[kictanet] Day 1 of 5 - should we proceed with the discussion?

[John Walubengo]

Bill,

Indeed I debated within myself this question.  In the midst
of all the chaos I wondered:

1. Is it possible to remain focus and discuss ICT issues
2. Shouldnt we pause and review the issues after the chaos
has subsided?
3. Are we doing the victims some injustice by talking ICT
as they continue to die?

I notice Brian has already commenced the discussion but
please feel free to call for an injuction of the process
and we shall go by the majority vote.

walu.

--- Bill Kagai <mediacorp.research at mediacorp.co.ke> wrote:

> 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
> the ground.
> 
> A key role Kictanet could possibly play is ensuring that
> the facts on the
> ground are being reported accurately in our ICT media and
> maybe to
> strengthen those who are using ICTs to help solve this
> problem.
> www.ushahidi.com is one good example.
> 
> On Jan 28, 2008 8:33 AM, John Walubengo <jwalu at 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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