I agree we should worry about it, but I am not sure about Adam's 
example. It looks like a commercial service to me -- with a pinch of 
social responsibility etc. There are many examples of people working on 
ICT for development who are not necessarily companies, so let us discuss 
this further. Of course there may be companies worth getting involved in 
this, but let us take a good look at ourselves (non-profits) first.

frt rgds

--c.a.

Iliya Nickelt wrote:

>On 24 Nov 2005 at 13:51, Adam Peake wrote:
>  
>
>>I hope the constituency executive will coordinate with ALAC about who we
>>appoint to these 4 "civil society" seats, at least 1 should be for
>>someone working on ICT for development project, example
>><http://www.oknmobile.com/>
>>    
>>
>
>I realise that the topic can become important for developing countries 
>to reduce the digital divide. I just wanted to express my interest to 
>work on the .mobi field -- if there are other people who can better 
>express the view of the developing countries, we should prefer them, at 
>least at first. If necessary, I am sure we could find some method to 
>substitute our representatives in good time. But first let us see in 
>what way they are willing to implement the board.
>
>	--iliya
>
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