Year: 2010

  • TTCS attends Internet Governance Workshop on November 12-13, 2010 in #tobago

    TTCS attends Internet Governance Workshop

    The Diplofoundation in cooperation with the Caribbean Telelcommunications Union

     (CTU) will be hosting an Internet Governance(IG) Diplomacy Training Workshop, during November 12-13th 2010, at the Grafton Beach Resort in Tobago.

     

    The Workshop:

     

    The workshop attendees comprise of persons from the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) Group of states. In fact, attendance has been confirmed by professionals from the OECS countries, Barbados, Belize, Haiti, Jamaica,Trinidad and Tobago.

     

    This training workshop will give participants an overview of the multidisciplinary field of IG (including technical, legal, economic, sociocultural, and developmental aspects) and explain interplay among international, regional and national IG policy processes. It provides an opportunity for officials and professionals from ACP countries to strengthen their overall understanding of IG and to develop diplomatic approach of their country and institution in the IGF process

     

    The Team :

    Ginger Paque, a coordinator of Internet Governance capacity building programme of DiploFoundation and one of the main facilitators

    Rodney Taylora Manager at the Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU), he will introduce the anchors to the regional (Caribbean) progress and challenges when it comes to the IG and ICT, as well as the CTU work in the field

    Tracy Hackshaw and Sheba Mohammidthe local partners from the TT Government, who will help place focus on  the IG challenges with Small Island Developing States, with examples from Trinidad and Tobago

     

    Shernon Osepa, joining on behalf of ICANN, he shallcontribute his knowledge and expertise on critical Internet resources, especially in relation to the region

    Vladimir Radunovic  coordinator of Internet Governance Projects with DiploFoundation, trainer and facilitor of the workshop.

     

    Useful Links:

     

    The leading material for the workshop is the Internet Governance book, which is available for download free, in pdf format at:http://igbook.diplomacy.edu/

     

    Additionally, there is a Film available http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/dvd/which provides an introduction to Internet Governance through the views of leading policy-makers and academics on a wide array of related questions.

     

    Other useful materials from DiploFoundation are available at:http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/resources/

     

     

    At the regional level, CTU IG framework (“Caribbean Internet Governance Framework Issue 1.0.doc”), as well as the CTU link:http://www.ctu.int/internet-governance

     

    CARICOM provides information on the region at: www.caricomict4d.org

     

    Under the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC) there are specific resources in terms of ICT measurement in the Caribbean, an area where there is still a grave deficiency in terms of informing Evidence Based Public Policy http://www.eclac.org/socinfo/osilac/default.asp?idioma=IN

     

    Specifically on the Trinidad and Tobago case there is the recently posted ICT Market Survey results), you may visit publicly available content atwww.tatt.org.tt and on www.fastforward.tt.

     

    The DIPLO Community:

     

    Diplo has a very vivid community of (almost 1000) professionals worldwide involved with IG and ICT policy; they are all gathered online for discussions, mutual contacts and joint work through a professional social network available at: www.diplointernetgovernance.org  The network is open to new professionals and they invite you to join and extend the community – thus further strengthening the within network of Caribbean.

     

  • TTCS pizzalime on Sunday November 14 2010 from 7 to 9pm at La Cantina, #Tobago

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizzalime on Sunday November 14 2010

    from 7pm to 9pm at La Cantina, RBTT Compound, Milford Road, Store Bay, Tobago.

    Come join us as we eat and chat about various computing related topics!

    Contribution of $40 towards the food bill is expected. Anyone interested in computing are welcome to attend.
    If you are attending, please let us know by emailing admin@ttcsweb.org

    See you there!

    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs 
    "networking local computer users!"
  • #Trinidad #Tobago Govt to implement e-citizens card to replace ID & driver’s permit

    From the Trinidad Guardian newspaper dated 27 Oct 2010 : E-citizen card’ to become main form of identification

    "The Government intends to implement an “e-citizens card” which will replace the ID card and drivers’ permit in the future, said acting Permanent Secretary Gillian McIntyre, Ministry of Public Utilities. “The e-citizens card is a unique identification number which will allow citizens to access all Government services on and off-line. “It is anticipated that this identification system which will eventually replace all other systems such as drivers permits, ID cards and smart cards will encourage a more efficient degree of Government services,” she said. Ag Permanent Secretary Gillian McIntyre, Ministry of Public Utilities was speaking on behalf of Emmanuel George on Thursday night at the media launch of the “I-create” 2010-2011 Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisation (Canto) Regional e-content competition at National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA)."

    Read rest of article at 
    http://guardian.co.tt/business/business/2010/10/27/e-citizen-card-become-main-form-identification

  • Caricom Regional ICT Steering Committee meeting in #trinidad & #tobago Monday 25 October 2010

    Via a press release on the http://www.caricomict4d.org/ website :

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Three of the Sub-Committees of the Regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Steering Committee will begin next week to formulate a Draft Implementation Plan for the recently developed Draft Regional ICT Strategy. 

     

    The week-long meetings of the sub-committees will be convened in Trinidad and Tobago from Monday 25 October and will discuss issues pertaining to Access, Connectivity and Internet Governance; Business, Trade, Culture and Disaster Management; and Capacity Building.

     

    The Draft Implementation Plan will outline the activities to be undertaken and the specific milestones and targets to achieve the objectives as set out in the Draft Strategy. It will also give guidance to the governance model that should be adopted for the execution of these activities.

     

    The Regional ICT Strategy (Regional Digital Development Strategy – RDDS) outlines the level of ICT development in the Region and identifies existing gaps. It also points out critical Regional issues to be addressed and the approaches that should be taken to deal with these issues. Its mission is to “use ICT and other appropriate technologies to leverage and deepen the Region’s cultural resources, through high-speed ICT networks and trained human resources, and within good governance and sound operating partnership frameworks; in order to add social and economic value for the benefit of the Region.” 

     

    At their Meeting in July 2010, CARICOM Heads of Government mandated that the Implementation Plan for the Draft Strategy be developed and forwarded to the ICT Ministers Meeting and the next Inter-Sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in 2011. The Implementation Plan for the Draft Strategy will also be presented at the Fifth meeting of the Regional ICT Steering Committee next month.

     

    The Regional ICT Steering Committee – which comprises sub-committees – was established in 2004 and serves as an advisory body to the CARICOM Secretariat on issues related to ICTs. It comprises delegates from CARICOM Member States, Regional Organisations and Institutions, the Private Sector, Civil Society, and the CARICOM Secretariat.

     

    The work that is conducted under the Steering Committee is geared towards advancing development of the Caribbean Information Society. The Committee is part of the Caribbean Information Society (Carib-IS) project which is funded under the 9th European Development Fund.

  • TTCS pizzalime on Wednesday 13 October 2010 from 6-9pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizzalime on Wednesday 13 October 2010 from 6 to 9pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout.

    Come join us as we eat and chat about :

    * discussion of the four ICT related events taking place in Trinidad and Tobago during November 2010
    * planning for a TTCS November 2010 Tech Day event 
    * report and feedback of our Software Freedom Day event on September 18 2010 at Trincity Mall.

    * the Ministry of Education's eConnect & Learn Programme launched with the distribution of SEA laptops to several schools.

    * the recent TATT ICT open forum "Electronic Payments System in Trinidad and Tobago – Legal, Cultural and Technological Challenges" 

    Contribution of $30 towards food bill is expected. Anyone interested are welcome to attend. 

    See you there!

  • Migrating content from TTCS website to WordPress CMS ; Volunteers needed

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) website at http://www.ttcsweb.org/ was primarily done using a text editor for the past 10 years, with only the use of a HTML preprocessor (PPWIZARD) within the last 5 years. 

    However, adding content with this method is untenable. Thus the TTCS will be using the WordPress content management system  to run the TTCS website.

    While the WordPress site for the TTCS is up, (allbeit without a good design), the TTCS is seeking volunteers to help with moving content from the TTCS's static website to the WordPress site.

    Volunteers will be given user accounts at our WordPress site, and in essence will be copying and pasting content from ttcsweb.org, so it can be done with any computer with an internet connection (preferably broadband) with a web browser at any time.

    If you're willing to help TTCS with this, please email us at webmaster@ttcsweb.org .

    Thank You,
    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs 
    "networking local computer users!"
  • TTCS OSSWIN DVD available at our TTCS SFD booth at Trincity Mall, Trincity on Sat Sept 18 2010 from 10am-5pm

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    Just a reminder that the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS)
    will be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2010 on September 18th 2010
    with a booth display at Trincity Mall, Trincity from 10am to 5pm.

    Our booth (in the foyer near to the Payless store) will showcase
    various aspects of Free and Open Source Software including :

    – Free and Open Source Software for Windows included on our TTCS
    OSSWIN DVD (yes, DVD!)
    – demoing Ubuntu, a popular linux-based operating system bundled with
    many applications.
    – Ushahidi crowd-sourcing system to track/monitor incidents/disasters
    in Trinidad & Tobago

    Booth visitors can get the TTCS OSSWIN DVD and Ubuntu CDs while stocks last.

    The TTCS OSSWIN DVD has never been available before and has over 100
    programs (the TTCS OSSWIN CD has 91 programs).

    See you there!

    —–

    Regards,

    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/ ;
    http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs
    “networking local computer users!”

  • Software Freedom Day on September 18 2010 at Trincity Mall, Trincity from 10am to 5pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2010 on September 18th 2010 with a booth display at Trincity Mall, Trincity from 10am to 5pm.

    Our booth will showcase various aspects of Free and Open Source Software including :

    • Free and Open Source Software for Windows included on our TTCS OSSWIN CD 
    • demoing Ubuntu, a popular linux-based operating system bundled with many applications.
    • Ushahidi crowd-sourcing system to track/monitor incidents/disasters in Trinidad & Tobago

    Booth visitors will get both the TTCS OSSWIN CD and Ubuntu CDs while stocks last

    We will also be giving out flyers with information about the TTCS as well as tips on using Free and Open Source Software and keeping safe online.

    If anyone would like to volunteer to help us out on that day, please contact admin@ttcsweb.org 

    Any help you can give us is welcomed.

    See you there!

    About Software Freedom Day

    Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the benefits and availability of Free and Open Source Software. The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level. Volunteer teams throughout the world organise local SFD events around the third Saturday in September.

    The Software Freedom Day events in 2007 and 2008 hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society both received a “highly commended” award out of 500 international teams from Software Freedom International.

     

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99i – Free and Open Source Software CD for Windows available for download

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    The latest version of the TTCS OSSWIN CD
    (https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/), a CD of Free and Open Source
    Software for Windows 7, Vista and XP is available for download.
    Download links and details can be found at https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/

    Changelog :

    TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99i

    Date created : September 10th, 2010
    File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.99i.iso
    File size : 699 MB (733,374,464 bytes)
    MD5 checksum : bcf52a281b35b739a75832f27f0d8994

    Changes from v1.99h :

    removed : Programmer’s Notepad, WinRoll, Paint.NET, winMD5sum
    added : Notepad++, Pinta, WinHasher
    updated : Maxima, Sokoban YASC, Inkscape, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla
    Thunderbird, Filezilla, Halite, Miranda IM, Juice, VideoLAN,
    VirtualDub, PDFCreator, ClamWin Free Antivirus, InfraRecorder,
    Truecrypt, KeePass, Axcrypt, Really Slick Screensavers

    Went though the documentation throughout the programs – throughout the
    OSSWIN CD, the term “open source software” was replaced with “Free and
    Open Source Software”

    —–

    Regards,

    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/ ;
    http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs
    “networking local computer users!”