[wsfii-discuss] ... take the lead - Feedback from people on Ghana

Fri Jun 15 10:19:22 UTC 2007

I'm seeing a lot of people contributing to the discusion but so far the
minutes of the ganaheein comittee is the first contribution I see from  the
ghanaien people on the ground.

I would really want to know what they think of the discusion of this mailing
list, are they understanding that, it's how I perceive it, "WE" want to
somehow use this event and turning it to a  self organized event, perhaps
far from what they are planning and that they risk to lose control of it ?

On 6/15/07, marco <marco.pompe at web.de> wrote:
>
> hi
>
> i agree with both of you. how this is possible? i think because, you are
> discussing a problem which has not yet evolved. i think we just should
> give this tool a chance, as we should give it to the ghanaian
> administrive group, as seen in the minutes. its surely a process and the
> discussions we do are I in no way useless, but of great value, as this
> is the kind of direct exchange the world has missed for the last 100.000
> years ;)
>
> grts, marco, berlin
>
> Vickram Crishna schrieb:
> > --- Gregers Petersen <ic at momu.dk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Vickram Crishna wrote:
> >>
> >>> To be fair I think only those who can actually go
> >>> (with reasonable surety) to the meeting, or will
> >>>
> >> be
> >>
> >>> helping out with logistics and therefore are
> >>>
> >> impacted
> >>
> >>> by the date, should vote. In other words, only
> >>>
> >> direct
> >>
> >>> stakeholders should vote.
> >>>
> >> I believe the position from which Ian argues is that
> >> everyone is a
> >> direct stakeholder - everyone who (at what ever
> >> level) participates in
> >> WSFII activities is a stakeholder.
> >>
> >
> > I think this is applicable and very much a WSFII value
> > for other situations, but here we are discussing
> > specific WSFII events - how will I add value (and not
> > in fact detract from a fair assessment) by voting for
> > some date for an event that I have no intention or
> > ability to attend or otherwise directly contribute.
> >
> > Take the Ghana meeting - if it should turn out that I
> > am not going to attend anyway, how will my vote be
> > useful (I could mischievously vote the meet should be
> > in September or December, and thus skew the results,
> > and impact other WSFII meets or even meets of other
> > wireless mesh groups - all uselessly)?
> >
> >>> I don't know if this meeting scheduler can remove
> >>> irrelevant votes.
> >>>
> >> Non of the votes are irrelevant!
> >>
> >
> > Just as someone asked who will take charge of
> > administrative tasks for a web site, to prevent
> > spamming, vandalising or disreputable activities, so
> > must there be some purpose in voting. Thus the
> > electoral college for a meet ought to be made up of
> > people who want to attend or help directly.
> >
> >
> >> Are there any other choices
> >>
> >>> available for such processes online?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> It will be up to the indiviudals who are active on
> >> the coord-list (which
> >> is open to everybody) to look at the options,
> >> discuss them on the 'list'
> >> and come-up with a decision - and then get on with
> >> it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Perfectly right. But they should also be able to
> > review who has voted, in order to reverse the effect
> > of such spamming.
> >
> > Vickram
> >
> >
> >
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