+1 Good on ya! Go right ahead!
Wesley Parish On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:47, John Carter wrote: > Greetings Folk, > > The deadline for nominations for the TUANZ (Telecommunications Users > Association of New Zealand)'s Innovation Awards is this Friday 14th July > 2006 > > Whilst Government's "Local Loop Unbundling" promises a rosy and > innovative future without the dead hand of Telecom at the helm.... > > It is not here yet, and nothing is yet available and nobody even has any > vapourware products based on it yet. > > Personally I haven't seen anything as innovative and promising happening > in the NZ Telecommunications arena as Don Gould's Community Wireless > projects. > > Partly to give Don a well deserved pat on the back, partly to boost the > media profile of the whole concept, I would like to nominate Don for this > award. > > But I need your help... > > Firstly some Questions.... > > 1) Does the community feel Don deserves this, or is there > somebody in the same arena that is more deserving? > > 2) The deadline is short, do we risk doing the matter an injustice by > rushing the nomination through in the next few days, or should we queue > this one for next year? > > Secondly, here is my first cut at filling in the nomination form. Where > I have got it wrong please correct, where I have missed something please > decrease my ignorance. > > This is a first rapid brain dump draft done in haste with the eye on the > deadline. I gone for "Release Early and Often" rather than "Careful > Craftmanship" on this one! > > Lines marked with a '>' are TUANZ text. Unmarked lines are my own. > > > I propose we use the "TUANZ Initiative of the Year" Award category, > other categories are available.... > > https://www.tuanz.org.nz/content/5a5e0624-a330-44b4-9e9f-74669efafb59.html > > > For a product, service or application facilitated or enabled by, the > > innovative use of technology in New Zealand, or by a New Zealand company > > overseas. Entries will be rated for the following: > > > > 30 points * Ground breaking nature of the innovation > > 30 points * level to which achievement is demonstrated > > 20 points * the importance and/or scale of the initiative > > 20 points * future impact of the initiative > > > > Total - 100 points > > The following TUANZ boilerplate suggests that they have an expectation > that this is self-submitted. However if the community nominates Don it > may have more weight. The question is can we get to the point within the > very short space of time to have a group such as Canterbury Linux group > to official nominate him, or must we do this just personally. > > > PLEASE COMPLETE THE ENTRY FORM BELOW: > > Name Please enter your name > > Don Gould > > > Job title > > What's yer title Don? Chief Community Wireless Nagger? > > > Company > > Do you have an umbrella organization for what you are doing? > > > Email > > Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Phone > > ???? - Don, could you fill in the ???? > > > Mobile > > ???? > > > Physical address > > ???? > > > Postal address (if different from above) > > ???? > > > ENTRIES WILL BE RATED FOR THE FOLLOWING: > > 30 points * Ground breaking nature of the innovation > > > > Judges will need to understand how this initiative is likely to change > > the face of telecommunications in NZ in a positive way. > > > > They will be looking to understand all of the following matters which > > should be addressed in your entry: > > > > Vision and understanding of what is of value to the telecommunications > > user Clear statement of the intended outcome of the initiative > > - Innovation in delivering this vision > > - Future development path of the initiative > > - How it sets a new standard for others to follow > > Max 300 words 30 points * level to which achievement is demonstrated > > "moving from centralized networks built by carriers to decentralized > services based on smart transmitters and receivers." > > Don, I could puts some words here, but that might be putting too many > words into your mouth. Do you have an "Elevator Speech" on the subject? > ie. 300 words on the vision of Community Wireless Networks? > > > Judges will be looking for empirical evidence (eg surveys, studies, > > customer statistics). Non-empirical evidence will not be considered. > > These reports may be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PDF format. > > Anybody has any material we could use here? > > > The extent of the market currently benefiting from the initiative must > > be stated. > > The judges will be looking for evidence that this is an operational > > reality and not a proposed future or partially completed initiative. > > Max 300 words > > 20 points * the importance and/or scale of the initiative > > Judges will be looking to understand how this changes the face of and > > the impact on telecommunications in NZ. > > Part of me says, "Delay this until next year when perhaps we can show > greater uptake." Part of me says "This is an opportunity to get community > attention on the promise of Community Networks." > > Don, you probably have the best knowledge of what the uptake is at the > moment. > > > Judges will be looking for answers to the following questions: > > How does this change the face of telecommunications in NZ? > > Community Networks have the potential to change telecommunications > services in the same way as the WWW itself changed the face of > information providers and hence the information content. > > The WWW changed content production from a small collection of extremely > large monolithic corporations to a very large number of small, but > extremely diverse content producers. > > CN holds the potential to transform the transmission, caching, > availability and nature of data services in the same way. > > > What proportion of the telecommunications market is benefiting from > > this initiative? > > Currently 0%, but like Open Source Software, it will have an avalanche > effect. The more nodes in the community, the more attractive it becomes. > > > Which sectors of the telecommunications market are benefiting from this > > initiative? > >Max 300 words 20 points * future impact of the initiative > > The prime candidates for benefiting from this innovation are > communities... > * Local "Neighbourhood" communities. > * Rural hamlets. > * Business and industry clusters. > * Special Interest Communities. > * Regional Development - It has the potential to grow into a citywide > infrastructure element aimed at encouraging regional growth in hi-tech. > > > Judges will be looking for answers to the following questions: > > Is this an initiative that others will follow either out of necessity > > to retain or grow market share or because it is a better way forward? > > Community Networks represents true innovation in that it is not > something that consumes existing market share, rather, like the WWW, > represents new opportunities in the areas of > * Hardware supply > * Service and Support > * Long haul / bulk data transport. > > > How will it contribute to the governments Digital Strategy goal of > > "top quartile in the OECD" > > Max 300 words > > * By lowering barriers to entry, > > * By removing centralized utilities as a "central point of failure" > (just ask Auckland Electricity Users what having a Central Point of > Failure means to them) :-) > > * By changing where the dividing line between the Digital Haves and Have > Nots if being drawn from > - where extremely large well fed Telcos can find good > profits, > - to where there is a need and will. > > > ====================================================== > > General Notes to self on first draft.... > - Too many gaps. > - Too much unsubstantiated waffle. > - No meaty description of what Don is actually doing. > > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Zealand > > Carter's Clarification of Murphy's Law. > > "Things only ever go right so that they may go more spectacularly wrong > later." > > From this principle, all of life and physics may be deduced. -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ------------- Mau ki ana, he aha te mea nui? You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku ki ana, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
