Re: Is the ICT Advisory Council useful?

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:45:46 -0700

Hi Ish,
At 10:00 20-10-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>Unless the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
>decides to listen to the ICT Advisory Council, the latter will be
>regarded as a "rubber stamp".

Thank you for confirming that the ICT Advisory Council could be
regarded as a rubber-stamp.

>The council isn't vested with super-powers but citizens of Mauritius
>are. How many people so far have shown interest and complained to
>the TCI Ministry? The issue being, everyone is afraid of being
>bullied at work through shadowed political influence. As long as
>people will be scared and remain docile, no one will bother whether
>Ish, Avinash or Logan are trying to push forward something.

The subject of the emails which I sent to the Ministry of Technology,
Communication and Innovation is about internet-related matters or
technology. I have discussed about similar subjects outside
Mauritius. The lack of discussion about the internet in Mauritius
might explain why there isn't anything interesting happening.

>I sent several emails to the Ministry, did anybody bother? I (you
>and Logan as well) struggled for transparency in the .mu
>Multi-stakeholder forum, did anyone in the TCI Ministry bother? Who
>have tolerated such a culture? It boils down to be citizens.

The minutes of the last meeting will show that I discussed about
transparency with the Chair of that forum while Logan and you
remained quiet about the issue.

Why can't there be a polite and open discussion with the ICT Advisory
Council? How can the ICT Advisory Council understand the consumer's
concerns if there isn't any engagement with the consumer?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Tue Oct 20 2015 - 20:46:13 PST