[kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!

Thu Apr 12 14:55:33 EAT 2012

Actually many under 35's lurk here. And no I prefer the list informal, peer to peer, maybe eve faceless. 

Gitau

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On 12 Apr 2012, at 14:51, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was making a general statement, your response indicates that you are more the exception than the rule.
> 
> I am sure you will agree with me that if I made the same statement on twitter there would have been 100 or more responses.  
> 
> If you notice Paul's response to my opendata dataset request was for me to send a message through twitter as that seems to have become the new platform of communication, even ask my namesake at Safaricom.
> 
> I digress . . . .
> 
> Regards
>  
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
> 
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> From: Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
> To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
> Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2012, 14:31
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!
> 
> 
> 
> On 12 April 2012 14:26, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Harry,
> 
> We are ageing, email is loosing is lustre and the new generation hate records and prefer platforms like twitter and facebook.
> 
> The responsibility for keeping the forum active remains with those over 35 year old who unfortunately are trying to fit in with the younger crowd.
> 
> uuummmmm is there a way out of this loop.^C
> 
> I'm below 35, but enjoy keeping records, in addition to facebook and twitter
>  
> 
> Regards 
>  
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
> 
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> From: Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke>
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk 
> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
> Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2012, 13:55
> 
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!
> 
> Ara..!
>  
> Not many people seriously want to rejuvenate this forum, as per Brian/Walubengo’s suggestion…?
>  
> Cannot imagine the forum becoming a good case study one day for some thesis student. Whose research titles among others:-
> ·         “How-to-kill a good forum, kick it into the dustbin and leave it for the dead”
> ·         “The rise and rise, and fall and fall of a myriad of many ICT forums in Kenya, the major one being….
> ·         “How-not-to build structural resilience and offer strategic leadership”. Why the big forum went M.I.A, and petered out..
> ·         And the final one perhaps, “ Do not repeat the mistakes listed above, time for a RESET..”!
>  
> Certainly, unless otherwise – we might be headed for such a case study. Not sure if I should patent the titles, just in case..!
>  
> Harry
>  
>  
> From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Brian Munyao Longwe
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:50 AM
> To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!
>  
> I think Walu is on the right track. Every organisation for-profit or not, has to reassess it's strategy, relevance, business direction and thrust periodically or risk falling into the shadows.
>  
> Is it time for KICTAnet to do so?
>  
> As one of the founders and a trustee I think that the time has come.
>  
> My 2 shillings,
>  
> Brian
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> @Wash,
> 
> Maybe Delano is insinuating something. Perhaps KICTAnet needs to re-juvinate
> and re-energize. Bring in new blood and thinking. What do we want from KICTAnet, 8yrs later? What management structures, membership structures, operational, financial structures do we want to see going forward?
> 
> Perhaps a brainstorming face2face session is due. I for one have been the moderator since inception and maybe someone else can do a better job and we just have not asked them to come forth. Think about it - I could have run out of ideas or some younger dot.commer may just be sitting on better ways of moderation that I have never imagined...
> 
> just my 2pings.
> 
> walu.
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/11/12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 3:50 PM
>  
>  
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 14:59, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
> I’m not sure which is which, until I see some response on whether we might just as well happen to be drifting along rudderless…!!
>  
> 
> You mean the post-Easter stupor, or??
>  
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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