[kictanet] KICTAnet Discussions -who takes the action?

[waudo siganga]

Thank you for the detailed response Walu. Appreciated. Waudo

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:12:41 -0700 (PDT), "John Walubengo"
<jwalu at yahoo.com> said:
> Hey Waudo in Paris,
> 
> You raise some interesting questions - which i had answered before but
> since the list has grown a lot in recent times, i can repeat. Your key
> question is whether the ideas, discussions and/or opinion shared in this
> space have any impact and more specifically if action is taken arising
> from the same.
> 
> KICTAnet is a non-binding ICT Policy discussion platform for Academia,
> Media, Telcos, ICT Practitioners, Regulators, Government, etc. In other
> words, members are at liberty to float ideas, recommendations, promises,
> complaints without the risk of being crucified for it (only requirement
> being diplomacy ofcourse). 
> 
> Some may then argue, that the platform becomes a waste of time but the
> truth of the matter is that the non-binding nature presents opportunities
> to challenge status-quo and explore new thinking and opportunities in a
> non-formal (read constrained) environment. The ideas arising often
> stimulate self-declared action from members- some of which we never get
> to know about since by then the objective of 'sharing' would have been
> met.
> 
> Nevertheless, I can tell you for sure that most of the recent activities
> within the ICT domain have been picked or sounded off the list. You may
> come across an article in the media that sprung off from the list - the
> user/beneficiary was a member within the Media category.  Or you may find
> that a decision of a Telco or Regulator has been
> delayed/accelerated/modified after picking intelligence off the list, or
> a new training course or curricula created/modified arising from ideas
> from the list- the beneficiary ofcourse being Academia. 
> 
> More than that, I think it is just a great networking opportunity where
> new contacts are created leading to new opportunities that KICTAnet will
> never get to know about. That's the way I found KICTAnet when I
> registered 3years ago, and that's how I have been seeing it.
> 
> walu, 
> in Rongai, Kajiado ;-).
> 
> --- On Tue, 6/24/08, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Budget & ICT
> > To: "John Walubengo" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 2:03 PM
> > Hello Walu - When will you have the report of your last
> > discussion on
> > PPP? And will that be used somewhere and by who? My
> > experience with
> > discussions (and this is from a number of lists) is that
> > some people
> > with possible good ideas  may not be motivated to
> > contrribute if they
> > feel their views have no chance of changing anything or
> > making any
> > difference.
> > 
> > Waudo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:55:32 -0700 (PDT), "John
> > Walubengo"
> > <jwalu at yahoo.com> said:
> > > hi Bill,
> > > 
> > > i owe u and others this belated reply. we have in
> > store quite a number of
> > > suggested discussions planned as per the last
> > communication - eCommerce
> > > (or now ICT?) Bill, Internet Governance, Kenyan ICT
> > indicators, etc.
> > > 
> > > the truth of the matter is that we need more
> > moderators so that we can
> > > share out this load.  Any interested/prospective
> > e-moderator is asked to
> > > email me their expression of interest (forward to
> > jwalu at yahoo.com and NOT
> > > the list i.e dont jst hit reply since that will
> > broadcas/spam your
> > > interest).
> > > 
> > > walu. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Fri, 6/13/08, Bill Kagai
> > <billkagai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Bill Kagai <billkagai at gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: [kictanet] Budget & ICT
> > > > To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> > > > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > > > Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 10:35 AM
> > > > Walu,
> > > > Why don't you start a debate on the budget
> > and ICT;
> > > > vs. Education
> > > > vs Business
> > > > vs Roads/Constructions...basically ICT in all
> > sectors of
> > > > the economy.
> > > > 
> > > > Any new opportunities??? at least to help us set
> > benchmarks
> > > > for 2008/9 we
> > > > can use to measure if we succeeded or not...
> > > > 
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