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

Sun Jun 3 13:43:42 UTC 2007

I propose myself to translate the WSIII web site in French, I really think
that French speaking people would also be interested in participating
somehow.
So next step how do we get in and when do we start ?

On 6/3/07, Klavs Bryld <klavs at boevl.dk> wrote:
>
> Sorry Fred  ;-)
>
> We did some work in Wordpress for a new layout for the WSFII-site for I
> guess more than half a year ago. You can see the rough draft here
> http://wsfii.diirwb.net/ (the calendar will be at the now empyspaced
> left side) . I think we can have it running rather quickly (today or a
> few days). As far as I remember the processes at that time got stuck
> because of problems with uploading with the webdav interface. These
> problems have been solved now.
>
> Lots of regardss, Klavs
>
>
>
> Fred Pook skrev:
> > 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 having a silly out of date amateur website.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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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