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. _______________________________________________ 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.
