[UgaBYTES] The Supportcentre Update

[Dean Mulozi]

Hi Francis, 
This is very useful and the support Center has been always very supportive. 

It also good to note the invlovement of Volunteers in supprtoing Telecenters in other regions. We take note of this. 

Dean Mulozi,   
ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator,   
Private Bag 195x Ridgeway,   
Lusaka,   
Zambia.

Contact Phone:   260 211 234 627 
Mobile:                  260 978 034196
 


--- On Tue, 1/20/09, Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org> wrote:

> From: Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org>
> Subject: [UgaBYTES] The Supportcentre Update
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 12:51 AM
> Dear members,
> 
> The support centre has got a lot of questions and answers
> since the
> revamping was done. These are organized based on
> categories. This summary
> focuses on Social Entreprise tools,Evaluation  and
> Technical trouble
> shooting but you can find more on this and other categories
> when you visit *
> www.ugabytes.org* <http://www.ugabytes.org/> or go
> straight to *
> www.ugabytes.org/supportcentre*
> <http://www.ugabytes.org/supportcentre> .
> 
> >> How can I keep my passwords safe?
> 
> Experts urge people not to write down their passwords and
> pin numbers and
> not to disclose them to anyone. They also suggest people
> should steer clear
> of using obvious passwords, such as a mother's maiden
> name or date of birth.
> 
> 
> Some security firms offer programs known as a
> "password safe", which let
> users keep a secure record of important logins on their
> computer.
> 
> It is also worth using what is known as a
> "strong" password. This is one
> that is not easily guessed or would take a long time for a
> computer to work
> out. Instead of being words it could be a random
> combination of letters,
> numbers and symbols.
> 
> >> Hi. I am UN volunteer supporting Community
> Resource Internet Centre
> (CoRICs) in OESC nations; the Commonwealth of Dominica,
> Grenada, St. Vincent
> and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. I am trying to design a
> different
> content of services of Telecentre, such as - Aguliculture -
> Youth
> Employment/ Entreprenureship - HIV/AIDS prevention -
> Disaster management Do
> you know any webiste useful to implement those areas? What
> I am looking for
> is something like resource centre, on-line training centre,
> knowledge
> sharing network etc. Thank you for your support in advance.
> Keisuke Taketani
> 
> The UNESCO website *
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3981&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
> *<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3981&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
> has perfects hits. It highlights for you several tips
> including; creative
> content strategies, objectives, activities, target groups,
> partners and
> beneficiaries, and the need for local content. Its
> resources and featured
> content can be benchmarked to jumpstart your processes.
> Additionally, Open
> Knowledge Network-OKN a project of One World has been
> involved in content generation in Asia and Africa. For
> details contact the
> OKN Africa boss, Peter Benjamin
> peter.*benjamin at oneworld.net* and Pete
> Cranston pete.*cranston at btiinternet.com*
> 
> >> How may one keep Telecentre operation cost low?
> 
> It goes without saying that one of the keys to achieving
> self-sustainability
> is keeping capital and recurrent costs low. Capital cost
> includes hardware,
> software, network equipment, the physical premises, set-up
> license and
> connection fees and the like. Recurrent cost lies mostly
> with Internet and
> telephone usage fees, electric power, rent, maintenance and
> repair, and
> salaries.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Francis Mwathi
> Support Community Facilitator
> UgaBYTES Initiatives (www.ugabytes.org)
> Telecentr.org (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
> Tel: +256 414 370163
> Mob: +256 752 995063
> Skype: francis.mwathi
> E-Mail: mfrancis at ugabytes.org
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