Hi All!
I also thought a bit about how our communication could look like and about the questions Torill raised. But before I start I have to admit that I am not a computer or Internet specialist o at all. I joined this group as I am convinced that the objectives of the SECN are really worth to try to achieve and as I would like to help to reach them.
Torill – I think your ideas are really great and I agree with your thoughts on this one page of the IUHPE domain. I also think that we should link this one with the page(s) where the actions of the SECN are really reflected and discussed.
http://drupal.org/ provides a good possibility to create one own homepage with features such as Blogs, Bibliographies, where you can list relevant literature, Calendar, Forum where you can discuss different issues, projects where you can publish ongoing projects etc. It would be also possible to publish some abstracts there like Torill suggested. All in all it covers the features we were thinking of to include. As far as I know it is also for free. The team I am working with at the moment is using this provider and it works really well. However, what we should not forget is that it takes a lot of time to create all this stuff and to update it, no matter what service we choose in the end. This also leads me to the question of funding and money. Does actually anyone know whether we get financial support by the IUHPE. As we really address the needs of a growing number of members of it, we might approach them in the future with this question. Because if we don’t get any money from them to do advocacy for the young community, how can they feel that there issues are really valued by the IUHPE?
Maybe we could also get in touch with the already existing networks, that were presented in Vancouver and find out what works well and what is difficult in terms of communication. Maybe we also should think about asking them joining our SECN – so we could build a bridge from the regional to the international level and would have strong partners who also could do advocacy together with our regional coordinators.
In terms of the offline communication we should contact some people who work in areas with poor data accessibility. They know best in which ways we can reach them and how they can participate in our network. Maybe we can also touch base with some organizations like the UN, WHO or of course IUHPE itself, who must have be confronted with these difficulties before and who might found some good alternatives.
I hope these thoughts help us a bit to move on!
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Great! I'll really look into drupal.org - it seems like a good alternative. Also the ideas about getting experiences from people in areas with low computer coverage and looking into what other organisations have done. Seeking financial support is also a good idea.
About the amount of work, I think it is a good idea to have blogs run by people with different areas of interest. The central page - at the level below the IUHPE site - would have to be edited by someone, most likely only one person. We'll have to see how much work it is. I volunteer to do this in the beginning - I like that type of work. But we'll see.
Really, I think this type of ideas is what we need, not computer specialists. Just the wish to provide tools that can help people connect and work. We can consult others for technical advice.
Well, let's keep communicating!
Torill
Hi again,
I have been looking at drupal.org, and I'm so impressed! It even has a translation tool so that we can have at least some approach to linguistic equity! Thanks, Kristin!
Torill
COMMENT to Kristin's post
"Maybe we can also touch base with some organizations like the UN, WHO or of course IUHPE itself, who must have be confronted with these difficulties before and who might found some good alternatives".
RE: I AGREE With the above. 1.However, I think we could leave it for a while, as I believe that in order to ask for something/liaise with somebody there we should try first to get our Network up and running and give it a bit of time;
2. In my opinion, some Key-players/people from IUHPE would be helpful in approaching this matter and liaising with someone from UN etc in the future. It's only because we're rather small in the overall context (at the moment).
Best wishes,
Lina
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