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Hi all<br>
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My name is Toby Beresford from MicroAid.net and I'm based in London, UK<br>
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MicroAid.net provides a subscription software service to create "Online
Centres" that are specially designed for Community Based Organisations
(CBOs) working from telecentres in poor communities.<br>
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These Online Centres provide a tool for running micro-projects that:<br>
* encourage local people to get active!<br>
* empower the community<br>
* engage online donors <br>
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We would love to see new and existing telecentres that have broadband
get set up with their own MicroAid Online Centre to help them help
local people.<br>
<br>
Two interesting topics for discussion would be to look at 1/ telecentre
financing and 2/ practitioner needs<br>
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1/ What self-financing models are available to allow telecentres to
flourish, especially in developing and rural economies? Who has
experience of revenue generation from internet cafes, communications
services, other shared resource services, business services that work?<br>
<br>
2/ What are the common issues, constraints, opportunities and needs
from telecentres that are already running? I hope there are people on
this list who are running a telecentre and can contribute to this.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Toby<br>
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Toby Beresford<br>
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<br>
Andy Carvin wrote:<br>
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Now, I would like to open the list for introductions. Please post an
email to the group and tell us who you are, your institution, your
location, the reason you are participating in this group, and perhaps
some topics for discussion. We'll do this for a few days so we can
learn about each other, then we will start discussions.
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