Re: [ga] Outreach

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

As you well know this is the exact example of my shoe shine boy.  It is
illustrative of the need that global voting and outreach must include the
Internet Cafe' concept. (over 100,000 is Asia)
The model works very well, although I have only used it for cultural educational
purposes.  We forward the email to a few and request they write.  They do and one
or two begin to become friends, not all will click but that is cool.  Next thing
you know they are exchanging pictures and welcoming extended family into the
picture.  Young adults seem the most inclined although my ancient father enjoys
this also.

For the long run I am developing a program which I hope to tie into the UN Tokten
project, here is an example;  http://www.tokten-vn.org.vn/   The expatriate tie
in will help to ease Multilingual problems and can help integrate with
communities at both ends. Here we would provide resources and training through
private Internet Cafe's and develop through post offices similar subsidized
campaigns.  We can use these for voting and educational and probably most
importantly social with a bent toward international understanding.  Of course if
you know me and my lowly status as a Lay Eucharistic Minister you can guess that
I ultimately want this in cross religious settings so that understanding can
replace misinformation and the problems therein.

Please forward to me this courageous persons address and I will arrange for
internet friends and some funding to allow for increased access.  I find that
most good things begin as small infants and if nurtured grow into something
larger and truly wonderful.

Thank you for yet another opportunity to serve.

Sincerely,
Eric

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Dear members,
>
> I have received the following request from a participant to the ALSC Forum:
>
> In a couple of weeks I leave my current job in an internet cafe, which
> allowed me free access to the net and the opportunity to learn about ICANN.
> I expect now to have a maximum of 3 (three) hours access per week instead of
> an average of 3 (three) hours access a day, because I will have to pay for
> it.  Even then I am one of the privileged few.  If you are willing to pass on
> matters of concern in ICANN to me, I can guarantee that fifty people in
> Zambia will have that information forwarded to them.  Marginalised does not
> equal Disinterested as has been implied on this forum.  Sorry to have picked
> on you, but it had to be someone.  If it is one cross too many to bear,
> please pass this request on to another who shares our concerns.
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Malele
>
> As we consider the recommendations advanced by the At-Large Study Committee,
> I would ask all of you to reflect upon Malele's comments.   There are many
> stakeholders in this world that do not enjoy the many advantages that we
> often take for granted, and we in the General Assembly (as advocates for
> inclusiveness and greater representation) have a moral obligation to commit
> ourselves to actualizing outreach and global awareness.
>
> I am reminded of the recommendations of Working Group E:
>
> The goal should be to create materials that address particular needs of those
> who are prepared to receive and use the information.
>
> 1.  Simplicity will facilitate the widest possible distribution across the
> very diverse population to be reached. Simplicity will make it easier to
> translate materials into different languages as well as to distribute them
> via various means of communication.  Simplicity will also facilitate the
> processes of distributing information quickly and making it easily understood
> and absorbed.
>
> 2.  Customization of information material to local community needs will
> improve the effectiveness of           outreach. Customization can include
> translation into native languages, integration of information into
> familiar settings (e.g., web pages, local newsletters), etc.
>
> 3.  Central control of the content of information materials will reduce the
> likelihood of intended messages being distorted as they are distributed to
> different audiences and via different modes of communication.
>
> 4.  Outreach materials will be ignored if the content is not reliable and
> accurate.
>
> As we are all aware, our Names Council has never acted upon the
> recommendations of Working Group E, neither do they wish (as indicated by
> their Interim Review Task Force Report) to spend any DNSO funds to facilitate
> the translation of ICANN documents...  but we in the Assembly cannot ignore
> such a heartfelt plea.  We have an obligation, a duty, to "pick up the cross"
> and to do that which must be done.  It is time to end the lip-service given
> to outreach and to become pro-active.
>
> I am therefore enacting the following:
>
> 1.  The establishment of a permanent General Assembly Outreach committee.  To
> chair this committee, I am appointing Eric Dierker (if he will accept),
> because Eric has long-demonstrated a steadfast commitment to worldwide
> outreach.
>
> 2.  The Outreach Committee will be asked to convene an Editorial Board that
> will be responsible for aggregating Assembly views and matters of concern in
> ICANN into a regularly published digest.
>
> 3.  The Outreach Committee will secure volunteers that will translate the
> output of the Editorial Board, and key ICANN documents, into a variety of
> languages.
>
> 4.  The Outreach Committee will designate a webmaster.
>
> 5.  To facilitate this outreach I will donate my own website, icannworld.org
> for the exclusive use of the Outreach Committee (which will redesign the site
> as they see fit).
>
> We can make this work.  We have the talent.  We have the motivation.  We
> understand our duty.
>
> I look forward to your participation in this project, and wish to personally
> thank Malele for exhibiting such a strong commitment to the ICANN process.
>
> Danny Younger
> Chair, General Assembly of the DNSO
>
>
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