[kictanet] Forum Agenda - Lets focus

Mon Jul 21 14:31:33 EAT 2008

Harry,

Indeed it would be a public forum - but to what extend has the message gone  outside Nairobi given that most listservers have subscribers in NRB? Maybe there's need to have the traditional notice in the print media.  

As for the Agenda proposed and copied below,
1.      Forum Objectives
2.      Association presentations
3.      General Discussion
4.      Way forward

I would add - 3.5. How to Organise the different Associations for effective engagement with Govt.

walu.
nb: meanwhile, unconfirmed reports from my moles indicate that a new DG for CCK has been unveiled. Anybody with such a copy?

--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:

> From: Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Forum Agenda - Lets focus
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:30 PM
> Dear Waudo,
> 
>  
> 
> My understanding is that this is a "public forum"
> and therefore will have
> list members and non-members who may be members of other
> lists and
> organisations.
> 
>  
> 
> Please see what Brian posted on 14th July which triggered
> this effort.
> 
>  
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> We are proposing a Public Forum on Thursday 31st of July to
> be held at a
> suitable venue in Nairobi. The objective will be to provide
> all the
> different ICT stakeholder organisations within Kenya a
> chance to introduce
> themselves and their policies to the public. 
> 
>  
> 
> There will also be opportunity to evaluate Kenya's ICT
> ecosystem, especially
> with regards to the different entities, their missions,
> roles and goals. As
> well as provide organisations such as KEPSA with an
> opportunity to share
> their view/vision on how they expect ICT sector
> input/engagement.
> 
>  
> 
> Formal announcement will be posted once details have been
> worked out, but in
> the meantime please pencil this into your schedules. We can
> also explore the
> possibility of an IP stream for the Diaspora... if there is
> interest in
> tracking this.
> 
>  
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Brian
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: waudo siganga [mailto:emailsignet at mailcan.com] 
> Sent: 21 July 2008 12:14
> To: Harry Hare
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Forum Agenda - Lets focus
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Harry - Thank you for your initiative. As we follow up I
> think we need to
> first establish who is going to be the audience. Is it
> Kictanet list
> members, public, or who?. And if public how do we market?
> Defining the
> audience will help us to ensure we have an agenda that
> sufficiently
> interests them otherwise we may end up with an empty hall.
> As an indicator I
> noted that hardly 30 people from the list voted for the
> facilitator out of a
> list population of, I presume, over 500. So should we focus
> or broaden the
> agenda given the statistics so far?.
> 
> Waudo
> 
>  
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:28:16 +0300, "Harry Hare"
> <harry at africanedevelopment.org> said:
>  
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
>  
> 
> Now that we have democratically identified a facilitator
> for the forum, can
> we collectively discuss the agenda of the meeting? This
> will help in making
> sure that we achieve what we want to do at the forum.
> 
>  
> 
> So to begin with, I had floated some issues, so probably we
> could use the
> next few days to "panel beat" and come up with a
> concise programme for the
> forum. I reproduce the ideas I had floated earlier for you
> indulgence.
> 
>  
> 
> Harry
> 
>  
> 
> +++++++++++++++++
> 
>  
> 
> 1.      Forum Objectives
> 
> "Clearly articulate the purpose of the forum and the
> expected outputs, this
> is important so that we can have a focussed
> discussion"
> 
>  
> 
> 2.      Association presentations
> 
> "Brief presentations by the associations sharing their
> mandate, governance,
> objectives, activities, achievements, plans and membership
> composition"
> 
>  
> 
> 3.      General Discussion
> 
> "Questions, Answers, Concerns etc raising from the
> association
> presentations@
> 
>  
> 
> 4.      Way forward
> 
> "General discussion on how associations could
> collaborate and offer high
> quality leadership to the sector. Agree on joint activities
> that have a
> national appeal that can work as bonding sessions"
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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