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Networking Communities - Theme 3
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Check out the extensive web links listed after the questions.
Please send in your question responses by Monday evening your time
via the instructions below.
The primary theme for Monday, May 11 and Tuesday, May 12, 1998.
Communities of all kinds are using the Internet in exciting ways
to address "real world" goals and concerns. Please share your
"best of" lessons and stories of using communication technologies
for socially and economically beneficial purposes.
The "Networking Communities" theme examines access and use of the
Internet from a more local or group perspective. Please send your
questions in via our comment form.
1. Is your neighborhood, school, town, state, or country, one of
the most "wired" places on earth? Please share your insight into
what has made your area's effort a success. What notable efforts
have extended Internet or e-mail access to a broader population?
Who is still not connected and using information and
communications technologies? Overall, what impact are social and
economic "gaps" in connectivity having?
2. Local content, online community interaction, and life-long
learning are increasingly important reasons for broad access to
the Internet. What models for sustained content development and
interaction are emerging? Which community-wide efforts are models
we should we learn from? Who is involved and what kinds of
partnerships are required for success?
3. Sustaining resources present a significant challenge for
public interest or community online efforts. What can we learn
from the first generation of community-oriented Internet efforts?
Since 1994, the U.S. Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) has issued around $100
million in grants based on $1.8 billion dollars in requests.
Scores of foundations, corporations, and other governments, have
given grants to help "wire" the world. What lessons about
"networking communities" can we learn from these and other
funding programs? How should the projects be evaluated?
4. With developments like digital broadcasting, high-speed home
Internet connections, electronic commerce, and "virtual"
communities, the information and communications environment of
individuals and communities will change. What social and economic
goals or concerns should be on the table for discussion as the
telecommunications, media, and the computer industry converge?
Who should be responsible for pursuing these goals or addressing
various policy concerns?
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Articles and Reports
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* Learning the Ropes: A New Telecommunications Era in Rural
America - By Vicki M. Hobbs.
* Community Networks: Bibliography and Resource Guide -
Extensive links to reports and articles from Kim Gregson.
* Articles about communities online - From UK Communities
Online.
* The Net Result - Social Inclusion in the Information Society
Report of the National Working Party on Social Inclusion
(INSINC), IBM UK.
* Down-to-earth: Community based IT initiatives and social
inclusion - IBM UK.
* Making Online Forums Work for Community Networks - David R.
Woolley.
* Networks for People: TIIAP at Work - Telecommunications and
Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
* Lessons Learned from TIIAP - Telecommunications and
Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
* Taub Urban Research Center - Spatial Analysis of the
Internet in U.S. Cities and States; and How
Telecommunications is Transforming Urban Spaces.
News Stories
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Help us find more relevant news stories. The fact that
stories related to this theme compared to the extensive online
resources were hard to find indicate that this may be an area
that is under-reported? Send additional story links to:
emfa@publicus.net
* New Survey: Generation Gap Online - Wired News.
Online Resources
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* Community Connector - Community Networks and Community
Information Systems - From the University of Michigan.
* Non-profit CNs submissions: AzTeC (AZ), MAIN (NC).
* States Inventory Project - states.org - State-by-state
analysis.
* Telecommunications & Cities - From Taub Urban Research
Center.
* Economic TeleDevelopment Forum - Community development
focus.
* Resources from The Center for Civic Networking - Strong
municipal focus.
* Neighborhood Networks - Public housing access effort from
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
* Rural resources: Affordable Access, Rural Online, Applied
Rural Telecommunications, RuralTelcon 98 Conference.
* CN Associations: Association For Community Networking (US),
Australian Community Networking Association, Civic Networks in
Europe from EPITELIO, European Alliance for Community Networking,
European Association for Community Networking, Telecommunities
Canada, UK Communities Online Neighborhoods Online, Community
Development Learning Laboratory, CommunityNetworks - Broadband
Local Networks - Others? Send them in.
* Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance
Program of the NTIA.
* Global Banngam Challenge - Europe-based effort focused on
the benefits to citizens and communities rendered by
information technology.
* Some interesting efforts: Smart Valley, Connect NC and
Universal Service in North Carolina, Access for All (NY),
European Digital Cities.
* President's Advisory Committee on Public Interest
Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (Official)
and Benton Foundation Site.
* Bellanet - Global Development Connections.
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