Andy, I accept nomination, hoping that if I am picked I can meet the requirements, as I will be very busy indeed from shortly.....
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Leeming PFnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Tai Purcell'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT > Hi David, > > Actually, I was referring to Tai's role in the Samoan govt; your > nomination certainly wouldn't be a problem. Would you like us to include > you? I wish I could give you a sense of the time commitment, but I > imagine it would be significant; but the reality is that there are > several dozen people being nominated and only a handful of them will > likely be picked. (Which means all of this could just be an academic > exercise on our part.) > > Please let me know asap - I have to submit the list in 30 minutes! > > ac > > David Leeming PFnet wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Actually I am not a government official, I am an independant consultant and > > UK citizen. Just happens I have been TA for PFnet since formulation and in > > the Sols since 1996. PFnet is a CSO (actually it is an activity of an > > umbrella CSO - RDVA). At the moment I don't even have a contract. Since June > > I have been waiting for a 2-year application of Pfnet to start funded by the > > EU, and am speaking on behalf of PFnet in a voluntary capacity. That makes > > it difficult for me to accept any new commitments, so really I hope Stuart > > would accept the nomination. But if you convince me it would not be too time > > consuming after Stuart's 90 minutes are up, get back to me. > > > > David > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Fuatai Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "David Leeming PFnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations > > mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT > > > > > > > >>Hi Tai, > >> > >>The only problem is that technically we can't nominate a government > >>official for a civil society slot. :-( You would have to wear a civil > >>society hat -- an affiliation with a NGO, etc. > >> > >>ac > >> > >>Fuatai Purcell wrote: > >> > >>>Got your point Andy. > >>>In that case then, If you don't hear from Stuart in the next 90 minutes > > > > as > > > >>>you stated, then I nominate David Leeming from the Solomon Islands. > >>>If David does not want to, then I will nominate myself on the basis that > > > > I > > > >>>will attend the WSIS prepCOM in February as head of delegation from > > > > Samoa. > > > >>>See how small our countries are in the Pacific region? Decisions are > > > > easy to > > > >>>make!! > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: "David Leeming PFnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:14 AM > >>>Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations > >>>mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>David, I will take your endorsement as seconding Stuart's nomination. > >>>> > >>>>If I am not mistaken, isn't Stuart in Australia? Would it not be better > >>>>to have either you or Tai represent small SIDS directly? I don't have an > >>>> opinion on this; just curious. > >>>> > >>>>So now we have four people, one of whom has acknowledged interest in > >>>>being nominated. If we don't hear from the other three, we are left with > >>>>two choices: going forward with Taran, or submitting the others as well > >>>>and hoping they'll say yes after the fact. > >>>> > >>>>At this point I think we should close the nominations, since we would > >>>>really be pushing the ettiquette of the process if we submitted more > >>>>than four names. > >>>> > >>>>ac > >>>> > >>>>David Leeming PFnet wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I would like to echo Tai's comments. Small Islands Developing States > >>> > >>>(SIDS) > >>> > >>> > >>>>>suffer from enourmous challenges caused by small scale, lack of > >>> > >>>opportunity > >>> > >>> > >>>>>to aggregate demand, high costs, vulnerability to natural disasters, > >>> > >>>ethnic > >>> > >>> > >>>>>tension, lack of strategy and awareness at policy level etc etc. > >>> > >>>However, if > >>> > >>> > >>>>>done correctly, "telecentres" can bridge these constellations of > >>> > >>>islolated > >>> > >>> > >>>>>small communities in many ways. Also backing up Tai's comments further, > >>>>>sustainability through multi-sector partnerships is an essential > >>> > >>>strategy, > >>> > >>> > >>>>>that we have proven in the Solomons. We have self-sustaining > >>> > >>>Internet-based > >>> > >>> > >>>>>community communications facilities that are sustainable with a monthly > >>>>>income of not much more than it costs to buy a bubblejet ink cartridge > >>> > >>>(@ > >>> > >>> > >>>>>AUD 2,000 per litre of ink!!!! - so we use dot matrix printers.....). > > > > In > > > >>>>>recent research, we showed that affordability was not a major factor > >>>>>affecting utilisation of PFnet. The poorest of the 5 communities > >>> > >>>researched > >>> > >>> > >>>>>showed the second most utilisation, and all five communities had an > >>> > >>>average > >>> > >>> > >>>>>income of around USD1 per day or less. Therefore we need the SIDS > >>>>>perspective recognised. > >>>>> > >>>>>David Leeming > >>>>>Technical Advisor > >>>>>People First Network > >>>>>Solomon Islands > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>We do not have telecentres > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>in the Pacific yet, other than the PFNet in the Solomon Islands. It is > >>>>> > >>>>>very > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>important that we include someone to represent the small island > >>> > >>>developing > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>states. After all, telecentres will be one strong ICT initiative that > >>> > >>>can > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>help bridge the digital divide in our countries that are made up of > >>>>> > >>>>>hundreds > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>of smaller islands. I have no objection to the nominated people so > > > > far. > > > >>>>>But > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>it sounds to me that while they are experienced in telecentres etc. > > > > they > > > >>>>>are > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>all from the "highly populated" developing countries. The digital > > > > divide > > > >>>>>>cannot be bridged if small island developing states continue to sit on > >>> > >>>the > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>sidelines. There telecentre issues that are unique to small island > >>>>>>developing states. Thanks > >>>>>> > >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>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. > >>> > >>> > >>>>-- > >>>>-------------------------------------- > >>>>Andy Carvin > >>>>Program Director > >>>>EDC Center for Media & Community > >>>>acarvin @ edc . org > >>>>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org > >>>>http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > >>>>-------------------------------------- > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>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. > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>-------------------------------------- > >>Andy Carvin > >>Program Director > >>EDC Center for Media & Community > >>acarvin @ edc . org > >>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org > >>http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > >>-------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org > http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > -------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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.
