Folks, Munsaka is the only (half)-objection so far, Bill having cleared the air for us to proceed with discussion. I think we must find strength to finish off this discussion, even as things continue to look worse; indeed it could be precisely because of the woresning situation that we must get to share some ideas. Here are my contribution on challenges faced at an ICT training school where I work: Economical Challenges: Student turn-out has been reduced drastically compared to previous years. Evening classes are most affected and some face outright cancellation. Social Challenges: We have about 100 employees who previously interacted freely and accepted each others political leaning. Today, employees sub-consiously avoid each others company based on suspected tribal lines. Office reporting and ending times remain unpredictable - depending on the latest romour and/or fact. Technical Challenges: none so far. any other experiences? walu. --- brian <brian@caret.net> wrote:
Good point Bill. But I have a slightly different view.
FYI - KICTANET is part of a small group of ICT stakeholders that are putting together a campaign to use ICTs to contribute towards the healing and peace process while at the same time improving the country's image by providing a window into the good things that are happenning instead of focusing on the negative.
One of the major challenges that this campaign has considered is the availability of fresh content and especially authentic content that comes directly from people/organisations living/dealing with the realities of life in the midst of this crisis.
The small group I mentioned previously has been working on a concept paper, basic online portal, linkages with similar minded organisations in advance of a meeting/workshop where a large and broad group of stakeholders will refine the campaign strategy and "sign up" to ensure a high impact undertaking.
I hope that this can be sometime either this week or early next week....
I will send out the draft campaign concept paper as part of the "interventions" discussion on day 3.
So the main point I want to make is that this kind of discussion would generate invaluable content that can be captured and displayed to help the healing process and make some steps towards redeeming the country's image.
Regards,
Brian
John, With all due respect I don't think this is the time to do a postmortem for we are still in the mess. This could be the opportunity for kictanet to move from policy oriented discussion to actual engagement on
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:30:30 +0300, Bill Kagai <mediacorp.research@mediacorp.co.ke> wrote: the ground.
A key role Kictanet could possibly play is ensuring
ground are being reported accurately in our ICT media and maybe to strengthen those who are using ICTs to help solve this
that the facts on the problem.
www.ushahidi.com is one good example.
On Jan 28, 2008 8:33 AM, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Greetings all,
As mentioned last friday, we need to engage positively around the current crisis stalking our country. One suggested method was that we share experiences, impacts and how we are coping with the challenges occassioned. The overal aim is to enable members to learn from each other while emphasising the impact the crises continues to have on ICT organisations.
Today is Day 1 and from the program below. We have 2days to share the challenges posed by the Post Election Violence on ICT organisations.
I know quite abit is already shared in the press but no harm done if a brief re-run on our list for the benefit of those who may have missed out. So feel free to speak as (Telco) Operators, Consumers,ICT Service Providers(BPO,ISPs,etc) Media, Academia or all of the above ;-)
walu. ~~~~~~~~Full Program~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Objectives~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ⢠Share the Challenges posed by the Post-election Violence on ICT organisations ⢠Share current interventions employed to overcome these Challenges ⢠Quantify the Impact of Post-election violence on ICT organisations ⢠Way forward and conclusions
Deliverables. eWorkshop Report containing the deliberations, consensus and action points arising from the online discussions.
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