[governance] Clues for WCIT issues and prospects

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Right, and my OECD paper, as I remember, prominently mentioned the various network operator groups, ISOC, PCH, NSRC and friends as examples of viable ICT outreach to developing countries.

--srs (iPad)

On 17-Dec-2012, at 19:44, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>> :)  To be very fair, the history of various Indian tribes was also a history
>> of conquest of tribes that were less powerful to them, so much so that three
>> major tribes are still known to us by the defeated tribes' word for "enemy"
>> .. Sioux, Comanche and Apache (the tribes' own word for themselves was
>> typically some variant of "The people" - implying that most others from
>> outside their tribe weren't particularly worthy of consideration, and to be
>> defeated and plundered as and when the opportunity arose).
>> 
>> Those times were, shall we say, a dog eat dog world, and a history that
>> definitely needs to be remembered to avoid repeating mistakes that were made
>> in the past.
>> 
>> I fully agree with you that any development and change can and must be
>> driven from within Africa
> 
> right, and that is the heart of the ISOC efforts at capacity building.
> 
> They support AfNOG (which uses an "each one teach one" model),
> AfriNIC, which also sees Africans training Africans (they are also supported
> by Francophonie in this) and their own IXP training efforts, currently led by 2
> Kenyan engineers.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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