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Fwd: Local Content Issues and beyond......
by Wainaina Mungai 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:46:53 +0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Local Content Issues and beyond...... To: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> Thanks Nyaki, Going down memory lane, we had the non-commercial Open Knowledge Network (OKN) in which local content was developed under the banner of "local people, local languages, local content". We enabled people in various communities to place "their own" content onto the web. From Siaya to Kwale and Kibera to Isinya, locals loaded content to a central hub using both online & offline means. Access We also had to address the access question by using offline means of getting content (e.g. collect data on diskette in a remote village in Kwale and take it to Mombasa to upload it) onto web and giving access to communities through free Worldspace receivers. That may be another example in defining local content. CONTENT However, the OpenKnowledge.net approach may not be an ideal definition of local content....but it provides local languages to local knowledge to locals....in a village that may not have had it's issues online. To many players, some questions arise: - Is that the local content that one can build a sustainability model around? - Is the non-profit intervention like OKN feasible? - Is a "local language" (Digo, Kuria, Rendille) pursuit the way to go or is the development of local knowledge language-independent? Good day, Wainaina On 11/20/08, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Okay.......okay....Tandaa and beyond. My honest opinion from this flurry of > emails is the following: > > 1. We need to discuss more about local content > and define it within our > context. I think the piece Eric Aligula sent is a > good starting point and there > are similar ones. There have been many debates > around these issues, remember > less than a decade ago the debate was all about > we in Africa needing > access.....the key word was 'access'. > > 2. Then, > we started getting the 'access' we so desired, the debate moved to "access > to > what?"....that is where the local content issues come in. Aligula's piece > defined it as Localcontent is the expression andcommunication of a > community's locally owned and adapted knowledge andexperience that is > relevant to the community's situation. A great starting point but we do not > have to stick to that definition but we can refine it in our context and > maybe that is partially where the challenge lies. > > 2. The other issue I > can flesh out is the fact that there are many who are involved in > local > content development; and either they are not known or they have not > made > themselves known. Maybe we need to provide a platform for them to > show-case > what they are doing but within a defined definition. > > Ladies > and gentlemen, debate is healthy, but there are pertinent issues that are > coming > out that some may deem 'noise' but my research nose smells the > beginning of a > great venture. Maybe we needed Tandaa to simply get us here. > Let us refocus. > > Nyaki > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Made in Kenya Network Apt. B-8, Elite Park Ole Odume Road P. O. Box 72031 - 00200 Nairobi. Kenya Tel: +254-20-3590451 Cel: +254-722-811171 Cel: +254-735-370840 www.madeinkenya.org http://www.bungesms.com -- Sent from my mobile device Made in Kenya Network Apt. B-8, Elite Park Ole Odume Road P. O. Box 72031 - 00200 Nairobi. Kenya Tel: +254-20-3590451 Cel: +254-722-811171 Cel: +254-735-370840 www.madeinkenya.org http://www.bungesms.com

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Local Content Issues and beyond......
by Wainaina Mungai 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:46:53 +0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Local Content Issues and beyond...... To: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> Thanks Nyaki, Going down memory lane, we had the non-commercial Open Knowledge Network (OKN) in which local content was developed under the banner of "local people, local languages, local content". We enabled people in various communities to place "their own" content onto the web. From Siaya to Kwale and Kibera to Isinya, locals loaded content to a central hub using both online & offline means. Access We also had to address the access question by using offline means of getting content (e.g. collect data on diskette in a remote village in Kwale and take it to Mombasa to upload it) onto web and giving access to communities through free Worldspace receivers. That may be another example in defining local content. CONTENT However, the OpenKnowledge.net approach may not be an ideal definition of local content....but it provides local languages to local knowledge to locals....in a village that may not have had it's issues online. To many players, some questions arise: - Is that the local content that one can build a sustainability model around? - Is the non-profit intervention like OKN feasible? - Is a "local language" (Digo, Kuria, Rendille) pursuit the way to go or is the development of local knowledge language-independent? Good day, Wainaina On 11/20/08, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Okay.......okay....Tandaa and beyond. My honest opinion from this flurry of > emails is the following: > > 1. We need to discuss more about local content > and define it within our > context. I think the piece Eric Aligula sent is a > good starting point and there > are similar ones. There have been many debates > around these issues, remember > less than a decade ago the debate was all about > we in Africa needing > access.....the key word was 'access'. > > 2. Then, > we started getting the 'access' we so desired, the debate moved to "access > to > what?"....that is where the local content issues come in. Aligula's piece > defined it as Localcontent is the expression andcommunication of a > community's locally owned and adapted knowledge andexperience that is > relevant to the community's situation. A great starting point but we do not > have to stick to that definition but we can refine it in our context and > maybe that is partially where the challenge lies. > > 2. The other issue I > can flesh out is the fact that there are many who are involved in > local > content development; and either they are not known or they have not > made > themselves known. Maybe we need to provide a platform for them to > show-case > what they are doing but within a defined definition. > > Ladies > and gentlemen, debate is healthy, but there are pertinent issues that are > coming > out that some may deem 'noise' but my research nose smells the > beginning of a > great venture. Maybe we needed Tandaa to simply get us here. > Let us refocus. > > Nyaki > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Made in Kenya Network Apt. B-8, Elite Park Ole Odume Road P. O. Box 72031 - 00200 Nairobi. Kenya Tel: +254-20-3590451 Cel: +254-722-811171 Cel: +254-735-370840 www.madeinkenya.org http://www.bungesms.com -- Sent from my mobile device Made in Kenya Network Apt. B-8, Elite Park Ole Odume Road P. O. Box 72031 - 00200 Nairobi. Kenya Tel: +254-20-3590451 Cel: +254-722-811171 Cel: +254-735-370840 www.madeinkenya.org http://www.bungesms.com

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The Net reveals the ties that bind....what will it take to live in a networked world?
by alice 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Can we not have a civil/productive discussion about content without name calling etc etc. Could we re-focus and work on trying to discuss/tackle/ the serious issues of local content...there is no need to feed the trolls! best alice ---------------------------------- And an interesting article: Regular columnist Bill Thompson wonders what it will take to get used to living in a networked society. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7733368.stm: One of the throwaway remarks I sometimes make at conferences is that "Google knows you're pregnant before you do". I can say this because the things you search for will change as your life changes, and search engine providers may well be able to spot the significance of these changes because they aggregate data from millions of people. Now Google's philanthropic arm, google.org, has shown just what it can do with the data it gathers from us all by offering to predict where 'flu outbreaks will take place in the USA. It has found that "certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity", in that they correlate well with reports from the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it claims that "across each of the nine surveillance regions of the United States, we were able to accurately estimate current flu levels one to two weeks faster than published CDC reports", a result that could save people's lives by alerting them to have 'flu vaccinations earlier than they might otherwise have done. This is a really interesting piece of work and clearly demonstrates the power of data mining. Its potential usefulness is not limited to health matters. Pick and mix As John Naughton pointed out in The Observer, "everyone I know in business has known for months that the UK is in recession, but it's only lately that the authorities have been in a position to confirm that - because the official data always lag the current reality." Bill Thompson It is hardly surprising that we do not yet know how to operate in a networked world where amazingly detailed data is routinely stored, processed and made available. Bill Thompson Perhaps the answer lies buried somewhere in the queries being made online, with company directors or politicians searching for terms that imply a coming recession, like details of redundancy pay or bankruptcy protection. It isn't only Google who can do this of course. Its database of queries is vast and fast-growing, but it is only one among many databases that underpin the modern world. The banking system is really only a collection of collected databases recording who has which assets, while neither government nor business could operate without complex data stores. Soon the national ID register will store details of everyone in the UK, while the forthcoming Communications Data Bill is likely to include proposals to create a vast system that will record details of every e-mail sent, every website surfed and every file downloaded. As we have seen with flu trends, sometimes the "interesting" knowledge that can be extracted is well-concealed until comparisons can be made with other sources, as it was the correlation between some search terms and the real-world data that mattered. Of course Google has not revealed which search terms it analysed because doing so would undermine the model's effectiveness. Unfortunately it is being equally reticent about how it has ensured that the data its uses is properly anonymised so that users cannot be identified on the basis of their queries. A letter from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Patient Privacy Rights to Google boss Eric Schmidt has not been answered, leaving those concerned with online privacy uncertain over the broader implications of the project. Early warning But as Cade Metz points out in an insightful article in The Register, we may all be happy to know that a 'flu outbreak is coming, but what happens when the disease involved is more life-threatening and the government asks Google for the names and IP addresses of anyone whose search terms indicate that they are infected? Memory stick, SPL Analysing queries could give hints about other problems It's not that I don't trust Google. I don't trust any company, government department or individual without a good reason to do so. In the case of search engines that claim to protect my privacy I want to know just how they do it and will not accept vague reassurances. In the case of governments that want to build vast databases, I want strong legal sanctions against their abuse and full disclosure of the technical details. Those of us living in the west with access to technology and the network have lived through a revolution in the last decade and a half that is as radical in its impact as the industrial revolution, and it has happened a lot faster. It is hardly surprising that we do not yet know how to operate in a networked world where amazingly detailed data is routinely stored, processed and made available. We will need to think in new ways, learn to assess risk according to new criteria, and find ways to hold those who have power over us - whether political, social or cultural - accountable in new ways. The US writer Curt Monash has written about this topic many times over the years, arguing that since we clearly cannot halt the move towards data capture and use we should put legal and regulatory frameworks in place as a matter of urgency. We have made a start in Europe with data protection legislation which could be strengthened and reinforced if politicians were willing to make the effort. But first we need an active press and an engaged population, one that asks hard questions, forces those who want to develop new databases to be accountable and open, and makes the boundaries of acceptable surveillance a matter of public debate. And perhaps we should ask google.org to start work on "Privacy Trends", hoping to spot privacy disasters before they happen by looking at searches for "compromised data", "hacked database" and "lost USB stick". Bill Thompson is an independent journalist and regular commentator on the BBC World Service programme Digital Planet.

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Re: [kictanet] Tandaa - An Honest Analysis
by Gakuru Alex 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Internet users (online) harassment complaint. Similar complaints <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071113105315AAHB17z> --------------------------- The moderator of Kazi-Africa googlegroup is driving me insane....please help someone !! anyone ?? I never subscribed to Kazi-Africa googlegroup but found myself somehow receiving a million and one emails from them .I have no connection whatsoever with this group and attempted on numerous occasions to unsubscribe ...all my attempts failed. Finally i write demanding that i be unsubscribed or i will report it as abuse -the moderator (Robert Alai) then sends me a message being abusive and swearing and making all sorts of insulting remarks ...I apologise and explain i was merely irate cause my inbox was being flooded with postings and i just wanted to be unsubscribed.....he keeps sending me replies refusing to unsubscribe me and looked at my surname and tells me I must be a racist thats why I dont want their emails and he made several threats with dealing about my racism lol ....not once was i rude or abusive to him prior to this...i then wrote him and told him he was ignorant and had no sense and im not responding to him ........any ideas ??there isnt a report abuse on googlegrps * 1 year ago On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Robert Alai <alai.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Gakuru > > E mail addresses we will get. And I dont know what mechanism Kenya will use > to police the internet but you are in a very loooooooooooong dreaam > > Alai > > On 11/19/08, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Robert Alai <alai.robert(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Ngómbe hii >> > >> >> While we await for the passing of ICT/KCA Bill that will criminalise >> spam, I urge local conferences organisers not to release attendees >> email addresses nor publish them on websites. >> >> Regards, >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: alai.robert(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alai.robert%40gmail.com >> >> > >

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Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in several languages -How to apply for a new Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) check it out!]
by alice 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

*How to Apply for a New Generic Top Level Domain* <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm> العربية <http://www.icann.org/ar/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-ar.htm> | 中文 <http://www.icann.org/zh/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-zh.htm> | Français <http://www.icann.org/fr/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-fr.htm> | Español <http://www.icann.org/es/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-es.htm> | Русский <http://www.icann.org/ru/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-ru.htm> */Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available for Comment/* 23 OCT 08 After years of discussion and thought, generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a global Internet presently served by just 21 generic top-level domain names. A draft Applicant Guidebook has been developed with opportunities for public comment. The draft Guidebook describes processes for objections to applications. There has been detailed technical scrutiny to ensure the Internet's stability and security. There will be an evaluation fee, but it will recover costs only (expenses so far, application processing and other costs) and it will be reviewed after the first round of applications. ICANN is a not for profit corporation dedicated to coordinating the Internet's addressing system. If fee collection exceeds expenses, the community will be consulted as to how that excess is to be used. Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which ICANN was founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and growing), diversity, choice and innovation are key. The Internet has supported huge increases in choice, innovation and the competition of ideas and expanding new gTLDs is an opportunity for more. New gTLDs and the Internet /Openness Change Innovation./ The Guidebook is comprised of six modules, some with explanatory memoranda, and it is available for public comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm. The Guidebook modules along with full information are linked from the new gTLD webpage <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm>. _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann

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Re: [kictanet] Tandaa - An Honest Analysis
by James Kagwe 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Well I have....... I tried to unsubscribe to no Avail. Robert please do smtg about it -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=kippra.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=kippra.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Wainaina Mungai Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:22 AM To: James Kagwe Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tandaa - An Honest Analysis Hi all, As indicated by Alex, spam & forced mailinglist subscriptions is a critical "local content" issue now that Alai has pointed fingers. I have been forced onto lists that do not allow for unsubscribing thus I have marked Alai's address and his mailinglists as spam addresses. Robert, please sort that out first so that the "traffic" and "subscription" numbers on your lists is a true reflection of subscription by choice rather than forced numbers. I bet someone else has had the same experience with Kazi africa, bidii africa and other lists. Wainaina On 11/18/08, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Alai, > > I am somewhat now tempted to start a local content blog focusing on > 'opinion influencers' and opinion shapers themselves - informed by the > fact that, content is king and awaited 'future online content warfare' > arrived a long time ago. > > So despite excluding my skunkworks presentation from your firing > squad, I shall nonetheless shoot back at you;) > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Robert Alai <alai.robert(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Mirembe >> >> I have a very open and honest analysis of our Tandaa conference. >> >> The facts which we must change is that Paul Kukubo, my big brother still >> sees it best to defend foreign companies and say that "eve if we want >> local >> content we must stilldo it with foreigners'. > > Paul stated, "Let's realise that Internet is one. How can have 'our > Internet' so shielded away for 'outsiders Internet' to the extent that > 'our content' is only accessible to us yet somehow we expected to > make money from 'outsiders' through 'our Internet'? Maybe we should > not use downloaded [even-free] 'foreign' software, 'foreign' > computers, 'foreign' concepts, nothing 'foreign' except only localyy > made?" That was heavy! > >>Let me tell you a thing. We >> must focus on local mpaka it becomes music. When I saw the slides of Joe >> Mucheru, which apparently I have seen in every conference I have attended >> in >> which he is the speaker. The websites listed there, non were Kenyan. The >> fact that Mucheru works for a Carlifornian company and he is Kenyan should >> make Mucheru sell Kenya more. > > Its what all (or at least the majority of) the people in that room > were there *actually doing* Give Mucheru a break. (You stand accused > of promoting 'foreign content' by using Google mailing lists;) > >> If you wanted a subscription website, you >> should have started with kenyalaw.org. If you wanted affiliates, >> mamamikes.com has affiliates. Lets focus on local. Lets give it lots of >> thought. We must give local examples and then mention the foreign ones >> just >> as an after-thought. > > I wish you had asked ICT Board to make a presentation to the audience > to articulate you point? > >> We want the companies to give the local content much thought and they can >> only do that when they think locally. When you make people believe that >> facebook is great, we wont head anywhere. See why Tanzanians are engaging >> more in bongo5.com and jamiiforums than facebook and others. They are >> actively loading pics and content and these two websites are really coming >> up well and considreing the age of the websites, we will see nice things >> from them. We should not glorify anything western. We must start >> appreciating our own facebook like Ngari has developed a good site, >> www.kasarani.com > > Kasarani is your website, right? The conference was not a sales pitch > for *anyone* but a conversation exploring various ways to promote > local content. > >> When I started my start forum and blogging thing, jamiiforums.com, we had >> lots of problems. But we also had people telling us that the forum which >> is >> being run by my great friend Maxence, was going nowhere because Tanzanians >> don't speak a lot of English. See the site now. I don't think that there >> is >> any forum in this region with that kind of killer traffic. > > Me, me, me again... Try a bit of our, our, our, country's local content. > >> There is no forum >> in this region which makes the government shakes like hell when issues are >> being analyzed there. And they are doing it most of the time in Swahili. >> We >> must focus on being local if we want local content. > > 'Government' is a strange 3-legged animal Executive, Legislature, and > Judiciacy. > If one makes this animal 'shake like hell,' that person ought to be in > very serious trouble... > >> NMG bought a script from Germans and installed it on their site without a >> forum nor blogs for the senior writers. Why? No creativity. NTV, EasyFm >> and >> QFM are not online. A very good percentage of articles in Mailbox are >> plagiarized from blogs and forums without acknowledgement and articles in >> entertainment and lifestyle mazagines are plagiarized from magazines like >> cosmopolitan and Elle sometimes word for word. > > Why so excessive negative energy? There must be something NMG have done > right? > >> The Tandaa website was .com and not .co.ke. Even if you are not hosting >> locally, you could still have had a local domain registration. > > Had you tried http://www.tandaa.co.ke/ before the conference? BTW, I > host websites abroad many times and I have no problems with it. It can > be a business decision why host locally with painfully expensive ISP? > Host 'politically incorrect' website at a pro-conformist provider > 'anti-telcos' content with one of them.... etc.. It's a matrix of > decision making procees.. > >> The funniest thing I got from the conference, why would 6 or 7 speakers >> speak for 15 minutes each and then the forum audience is given 10 minutes >> to ask questions and suggestions? > > The sun waits for no King and time has never been enough. > >>Do you know that the slides from Capital, >> NMG, Google, Homeboyz, Kictanet, ICT board, Strathmore, Rich, Cisco and >> others are shown to us almost in every conference we attend. They have >> become so predictable that the best place to get more stories and even >> slides which you have never seen is from the public. > > Would you also be suggesting that new school textbooks be published every > year? > >>Givingg 15 minutes to >> each speaker which is 105 minutes for the seven speakers then the audience >> asks and get replies in 10 minutes is really not correct and shows and >> attitude of escapism where te audience are feared that they might embarass >> the speakers with questions. > > You just created conveniently suitable circumstances to arrive at your > conclusion? > >> The other facts of the conference was ok. The moderator, Al Kags, was ok >> but >> I think that we can do alot of improvements by having power cable well >> spread for bloggers and also the Wi-Fi to be abit superior. I had to rely >> on >> my Zain unlimited since the ICT board Wi-fi kept shutting down. > > Would it not have been fair to mention some of those 'ok' facts. Its > called "fair commentating" > >> We also think that we can have an active network and the best place to >> start >> is now here in KICTANET. I see us turning KICTANET into an open vbulletin >> run forum with CMS managed frontpage like www.haitiwebs.com and >> www.mustangevolution.com. Vbulletin is so superior and it wont take us >> even >> a day to have this thing up and running. > > Dunno.. > >> Senior members, what do you think? > > I just have. But allow me to add that *nix users have this thing about > multi-thread thought processes which lead me to advice users to format > their Windows and install *nix. It makes engagement multi-faceted > critique and criticize when necessesary but also appreciate and praise > excellent achievement. > > Tandaa.08 was an excellent event and I wish the ICT board could > explain to us who were the brains behind it. They can count on me for > their next such conference. > > Rider: > > There is a clip one run NTV of an Edloret pharmacist who literary and > severally slapped himself on the face upon being visited by Pharmacies > and Poisons Board drug inspectors. > Let's not always take the shrtest route to slap every great > initiative, erroneously. > > Also we avoid "local content spam", for example, forced mailing lists > subscriptions;) > > G'day, > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/wainaina%40madeinke nya.org > -- Sent from my mobile device Made in Kenya Network Apt. B-8, Elite Park Ole Odume Road P. O. Box 72031 - 00200 Nairobi. Kenya Tel: +254-20-3590451 Cel: +254-722-811171 Cel: +254-735-370840 www.madeinkenya.org http://www.bungesms.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jkagwe(a)kippra.or.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jkagwe%40kippra.or. ke

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Fw: Request to mailing list kictanet rejected
by John Maina 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Why was this email rejected? Why are others more equal? ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "kictanet-bounces(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-bounces(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: j.maina(a)ymail.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:25:45 PM Subject: Request to mailing list kictanet rejected Your request to the kictanet mailing list Posting of your message titled "Re: [kictanet] Tandaa - An Honest Analysis" has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "[No explanation given]" Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator at: kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke

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TECHIE LADIES KICK-OFF MEETING - Wednesday, 11/19/2008 at 7:00 PM
by Robert Alai 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

*TECHIE LADIES KICK-OFF MEETING* *When: -* Wednesday, 11/19/2008, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM *Where:* - 1290 Parkmoor, Avenue (Work2Future Building,) San Jose, CA 95126 *What (Topic):* - Empowering African Women Through Technology *Who May Attend:* - Women of African Ancestry who are engineers; or have hands-on grounding in working with technology. *RSVP:* Please send e-mail to molly.uzoh(a)learningright.com Very little is being done about technology empowerment of African women. Most of the women empowerment in Africa has focused on political empowerment, micro finance, women health and prevention of domestic violence, diseases and malnutrition. However, technology is evolving in Africa. Most of the highest paid jobs are found in the technology arena. With the current technology growth, if the technology empowerment of African women is overlooked, African women will still be disenfranchised technologically and economically. They will still be lacking in the technical skills needed to move ahead. Technology is a male dominated profession. The few women that venture into the Math, science and technology field usually put in more than 200% of what the men bring to the table, yet, they do not get the recognition that they deserve. A black lady in Math, science or technology field is a minority within limits that approach endangered species. She is most likely to feel lonely at work and in the society because other women may find her intimidating while men may find her threatening. Therefore the Techie Ladies initiative aims at filling a widening gap in the technology empowerment of women. Techie Ladies will help women of African Ancestry in technology strengthen and widen their locus of control as well as encourage other women through mentoring, technology skills development and role optimization for better socio-economic status. Please join the Silicon Valley Techie Ladies in a meeting/technology discussion with Dr. Dorothy K. Gordon, the Director-General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT, Accra Ghana and Mary (Molly) Uzoh, CEO, Learning Right Technologies, LLC., San Jose, CA: *When: -* Wednesday, 11/19/2008, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM *Where:* - 1290 Parkmoor, Avenue (Work2Future Building,) San Jose, CA 95126 *What (Topic):* - Empowering African Women Through Technology *Who May Attend:* - Women of African Ancestry who are engineers; or have hands-on grounding in working with technology. *RSVP:* Please send e-mail to molly.uzoh(a)learningright.com PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS E-MAIL WITH OTHER TECHIE LADIES TOO. If you are a techie lady living outside the Silicon Valley of California, please feel free to contact me to discuss how we can extend Techie Ladies initiative to your neck of the woods. Thanks. Mary (Molly) Uzoh, CEO/Principal Consultant Learning Right Technologies, LLC P. O. Box 51616 San Jose, CA 95151 Phone: 408-649-5872, Cell: 408-826-2167 http://www.learningright.com

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Call for Chapters - Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancement]
by Robert Alai 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Subject: [ciresearchers] Call for Chapters - Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancement From: "Esharenana Adomi" <esharenana.adomi @gmail.com> Date: Wed, November 19, 2008 06:09 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- *CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2009* *Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancement* ** A book edited by Dr. Esharenana E. Adomi Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi- global.com/ requests/ details.asp? ID=550 * * *Introduction* ICTs are always evolving and have been contributing immensely to economic, political, social, scientific and educational development in every society where they are deployed. It is the existence and utilization of appropriate policy that would enable individuals, institutions, organizations, nations, or regions to benefit from the developments propelled by the application of ICTs. ICT policy is capable of bridging or reducing the gap between those who do and do not have access to ICT. An ICT policy statement is an essential step towards creating an enabling environment for the deployment of ICT for the development of the society. Absence of ICT policy can impede the development of information infrastructure in affected organizations and societies. The availability of ICT policy has the potential of building capability and capacities in the community, thereby enabling individuals to participate in an economy and society that increasingly relies on ICT. Though ICT policies are very important, not all institutions, countries, regions, etc., have been able to formulate, adopt and implement policies. Some that have put ICT policies in place may even have defective ones which would not enable them to derive desirable developmental benefits. Review of literature has not been able to reveal any book that has addressed different ICT policies. This book will therefore bridge this literature gap. *Objective of the Book* This book aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. Specifically, the book will be a source book on ICT policies; be a guidebook to those who are involved in ICT policy formulation, implementation, adoption, monitoring, evaluation and application; provide background information to scholars and researcher who are interested in carrying out research on ICT policies; furnish teachers of information technology with necessary knowledge which they can impart to their students/trainees; provide ICT users with information that can enable them to understand the policies which guide technology and how they can make use of ICT components for their enhancement. *Target Audience* The book will be essential reading for professionals, governmental and non governmental officials involved in ICT matters; teachers/academics in the field of information science, technology and management; students, scholars and researchers in the field of information science, technology and management; ICT users; library and information service users, etc. This book will attract professionals, scholars, researchers, etc., from different parts of the world. The publication will provide the audience access to information that will advance research in ICT policies. It will enable individuals to become acquainted with ICT policy process, which will then assist those concerned to formulate and implement appropriate policies. This book will provide teachers, students, scholars and researchers in the field of information science, education, technology and management with useful material on curricular offering. It will enable different ICT users to apply ICTs for the advancement of different areas of their lives. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:* · Evolution of ICT policies · Types of ICT policies · Objectives of ICT policies · ICT policy instruments · ICT policy stages/processes · ICT policy formulation · ICT policy implementation · Features of ICT policies · ICT policy application · Internet access policies · Laws of the web · Internet regulation · Software use policies · Copyright policies in electronic settings · Telecommunication policies · Telecommunication act · Broadcast policies · Computer access/use policies · National ICT policies · Organizational ICT policies · Electronic Medium of Information Act · E-Legislating · Automation standards · Ergonomic standards · ICT security policies · Computer security policy · Internet security policy · Cyber crime regulation · Cyber crime acts · Regulation of internet gambling · Regulation of internet pornography · Library ICT policies · Photocopy policies · Network security policies · Simulation and gaming policy applications · Network deployment policies · Organizational ICT policies · Organizational ICT security policies · Library ICT security policy · ICT policy education · Satellite communication policy · Factors affecting ICT policy · Problems of ICT policies · Emerging technologies policies · Review of ICT policies · Issues in ICT policies · Wireless communication policies/acts · ICT standards · Internet privacy issues · E-commerce regulation · ICT* *and educational policies · Cybercafé regulation · Telecentre regulation · Internet standards · Information security policies · Ethics of new/emerging technologies · ICT legal issues · Regulation enforcement · ICT regulation · Censorship in the digital age · ICT policy instruments · Network business models · E-government policies · E-business policies · ICT policy evaluation · Issues and challenges in ICT policy · ICT Standards · Web technology standards · Research in ICT policy · ICT policy literature · E-banking policy · E-health policy · Internet governance · Internet policy · E-mail policy · Internet privacy policy · Internet policy agency · Computer policy · Corporate internet policy · Internet standards · Internet policy statement · Employee internet use policy · Information technology policy · IT security policy · ICT policy management/administ ration · Regulatory framework · ICT laws · Telecommunications policy · Media policy · Media legislation · Telecom legislation · ICT policy research · Internet law · Communication policy · Electronic signature law · IFLA Internet manifesto · Information policy · UNESCO information policy · ITU and ICT policies · Professional ethics · Mobile phone use ethics · Educational concerns in ICT policies · Economic concerns in ICT policies · Political concerns in ICT policies · Social concerns in ICT policies · Scientific and/or technological concerns in ICT policies · Information infrastructure in ICT policies · Satellite communications policies · Gender issues in ICT policies · Evaluation of ICT policies · Future of ICT policy *Submission Procedure* Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit *on or before January 15, 2009*, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by *January 30, 2009* about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *March 27, 2009*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference) "Medical Information Science Reference" and "IGI Publishing" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global. com <http://www.igi- pub.com/>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2010. *Important Dates* *January 15, 2009: *Proposal Submission Deadline *January 30, 2009: *Notification of Acceptance *March 27, 2009: *Full Chapter Submission *April 15, 2009: *Review Result Returned** *June 15, 2009: *Final Chapter Submission *Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:* Dr. Esharenana E. Adomi Department of Library and Information Science Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria Tel.: +234 802 842 9087 E-mail: esharenana.adomi@ gmail.com

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Fwd: Tandaa - An Honest Analysis
by aki 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Well, well, well. Do I sense a cyber " warning " here ? Robert, clearly something is amiss.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Alai <alai.robert(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tandaa - An Honest Analysis To: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Aki who are you? what are your achievement and knowledge on ICT? You dont even know anything you are talking about. I will never have a phobia for local content. I love it and would fight for it. But I can never argue with you because first, you are ashamed of yourself that you wont come out of the fake cocoon. I deal with real people and real issues and until then, you dont play in my league and you are not invited to any of my sites. KEEP OFF Alai On 11/18/08, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > My last thoughts on this before it becomes more like a blogging site. > Robert, you are still unable to define local content and therefore unable to > match any criticism or critic. Mixing small words with bigger words for the > sake of it is the usual illusion. I think the severe arrogance and phobia of > local everything ( of course with the usual spices such as politics, leaders > and events, esle the traffic to sites would not exist ) is over-rated and > the best effort so far according to you for local content is a website that > I'd never visit or waste any time on. > > So simply moving forward, and as Josiah and the others mentioned : Define > local content and we will start to get somewhere. > > Get to the point. > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: alai.robert(a)gmail.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alai.robert%40gmail.com > >

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