- From: joe michiels <jmichiels@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:11:32 -0700
- To: public-mw4d@w3.org
- Cc: ken.banks@kiwanja.net
- Message-ID: <456fc8ff0808122211p15f741e8j1360ef17224b0348@mail.gmail.com>
Ken (and all), Long time reader first time writer. I've been catching up on the previous minutes and hope to join this monday's call. In the meantime I have this general feedback on the framework document. Please excuse me if I restate feedback that's previously been discussed. Basically, I'm getting hung up on "Audience" as a confusing term. The target underserved communities that would benefit from ICT are relatively clear, but should we also state the target audience for the output of MW4D's output/findings? Who is the overall framework/roadmap intended for (besides members of the group)? The audience for this initiative seems to also include W3C and non-W3C groups, other initiatives, as well as the "providers". I've seen this discussed elsewhere in the wiki, but it seems like a fundamental issue when stating the group's values/goals. So I'd suggest a "focused population segment" (or something less wordy) of "underserved communities" as you have stated in the pdf, and then a separately stated target "audience" who are those that we are trying to *directly *reach out to. Is this too nit-picky on semantics? I always want to make sure any goals state who we're trying to talk *to*, not just what we're talking *about**.*Anyways, looking forward to participating more, -Joe Michiels jmichiels@gmail.com Graduate Student - Foster School of Business (UW) Seattle, WA On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Ken Banks, kiwanja.net < donotreply@kiwanja.net> wrote: > Dear Group > > > > Following our various teleconference discussions and email threads dealing > with the wide range of issues and decisions facing the Group, Stephane and I > felt that it might help move things along if we developed a simple framework > for the Group to work to. We intend this document to outline key, core > values as we move forward, and to outline the parameters of our work. > > > > The document sets out to define technology choices, devices, audience, > providers and connectivity, and to set a working definition for "mobile > web". > > > > It is essential that we agree on a set of core values to avoid the Group > running off in different directions. The basic essence is this – to work > with what's available TODAY. > > > > Comments are welcome in advance of the next teleconference on Monday, where > we will set an Agenda item to discuss it in more detail. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > *Ken Banks* > > *Founder, kiwanja.net* > > > > *"Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development"* > > > > *Web*: www.kiwanja.net > > >
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