<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Harry,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div><span><font size="3">We are ageing, email is loosing is </font>lustre and the new generation hate records and prefer platforms like twitter and facebook.</span></div><div><span><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div><span><font size="3">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.</font></span></div><div><span><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div><span><font size="3">uuummmmm is there a way out of this loop.^C</font></span></div><div><span><font
size="3"><br></font></span></div><div><span><font size="3">Regards </font></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 12 April 2012, 13:55<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1979826328"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1979826328WordSection1"><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">Ara..!</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">Not many people seriously want to rejuvenate this forum, as per Brian/Walubengo’s suggestion…?</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">Cannot imagine the forum becoming a good case study one day for some thesis student. Whose research titles among others:-</span></div><div
class="yiv1979826328MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:39.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Symbol; "><span style="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">“How-to-kill a good forum, kick it into the dustbin and leave it for the dead” </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:39.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Symbol; "><span style="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">“The rise and rise, and fall and fall of a myriad of many ICT forums in Kenya, the major one being….</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:39.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Symbol; "><span style="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">“How-not-to build structural resilience and offer strategic leadership”. Why the big forum went M.I.A, and petered out..</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:39.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Symbol; "><span style="">·<span style="font-size:
7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">And the final one perhaps, “ Do not repeat the mistakes listed above, time for a RESET..”!</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">Certainly, unless otherwise – we might be headed for such a case study. Not sure if I should patent the titles, just in case..!</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; ">Harry</span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; "> kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Munyao Longwe<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Kictanet
alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!</span></div></div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">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.</div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">Is it time for KICTAnet to do so?</div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">As one of the founders and a trustee I think that the time has come.</div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">My 2 shillings,</div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">Brian</div><div><div
class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Walubengo J <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><table class="yiv1979826328MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">@Wash,<br><br>Maybe Delano is insinuating something. Perhaps KICTAnet needs to re-juvinate<br>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?<br><br>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 <a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dot.com">dot.commer</a> may just be sitting on better ways of moderation that I have never imagined...<br><br>just my 2pings.<br><br>walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 4/11/12, Odhiambo Washington <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:</div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><br>From: Odhiambo Washington <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into the dustbin...!<br>To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank"
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 3:50 PM</div><div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> </div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> </div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 14:59, Harry Delano <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mc/compose?to=harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>> wrote:</div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">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…!!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#888888;"> </span><span style="color:#888888;"></span></div></div></div><div><div class="yiv1979826328MsoNormal"><br>You mean the post-Easter stupor, or??<br> </div></div></div><div
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