[Advisors] a "digital strategy" for Canada

[Kristina Verner]

Brian,

I'd be happy to provide a virtual connection for the i-CANADA conference =
in June for those that can't make it to Toronto.  However, I would want =
to be sure it is an authentic two-way conversation.  To bring in rural =
speakers, and even those from around the world that we couldn't have =
travel for previous events, we have been fortunate to use telepresence, =
but this may not be the ideal solution to foster the dialogue that may =
be desired.  Do you think that a reduced registration rate for virtual =
attendees would be an option to help cover off the costs for any =
solution that we put in place to make this happen (e.g. one of the =
dedicated solutions I found when searching quickly was approximately =
$10k).

Do you have some suggestions on solutions that have worked well so I can =
look into their feasibility? If not, I can look for them - but thought =
perhaps you may have some past experience(s) with some of the options =
available.  Would you be interested in helping me sort through this in =
time for the conference?

We are also going to be launching an online discussion/collaboration =
tool for an ongoing dialogue in the late spring/early summer for =
i-CANADA so please stay tuned for details.

Also - if you have some suggestions for locations for upcoming i-CANADA =
events that could be centred on remote and rural communities, I'd be =
happy to bring those suggestions forward!

Thank you in advance!
Kristina


On 2013-02-24, at 6:02 AM, Brian Beaton <brianbeaton@knet.ca> wrote:

> Gareth ... Maybe one thing to do is to be lobbying these different
> conference organizers to begin using ICTs to effectively  include =
people and
> communities in a meaningful and respectful way in these events. =
Instead of
> always being left out on the edges in online events, it is possible =
for the
> folks in remote and rural to be included as presenters and =
participants in
> any gathering.
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> Drawing everyone to the cities to fill their hotels, airports, taxis,
> restaurants, stores is just another expensive strategy to take care of =
the
> cities and keep everything centralized. Getting people from the cities =
to
> travel to and understand the realities of remote and rural =
communities,
> especially First Nations, has always been a challenge.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of =
Gareth
> Shearman
> Sent: February-23-13 4:23 PM
> To: TC Advisors
> Subject: [Advisors] a "digital strategy" for Canada
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> I would like to pose a couple of questions:
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> 1. What can TC do to promote and assist the advent of a bottom up =
"digital
> strategy" - from the "grass roots" shall we say?
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> 2.  Many of us on this list support the concept of municipally owned =
and
> controlled networks - both wired and wireless.  How can we best engage
> community in actively supporting this concept?
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