It was my pleasure, Joe. Thank you for taking the time to reply. There are certainly others more qualified in your field of work than I who I hope will respond to your message. I just have a good analytical eye and a teacher's mentality, always on the lookout for things that have applicable value. Using the technology we have already paid for - isn't that the point of the internet?
Regards, Karen Watters Cole East of Portland, West of Mt. Hood, Oregon Outgoing Mail Scanned by NAV 2002 Joe wrote: Thank you very much Karen. I happen to be the convenor of the IT Committee of our local accounting institute (a group that includes representatives from our national telecommunications regulator) and this is certainly the sort of thing that we constantly run around in circles about - how to make the Internet a relevant component of development not just in the accounting profession but for the country as a whole and how we as professionals can contribute to that utilisation. I will pass on this article most gratefully. I would add that I chose to say thanks via the list and not only to you directly in the hope that any list members who are familiar with other discussion groups or sites dealing with the role of IT in development (legislation, infastructure, reporting and control systems, etc) might be able to point me in their direction. Regards Joe Gichuki THE THREE DIGITAL DIVIDES By Eli Noam, Financial Times, October 31 2002 http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c =StoryFT&cid=1035872903532
