November 2008
4 posts
open document protocol
There is no doubt that the CONSEGI conference held earlier this year was a significant event and the outcomes and resolutions of the discussions held there are starting to have effect in a number of other forums. A modified version of the Brasilia Protocol was circulated and the only issue that countries that were considering signing this document had, is the time-frame that they can commit to....
Jakarta Declaration
The Jakarta Declaration was read out at the end of the conference by Betti Alisjahbana or the Indonesian FOSS ambassador as the minister nicknamed her. The Declaration was accepted by all present with no objections registered. ( the work of the members of the south-south coalition on the Consegi declaration must be acknowledged)
Jakarta Declaration
Asia-Africa Coalition
Asia-Africa Conference on...
Asia - Africa Conference on Open Source
I am attending the “Asia - Africa Conference on Open Source” http://www.aagos.ristek.go.id/ , in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event is being hosted by the State Ministry of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (RISTEK) Their flagship programme is IGOS ” Indonesia goes open source”. Jakarta is very humid and it has rained quite a lot since I arrived last night. We...
UDM's response on www.elections.org.za
Karl Fischer has been blogging about the IEC website and he has a response from the UDM about the issue.
kmf:
Dear Mr Fischer Recent media reports stated that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) website is not coping with the number of South Africans trying find out if they are registered or where their closest registration point is. Problem one is connecting to the site: “I have...