[Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT

[Andy Carvin]

Hi David,

Actually, I was referring to Tai's role in the Samoan govt; your 
nomination certainly wouldn't be a problem. Would you like us to include 
you? I wish I could give you a sense of the time commitment, but I 
imagine it would be significant; but the reality is that there are 
several dozen people being nominated and only a handful of them will 
likely be picked. (Which means all of this could just be an academic 
exercise on our part.)

Please let me know asap - I have to submit the list in 30 minutes!

ac

David Leeming PFnet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Actually I am not a government official, I am an independant consultant and
> UK citizen. Just happens I have been TA for PFnet since formulation and in
> the Sols since 1996. PFnet is a CSO (actually it is an activity of an
> umbrella CSO - RDVA). At the moment I don't even have a contract. Since June
> I have been waiting for a 2-year application of Pfnet to start funded by the
> EU, and am speaking on behalf of PFnet in a voluntary capacity. That makes
> it difficult for me to accept any new commitments, so really I hope Stuart
> would accept the nomination. But if you convince me it would not be too time
> consuming after Stuart's 90 minutes are up, get back to me.
> 
> David
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin at edc.org>
> To: "Fuatai Purcell" <fuatai.purcell at mof.gov.ws>; <telecentres at wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: "David Leeming PFnet" <leeming at pipolfastaem.gov.sb>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations
> mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi Tai,
>>
>>The only problem is that technically we can't nominate a government
>>official for a civil society slot. :-( You would have to wear a civil
>>society hat -- an affiliation with a NGO, etc.
>>
>>ac
>>
>>Fuatai Purcell wrote:
>>
>>>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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