[Kevin is in Toronto, 6:30 a.m. EST, staying a few days with Rubin, planning today to visit Nart at CitizensLab where Jamaicaexpress.net is hosted. “Marguerite” is Marguerite Orane, Growth Facilitators. “Rodney” is Rodney Davis, CEO of Jamaica Cable and Wireless. “Jermain” is a teammate who knows a lot about low power fm radio transmission. “Aubrey” knows computers.]<\/p>\n
Kevin: hello charley
\nKevin: are you there
\neon: yes
\neon: hi
\nKevin: just sent you an email
\nKevin: sitting in a coffee shop
\neon: cool
\nKevin: by the airport
\neon: with wireless?
\nKevin: yes sir
\neon: not bad
\neon: pretty amazing
\nKevin: i have now become a internet junky
\nKevin: can’t live without it
\neon: reading your email
\neon: do you need the address of citizen lab?
\nKevin: yes
\neon: looking for it
\nKevin: what is the name of the project and do you have the address or website for it
\neon: http:\/\/catchdaflava.com\/
\neon: http:\/\/focus.civiblog.org\/blog
\neon: http:\/\/www.citizenlab.org\/
\nKevin: ok
\nKevin: is it still possible for nart to come to jamaica and work out of the office and help us to get things in order
\neon: yes
\nKevin: i think i would love to train jermain and have him do what we wanted aubrey to do\\
\nKevin: might work out cheaper in the long run
\nKevin: as well it would be us using our guys
\neon: good
\neon: is aubrey now out of the picture?
\nKevin: have not been able too get intouch with him in a while
\nKevin: dont know why just have not beeen able too reach him on his phone
\neon: people have busy lives
\nKevin: ah
\nKevin: that is why we have to be sure of our approach
\nKevin: because life has a way of getting in the way sometimes
\nKevin: with the crew that we have we should be ok
\neon: ok
\neon: start thinking about a board for SSET
\nKevin: what do you have in mind
\neon: marguerite could assemble a terrific crew, starting with rodney
\nKevin: yes
\nKevin: that is sure right
\neon: an organization like yours needs the backing of a powerful board who are fans of the project
\nKevin: rubin wants to be the director of public relations
\neon: what’s his vision of the job?
\nKevin: taking the SET message out into the world
\neon: sounds great
\nKevin: and raising funds for the organization
\neon: we have the talent now, just need the event promoter
\neon: you must know a lot about that from your motivational speaking days
\nKevin: thats sounds right
\nKevin: have some ideas
\nKevin: need a project coordinator though
\neon: C&W could be a big help
\nKevin: that is exactly right
\nKevin: i think it is coming to me what our approach should be to them
\neon: come
\nKevin: the idea of marketing a series of talks to jamaicans around the world
\nKevin: not something they have to attend in person but something they can tune into on the web
\neon: but built on a solid base at home with real programs working for students and staff
\nKevin: driven by c&w technology
\neon: yes yes
\nKevin: sure you’re right
\neon: with travelling stimuli to the major diaspora cities
\nKevin: we need only to make sure that SET is
\nKevin: producing products that can be seen on the web
\neon: prophet for broadband to the developing world
\nKevin: sounds exactly right to me
\neon: lesson in how the developing world can use internet to heal itself and grow
\nKevin: wow you are a champion this morning
\neon: you are a prophet
\nKevin: looks like some one got some good rest
\nKevin: wow
\neon: gotta go
\neon: still finishing up my exam questions
\nKevin: see ya
\nKevin: i’ll look for you later<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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