- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:41:18 +0200
- To: joe michiels <jmichiels@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-mw4d@w3.org
Hi Joe, What you are saying makes complete sense to me. My summary - the group is aiming at making a kind of state of the art that should be helpful for potential service providers. They would have a kind of handbook knowing what is possible today, with strengths, weakness and domain of applicability. So one of the ouput is for service providers - the second type of output is what i call a roadmap: identifying existing challenges that would need to be tackled in hte futur that would help creating an enabling environment. e.g. educaiton courses, specific software,... This roadmap is intended for organizations/initiatives/groups that would be interested to tackle them. W3C is one of them, but i'm sure there will be things not relevant to W3C (like e.g. developing software) - concerning the framework document itself, which is not the document that will host the group work, it should be a kind of brochure of the group to raise awreness of our objectives and leverage participations from the targeted audience above-mentionned. So yes it might make sense to integrate the distinction. Stephane joe michiels a écrit : > 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 <mailto: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 > <http://kiwanja.net> <donotreply@kiwanja.net > <mailto: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 <http://kiwanja.net>* > > > > */"Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development"/* > > > > *Web*: www.kiwanja.net <http://www.kiwanja.net> > > > > -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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