Definition is relevant. Continuing the brainstorming ... Good for the telecntres:
- community controlled local broadband ISP (license, good incoming line) - government empowerment, support for local mediation of network e-government services - recognition of public access as public service (like library) - IT-mentor, telecentre manager, community informatics specialist as recognized professions - telecentre quality assureance (different types, categories) - moving part of the information work (like database maintenance) form governmental institutions to telecentres (public telework) - promoting telecentre based green dollar (LETS) systems - matching BOP (Base of the Pyramid) initiatives and the telecentre movements - low cost (BOP-type) equipment, software for telecentres (some firms, HP, Intel, Microsoft and others have that, Linux of course) - best telecentre practice, case studies database - Telecottage Land - virtual community of telecentres, access to telecentres world-wide, direct communication, cooperation - free educational materials - eLearning - and other international network services for telecentres and their public Matyas Gaspar -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taran Rampersad Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Telecentres] Telecentre definition. I'm going to take another stab at this, since it's apparent that we're all speaking different languages. Can we all agree that: (1) Telecentres all have communications equipment. (2) Community, even when people don't physically socialize in the Telecentre itself, is at the core. (3) The information, or, the Knowledge (Sensible Communication and Information) is the reason Telecentres exist. This includes emailing pictures of grandchildren, learning a programming language, getting medical advice, flirting with the other gender and even simply playing games. And I am serious about the games; people underestimate games. I'll further ask that we can agree on: (1) Telecentes in the context of the WGIG relate to internet access, but are not limited to Internet Access. (2) Capabilities of Telecentres can be positively and negatively affected by proper and improper internet governance (respectively). Thus, the questions we now should have are: (1) What Internet Governance issues are good for Telecentres? (2) What Internet Governance issues are bad for Telecentres? Domain names? Bah, that's not relevant to any Telecentres I know of. Spam - yes. That's something that can choke the bandwidth of Telecentres - not to mention disgust people. Access to content - a big one. This relates to (a) languages, (b) licensing, (c) Standards being conformed to. I think it was the Plenary list where the fact that entire countries have their email blocked was revealed. I imagine that would affect Telecentres as well, and that's an Access and SPAM issue. Join in, brainstorm... if I do get selected for the WGIG, I'll need to know these things. And I think defining these things will really get us talking about a whole bunch of other related things. I'm compiling the list of concerns, so have at it. -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net " It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom."- Rollo May _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
