<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD><TITLE>Newsletter no 1</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content=Word.Document name=ProgId>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR>
<META content="Microsoft Word 9" name=Originator><LINK
href="cid:filelist.xml@01C411A5.83FD2D20" rel=File-List><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:DocumentProperties>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:Revision>31</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>1409</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2004-03-23T09:05:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2004-03-24T09:55:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
<o:Words>4258</o:Words>
<o:Characters>24272</o:Characters>
<o:Company>Sangonet</o:Company>
<o:Lines>202</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>48</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>29807</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>9.2720</o:Version>
</o:DocumentProperties>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Print</w:View>
<w:ActiveWritingStyle Lang="EN-US" VendorID="64" DLLVersion="131077"
NLCheck="1">1</w:ActiveWritingStyle>
<w:ActiveWritingStyle Lang="EN-GB" VendorID="64" DLLVersion="131077"
NLCheck="1">1</w:ActiveWritingStyle>
<w:ActiveWritingStyle Lang="EN-CA" VendorID="64" DLLVersion="131077"
NLCheck="1">1</w:ActiveWritingStyle>
<w:EnvelopeVis/>
<w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]-->
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: Helvetica;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Wingdings;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Verdana;
}
@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA
}
H1 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-style-next: Normal; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt
}
H2 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt 0.4in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.4in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-style-next: Normal; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-style-update: auto; mso-list: l20 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .4in; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-underline: single
}
H3 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-style-next: Normal; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-style-update: auto; mso-list: l20 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-underline: single; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal
}
H4 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-outline-level: 4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
H5 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-outline-level: 5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
H6 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-style-next: Normal; mso-outline-level: 6
}
P.MsoBodyText {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
LI.MsoBodyText {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
DIV.MsoBodyText {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
P.MsoBodyText2 {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
LI.MsoBodyText2 {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
DIV.MsoBodyText2 {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
P.MsoBodyText3 {
FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
LI.MsoBodyText3 {
FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
DIV.MsoBodyText3 {
FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
A:visited {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single
}
P {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto
}
P.blacktitle {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-style-name: blacktitle
}
LI.blacktitle {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-style-name: blacktitle
}
DIV.blacktitle {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-style-name: blacktitle
}
SPAN.main-font21 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: 3288.8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-style-name: main-font21; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
OL {
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in
}
UL {
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in
}
</STYLE>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/>
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple link=blue>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">SADC Community Informatics Newsletter no3,
March 2004<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">*************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">EDITORIAL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">----------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA">What
is CINSA? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H5>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA) is a project
supporting community ICT initiatives in the SADC region. The aim is to build a
sustainable network of community ICT projects in the 14 SADC member states -
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe. CINSA is currently funded by the Open Society Initiative for Southern
Africa (OSISA), and the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
supports community ICT projects / initiatives ---- such as telecentres,
community multimedia centres, community radio stations, community information
resource / access centres and the like. Its mandate is to serve those projects /
initiatives located within the SADC region through:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Research<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Networking<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Facilitating
training<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Service
brokerage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Facilitating
technical support and project evaluation, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Creating
an online (and soon offline) information resource base.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
has set up three nodal points in the SADC region, one in Zambia (hosted by the
e-Brain Forum) and one in Tanzania (hosted by TANGO), in addition to the
secretariat (hosted by SANGONeT, which is also the project implementing
organisation) in South Africa. The regional nodes focus on information gathering
from a regional perspective, and on strengthening the network by building local
capacity. They are a catalyst for spearheading local community ICT network
activities and supporting ICT advocacy campaigns in the region.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA">Why
should you join CINSA? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H5>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Individually,
CINSA network members / partners benefit through:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">a wealth
of expertise and knowledge generated by the network<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">harnessing
the intra-network experience into specific actions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">discounted
rates from specific service providers including communication networks and
training providers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">specific
ICT skills training and research opportunities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">publicity
in the form of the portal, listserv, newsletter and presence in a SADC-wide
database<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">project
management support, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">recommendation
for funding to donors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thus
CINSA has provided and facilitated both technical and ICT-related policy
advocacy training to managers and people involved with the initiatives;
continues to provide space for members to publicize and network themselves;
provides specialized project management (sustainability consultancy, project
ideas, proposals developments and providing websites) and other brokerage
services (discounted fees from suppliers and service providers including energy
/ equipment suppliers, internet service providers as well as training
providers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA is
also working on producing CD ROMs as a flagship project to provide network
members with resources 'feedback of experiences' offline. Another service
envisaged is the facilitation of donated websites to members. CINSA’s future
focus will be to transform or incubate ‘member projects’ into technology skills
pools, community telecommunications providers and resource / training centres.
For more information on specific activities undertaken by the network kindly
please visit our portal <A
href="http://www.cinsa.info/">http://www.cinsa.info</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA">Membership
and requirements<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H5>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Any
community initiative that uses the tools of ICT for development qualifies to
become a member of CINSA. Currently <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">membership to CINSA is free i.e. there are no
fees</SPAN></B> set for joining the CINSA network, just submit your information
by calling the Project Manager CINSA, Mr.. Ngunga Tepani on (+27 11) 403 4935 or
email to; <A
href="mailto:ngunga@sangonet.org.za">ngunga@sangonet.org.za</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">If you
live or happen to be in South Africa, you may want to visit us at SANGONeT,
Ground floor, 76 Juta Street Braamfontein Johannesburg, South
Africa.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">A
community ICT project is a community-level initiative that provides broad access
to the benefits of ICTs to support community development. Organisations that
qualify as CINSA members include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">community
ICT projects such as telecentres; community radio stations, MPCCs, CMCs,
etc.;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ICT-related
networks;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ICT-related
research organisations and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">training
institutions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
partners include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">donors,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ICT
service providers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">regulatory
bodies and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .25in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Wingdings size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ø<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">non-ICT
networks like NGO coalitions <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA">Your
feedback or support<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H5>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">If you
are interested in becoming a member of CINSA or our partner, we would appreciate
your feedback on what would be the criteria and a suitable membership fee. We
are suggesting US$ 100 per annum with full, free benefits to all the services
CINSA is or will be offering. Kindly please send your comments / feedback to <A
href="mailto:sadc-idiscussion@lists.sn.apc.org">sadc-idiscussion@lists.sn.apc.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Interested
donors, funders and sponsors kindly please donate to us by contacting the
Project Manager <A
href="mailto:ngunga@sangonet.org.za">ngunga@sangonet.org.za</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We look
forward to your involvement,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Ngunga
Tepani<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Project
Manager CINSA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">*************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">OPPORTUNITIES
ABOUND FOR COMMUNITY ICTS!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA is
looking for organisations to serve as case studies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact Sandra Roberts on <A
href="mailto:sandra@sangonet.org.za">sandra@sangonet.org.za</A> if you would
like your organisation to serve as one, or can recommend an organisation to
us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>REMEMBER that you can always
place information about your organisation on our portal in the database and
under the projects and experiences section.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
has a limited number of copies of the ABC Ulwazi publication Community Radio:
the people’s voice available for community organisations that would benefit from
them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, we also have a
limited number of the OSISA publication Cyber law for Civil Society: A Resource
Guide for South African organisations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Please contact Ngunga Tepani on <A
href="mailto:ngunga@sangonet.org.za">ngunga@sangonet.org.za</A> if you would
like a copy of either. The OSISA publication is also available from <A
href="http://www.osiafrica.org/">http://www.osiafrica.org</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">We
invite submissions for the CINSA Database from CICT initiatives, please email
<FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A
href="mailto:cinsa@sangonet.org.za">cinsa@sangonet.org.za</A></SPAN></FONT> if
you would like to be included.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Currently, we are still experiencing technical problems with the database
itself, but if you email us, we will contact you once it is up.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The database provides the option of you
entering your own data into it, so you can say exactly what you want.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">**************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">JOIN
CINSA <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-----------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
would like to invite Community ICTs to join us, free of charge to access all the
benefits of belonging to CINSA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We
have hard copy and online tools to help community ICTs survive and prosper.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additionally, we provide specialised
project management and brokerage services and would like to invite interested
parties to contact us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are
looking for new members for our network (no membership fee is currently payable)
and want to help community ICTs with research, training, skills exchange,
service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project management
assistance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To join, email <A
href="mailto:ngunga@sangonet.org.za">ngunga@sangonet.org.za</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">***************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">NEW
ADDITIONS TO THE CINSA PORTAL:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 19pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.75pt solid">
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 19.0pt 0in"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Advocacy
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 19.0pt 0in"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 19.0pt 0in"><FONT
face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">ICT
A RIGHT, A MEANS OR AN END TO DEVELOPMENT?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">This
article by Michael Boadi gives some critical thoughts on ICT as a medium of
communication and providing access to communication, which is a right.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ghana is taken as the case study in this
article.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=131&Itemid=60">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=131&Itemid=60</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For more
new additions, please go to <A
href="http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=59&op=page&SubMenu">http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=59&op=page&SubMenu</A>=
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Research
pieces<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">REVIEW
OF BASIC ICT SKILLS AND TRAINING SOFTWARE FOR EDUCATORS IN
AFRICA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">By
Tina James, et al.</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This
study aims to assist African educators by identifying suitable training
materials to develop basic information and communications technology (ICT)
skills. Such skills include basic computer literacy, the use of e-mail and the
Internet, software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and the
creation of Websites. This study looks at 'content-free' ICT software tools and
applications i.e. tools that can be used to develop appropriate content.
Examples would include standard office packages such as word processing,
spreadsheets, databases, the creation of Web-based materials, and presentations.
It is restricted to materials available on the Web, via CD- ROMs or on
diskettes. The study tests the appropriateness of ICT skills software for use in
an African context, addresses the needs of African Educators requiring
professional development. This is taken to include those in pre-service
training, as well as those educators in in-service training who may have been
'left behind' by the digital revolution. The study also set out to develop an
evaluation framework that could be used by other evaluators to assess the
appropriateness of basic ICT skills software in their own
environments.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=137&Itemid=3">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=137&Itemid=3</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">ICT
& DEVELOPMENT - HELP OR HINDERANCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">By
Richard Curtain<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">From
the executive summary:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Can
Information and communication technologies (ICT) make a valuable contribution to
achieving development outcomes? If so, how can this best be done? The use of ICT
to improve how goods are produced and services are delivered is a feature of
everyday life in high-income countries. The issue, in relation to developing
countries, is not whether it is worthwhile trying to make use of ICT. As ICT,
used appropriately, have the potential to vastly improve productivity, the
issues for developing countries is how best to use ICT to achieve development
objectives, given the operating constraints that may apply. These operating
constraints vary greatly form country to country. The challenge for the
development community both those designing / administering donor aid programs
and those delivering them, is to work out appropriate ways that ICT can be used
to provide more leverage for the development efforts now being
made.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=134&Itemid=3">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=134&Itemid=3</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For more
new additions, please go to <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=3&topid=5&Itemid=3">http://www.cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=3&topid=5&Itemid=3</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Gender
and ICTs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">---------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">GENDER,
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN ANALYTIC
STUDY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">By Nancy
Hafkin & Nancy Taggart<B><FONT color=#336600><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #336600"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This is
a 2001 major study on ICT and Gender by Nancy Hafkin and Nancy Taggart, Academy
for Educational Development. According to the authors, "the time is ripe to act
to ensure that women in developing countries can enter the information age.
Although women in developing countries have had little contact yet with the new
technologies, it is clear that these technologies offer substantial
possibilities to improve the lives of women and their families. There are
opportunities in employment, particularly in the area of IT-enabled services and
in entrepreneurship, both in applying IT to existing businesses and in starting
new businesses based on technology services.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=135&Itemid=64">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=135&Itemid=64</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">Kgautswane
Community: Advancing Rural Women's Development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">By
Antony Trowbridge<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This
submission, on behalf of the community of Kgautswane, offers evidence of how
their women have succeeded in meeting the following key objectives:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To share experiences how ICTs have
been used to facilitate rural women’s participation</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<H4
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><![if !supportLists]><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">·<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><![endif]><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To
share experiences how organisations have combined for empowering rural
women.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H4>
<H4
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.3in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><![if !supportLists]><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">·<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><![endif]><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To
debate issues of governance and other factors that impact on quality of
life</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H4>
<UL style="mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To identify challenges for making
ICTs accessible to rural women</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<H4
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><![if !supportLists]><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">·<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><![endif]><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To
identify how ICTs have been used to deal with real issues</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H4>
<P class=MsoBodyText2
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">·<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To share best
practices on working collaboratively</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H4
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><![if !supportLists]><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Symbol color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">·<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><![endif]><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To
analyse and strategize future directions and initiatives for
participation</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H4>
<UL style="mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To explore and strategize the
strengthening information and communications </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Training
and Capacity Building for Management for Development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l10 level1 lfo19; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">To
share experiences how ICTs have been used to facilitate rural women’s
participation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .25in"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=143&Itemid=64">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=143&Itemid=64</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .25in"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For
more new additions, please go to <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=64&topid=3">http://cinsa.info/portal/index.php?option=articles&Itemid=64&topid=3</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">----------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">OTHER
QUALITY INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA
collects specific community ICT news from a number of sources and places it on
the portal for your convenience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We
have also added a new section that you may wish to contribute to: <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Projects and experiences. </SPAN></B>Here YOU can
share your successes and challenges for the benefit of
others.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">*********************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Free
Banner Advertising <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CINSA is
introducing banner ads on their site and welcome applications from businesses
with social responsibility programmes and other interested parties.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a chance for you to showcase
your work to a growing SADC-wide community ICT audience, as well as, academics
and ICT practitioners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will be
free of charge for the first three months should you be interested. If you are
interested please email <A
href="mailto:ngunga@sangonet.org.za">ngunga@sangonet.org.za</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">****************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Upcoming
ICT events:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H1><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H1><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">---------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">IMPLEMENTING
THE WSIS ACTION PLAN CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in"><B><U><FONT
face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></B></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><EM><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-ansi-font-style: normal"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">A
unique conference for policy-makers, ICT activists and action-oriented private
sector organisations, hosted by the Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation. </SPAN></FONT></I></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Presentation proposals are invited,
covering the topics outlined above. Proposals should be sent to Sean Moroney,
AITEC Africa (<A href="mailto:sean@aitecafrica.com">sean@aitecafrica.com</A>),
including a brief outline and the presenter’s CV
summary.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">DATE:
25-26 March 2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">VENUE:
Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For more
information email </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:sean@aitecafrica.com">sean@aitecafrica.com</A> or visit <A
href="http://www.aitecafrica.com">www.aitecafrica.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">KENYA
NATIONAL ICT CONVENTION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Intended to develop a
detailed consensus between government, Civil Society and the private sector on
the country’s national ICT policy. In addition, the Convention with showcase
East African national and regional ICT projects in order to attract donor
support or private sector investment, this conference is not limited to region
or country. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DATE: 22-26 March
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">VENUE: Also the Safari
Park Hotel<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information
visit <A href="http://www.aitecafrica.com">www.aitecafrica.com</A> or email <A
href="mailto:info@aitecafrica.com">info@aitecafrica.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="mailto:sean@aitecafrica.com"></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H1><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">-------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H1><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">BUILDING
& BRIDGING COMMUNITY NETWORKS: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION & DIVERSITY THROUGH
COMMUNICATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
Committee of the “ Building & Bridging Community Networks: Knowledge,
Innovation & Diversity through Communication” conference issues a call for
your participation in an exciting opportunity to network with others engaged in:
community networking, <FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">community
informatics and community technology research, practice and policy. This
international conference will help a range of people with different roles to
share their knowledge about: the use of community technologies to build and
sustain healthy communities; and the development of networks to achieve this
goal. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">DATE:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>31st March – 2nd April, 2004 <BR>VENUE:
Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, England <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For
more information visit <A
href="http://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/research/seake/cna/">http://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/research/seake/cna/
</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-----------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">CERTIFICATE
IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, REGULATION AND
MANAGEMENT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Offered by
the LINK Centre, School of Public and Development Management, University of the
Witwatersrand<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Southern Africa's
the leading research and training body in the field of information and
communications technology policy, regulation and management.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It provides an essential background to
the understanding the regulatory and policy issues and challenges in the rapidly
changing telecommunications and broadcasting
sector.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">DATE:
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">April and
June 2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">VENUE:
Johannesburg</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For
more information visit </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://link.wits.ac.za/">http://link.wits.ac.za</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">--------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">NEPAD AND
ISSUES AFFECTING THE YOUTH: SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS AND THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The aim of
the conference is to provide an insight on the pros and cons of the achievements
of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) objectives and also, how
the European Union-Africa partnership can address and meet the challenges of the
importance of Information Technology (IT) in youth education, as a development
priority for both the African and Western
communities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Date:
18-19 June 2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Venue:
Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder,
Germany<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">For
more information visit </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf">http://www.ayf.de/Int-Conf-04.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-----------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">THE 8TH
WEST AFRICA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE AND
EXHIBITION - AITEC WEST AFRICA 2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">AITEC
GHANA, Ministry of Communications and Technology and Leaders in West African ICT
industry will host The 8th West Africa ICT conference and Exhibition to
facilitate a knowledge and information sharing platform on the future of ICT in
West Africa and its developmental impact.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Date:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1-2 June,
2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Venue:
Accra International Conference Center, Accra-Ghana<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Call for
Papers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Individuals
and organizations are invited to submit proposals for Conference and Workshop
Presentations at AITEC WEST AFRICA 2004. The theme for AITEC 2004
is:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"BUILDING
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH
ICT"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333333 size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-----------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">OEKONUX
CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">In Project
Oekonux [http://www.oekonux.org/] and in the neighboring OpenTheory
[http://www.opentheory.org/] different people with different opinions and
different methods study the economic and political forms of Free
Software.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">An
important question is, whether the principles of the development
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Free
Software (without exchange in the core, self-organized, common and unlimited
participation in the production knowledge) may be the foundation of a new
economy, which is no longer based on the dogma of economic scarcity. New economy
may also mean the basis for a new form of society. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Date:
20-23 May 2004<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Venue:
Department of Philosophy at Vienna University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">YOUR
EVENT HERE ….<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Send us
your events to appear in this newsletter, in particular some countries in SADC
are currently highly underrepresented, please help us address
this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">**************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">FEEDBACK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">----------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Joseph
George attended the Mpumalanga provincial Thetha (Thethas are SANGONeT ICT
discussion forum for the civil society currently being run in South Africa only
but intended to be replicated into other countries in the SADC region) in
Nelspruit on ICTs and the Global Information Society.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The theme
for this Thetha was “<FONT color=#3366ff><SPAN style="COLOR: #3366ff">ICTs and
the Global Information Society</SPAN></FONT>” – as it was for the two previous
provincial Thethas. Mr. Andre Vianello, a Deputy Director in the Provincial
Government of Mpumalanga gave a presentation. A man with some 30 years
experience in IT and industry certification from CISCO, Novell and Sun, he has
been in government for the past 8 years. He shed light on the provincial
government's strategy on ICTs - he mentioned the challenges faced and clarified
how the concept of e-governance is being considered at provincial level. He also
spoke about the provincial government's new website due to be launched in late
March.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Dr Lulama
Makhubela, Director of Research and Development, National Development Agency
(NDA) who has published more than 30 research journal articles and contributed
to three books, worked with WSIS in Paris, at the UNESCO headquarters and at
different times in the EU, Canada and the US gave a very good insight into the
development imperatives of ICTs. She spoke at length on the social issues that
need to be addressed through application of ICTs and raised several important
points in relation to ICTs and development.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Mr. Danny
Moalosi, Programme Officer, National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) had an
excellent interactive presentation on Community Participation through ICTs with
specific reference to broadcasting. He gave a brief history of community radio
in South Africa and shed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">light on
the diverse forms of current media ownership. He explained the three tiers of
broadcasting - Community, Public, and Commercial as laid out in the 1993 IBA
Act. He made a powerful statement on using limited ICT resources to achieve
results and exhorted the audience to do the same.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The next
Thetha will be held on Tuesday, 6 April 2004, from 09h00-13h00 at SANGONeT's new
offices at 76 Juta Street in Braamfontein. Its theme will be "Survival &
Prosperity in the NGO Sector - The Role of Technology in Strengthening
Organisational Capacity". If you are interested in participating in the Thetha,
please contact Martha Thibedi or Refilwe Rakhibane at SANGONeT before 2 April
2004: Tel: (011) 403-4935 / E-mail: <A
href="mailto:thetha@sangonet.org.za">thetha@sangonet.org.za</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Participation
in the Thetha is free of charge. For more information on Thetha - The SANGONeT
ICT Discussion Forum, please visit the SANGONeT website <A
href="http://www.sangonet.org.za/">http://www.sangonet.org.za</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">---------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Sandra
Roberts attended the Dimitra/ Womensnet conference on ICTS in the Service of
Good </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Governance, Democratic
Practice and Development for Rural Women in
Africa. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Held near Lanseria
airport outside Johannesburg, the conference brought together a large
amount (about 50) of largely international women who were tasked
with finding ICT strategies that would benefit rural women. She found
the experience incredibly beneficial for networking and knowledge sharing.
We (CINSA) organised for interviews to be taken from various people attending
the conference. These are available online at: <A
href="http://www.cmfd.org/sections/ruralwomen.html">http://www.cmfd.org/sections/ruralwomen.html</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Knowledge sharing was
for her the greatest benefit as she learned a good principle about setting up
Community ICT organisations: do the groundwork, use organisations that are
already successful in the community and get buy-in from the community. If
there is no buy-in possibly ICT is not the solution for that community.
ICT is not the ‘cure all’ for every situation. A simple concept, but
Community ICT projects would probably be a lot more successful if more people
applied it in practice. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">SHARE
YOUR EXPERIENCES OF ANY ICT EVENT WHICH YOU HAVE ATTENDED RECENTLY, EMAIL <A
href="mailto:sandra@sangonet.org.za">sandra@sangonet.org.za</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">**************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">JOBS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">GOT JOBS
OR VACANCIES TO ADVERTISE, EMAIL <A
href="mailto:sandra@sangonet.org.za">sandra@sangonet.org.za</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">***********<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">-----------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Prix Arts
Electronica: To mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004,
Ars<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Electronica
has expanded its international competition for cyberarts to include a new
category called "Digital Communities."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The category encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the
Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile
communications and wireless networks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>40,000 Euro in prize money will be awarded to six exemplary initiatives
that are furthering the development of an Open Society.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The deadline for submissions is March
26, 2004.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information
visit <A
href="http://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asp">http://www.aec.at/en/prix/index.asp</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">--------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">CALL FOR
PAPERS:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
Community Informatics Research Network Inc. (CIRN) calls for papers to its 2004
Inaugural Conference and Colloquium with the overall theme, 'Sustainability and
Community Technology: What Does this Mean for Community Informatics?, at the
Monash Centre, Prato, Italy, 29 September - 1 October, 2004. <A
href="http://www.ciresearch.net/prato2004">www.ciresearch.net/prato2004</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Papers
(full length for blind peer review and discussion or position papers) from
researchers and practitioners are invited. Possible topics
include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Defining
'sustainability' in a community technology context: is it an adequate concept?
What are its meanings and how are they relevant?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Are
there alternate concepts, which are more practicable, and how are they linked
to the life of communities and community networking?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Sustainability
and the Digital Divide: Friend or Foe?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
political economy of community technology sustainability: dependency on
government, and funders' understanding of
'sustainability'<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Community
Technology Sustainability in different spheres: developed, developing
countries: are<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>there universal principles?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
sustainability criteria of national and international financial institutions
and donors: Explanations and Critiques<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Indigenous
and first nations people and the sustainability of community
networks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Gendered
technology and the sustainability of community
networks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Is there
a connection between sustainability and 'social
capital'?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Time,
virtual space, geography and network sustainability<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Power
relationships in networking and their impact on
sustainability<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l11 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
policy dimensions (dementia) of sustainability<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">## A
special issue of Community Informatics: A Global E-Journal will be prepared as
part of this event and contributors to the event will be encouraged to submit
their papers for either the peer-reviewed or the commentary section of the
journal.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Please
submit your 2-page application by 1 April 2004 to: Marcus Foth at <A
href="mailto:m.foth@qut.edu.au">m.foth@qut.edu.au</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">CALL FOR
PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">-------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">THE THIRD
RESEARCH ON KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS (ROKS) COMPETITION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">DEADLINE:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>MARCH 26<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Understanding
the Social and Public Policy Dimensions of Transformative
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Technologies
in the South"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
Research on Knowledge Systems (RoKS) initiative of the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation
<www.rockfound.org> is launching a competition to support research on the
social equity and public policy challenges of transformative technologies faced
by developing countries. The focus is on how social equity and the human
condition is being affected by emerging technologies, as well as on what
mechanisms and learning processes are in place or have been developed to assist
governments and public stakeholder groups engaged in the decision-making
processes associated with these new technologies. We recognize that new
knowledge is not neutral and is embedded in specific social contexts; it can
offer opportunity, but can also constrain human<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>activity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">****************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">OTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">----------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The latest
issue of the Southern African Journal of Information and Communication in now
available.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It demonstrates the
research benefits of our association with prominent international academics. In
this issue Professor Dale Hatfield has written a stimulating paper on Spectrum
Commons, and Vodacom Visiting Professor William Melody has again published his
annual address on The Next Generation Internet and Its Governance.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He has also worked with local LINK
associates and staff to present a fascinating assessment of The Significance of
the VANS Sector.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">More
information </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><A
href="http://link.wits.ac.za/">http://link.wits.ac.za/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">DATABASE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">----------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
CINSA portal will soon publish a database of community ICTs, ICT practitioners
and ICT service providers, if you wish to appear on this valuable publicity
resource, please email <A
href="mailto:cinsa@sangonet.org.za">cinsa@sangonet.org.za</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">**************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">If you
would like any of the items mentioned in this newsletter and have no access to
the Internet, please email <A
href="mailto:owner@lists">cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org</A> including the
title of the item you wish to receive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">****************<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">To <SPAN
class=490441612-26032004>subscribe, </SPAN>unsubscribe or change subscription
details, email <A
href="mailto:owner@lists">cinsainfo-owner@lists.sn.apc.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>