Maranye and Dadamac - planning the chat April 25, 2011
Forwarded reply from Ramadhan
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Hi Pamela and All,
Pamela I would reply you as follow:
Hi Pamela and readers of my open letters at http://dadamac.posterous.com
Arranging a chat on Tuesday
Ramadhan you suggest we arrange a chat on Tuesday 26th to discuss the Maranye project. That is possible. Let's discuss the practicalities. Yes the discussion will be practically. Based on How we started Maranye and where we are now. Practically what have we done, and what do we want to archive
I could be available sometime between 13.00 and 15.30 GMT or after around 19.30 GMT (GMT is the same as standard universal time, and I think it is two hours earlier than your time see Clock - world time home page http://www.timeanddate.com/ ) This will be around 11.00 and 13.30 our time will be available
Are you thinking typed chat or voice chat? Do you prefer yahoo or skype? Alternatively we could set up an etherpad, then we could prepare an agenda in the big space and have our chat in the side box. What do you think? EthePad will good and with side box in the big space with agenda
It would be helpful to me if you would complete a profile before we have our chat - See Introductions for the collaborators http://dadamac-collaborators-connect.posterous.com/introductions-for-the-collaborators Introduction for the collaborators is giving me some problem in completing the profile. I need help.
Expectations and what Dadamac can, and cannot, do
I hope that you have realistic expectations regarding our chat. You need to understand what dadamac is and what it is not. It is not like a big NGO with money to give away. Dadamac is simply here to raise the visibility of projects and help people to share information. It is an attempt to bring grass roots initiatives to the attention of more people
At first I was Expecting what Dadamac can not do. Now I came to realization point of what Dadamac can, and cannot, do
The circumstance lead me to know Dadamac is the suddenly Death of Maria. So I was in a big pressure for the reason Maria was the 100% sponsor of our project until the project starting to generate income, and she did not say bye to any one and we had so many thing to accomplish together. At first over heading coast tend to make me tense, and nervous, now am cool and digesting the situation, try to face and accepting them calm.
with great conviction that MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING.
I enjoyed a lot about the Dadamac, I wish would have known about Dadamac during the time Maria was Alive. Congratulation for connecting peoples.
- Dadamac - the Internet-enabled alternative to top-down development http://dadamac.posterous.com/dadamac-the-internet-enabled-alternative-to-t
Perhaps you have seen the information that we share at www.dadamac.net about John Dada's work in North Central Nigeria. I am are setting things up so that you, and other people in Collaborators Connect will be able to become visible in a similar way.
What John has doing is really wonderfully and we will copy and paste all good works done by John, and John is actually our role model.
Placing your information
I do not have time to put the information in the right places for you. If you think it would be useful to become more visible through dadamac,net you will need to learn to put information up for yourself. How can I do that? I am happy to help you learn how to do that. I will be happy to learn more how to org anise my information the right place. I have already mentioned completing your profile. I suggest that you put links from your profile to all the posts you have published at posterous dadamac collaborators connect http://dadamac-collaborators-connect.posterous.com/
Will do my best before our chat
Posterous
Posterous is a good place to put things, but it has benefits and disadvantages. Benefits include the way that it gets sent out to all the other collaborators, and the way that anyone with the link can view it, and the fact that other people may come across it too. A disadvantage is the way that what you write gradually gets buried under more recent posts. I have found the information that you have posted to http://dadamac-collaborators-connect.posterous.com/ interesting and informative. I am glad you posted it there. If you put links to all your posts on your profile then it will be easy for people to find what you have written, even if it is months (or years) later. I will put much effort to learn more
A Special Interest Group
Something else we might do is set up a Special Interest Group on a general topic that is dear to your heart. Integrated ORGANIC Farming and Climatic Changes. Then we can see who else we know who can join this group. The group can rub minds through emails and online meeting and explore how to help each other to move forward. Once again I have to warn you that I do not have time to run such a group, I hope you can be able to run it a little longer until I become expert of the road, I don't have a good back ground on how to run a group, however your bit of support will be appreciated. but I can give you advice based on other groups I have run in the past, and generally give you a bit of support in the background.
Looking forward
I look forward to your reply and discovering together how Dadamac can help you to further your work in Tanzania.
Thanks you
Pamela
Regards
Ramadhan