[wsfii-discuss] WSFII.org website in pity full state!

Sun Jun 3 11:20:53 UTC 2007

Fred,
   Your mail is a timely reminder. Instead of  of expecting what ought to be
there , I should have rephrased What I can offer .  ( I know it sounds a
familiar J F Kennedy style rhetoric ;))  )
    I volunteer to facilitate in managing the wsfii web site
& help gathering of all the content & coordinate with fellow volunteers in
updating the web site.  Of course there are more qualified people but we are
no less in holding the spirit of Free Information Infrastructure .

any takers ?

Ashish Saboo
http://www.apiap.org


On 6/3/07, Fred Pook <fredpook at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Ashish is right before we start to talk about all kinds of
> political/organizational issues, WSFII should at least do what is in
> its name 'Free Information Infrastructures".  And our main
> infrastructure (our website) is a mess and way behind. There are tons
> of free tools out there to build a automated web portal but it seems
> that WSFII.org can't even update a calender.
> I have dedicated all my time the last 2 years to WSFII and i never
> asked for any payment for that time, in fact it has cost me thousands
> of euro's. This year I don't have the funds and income anymore, so I
> have to dedicate my time and energy towards generating my own income
> again. I don't see any income coming from the WSFII process so ...
> Let somebody else please take care of WSFII and its website or
> otherwise just close it. Closing the website will look stronger than
> having a silly out of date amateur website.
>
> Thanks Fred
>
>
>
>
> On 6/3/07, Assoc of Public ICT Tools Access Prov <list at apiap.org> wrote:
> > Maybe  before that get  a group  of people take charge of the website
> > http://wsfii.org/ .
> >  WSFII site can atleast:
> >  #  aggregate the information & development  in the CWN arena &
> >  #  Get  as many activist/ enthusiast  blog on the site .
> >
> >  Choosing your facilitators will be easy .
> >
> >  Ashish
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/3/07, Vickram Crishna <v1clist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > --- Jeff Buderer <jeff at onevillagefoundation.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > We need a structure in place within the wsfii
> > > > network to manage or at
> > > > least facilitate the process.
> > > >
> > >
> > > With all due respect to the way things have been done
> > > in other circumstances, one facet of wsfii is
> > > precisely the steering clear of 'organisation' that
> > > has its own baggage.
> > >
> > > If there is confusion, it is only because everyone is
> > > not totally with it on the process. If the process is
> > > not clear enough, then either we should automate a
> > > 'rules' mail that goes out to the list once a month,
> > > or we should express our doubts about the process.
> > >
> > > I think that a working group for a particular 'event',
> > > such as the gathering in Ghana, should take charge to
> > > coordinate things. This should be as open a process as
> > > possible, to avoid the kind of stuff that went wrong
> > > in Dharamsala (for example, many travelers requesting
> > > visas for India put down 'conference' as the reason
> > > for travel, not knowing this raises a red flag with
> > > our penpushers, who either delayed or refused some
> > > requests. We should have had an advisory telling
> > > people to select 'tourism' or something).
> > >
> > >
> > > Vickram
> > >
>
>
> --
> Association of Public ICT Tools Access Provider
> http://www.apiap.org
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