[UgaBYTES] [witfor] Re: Getting Started

[paul youlten]

I would like to point people at two important foundations of any information
service run from a telecentre:

*1) Maps:* A map is an invaluable resource to your community as well as
visitors. Open Street Map (http://www.openstreetmap.org) offers a system for
creating copy-right free maps of your local area from cheap, hand held GPS
trackers and/or Yahoo aerial photographs. You can print the map

*2) Local Yellow Pages:* using a system like Yellowikis (
http://yellowikis.wikia.org) you can start to collect a list of all the
businesses and organizations in your area - collecting this information
gives the perfect reason to contact the business leaders in your community
and start a conversation about how your telecentre can help service their
information needs.

Let me know if you want help or advice on how best to get started with these
services.

Paul Y





On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:47 AM, agyino <agyino at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Keep this vital initiative for exchanges on ICT going. Do you know
> there is an IFIP Meeting comming of September, 2008 in South Africa??
> Nelson Agyemang
> PhD STUDENT-IT
>
> --- In witfor at yahoogroups.com, "qsutton13" <qsutton at ...> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> My name is Quinn Sutton and I am the Executive Director of the
>> Digital Alliance Foundation.  We are a non-profit, humanitarian
>> organization providing ICT education to aid agencies, governmental
>> institutions and marginalized populations around the world.  We
> are
>> small but growing fast.  We do not provide grants but are
> interested
>> in working with anyone who is interested in ICT for development.
>>
>> Please visit our website www.ictefa.org and if there is interest
> on
>> your part send me a message.
>>
>> I have been working with a handful of UN agencies and simply
> knowing
>> what's going on is often the biggest challenge to getting
> started.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Quinn
>>
>> - hablo espanol,
>> - je parle francais,
>> - skoshi dake nihongo hanasemasu
>>
>
>
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