[Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT

[Fuatai Purcell]

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" <acarvin at edc.org>
To: "David Leeming PFnet" <leeming at pipolfastaem.gov.sb>;
<telecentres at wsis-cs.org>
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 -----
> >
> >
> >
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