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From: JANET TOWNSEND [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 November 2000 17:04
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Subject: electronic salon: NGOs talking
Now Open!!
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http://www.geography.durham.ac.uk/grassroots
To 30th November
Dear All,
Over the past year Durham University and INTRAC in the UK have
been working on the research project 'Whose Ideas: Development
Charities Talking from the Grassroots to the Internet'. Their
purpose has been to examine the ways in which Southern
development organisations can get their ideas on the development
agenda. Now, at an exciting stage in the research, we invite your
participation at our 'electronic salon'.
We have made available on the Internet a comprehensive draft of
each of the research papers we intend to publish for local NGOs
in the South. For each of these papers we invite you to make your
final comments and contributions before the papers are finalised.
We do take this process seriously - it is not a gimmick - and all
constructive criticisms will be carefully considered for
incorporation into the final documents.
What's an 'Electronic Salon'?
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, an e-salon is a sort of
conference on the World Wide Web. We want to run this so that
NGOs in India, Ghana, Mexico and Europe can discuss and
exchange ideas on the issues we have been raising. We have
tried to make this process as simple as possible, given that the
web can be slow and time consuming. We also recognise that
not everyone has access to this technology, but we don't have a
better alternative.
Where is it held?
The 'base' for the salon will be at the following web-site (although
people will be able to make contributions without actually going
on-line, by email only):
http://www.geography.durham.ac.uk/grassroots
How can I take part?
We hope that you will take the time to read the documents on the website
before submitting a contribution. The papers are:
*The transnational community of NGOs
*Ghana
*North and South India
*Mexico
*Europe
*How can southern NGOs have more of an influence on the development
agenda?
The second part of the salon is where you send us your comments by email,
for us to `post' them on the web-site. The way this works is that you
send an
email with your comments and contributions to:
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You can then read what other people have said, either
independently, or in response to your own contribution(s) online.
Alternatively you can simply print off selected messages for you
to read offline. You can then email any further responses, and so
on, for two weeks. Later, we'll analyse it and put our
conclusions on the web-site. At the end we will email you an
edited version of the discussions.
The first time you email us, please tell us who you are and we'll
post this as well. It will help other readers to know your name,
organisation, position, and location: a brief biography would also
be welcome. Colleagues in India, Ghana, Mexico and Europe will
be doing the same.
With each email you send please refer to any specific document.
This will help us to catalogue your messages later; ultimately
saving you time when you come to find them.
If you would like your email to be anonymous please let us know.
We reserve the right to withhold any mailings which may cause
us legal difficulties.
We look forward to your contribution!
http://www.geography.durham.ac.uk/grassroots
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