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<DIV><SPAN class=353444607-25112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Tracey,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=353444607-25112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for your interest. I understand the busyness and I think that the CS folk
have done a really good job with many of the immediate and operational
issues within a very challenging agenda for WSIS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=353444607-25112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am
happy to put some energy into the research and evaluation area as it applies to
CS appropriation of ICT and to bring a group of interested support together on
it. Could you suggest a time that interested folk could meet. I am in Geneva
from 7 December.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=3><STRONG><EM>Wal
Taylor</EM></STRONG></FONT> (PhD)<BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>COIN Internet
Academy<BR>Faculty of Informatics and Communication<BR>Central Queensland
University<BR>Rockhampton, AUSTRALIA<BR></FONT>Ph +61 7 4923
2568 Fax + 61 7 4927 0700<BR>Mob +61 (0) 409
456 115<BR><BR><A href="http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/staff/Wallace_Taylor"
target=_blank><FONT
size=1>http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/staff/Wallace_Taylor</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
size=1>You may wish to view the recently published books:<BR><STRONG>'Using
Community Informatics to Transform Regions'</STRONG> Eds. Marshall, Taylor &
Yu.<BR> </FONT><A
href="http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146" target=_blank><FONT
size=1>http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=1><STRONG>'Closing the Digital Divide'</STRONG> Eds. Marshall, Taylor
& Xu.<BR> </FONT><A
href="http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&imprintID="
target=_blank><FONT
size=1>http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&imprintID=</FONT></A><FONT
size=1> <BR><STRONG>'Current IT Issues in Education'</STRONG> Ed. Tanya
McGill<BR> </FONT><A
href="http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041" target=_blank><FONT
size=1>http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041</FONT></A><BR><BR></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tracey Naughton
[mailto:t.naughton@iafrica.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 25 November 2003
17:33<BR><B>To:</B> plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSIS
CS-Plenary] Interested in evaluation of communityinformatics
projects<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Dear Wal<BR><BR>I completely
agree that we have not given much airtime to the important matters of
evaluation and research around impact of WSIS outcomes. This is for obvious
reasons related to the political process and negotiations in the WSIS context
which have been all consuming and remain unresolved. There is still no
agreement on a digital solidarity fund or deployment of existing funds.
<BR><BR>None the less we do need to address a form of measurement of results
of the WSIS process. There is the obvious period of measurement between phases
of the Summit. There is some good base line data for Africa held in the UN
Economic Commission for Africa. I imagine that it exists for other regions but
we need to develop a co-ordinated strategy.<BR><BR>A lot of people will be
extremely busy at the Summit, myself included, but in principle I express my
interest in touching base on this idea.<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Tracey
Naughton<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Tracey Naughton<BR>WSIS Partnership Manager
(Southern Africa)<BR>Chair Civil Society Media Caucus<BR>201 Somerset
Hall<BR>239 Oxford Road<BR>Illovo 2196<BR>South Africa<BR><BR>Phone/fax:
+27 (011) 880 5030<BR>cell:
+27
(0) 82 821 1771<BR>Email:
t.naughton@iafrica.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>