Could I join Michael below. As another normally silent but very interested witness, I think that DDN still has a very useful role to play. Our work here at CLICT is mostly focussed on urban/rural digital divide issues within the EU as well as digital divide issues in Kenya, India and a number of other countries...but we follow developments all over the world with great interest. There are so many issues that we have in common...as well as a few which are special across cultures... that "listening in" on what colleagues have to say is truly a salutary experience. There are multiple uses for DDN which we may not have yet properly explored or exploited...and since all of us are so busy the problems that have been raised over the past few days are understandable...but let's cogitate a bit more and keep the list going while we think of ways to improve matters all round. Meanwhile, I take this opportunity to convey our very best wishes for a very Happy New Year 2009 to all members.
Joe Professor Joseph A. Cannataci Director, Centre for Law, Information & Converging Technologies Harris Building HB260 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE England UK Tel: 0044 1772 893947 Fax: 0044 1772 892908 e-mail: jacannat...@uclan.ac.uk Web: www.uclan.ac.uk/clict >>> "Michael Malahy Morris" <mmmor...@unm.edu> 31/12/2008 00:25 >>> I have been a silent but interested witness to the list serve for several years now and have found this counsel by Taran to be the absolute best advice I have seen on DDs survival and prospects in many months. If we do not follow (even with modification) her suggestions here, I fear the network will not survive for long. My work in the Southwestern United States and with colleagues elsewhere in the world tell me we need DD but someone has to wrap their hands, heart and mind around this process and give us better direction. I also do not have the time (or the inside knowledge) to do this but I know we need this tool and its voices. Michael Malahy Morris Research Professor in Public Policy University of New Mexico On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:36:29 -0400 Taran Rampersad <taran.a.ramper...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personal opinion, meant constructively: > > DigitalDivide.net used to count, I think. I've gone >through with admin > powers and removed spam blog postings, deleted spam >users, and so forth. > I'm not sure exactly when that problem started - >probably along the > timeline that all the spam comments on the blogs started >showing up. The > explanation for how all of that happened and was handled >is a bit > sketchy, so it's difficult to say. > > The email list is stifled. And honestly, if I did have >the time and > energy to volunteer for moderating this email list, I >would. But I have > moderated email lists and discussion boards before, and >they can be very > problematic. Moderation requires someone whose eyes are >on every message > and who has the time to do things. > > And all of this gets back to the future of DDN because >in my mind there > is a question that there is a future of DDN. > > I think a lot of things are the result of the best >intentions. If there > is to be a future of DDN, we need to move past that and >move into what > the community wants. And while the community has pointed >out that > discussion has been stunted by moderation, the truth is >that the wiki > was presented and remains largely unused. > > So before we get into technicalities again, as well as >human moderation > of email messages, I suggest that people on the list >consider whether > they want DDN to have a future. That seems to be >missing. From there, we > can decide what that future will be. > > But first, people have to decide that they want it - and >decide what > they are willing to do toward a future of DDN. > > Andy Carvin wrote: >> Does the DDN website (www.digitaldivide.net) and >>TakingITGlobal not count, Deborah? >> >> ------------------------ >> Andy Carvin >> andycarvin at yahoo com >> www.andycarvin.com >> www.pbs.org/learningnow >> > -- > Taran Rampersad > taran.a.ramper...@gmail.com > > http://www.knowprose.com ( http://www.knowprose.com/ ) > http://www.your2ndplace.com ( http://www.your2ndplace.com/ ) > http://www.opendepth.com ( http://www.opendepth.com/ ) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ > > "Criticize by Creating" - Michelangelo > "The present is theirs; the future, for which I really >worked, is mine." - Nikola Tesla > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to >digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word >UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
