Dear Anne -Catherine On 13 Oct 2004 at 0:07, Anne-Catherine Yon wrote:
Thank you for your comments, great!. > So what do you think prevent telecenters to move > further and to organize themselves in a global association? It's not > as if we were started from nowhere. There are now some years of > experiences worldwide on telecenters development, of every type, > success stories as failures, professional people in this field, > regional and national networks, etc. Some global associations have > started with less than that! If there is a true expectation for a > global network from telecenters, I don't understand what prevents to > do it... just a leader to start the move maybe. Yes, we have a number of Telecenter Networks but I think the problem is that many of them don't understand what there real role is. They see themselves basically as mutual support networks and that is good so and that is one important role BUT they have an even more important role to act as the representatives of the telecenters and as a bridge in the between the telecenters and their users and the private and governmental sector. Only strong Telecenter Networks with a clear vision and mission can be serious partners for the private and governmental sector. When we talk for example about "HelpNets" for Telecenters we should define the role of the Help Net not just in providing support on technology and running of the telecenter, the HelpNet also has to have the role to co-ordinate and establish the mechanisms and tools I was talking about in my original email. If we base regional, hemispheric and global associations of Telecenters on just supporting each other that is fine, but it will have no real impact and the private and governmental sectors will go on trying to make the decisions without us. If we base these associations on the need to create joint mechanisms and tools that allow us to interact as equal partners with all sectors we will have a real impact for social and economical development. What we need is not just a leader, what we need is a new vision for Telecenter Networks working together as social enterprises for social and economical development. What prevents us from doing it is simply that some networks are just happy to support themselfes and their members whilst others want to go the next step towards the social enterprise concept of Telecenter Networks. Both is totally valid but we are not singing from the same song sheet and that different vision and mission is what is holding us back. Yours Klaus _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
