2.Who do we serve and why?
Most women using the Internet presently are: white, middle class, academic and/or with development organizations. Women'sNet needs to prioritize access for the following:

• women who don't have access to technology
  
• women who's access is a long term goal
  
• rural women, note: the group pointed out that involving rural women is often token, and we should endeavour to make it real
  
• civil society in general, and NGOs and CBOs
  
• sectoral groups
  
• urban women without Internet access
  
• organised women
  
• women in self-employment and small business
  
• women in neighbouring countries
  
• women in the media
  
• women in government
  
• women information workers
  
• people (men and women) with interest in gender issues
  

The group identified the need to address both primary and secondary access possibilities, to have the greatest impact. "Primary" access is when the person has easy direct access an Internet-connected computer (e.g., from home or work). "Secondary" access is when one must go to a central place that has Internet-connected computers. (e.g., a community centre, an Internet cafe, a library, etc.)

In summary: Women'sNet should target primarily those women who have access to the Internet individually and through organisations, those who may have secondary access and marginalised women.

Also, Women'sNet staff and advisory group need to develop active strategies to bring on board women who are currently outside of gender equality discussions.

3.What products/services do we want to offer?
Here is a summary of the suggestions put forth by the group:

4. What do we want to achieve in the future?

5. How can we make this happen?- money

Women'sNet Mission Statement

Here is the mission statement that resulted from the group's effort:

"The goal of Women'sNet is to empower South African women to use cyberspace as a tool for information and mobilisation towards advancing women's equality. We aim to demystify information and communications technologies (ICTs) and make these accessible to all women, particularly those who have been historically disadvantaged in terms of their access to such technologies.

This will be achieved through the development and implementation of appropriate gender-sensitive training programmes and ongoing support for women using the technology. The Women'sNet initiative also defines a strategy for creating a dynamic source of locally generated information and discussion on women's development in South Africa.

The project will build linkages with other media and communications agencies to promote the widest possible dissemination of information generated through Women'sNet. In addition, Women'sNet will actively promote the integration of gender considerations in information and technology policies."

4. Women'sNet Challenge

The group was concerned that Women'sNet runs the risk of being a white, middle class, elitist project. A venture such as Women'sNet can only come from privileged women. For it to achieve its mission, Women'sNet must prioritise reaching those who have been historically prevented from accessing ICTs. Emphasis on reaching disadvantaged groups such as rural women and women living in informal settlements cannot be token.

5. Working Groups: Women'sNet Goals

Participants identified key priorities that needed to be addressed in the development of Women'sNet, and broke into smaller groups to draft short, medium and long-term goals:

1. Governance
2. Constituencies and their Needs
3. Extend Women'sNet to Other Mediums - Multimedia
4. Training
5. Information Sources

Following are the short, medium and long-term goals each group developed.

1. Governance Goals

When	Project	Resources	External Relations
short-term	agree on selection criteria for Advisory Group selection and appointment strategic planning workshop process report of workshop	SANGONeT to invite comment on the net SANGONeT and Advisory Group to organise strategic planning need to contract someone to do this
medium-term	employ staff establish an evaluation process and monitoring indicators set up information management team		build relations with strategic organizations, e.g., Networking Information Technology Forum and National Community Media Foundation
long-term	- evaluation

Outcomes for Strategic Planning

Interim Coordinator Tasks

2. Constituencies and their Needs

This group identified key constituencies, and then merged into the other groups:

3. Multimedia Goals

short-term

1. Establish a database of women's groups and organisations who do not have access to electronic communications. Invite these groups to an introduction on Women'sNet. 2. Introduce Women'sNet to women's organisations and women who do have access to the technology. Establish 2-way flow of information. 3. Community Radio. Establish a linkage with the NCRF. Establish procedures through which they will receive information and relay it. 4. Identify existing documents and information from Health NGOs, government clinics and repackage it to make it available. 5. Establish contact with the main stream media, to introduce them to Women'sNet. Use email to establish this introduction.

medium-term

1. Make the constitutional rights of women available. 2. Repackage information from the Commission on Gender Equality 3. Get involved in the election process, by liaising with Electoral Commission, parliamentary groups, NGOs and translators. 4. Create a space for domestic workers 5. Create a business page for women

4.Training Goals

short-term	1. Produce an audit on what resources are currently available. Focus on organisations, funders, individuals and participants of the workshop. Publish the information. 2. Try and find existing organisations in each province who can act as a resource. 3. Create a space for online training and advice. 4. Set up a meeting with the Universal Service Agency, who are involved in setting up hundreds of telecentres - link Women'sNet into this
medium-term	1. Build up a core group of trainers, looking specifically at resources in each province. 2. Build up training material. 3. Develop a curriculum, working in conduction with the NQF. Allow entry levels at different points and allow for mobility.
long-term	1. Provide basic computer literacy training. 2. Create a mobile training centre. 3. Provide basic computer literacy training. 4. Create a mobile training centre.

5. Information Sources Goals

A full list of possible Women'sNet information resources was identified by workshop participants, and is included in the Appendices. As part of the implementation of Women'sNet, an Information Management team will be convened to follow-up this list of resources, as well as to investigate additional available resources, and the best ways to make these available to Women'sNet users.

short-term	convene an information team and train them create a Women'sNet home page, include linkages to relevant information investigate the terrain, contact list to be distributed
medium-term	develop a strategy for getting information into and out of Women'sNet create a Women'sNet database radio - meet with the NCRF and establish a functioning conduit library and resource centre search collate information and make it available in categories create a motivational tool (including brief on Women'sNet, mission statement) which could be used as an outreach tool
long-term	- develop sectoral information strategies

6. Women'sNet Governance

Discussion of how Women'sNet would be managed and operated resulted in suggestions for how an Advisory Group and Information Management team should be constituted.

Advisory Group Criteria

Following is an initial listing of criteria for convening the Women'sNet Advisory Group:

Roles

Information Management Team

In terms of editorial policy, the information team must:

7. Workshop Evaluation

The main point that emerged from the group was that a venture such as Women'sNet can only come from privileged women. However it is an excellent initiative and Women'sNet needs to look at how it can be used to reach those for whom this technology is currently not accessible. The small size of the group was useful, participants were able to share ideas, and there was a good mix between listening and sharing. The format of the workshop was good.

Points to consider: