[wsfii-discuss] Economic Sustainability of Community Wireless

Fri Apr 6 14:23:57 UTC 2007

Marco,

I think we need your perspective to bring this process forward at least
in Ghana so please do continue to engage those people you mentioned.

Also I would appreciate it if you keep Kafui in the loop on this so that
we are coordinating with each other well in the steps forward.

Finally about the factory that wants to donate stuff...I look forward to
hearing more about that.

Jeff

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Vickram Crishna wrote:
>
> As AirJaldi/Wsfii demonstrated, the 'critical mass' of
>  tech-related awareness in Indian civil society is
> largely absent, and a huge amount of work needs to be
> done to bring it to the fore. Without that, it is hard
> to see how truly 'people-focused' sustainable models
> can be implemented.
>   
I am quite sure in Ghana we (the wsfii sisters) have a chance in that. I
have been there in october talking to lots of different people from all
spectre and I really believe there is hugh interest and a high public
potential. the media is free and vibrant. officials are very often
dedicated to the welfare of the people. if we are able to present some
serious and clear concepts for social and ecomical implementation of
WIFI networks, the Ghanians will be on our side, dont they, Jeff? Kafui?
Gideon? and everybody ...

@ ramon: you are missing the cooperative movement? but its there.
certainly not like 40 years ago, but we all know that the economical
circumstances have changed rapidly, and not to the better for social
enterprises. we are heading towards a new time in a rapid speed,
globally. what we do today will affect the future more than ever. if we
are sleeping today we will pay an enormous price for that failure in the
nearest future. i am totally aware of the limits of capacity to bring
about the radical change the world actually needs. but at least we can
do our best to plant the seeds which maybe can have the chance to grow a
better humanity in future.

so please, everybody, lets focus a little on the opportunities we have,
which are indeed versatile. its not just 1+1 but in fact some simple
additional opperations will surely help us to develop an exciting and
realistic vision for ghana.

grts, marco pompe, berlin

ps: where are the wirelessghana.com guys? pls, say something ...
ps2: i ve got a factory from germany as a hardware donator
(hf-wire/cable) ...

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