Community Networking Descriptions
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Center
for Civic Networking
- TYPE: Gopher
- ADDRESS: gopher gopher.civic.net 2400
- URL:
gopher://gopher.civic.net:2400 OR http://www.civic.net:2401
- CONTACT: For info about CCN's policy work
and associational
activities, contact Richard Civille,
rciville@civicnet.org, 202-387-6030.
For info about CCN's pilot programs and networking
services, contact Miles Fidelman,
mfidelman@civicnet.org, 617-241-9205.
- COMMENTS:
The Center for Civic Networking is a non-profit organization
whose goal is to help develop models of beneficial uses of the
Internet for local, regional and national organizations and
governments. Included in this gopher is information on
developing a sustainable information network, policy issues
regarding electronic development, information regarding
municipalities and local governmental information networks.
This gopher also contains a link to the Institute for the Study
of Civic Values, which contains information on building a civic
oriented community through the use of technology. This gopher
does not contain much raw data information, such as statistics or
phone numbers. What it does provide are potential visions of
networking possibilities that could be applied to most any
non-profit, public service oriented organization.
There is also a mailing list that provides a forum for the
discussion of civic networking. To be added to the mailing list,
send a request to: majordomo@civicnet.org, containing the single
line: subscribe nii_agenda
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Communitarians discussion list
- TYPE: E-mail discussion list
- ADDRESS: communitarians@civic.net (to
post)
- SUBSCRIBE: E-mail to majordomo@civic.net;
use "subscribe
communitarians" in message body
- CONTACT: Not provided
- COMMENTS:
Co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Networking (section
above), the Communitarians list is made up of individuals
dedicated to "shoring up our moral, political, and social
environment." The Communitarian philosophy includes a commitment
to the welfare of the community. Very low traffic: several
messages per week at the maximum.
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Community Idea Net
- TYPE: Gopher
- ADDRESS: gopher sunsite.unc.edu
/ Worlds of SunSITE --
by Subject
/ US and World Politics
/
Community_Idea_Net
OR:
telnet sunsite.unc.edu
/ login as: gopher,
enter
vt100 at the "TERM=" prompt, use the following path:
Worlds of SunSITE -- by Subject / US and World Politics
/ Community_Idea_Net
- URL: gopher://sunsite.unc.edu
:70/11/../.pub/Politics / Community_Idea_Net
- CONTACT: Terry Sullivan
(sullivan@SUNSite.UNC.EDU)
- COMMENTS:
This gopher is generally geared toward local government managers,
although the information contained in it could also prove quite
useful to non-profit organizations (particularly those working
closely with local government units). This gopher contains
descriptions of actual projects used by local government to
overcome difficult political, financial, and policy difficulties.
Each description contains a brief description of programs that
worked, along with contact information to allow the user to
obtain more detailed information. The gopher is searchable, so
that the user can easily locate project descriptions that match
their situation. The database contains articles on a wide
variety of topics, which makes it a useful resource for just
about any organization working with local governments.
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Community Networking discussion list (COMMUNET)
- TYPE: E-mail discussion list
- ADDRESS: communet@elk.uvm.edu
- URL: E-mail to
listproc@elk.uvm.edu; use "subscribe
communet " in message body
- CONTACT: Not provided
- COMMENTS:
Communet is a low-traffic list (0-10 messages
per day) about community networking. Common discussion topics
include the hows and whys of setting up a new community network,
the relationship between local government and social service
agencies, the role of the community in education, and more.
Occasionally, high-volume unrelated tangents develop out of the
conversation. Many organizers of community networks
contribute to this discussion. Recommended for non-profit
organizations who wish to set up or be part of community
networks. Note new address as of mid-1995.
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Community-Wide Education and Information Services
discussion list (CWEIS)
- TYPE: E-mail discussion list
- ADDRESS: cweis@mtn.org (to post)
- SUBSCRIBE: E-mail to listproc@mtn.org; use
"subscribe cweis
" in message body
- CONTACT: John Ladwig (jladwig@mtn.org)
and Tamara Blaschko (trb@mtn.org), list owners
- COMMENTS:
CWEIS discusses the Community-Wide Education and Information
Service initiative and is set up as a forum for discussion of
CWEIS programs across the country. Traffic is fairly light,
ranging from 0-5 messages per day.
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Frankford Plan mailing list
- TYPE: E-mail discussion list
- ADDRESS: frkdplan@bts.com (to post)
- SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to server%plf@bts.com; use
"subscribe frkdplan" in message body
- CONTACT: Sam Rennie (plf!desktop@bts.com)
- COMMENTS:
This is a new list (1/95) specifically for those participating in
Philadelphia's new revitalization effort (the Frankford plan) but
everyone involved in similar programs involving community arts,
recreation, housing, education, safety, and revitalization is invited to
contribute and share their wisdom.
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New Mexico Communet discussion list
- TYPE: E-mail discussion list
- ADDRESS: nmcommunet@laplaza.taos.nm.us (to post)
- SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to
nmcommunet-request@laplaza.taos.nm.us; leave subject line blank and use
"subscribe nmcommunet YOUR NAME" in message body.
- CONTACT: Richard W. Bryant (rb@laplaza.taos.nm.us)
- COMMENTS:
This list, sponsored by the community network La Plaza Telecommunity
Foundation in Taos, NM, concerns community networking issues specific to
New Mexico.
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Links to
Other Community Networks
- TYPE: Gopher and WWW sites
- ADDRESS: gopher info.senecac.on.ca
/
Interesting Places
/
Community Free-Nets
- URL:
gopher://info.senecac.on.ca/11/internet/freenets
OR
http://herald.usask.ca/~scottp/freewww.html
- CONTACT: Not provided; different for each
community network
- COMMENTS:
Both of these sites provide links to local community
networks on the Internet. Some are Gopher-based, others
are Web-based, and others (mainly the Free-Net sites)
must be telnetted to. Because many of these community
networks contain information on local social service
organizations, we have included a link to them here so
that non-profits can discover what programs are being run
in other areas of the country.
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