Building
Community Controlled Telecommunications Services in Keewaytinook
Okimakanak First Nations
Wednesday,
November 10th - Morning
Community
Profiles
Moses
Kakekaspan opened our day with a prayer. It looked like everyone
had a good sleep and was ready to enter the telecom language
jungle again. To help us understand the process we were undertaking,
Ricardo showed us pictures of similar work that was done in
other countries.
This
morning we learned a new way to express our worries, concerns,
anxieties, and dreams about community telecommunications. Ricardo
talked about ways to share our understanding of telecom issues
by drawing links between different people in our communities
and activities and technologies that support the things that
people do. He called this a spray diagram.
The
spray diagram was described as a way to get ideas out quickly
- like having a "faucet" on your head. The rules for creating
these diagrams are documented in "DAY
2 DIRECTIONS".
We
got together in three groups and started to learn this new method.
The spray diagrams were fun and filled with friendly disagreements
and good questions.
The
central theme for each group was a challenge and then adding
links became easier and easier as everyone started "spraying"
their ideas with their own coloured marker.
The
bright sunlight sure added to the energy felt in the room.
Just
before lunch we posted our diagrams on the walls and shared
ideas about what we came up with.
The
"Community" and the people was a central theme for each of the
groups.
As
with any groups, the directions and ideas varied considerably.
