency but also have the interest to make this happen so that the world would be able to see through the reflection of Burmese people itself.
