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<DIV><SPAN class=093565117-09102004>Don and all,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093565117-09102004>Disaster management and preparation
is obviously a useful service that can be provided via telecenters as shown
by the excellent example you posted. As a specialist in the psychological
aspects and effects of crisis and disaster, I have long advocated for the
use of media/ICT to help communities cope in the after math of disasters, as
an effective method of reaching large segments of the
population. Telecenters can be especially useful in providing disaster
preparation and crisis intervention/management services in rural and remote
areas.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093565117-09102004><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=125350521-04102004><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
class=531305301-29092004>Elizabeth</SPAN><SPAN
class=531305301-29092004><BR><BR>Dr. Elizabeth Carll<BR>Focal Point</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531305301-29092004>International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies;<BR>Chair Media/ICT Working Group,<BR>NGO Committee on Mental Health,
New York<BR>Tel: 1-631-754-2424<BR>Fax: 1-631-754-5032<BR><A
href="mailto:ecarll@optonline.net"><FONT
color=#000000>ecarll@optonline.net</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV></DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org [mailto:telecentres-bounces@wsis-cs.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Don Cameron<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:10
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Toby Beresford'<BR><B>Cc:</B>
telecentres@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Telecentres] RE:
[Telecentre's] Basic Telecentre Items<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">>>
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What do your
communities mean by "Lighthouse Centre" - what rocks is it warning people away
from? Or is it that this is the place where the light of the internet can be
found?</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Toby this is a very
interesting question… A Lighthouse can be a beacon or a warning, or both.
Accepted usage in the context of a community gathering is a beacon designed to
attract people to the community of a Telecentre, I don’t think the Internet
has a lot to do with it. However having made this observation, many in our
indigenous communities do view the Internet with natural trepidation and will
caution youth in particular from becoming too involved with a medium offering
very little in the way of indigenous values and learning. Perhaps the
Lighthouse serves as both a beacon and a warning.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to
expand this idea further to a current priority of some of the Telecentre’s in
my home State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">NSW</st1:place></st1:State> as well as in QLD Australia. NSW is
facing an imminent (within days or a few weeks at the most), plague of locusts
of proportions not previously seen in recorded history. Drought combined with
global warming produced a plague last year and the continued drought
conditions has resulted in hatchings of billions of these insects over the
past few weeks – only yesterday I travelled to a remote area of our region to
establish a macro link suitable for field data and video transfers for one of
our local environmental scientists. To see millions of these tiny creatures in
a single square metre of ground (in an area of thousands of hectares of
similar terrain) was really quite terrifying. They are yet unformed with wings
however it is only a matter of days before they begin to swarm and reap havoc
on our crops, pastures and livelihoods. Amongst the organizations at the fore
of the battle to mitigate the impact of these creatures are our Telecentre’s,
all of which locally are providing free access to Government and other
resources combined in a single effort to reduce the swarms and resultant
damage. In this instance our Telecentre’s are very much operating as a
Lighthouse, warning residents and providing vital information to the unwary or
unprepared landholder. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The State of
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">QLD</st1:place></st1:State> is
currently in the grip of an early wildfire season and Telecentre’s are
similarly at the fore of providing essential community warning information.
Most Telecentre’s in affected areas are compiling fire danger alerts,
providing free access to evacuation information, fire losses of homes and
other property, bureau of meteorology forecasts, traffic delays etc. etc. in a
coordinated effort to inform and as necessary to warn people of imminent
danger. These Telecentre’s are also operating as a Lighthouse for the very
rough “waters and rocks” of uncontrolled wildfires.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These scenarios are
continually played-out right across our continental landmass – from remote
Telecentre’s in the West and North-West of Western Australia engaged in
Cyclone warning and support, to Telecentre’s in the ‘Red Centre’ providing
drought and travel warnings for people silly enough to try and cross a desert
unprepared. Maybe a “Lighthouse” is a very apt descriptor for the warning
value offered by many of these Telecentre’s.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rgds, Don
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