Dear Pam and hello all, I certainly hope that (it is my own respectful challenge in our attemtps to be of service to one another) * Respectful Interfaces* is relevant to all networking, wherever persons, ideas, events, entities we can discern as being different but wanting to partner exist. In my Tunis paper as presented I emphasized our need to be able to talk to each other about what we are doing. We know that thematically RESPECT communicates quite well (quotations from U.N. Secy. Genl. Kofi Annan, ITU Secy. Genl. Utsumi, persons here and on WSIS-2-Tunis/SMSI Plenary Discussion Listv were given as example). It is also a framework - model, tool or technology - for describing how things get done, incorporating many models of both policy and concrete plan development .
I would like to correspond offline about this approach which is an "interlingua" developed over decades, in academe and industry. Most of all we look to inidividuals and how they can interface respectfully (and productively) through sensitivity to "where others are" as well as ourselves and what they need : "respective" to: *R*equirements, *E*quipping, *S*pecifications, *Pl*anning, Execution (Implementation) and *T*ransfer (Delivery or output, and revising). this approach responds to development models (including software systems on team bases) of many origins, classical to modern. I want to apply it wherever others find it useful, keep it simple, adapt to different domains. (Opportnities for application in Tunis abounded and it was and is wonderful to experience). The thought is that our own dreams and needs live in a 'world' of those of all persons. By caring where the other "is" as well as ourselves, agendas become passports. We can lay out where we are, where we want to go, where others are, where they are going, and embrace all members of groups and groups of groups with comfort and optimism. I will launch a discussion forum for "Respites" and include examples of past applications. For the present, it will be a pleasure to meet the people here in all fora, and I look forward to correspondence. In the meantime, I will try to venture a *Respectful Interfaces* response to your own appreciated post and materials I can find on the Net of other members here. What I do like to do is collect other models for "getting things done." It helps keep one's own approaches up to par and acknowledge all the other important work just across borders where we can gather with respect for one another while retaining individuality and the dignities of autonomy. Very best wishes, thanking you, and looking forward to "interconnections," LDMF. Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff Individual e-post. / spontaneous. For Identification: Online life ARPANET 1960's -- member original gml Design Team (html precursor).. Present activities: Civil Society NGOs at the United Nations, New York. Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors, the Communications Coordination Committee for the U.N.; National Disability Party, International Disability Caucus. On 12/5/05, Pamela McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dr.l.d.misek-falkoff wrote: > > > Dear Kris and all interested, Please join me in the *Respectful > > Interfaces* Programme of the Communications Coordination Committee for > > the U.N.; I worked with Abraham Maslowe himself and feel you post has > > an affinity with prioritizing of needs. [the needs/achievement > > pyramids, etc., starting with respect for the absolute basics in life]. > > I would like to express a possible interest in this. > > CAWDnet's ICT4D (Information and Communications Technology for > Development) emphasis is on enabling Development through effective two > way Communication and Information exchange enabled by Technology. We are > exploring ways to use ICTs to enable people who are experts in rural > poverty (the people who live in rural areas) to "rub minds" with people > who have resource/information/expertise/power to help them solve their > problems. > > When we did a needs analysis in Oke-Ogun various issues came up, and our > desire is to action all of them effectively (and then find out and > action more) - and to repeat the process in other areas of rural > Nigeria. People were invited to various community meetings and asked to > discuss and report back on needs that could be served by having > information or training. The expressed needs were, water and sanitation, > various other health issues, a micro-credit scheme (and a larger loan > for a tractor for a group of women who wanted to reduce the amount of > farm labouring their children did so they could go to school more), job > creation, solar cooking, a library, more information about marketing > etc to enable the farmers to benefit more from their crops, and ICT > training for teachers. > > Is this the kind of thing that is relevant to the *Respectful > Interfaces* Programme of the Communications Coordination Committee for > the U.N? > > Pam > > Pamela McLean > CAWDnet convenor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.cawd.info > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
