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Fwd: Re: [Kictanet] Desired Structure Summary
by Florence Etta 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

>Not sure if the first email I sent out as Alias got sent out but here it >is again. >In this email I will try to summarize the picture that emerged by the end >of last week's discussion on the desired structure for KICTANet. > >We seem to have suggestions as follows: > >1Mission: " Working together" (Waudo) > >2 Objectives: As suggested (Florence,Alice and Nkuuhe) > >3 Organisational type: Foundation/Trust (Brian) > >4 Name of Trust/Foundation: Trust (for) KICTANet/KICTANet >Foundation/KICTANet Trust > >5 Trustess?? 5-7 Organisations with clout and respect in Kenya > >6 Organisational Plan: Lean (Rigia, Harry, Mucheru) small secretariat say >3-person at any one time? Volunteers? Interns? > >7 Activities/Workplan As agreed at July 29th meeting? Others? > >We need to agree about the membership as well as membership >managemnet/plan. So for the rest of this week it would be good to respond >to these two issues. > >Specifically >1) who would you say qualifies for membership in this network? and > >2) how can membership be qualified or when does a member fail to be a member? > >This discussion will last only to the end of this week. > >Thanks and cheers, > >FE > > > > > > > > >To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new ><http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/security_centre/*http://uk.…>Yahoo! >Security Centre.

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by charles nduati 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

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Fw: [ISOC-members-announce] World Summit Youth Award
by Alex Gakuru 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Dear Colleagues, KICTANet being a corporate member of ISOC KE should know of this. Thank you, Alex Gakuru ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McAuley" <mcauley(a)isoc.org> To: <isoc-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:51 PM Subject: [ISOC-members-announce] World Summit Youth Award Dear Internet Society Members: One of the important activities which ISOC sponsors and supports is the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) program - an international Internet competition. It is an exciting program - as the saying goes "Youth is where IT is at!" Organized in the framework of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in partnership with the WSIS Youth Caucus, it is a program aimed at empowering youth by creating digital opportunity. There is an application deadline coming up - it is September 18th as noted below. The Youth Award program office has asked us to put out the information below and we are quite happy to do so. We encourage you to disseminate this widely among your circle of contacts, especially schools and universities. Please take a look below and also at the website at www.youthaward.org. Thank you, David David McAuley Membership Director Internet Society 703-326-9880, ext 104 703-963-5887 (mobile) mcauley(a)isoc.org WSYA Overview Are you under 27 with a cool emerging project on the web? Are you a young designer, web developer, social entrepreneur, music producer or artist looking for international exposure? Are you passionate about using technology for social change? Enter now at www.youthaward.org and showcase your project to the world! Sponsored by the Internet Society, the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is an international competition for youth-led projects that bridge the content gap in the emerging Information Society. It is the first global "youth for youth" initiative; promoting best practice in e-content and technological creativity and demonstrating young people's potential to create digital opportunities. WSYA is not only a showcase to the world for young designers, technologists and e-content creators, it also contributes on a global scale to reducing poverty, protecting the environment, sharing knowledge and empowering marginalized young people. We invite all local and national chapters of the Internet Society to promote WSYA and support this dynamic, youth-led initiative. Online projects may be submitted by all applicants less than 27 years of age until September 18, 2005 (by midnight, GMT) in three e-Content categories: *Development: Rewards the best online platform for youth centred around issues of poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, social justice, health or peace *Creativity and Culture: Celebrates the most innovative online platform highlighting young people's potential for producing creative content, promoting multilingualism, creating new contemporary forms of culture and preserving indigenous knowledge and/or traditional culture *Community Engagement: Showcases the most engaging online platform facilitating young people's participation in global, national or local decision-making processes and sharing news/ideas to empower youth and build community World Summit Youth Award finalists and category winners will be selected by members of the WSYA Jury. Comprised of 8-12 global experts in youth engagement, new media and social entrepreneurship, their creative minds bring diversity of perspectives and know-how to the WSYA. Projects will be evaluated on the basis of five criteria *Content: Quality, comprehensiveness and impact of content *Design: Usability and aesthetic value of site and graphics *Innovation & Creativity: Demonstration of significant originality and initiative. *Interactivity: Level of engagement and action offered by to site users *Sustainability: Level of project sustainability over time. WSYA is organized within the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society in partnership with the WSIS Youth Caucus. WSYA is sponsored by the Internet Society, Siemens AG and Logitech and is operating under the patronage of Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media. The WSYA Coordination Team is headquartered at the International Center for New Media (ICNM), an independent non-profit organisation based in Salzburg, Austria. For all media enquiries or to obtain a printed press kit, please contact: Thomas Biebl, WSYA Project Manager World Summit Youth Award Office ICNM - International Center for New Media Moosstraße 43a. 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA Email: biebl(a)icnm.net/ Phone: + 43.662.630408.40 Fax: + 43.662.630408.22 _______________________________________________ ISOC-members-announce mailing list ISOC-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/isoc-members-announce To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: isoc-members-announce-leave(a)elists.isoc.org Please note that by leaving this membership list you will also be resigning ISOC membership.

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Fw: [governance] Signposts in Cyberspace report
by alice＠apc.org 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller(a)syr.edu> To: <plenary(a)wsis-cs.org> Cc: <governance(a)lists.cpsr.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: [governance] Signposts in Cyberspace report > Colleagues, > > Recently, The National Academies Computer Science Telecommunications > Board study, "Signposts in Cyberspace" was released. It deals in detail > with "Internet Governance" issues surrounding the DNS. I was on the > study committee and think its worth the attention of your readers. > > A "summary brochure" highlighting the report contents and takes readers > to the download site. It is at: > > http://www.cstb.org/dns/signpost.html > > Unlike anything else available on the topic, it provides a compendium > of historical information, technical details, and reasoned analysis > about alternative courses of policy by a group of experts representing > and considering a wide range of viewpoints. We agreed on some things and > not on others- and the report details why. > > > > Dr. Milton Mueller > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > http://www.digital-convergence.org > http://www.internetgovernance.org > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance(a)lists.cpsr.org > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance >

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Re: [Kictanet] Fw: [governance] Emergency resolution on .xxx recall -and thedestruction of ICANN's integ
by John Walubengo 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Mhhh... very interesting thread. thanx for keeping me (us?) posted on some of these issues. walu. >>> <alice(a)apc.org> 08/16/05 05:52pm >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller(a)syr.edu> To: <NCUC-DISCUSS(a)listserv.syr.edu> Cc: <governance(a)lists.cpsr.org>; <iza(a)anr.org>; <vb(a)bertola.eu.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: [governance] Emergency resolution on .xxx recall - and thedestruction of ICANN's integrity > Many of us have warned for years that the US's unilateral political > power over ICANN was a problem. Too many people didn't listen. Now that > power is being displayed and used in a way that even the most abject > apologists for the system cannot deny. > > Over the weekend ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee transmitted a > letter asking ICANN to reverse its decision to approve the .xxx TLD. A > letter from the US Commerce Dept supporting that request has also been > filed. http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gallagher-to-cerf-15aug05.pdf > > > I believe it is essential that NCUC, ALAC and WSIS civil society join > together in a resolution or letter to ICANN, its GAC and the US Commerce > department expressing concern over and opposition to the GAC's attempt > to reverse the .xxx delegation. > > What is at stake here is the very model of the Internet as a private > sector and civil society-driven institution, and as an INTERNATIONAL > institution. This is not about .xxx per se. (although it should be noted > that all .xxx proposes to do is openly and accurately identify porn on > the Internet, which is in every legitimate user's interest. The > creation of a .xxx TLD does not CREATE pornography, which we all know is > already out there.) > > The decision by the US to exercise in an unambiguous way its unilateral > power over ICANN has been made in a surprising context. But I have > checked the facts and there is no doubt about it. The US Commerce > Department's Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson, confirmed by the Senate > July 22, is responsible for the sudden decision of the US to support the > GAC's attack on ICANN's delegation process. Sampson was influenced by > the Family Research Council, a culturally conservative religious group > in the US, which made it an issue. Sampson is a graduate of David > Lipscomb University , the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and > earned his doctorate at Abilene Christian University. > http://www.commerce.gov/bios/sampson_bio.htm > > ICANN participants must stand up for the integrity of the institution > as a global, legitimate policy making system. One government cannot be > given an arbitrary and unlimited power to reverse the result of a > decision making process that has gone on for five years and consumed > millions of dollars in resources, just because a domestic political > constituency doesn't like the result. > > If this recall is allowed to go forward unchallenged, governments will > have asserted and gained a form of arbitrary power over the Internet at > its very core. ICANN's often flawed attempt to be a bottom-up > organization will be completely defeated, forever. This is a very > important issue. It is essential for ALAC, NCUC and other civil society > actors to unite on this. > > I will be drafting a proposed short resolution. I hope to transmit it > to these lists soon. > > > Dr. Milton Mueller > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > http://www.digital-convergence.org > http://www.internetgovernance.org > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance(a)lists.cpsr.org > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet

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KICTANet activities
by emutua 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

I would like to inquire if there any areas of collaboration or stages at which i can join in currently with some of ICT related programs we intend to to initiate here at theNational Council of NGOs' for our member networks.In the case of voip i would suggest an voip network connectivity for cso's (is it possible to intergrate their separate ones into one intergrated network that is viable ?with ofcourse an isp -preferably ARCC,which is a cso).Thanks for any of your response. Emanuel Mutua Network administrator Tel:+254(020) 2715259, 2738288 Fax:+254(020) 273 6345 GSM:0733 772580, 0720 707927 Website:www.ngocouncil.org

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Fw: KICTANet activities
by alice＠apc.org 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "wanjiru njogu" <luchiru(a)yahoo.com> To: <alice(a)apc.org> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:42 PM Subject: KICTANet activities > Alice, for Goal-ICT it will be more specific to the > youth as relates to the consumer awareness campaign. > > Lucy. > > --- wrote: > >> Dear all >> >> Some of the activities that we had agreed upon >> during the planning meeting >> are due to begin soon. >> Among them under advocacy >> 1. Consumer awareness campaigns comprising: >> -Study consumer lobby groups in Kenya (James >> Nguo) >> -SMS broadcasts (One World) >> -Monthly public Forums (KIS) >> -Workshop for media people (Media ICT >> network) >> >> Some of the organisations have already begun >> discussions on the budget and >> activities. We are currently discussion the SMS >> broadcasts with One world. >> >> Other activities that KICTANet will support are >> >> ISOC public Forum TBC >> LinuxChix Career workshop for high school girls to >> be held in September 10 >> 2005. We are hoping that this activity will linked >> to the breakfast meeting >> we had proposed for women parliamentarians. >> >> Members interested in supporting or getting engaged >> in any of the above >> activities please let me know. >> >> thanks >> alice >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke >> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >

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Fw: [governance] Emergency resolution on .xxx recall - and thedestruction of ICANN's integrity
by alice＠apc.org 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller(a)syr.edu> To: <NCUC-DISCUSS(a)listserv.syr.edu> Cc: <governance(a)lists.cpsr.org>; <iza(a)anr.org>; <vb(a)bertola.eu.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: [governance] Emergency resolution on .xxx recall - and thedestruction of ICANN's integrity > Many of us have warned for years that the US's unilateral political > power over ICANN was a problem. Too many people didn't listen. Now that > power is being displayed and used in a way that even the most abject > apologists for the system cannot deny. > > Over the weekend ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee transmitted a > letter asking ICANN to reverse its decision to approve the .xxx TLD. A > letter from the US Commerce Dept supporting that request has also been > filed. http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gallagher-to-cerf-15aug05.pdf > > > I believe it is essential that NCUC, ALAC and WSIS civil society join > together in a resolution or letter to ICANN, its GAC and the US Commerce > department expressing concern over and opposition to the GAC's attempt > to reverse the .xxx delegation. > > What is at stake here is the very model of the Internet as a private > sector and civil society-driven institution, and as an INTERNATIONAL > institution. This is not about .xxx per se. (although it should be noted > that all .xxx proposes to do is openly and accurately identify porn on > the Internet, which is in every legitimate user's interest. The > creation of a .xxx TLD does not CREATE pornography, which we all know is > already out there.) > > The decision by the US to exercise in an unambiguous way its unilateral > power over ICANN has been made in a surprising context. But I have > checked the facts and there is no doubt about it. The US Commerce > Department's Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson, confirmed by the Senate > July 22, is responsible for the sudden decision of the US to support the > GAC's attack on ICANN's delegation process. Sampson was influenced by > the Family Research Council, a culturally conservative religious group > in the US, which made it an issue. Sampson is a graduate of David > Lipscomb University , the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and > earned his doctorate at Abilene Christian University. > http://www.commerce.gov/bios/sampson_bio.htm > > ICANN participants must stand up for the integrity of the institution > as a global, legitimate policy making system. One government cannot be > given an arbitrary and unlimited power to reverse the result of a > decision making process that has gone on for five years and consumed > millions of dollars in resources, just because a domestic political > constituency doesn't like the result. > > If this recall is allowed to go forward unchallenged, governments will > have asserted and gained a form of arbitrary power over the Internet at > its very core. ICANN's often flawed attempt to be a bottom-up > organization will be completely defeated, forever. This is a very > important issue. It is essential for ALAC, NCUC and other civil society > actors to unite on this. > > I will be drafting a proposed short resolution. I hope to transmit it > to these lists soon. > > > Dr. Milton Mueller > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > http://www.digital-convergence.org > http://www.internetgovernance.org > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance(a)lists.cpsr.org > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance >

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Fwd: Re: Call Centre in Nairobi
by Florence Etta 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Hi all, >Some interesting work (if you have not seen it already) which was done by >USAID consultants for Ministry of Education is available >at <http://ict.aed.org/kenya>http://ict.aed.org/kenya Comments are >still welcome. The MoEST is reviewing the document at the moment. > Cheers, FE

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Fw: [DigAfrica] VOIP is a Challenge for Telephone Firms in Kenya
by alice＠apc.org 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

VOIP is a Challenge for Telephone Firms > The Nation (Nairobi) > > COLUMN > August 16, 2005 > Posted to the web August 15, 2005 > Pauline Wangui > Nairobi > > It is now official. The Communications Commission of Kenya last week > issued guidelines for the provision of voice over internet protocol > (VoiP). > > Going by the Commission's definition, VoiP is the transmission of > voice as packets over traditional switched networks or over internet > networks (a telecommunication service whereby voice messages are > transmitted as packets over the internet or other telecommunications > network). > > This means that VoIP is finally taking off and the prospect of > internet telephony displacing traditional telephony is now a reality. > > VoiP kills distance, and is of great interest within the telecom > industry. With VoiP service, subscribers have an opportunity to > significantly reduce their local and long-distance calling expenses, > while long-distance carriers have an opportunity to possibly avoid > sharing a large portion of their revenues with the local telephone > companies for use of their access links. > > Moreover, VoiP enables a rich array of services ranging from web-like > phone displays, information services, and data exchange. > > This is a transformative technology, that will redefine the phone and > the way people use it. > > As more businesses and consumers adopt the lower-cost alternative of > VoIP, the normal carriers will be forced to lower their wireline > intercarrier tariffs in order to compete. > > Already, large companies like Time Warner Cable have experimented VoiP > service within their various service territories over the past year. > > Although regulation for VoiP is still being defined, operators > including incumbent Telkom Kenya and new entrants can now incorporate > VoiP as long as they have been licensed. > > However there are key business issues to be addressed. > > The bottom line is that for this or any technology to flourish, there > must be a sustainable business model behind it. The door to the inner > core of telecommunications has just been opened to innovators willing > to expand on relatively simple technologies of digitizing and putting > voice in packets. > > This ability enables a new paradigm in the telecom sector that is > really just beginning. But are the traditional voice carriers ready to > deal with VoiP at operational levels, are they prepared and are they > capable of managing a successful migration?. > > Companies like Net2Phone and Vonage press ahead with new business > models. New comers like Skype and Free World Dial-Up drive innovation > and integration of new uses. > > Collectively such consistently reshape their markets by adopting new > business models that provide for layered services like voice, data, > video, audio and internet. Such innovators can and will erode the > revenue base that the telecom industry fights so hard to hang on to. > > Corporate strategy will have to be reconsidered and decisions made > about the new position in the new voice market. > > Flexible and effective management information systems have to be put > in place in the new environment. Migrations plans must be put in place > to ensure that the migration to VoiP is both operationally and > financially successful. > > Telcos must move fast to position themselves in the VoiP value chain. > They are used to focusing on maximizing returns from their current > infrastructure. > > However, with many new VoIP entrants expected in the market, the > traditional operators cannot afford to sit back as simple > infrastructure providers but need to effect strategies that maintain > their positions. They need to work out how best to position themselves > in this new IP-driven value chain and assess the impact this will have > on their already existing business. > > They also need to know how they intend to deal with new alliances and > partnership with applications and content providers as they maintain > customer s during migration. > > Among the main issues operators will face in the transition are costs > and success of customer migration. > > Extensive investment is required. Risks associated with migration need > to be addressed. > > VoiP-specific issues, such as voice quality and customer churn have to > be looked into. > > With VoiP, the market battle is expected to intensify. What IP > services do consumers want? Who can best deliver them? > > Who can build a sustainable business model, and who will continue the > evolution by keeping the pressure on all the players to innovate. > > These are just but few issues. In telecommunications, you lead, follow > or get out of the way. You can be a steamroller, or you can become > part of the pavement others walk on. > > But if you are, innovative, and creative, you can outrun the telecom > industry that is still slow in this region. > > The writer is a telecoms strategy analyst. > > http://allafrica.com/stories/200508151302.html > > > > > Dig Africa site welcomes you to join us at > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Digafrica > > Also if you are interested to join a Swahili/English discussion group > click > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/kiswahili > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "DigAfrica" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigAfrica-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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