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<div>Many thanks GG for the detailed response<span>; </span>much appreciated! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Hongera to the founders and volunteers for the great and admirable work they have done over the last decade+ under very challenging conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>Will go through the info and try get fully up to speed with the KICTANet model. Hopefully other members will find the information useful as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again and have a great evening.</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div id="ydp55b9f866yahoo_quoted_9499781213" class="ydp55b9f866yahoo_quoted">
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On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 11:13:42 PM GMT+3, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Patrick</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Greetings. As someone who joined the list recently, your seeking for more information is quite in order. Asante. </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">I couldn't find the information below on the website. Please can you advise where I can get it or if you have it, please can you share it?</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span> </span>How is KICTANET organized (i.e. functions, roles, people and governance)?</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">KICTANet is a trust with a loose network of individuals and organisations whose common
issue is ICT policy reforms. Its original founders motivations and evolvement can be found here: </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"> </font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"><i style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">KICTANet
Institutional Assessment Draft Report October 2007</i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"><br clear="none">
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">The current steering team are interested people who volunteer </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">their
time to run the Network. Listers also have and continue to contribute their ideas freely and have been credited for building a formidable ICT community which has catalysed ICTs. However, the governance question is still evolving and suggestions are open. But
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">We are a crowdsourced platform and any member can suggest an idea/spearhead one.
The Network relies on volunteers, and has ad hoc committees whose formation is announced here, and EOI sought right here. Examples include working groups on Internet shut downs, cybersecurity, tech and elections, multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) on internet
governance etc. In addition, Listers populate ideas on the Network. So your active participation is very welcome and not just in ideas but also in research and writing of policy briefs, report writing and editing etc. We are consistently looking out for those
who can contribute. Karibu Ndugu! KICTANet is a good platform that has grown talent with some now working for multinationals and blue chip companies. And they are right here on this list<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;">😊</span></span><br clear="none">
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undertaking, and even take a lead (through sourcing for funding and in implementation). The only caveat is that it should fall under the Network's four pillars viz </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important;">research,
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">We still do not have confirmations but are in discussion with some of our partners
who are listed on our website (<a shape="rect" href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?page_id=28805" style="margin:0px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?page_id=28805</a>) and new ones. Once we have a commitment, we usually announce on the list on the areas of support/activities.
Incidentally, when you share something on this list, it is simultaneously posted on to our website. So, all the information is available. </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">Yes. Again, all the info is on the website. We work under the four pillars mentioned
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">To be honest, some of our greatest partners/supporters have been heavily criticised here despite putting in funds in the Network's activities! Heathy disagreements
happen all the time but ni kazi tu and we still continue to engage and sometimes share a cup of coffee, in the spirit of multistakeholderism and in building this nation.</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">All our reports are shared with listers and an acknowledgement of sponsorship made in case of any. The discussions are conducted here and views collated in instances
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ICT policy discourse in Kenya 2007-2016</i><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?wpdmpro=kictanet-10-years-report-2007-2016" style="margin:0px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?wpdmpro=kictanet-10-years-report-2007-2016</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Additionally, UNESCO'S has also documented KICTANet's multistakeholder model here: </span><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);"><i>What
if we all governed the Internet? Advancing multistakeholder participation in Internet governance (page 35).</i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:bold;"> </span></font><a shape="rect" href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000259717" style="margin:0px;font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;">https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000259717</span></a><br clear="none">
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">Again, alot of information is on our website, the KICTANet mailing list (<a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo" style="margin:0px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo</a>) </span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">and
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<span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(12, 100, 192);">Karibu KICTANet and really looking forward to your active engagement in ideas and activities, in any of the four pillars.</span></div>
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