[Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT

Wed Sep 29 11:39:17 BST 2004

Andy,

I accept nomination, hoping that if I am picked I can meet the requirements,
as I will be very busy indeed from shortly.....

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin at edc.org>
To: "David Leeming PFnet" <leeming at pipolfastaem.gov.sb>;
<telecentres at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: "'Tai Purcell'" <taipurcell at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Important: WGIG nominations
mustbesubmittedbymidnight GMT

> 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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> >>Andy Carvin
> >>Program Director
> >>EDC Center for Media & Community
> >>acarvin @ edc . org
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> >
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> Andy Carvin
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> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
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