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Troubleshooting Poll Automation: The Post-May 2010 Election ICT Conference Presentations
These are the presentations by resource speakers in CPU and Project 30-30's "Troubleshooting Poll Automation: the Post-May 10 Election ICT Conference."
Speakers are:
PCOS CF Card card contains very important data for the election
"The misconfiguration of CF cards is a serious error of SMARMARTIC and COMELEC which can disenfranchise millions of voters," said Mr. Rick Bahague, National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals' Union. "These are very important data thus any misconfiguration is unacceptable," added Mr. Bahague.
Reference:
Rick Bahague
rick at cp-union dot com
09178840096
ICT Community to Hold National Conference on Election Monitoring
In the objective of tapping the collective knowledge and actions of the ICT community for the monitoring of the 2010 automated elections, the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) will be organizing a National Conference on Citizen Electoral Monitoring this Saturday, April 24 from 1:00-5:00PM at the University Hotel in UP Diliman.
Reference:
Rick Bahague
rick at cp-union dot com
09178840096
Cellphone jammers should not excuse the COMELEC for its lack of readiness
“COMELEC is just using the recent shipment of cell phone jammers as an excuse for its lack of readiness for the Automated Elections in 2010,” said Mr. Rick Bahague, the National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU).
With time running out, COMELEC has been attempting to find different excuses for its failure to adhere to its schedules as well as for the technical glitches of its contracted partner Smartmatic.
Reference:
Rick Bahague
rick at cp-union dot com
09178840096
Techies Stand For Democracy In 2010 Elections Amid Early Election Violence
“The Ampatuan Massacre is but a preview of the chaos in the upcoming elections, one that not only speaks of heightened violence, but also of confusion with the hasty implementation of the automated el
Reference:
Contact:
Rick Bahague
Tel. No.: 02.413.4196 Mobile:
+63917.884.0096
Email:
secretariat@cp-union.com
ICT People for the People: Primer on CPU's Response to Typhoon Ondoy
>> Why is the Typhoon Ondoy Issue a People’s Issue?
Typhoon Ondoy, beyond being a disaster, was a wake-up call to the harsh social realities that the Filipino people face: communities remain incapable in preparing for typhoons, with NDCC reporting 240 deaths and with an estimate of 1.8 million people affected. This is a problem that encompasses all Filipino people for the following reasons:
Prometheus Bound: Tibak into the Future
Man is a social animal that thrives on interaction, and the advent of the Information Era has amplified this disposition. Rapidly growing in number are new and democratically accessible Information and Communication Technologies, or ICTs that have spurred the Filipino people’s appetite for being in the know—and letting others know.
The Chiang Rai Declaration
THE CHIANG RAI DECLARATION ON CONSUMER PROTECTION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Computer Professionals’ Union represented the Philippines’ pioneer consumer protection organization TXTPower in the Southeast Asian Consumer Council’s recently held regional conference in Thailand. TXTPower was instrumental to the formulation of the Chiang Rai Declaration on Consumer Protection in Telecommunications, officially announced on July 30, 2009.
