[wsfii-coord] six streams, each a panel

[Vic Cris]

I had a long chat with Lee Thorn in Chennai this
morning. His phone # is +91989871824942.

As you know, he has been quite forceful in getting
Cisco Foundation to clear the decks to support the
meeting and its aftermath RCFIIs. To convert intent to
reality we need to put up a one-pager that will
oultine what the rcfiis will achieve and maybe also
when. 

Everyone agrees that the knowledge encapsulated in
wsfii is unparalleled. This needs to be captured in a
way that will translate into monies so that the
fledgling rcfiis are sustainable and attract a steady
stream of grassroots participants from villages all
over the country - we all know that the 'trickle-down'
model is no good while our own 'grassroots up' method
builds confidence and delivers real results, but to
get money we have to take on City Hall.

Can you please ask Yahel to set up a conference call
from Tibtec tomorrow, while you are still in
Dharamsala, between all of you, Lee in Chennai and
perhaps me here in Mumbai, to establish just what the
one pager will say? 


--- Malcolm Matson <malcolm.matson at oplan.org> wrote:

> Hi Arun, Bjarke and Fred,
> 
> It's looking good!   I offer this just as a
> suggestion.  An increasing issue
> of debate and struggle which we might want to build
> on is that of "net
> neutrality".
> 
>  
> 
> While NOT getting dragged directly into the current
> US-centric debate
> (important though that is) I wonder whether if it
> would be worth exploring
> what I see as the necessary twin-pincer movement on
> the slavery imposed on
> end users by the existing telco model:
> 
>  
> 
> -        fighting to maintain INTERnet neutrality
> 
> -        fighting to 'win' LOCALnet neutrality
> 
>  
> 
> ... if and when these two are BOTH secured (and only
> then) will the primary
> beneficiaries of the potential power and value
> implicit in these digital
> technologies of 'abundance' (silicon chip + fibre +
> smart wireless) be our
> citizens and communities rather than 'absent
> owners'.
> 


> Ecology
> 
> IHere, we examine the footprint of communications
> techology on our planet.
> 
>  
> 
> Disaster Recovery
> 
> Networks that belong to the people will be rebuilt
> quickly after a
> 
> natural disaster. That actually saves lives.
> 
>  
> 
> Empowerment
> 
> Information is power, therefore access is
> empowering.
> 
>  
> 
> Dharma
> 
> Communication enlightens every step on the path of
> our lives.
> 
>  
> 
> Open Spectrum
> 
> The airwaves belong to the people, and now the
> people want some back.
> 
>  
> 
> People and State
> 
> Examining how decentralized telecommunications
> technology is shifting
> 
> the frontiers between individual and state
> 
>  
> 
> Each stream will flow out of an individual panel
> discussion within the
> 
> first four days of the Airjaldi World Summit of Free
> Information
> 
> Infrastructures. During the subsequent days,
> workshops will allow us
> 
> to further explore these streams in depth. Yahel is
> finalizing the
> 
> rest of the program for the first four days.
> 
>  
> 
> Please add or modify, so that we can finalize the
> framework, invite
> 
> participants and speakers, and raise resources.
> 
>  
> 
> Arun
> 
>  
> 
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