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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
by communication＠femnet.or.ke 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
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05 Jul '06

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
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05 Jul '06

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
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05 Jul '06

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
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05 Jul '06

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
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05 Jul '06

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2nd richest man donates to microsoft
by Alice Wanjira 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

I wonder if we could tap into thisalas most of it goes to Indias earth quake relief etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richest II and I make charity history Buffett billions for Bill trust K.P. NAYAR <http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060627/images/27bugate.jpg> Warren Buffett with Melinda and Bill Gates in New York on Monday. (AP) Washington, June 26: The world's second richest man has decided to donate about 85 per cent of his wealth to the world's richest man. The world's richest man, in turn, has decided to wind down his day-to-day work and concentrate more of his time and efforts on charitable work. A $37-billion gift by Warren Buffett - most of it to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gates in his name and that of his wife Melinda - has effectively doubled its capacity to spend on reducing poverty and increasing access to technology and health care for the poor in developing countries. Buffett's donation is the biggest single act of charity ever recorded in the US. Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, and Gates, the founder of Microsoft, have been good friends and bridge partners for many years. In addition, Gates is a director of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's investment firm. Buffett and Melinda together serve on the board of the Washington Post Company. In his letter to the Gates Foundation today, Buffett spoke of his admiration for the foundation, the world's largest charity with assets of $29.1 billion, and his desire to "materially extend its future capabilities". Buffett told Fortune magazine in an interview: "We agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned to society." He said the philanthropy was encouraged by his wife, Susan, who died in 2004. The stake of Buffett, 75, in the company he founded is worth $44 billion. India's poor are expected to significantly benefit from Buffett's action. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is involved in India, primarily in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The foundation has also helped strengthen health services for women and children in India and has been engaged in earthquake relief and rehabilitation. In their response to Sunday's announcement about Buffett's gift, which preceded the release of his letter, Bill and Melinda Gates said in a statement: "Warren has not only an amazing intellect but also a strong sense of justice. Warren's wisdom will help us do a better job and make it more fun at the same time." That wisdom was obvious from the conditions Buffet has attached to his donation.Buffett wants all his money to be used in the year it is donated. It cannot be accumulated to the foundation's assets for future programmes. This represents a major challenge for the foundation, which already spends about $1.36 billion a year. With Buffet's condition, it would have to double its spending as soon as the first annual donation of $1.5 billion is available. Gates announced last week he would gradually give up his day-to-day role in Microsoft and concentrate on the work of the foundation. Buffett will join the Gates Foundation board but does not intend to get involved in its operations, or the other four philanthropic groups he is funding - one of which is in the name of his wife and the other three are run by his children, Howard, Susan and Peter. Buffett is a cult figure in the investing world. About 20,000 investors go to Omaha every year for the annual meeting of Berkshire - from which he derives the sobriquet, the Oracle of Omaha. He told Fortune he had always planned to have his wife oversee his charitable giving after his death. But after she died - and because he saw an opportunity to invest in an existing, well-respected foundation run by two "ungodly bright" people - he changed plans to start giving it away this year.

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MINUTES OF THE PLANNING MEETING HELD ON 22/06/06
by Evelyne Majale 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

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APC and London School of Economics event: Internet Governance
by Alice Wanjira 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

LONDON, UK -- The London School of Economics Department of Information Systems and the Association For Progressive Communications invite you to a forum on: Internet Governance Workshop on Rights and Development Saturday July 1st, 2pm to 5pm, Old Theatre, London School of Economics and Political Science, WC2A 2AE In October 2006, over 1000 people - from Government, Industry, Civil Society, the 'technical community, United Nations Agencies and international organisations - will come together in Athens for the first 'Internet Governance Forum'. Agreement by 190 governments to establish an annual Internet Governance Forum was one of the most concrete outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society which concluded with the Tunis Summit, November 2005. The overall theme of the Athens IGF meeting will be 'Internet Governance and Development' and will address global public policy issues such as 'Openness, Security, Diversity and Access' in relation to governance of the internet. It will prioritise 'capacity building' in all of it's work and aims to incorporate a human rights based approach to it's work. Two of the most controversial human rights issues that are likely to be addressed by the IGF are freedom of expression and privacy. We are organising this meeting to feed into this new process. The London School of Economics (LSE) Department of Information Systems and the Association For Progressive Communications will host a public forum in preparation for the IGF, to address questions such as: * rights, development and internet governance: are rights integral to the 'development'process or a by-product? Can we codify human rights which are applicable to the Internet? * privacy: can the renewed emphasis on security emerging from the anti-terrorism and cybercrime agendas be resolved with privacy rights? Can privacy be built into security requirements? * freedom of expression: is it possible to establish constructive dialogue with industry, activists and governments on rights and responsibilities that will ensure an 'irrepressible' internet? * your right to be involved: how can civil society organisations engage in formal governance processes and what knowledge can they bring to the tables? The Aarhus Convention grants public rights and imposes on Parties and public authorities obligations regarding access to information and public participation and access to justice - can we develop a mechanism like this for internet governance? http://www.unece.org/env/pp/welcome.html Guest speakers will include: * Markus Kummer; Coordinator of the IGF Secretariat * Michael Stanley-Jones; Environmental Information Management Officer with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva and principal officer of the Aarhus Convention Task Force on Electronic Information Tools and the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers * Jerry Fishenden, National Technology Officer, Microsoft UK * A representative from Amnesty UK, Irrepressible Campaign (to be confirmed) * Simon Davies, Visiting Fellow at the LSE and Director of Privacy International Author: --- (APCNews) Contact: communications(a)apc.org Source: APCNews Date: 06/29/2006 Location: LONDON, UK Category: Internet Governance

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by alice＠apc.org 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Horrifying image of lack of internet cables to Africa From: "Alice Wanjira" <alice(a)apc.org> To: kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal By KAH writing from LONDON, UK 29/06/2006 14:18 [Access, ICT policy] (0 Comments) At a presentation at APC's national ICT policy workshop currently going on in London, I was shocked to see a map in a presentation by Russell Southwood which shows how poorly connected Africa is with submarine internet fibre. Russell runs APC's Fibre for Africa Site which is full of resources on the issues on affordable international bandwidth for Africa. Check out this map to see the fat glowing white lines between the USA and Europe, and the US and Japan/South Korea, and the meagre lines which inch down Western Africa and around the Cape and then disappear leaving the entire East African coast fibreless. I can't put the map here because it's copyrighted but you can download it as wallpaper to your computer and be reminded on a daily basis about this outrageous situation. If you feel insensed and want to do something about it, check out FibreforAfrica.net and get involved in the Eassy Campaign. See the horrifying map http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_cable/wallpaper.php

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