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NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY : June 22, 1994
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Networks and Community is devoted to encouraging LOCAL resource creation &
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GLOBAL resource sharing.
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The 23rd Report of 1994 is the 29th Weekly Survey.
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Coverage in this issue includes:
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Global Community
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News From The World
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Community Viability Fund Information
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Institute for Global Communications
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Announcement- Scholastic Network
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Classes & Meetings
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Global Community
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Sorry for the lateness of the newsletter this week, I've been back
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and forth to San Francisco to see my niece through open heart surgery.
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This peppy little three year old pulled through with no problems and
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should be coming home this Friday or Saturday. Amazing how quickly they
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kick you out of the hospital these days!
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As the newsletter is late, and I'm a bit preoccupied with her,
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I'm going to spare you all my weekly diatribe! This week only!!!
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-steve covington
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NEWS of the WIRED & WEIRD **** Culled from various sources
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Subject: E-d-u-p-a-g-e 06/12/94 through 06/18/94 EDITED BY MYSELF
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Sender: owner-net-happenings@is.internic.net
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DISKETTE DUMPING
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The Washington Post reports that thousands of computer diskettes
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are being dumped on the U.S. market by China. (Telecommunications Policy
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Review 6/5/94 p.1)
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CLIPPER CHIP DEBATE CONTINUES
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Clipper Chip opponent Whitfield Duffie, a security specialist for
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Sun Microsystems, says that "the virtue of cryptography should be that you
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don't have to trust anybody not directly involved with your communication."
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Clipper Chip supporter Dorthy E. Denny, head of Georgetown Universitiy's
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computer science program, says: "It was an accumulation of factors that led
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me to agree with Clipper, and the two most important areas, to me, are
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organized crime and terrorism." (New York Times Magazine 6/12/94 p.44)
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CANADIAN INTERNET HANDBOOK
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"The Canadian Internet Handbook" is published by Prentice Hall
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Canada and provides an extensive province-by-province compendium of
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Internet access providers north of the border. Send e-mail to:
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handbook@vm1.yorku.ca.
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(Internet World July/August 1994 p.12)
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DATA SECURITY MEETING SLATED
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The Clinton administration will hold a public meeting July 15 on
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security issues in the National Information Infrastructure. The public is
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invited to attend the meeting, which will be held at the Commerce
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Department auditorium, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call
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Marty Ferris (202) 622-1110. Inquiries about the NII can be made by
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anonymous ftp to iitf.doc.gov. Access is also available over the World Wide
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Web. Questions can be addressed to nii@ntia.doc.gov. (BNA Daily Report for
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Executives 6/6/94 A12
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MOBILE MARKET GROWTH
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The mobile messaging market will grow slowly and steadily over the
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next few years, according to a recent survey of more than 200 Fortune 1000
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companies. Only 20% of the companies currently use remote messaging, but a
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growing number of out-of-office employees is driving the market.
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(Telecommunications June 1994 p.22)
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ISDN MIGRATES TO DESKTOP
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A Frost & Sullivan report forecasts that by 1997, workstations,
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multimedia terminals, fax machines and video-based products will account
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for the majority of ISDN equipment revenues in the U.S. ISDN revenue is
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expected to rise 28% from current levels by that time. (Data Communications
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June 1994 p.16)
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COMMERCIAL MOSAIC VERSIONS
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Commercial versions of Mosaic will be launched this summer for
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large technology companies by Spyglass and for consumers by Quarterdeck.
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The Spyglass version of Mosaic will also be bundled into most major systems
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from Digital Equipment Corporation. Meanwhile, Marc Andreeson, the
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principal creator of NCSA Mosaic and now the co-principal of Mosaic
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Communications, Inc., says his company is working on a "next generation
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version, from the ground up, that will be commercially compelling."
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(Internet Business Report June 95, p.1)
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PC WITH TV, PHONE, RADIO, FAX
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Packard Bell will be offering personal computers that can double as
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radios, TVs, telephones and fax machines. Priced at $1000-3000, the systems
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will use Intel's 486 and Pentium microprocessors and will come with stereo
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speakers; Most will also have CD-ROM drives and include 27 software titles.
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The systems will have removable plastic panels that allowing a consumer to
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make a fashion statement by adding splashes of colors such as teal or
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azure. "This is like adding a tie to a suit," says a company executive.
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(New York Times 6/14/94)
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COURT OVERRULES AN FCC ORDER TO REGIONAL BELLS
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The U.S. Court of Appeals overruled an order of the Federal
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Communications Commission that would have required regional Bell operating
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companies to provide space in their central offices to competitors such as
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MFS Communications, Teleport Communications, and Intermedia Communications.
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(Investor's Business Daily 6/13/94 A15)
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NEWTON NEWS
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By year-end, Apple will launch a new version of the Newton personal
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communicator with enhanced wireless capabilities and additional
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applications. Sharp, Panasonic and other manufacturers will also be
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releasing products based on Newton technology, and IBM is licensing the
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Newton operating system and will introduce a personal communicator in early
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1995. (Information Week 6/13/94 p.15)
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BROADER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE POWERS
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The Canadian government wants a review of proposed legislation that
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would make it easier for police to intercept digital or computer
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communications. If approved, the legislation would allow police to monitor
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a wide range of personal data such as credit card usage, telephone calling
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patterns, automated teller transactions and even proposed interactive cable
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systems. (Ottawa Citizen 6/13/94 A4)
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BENEFITS OF TELECOMMUTING QUESTIONED
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A researcher who studies telecommunicating is skeptical of claims
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that productivity rises when employees are left to work at home since
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e-mail is often used to "impression-manage" a situation, creating the
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illusion of improved worker productivity. (Toronto Globe & Mail 6/14/94 B4)
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PC WITH TV, PHONE, RADIO, FAX
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Packard Bell will be offering personal computers that can double as
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radios, TVs, telephones and fax machines. Priced at $1000-3000, the systems
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will use Intel's 486 and Pentium microprocessors and will come with stereo
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speakers; Most will also have CD-ROM drives and include 27 software titles.
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The systems will have removable plastic panels that allowing a consumer to
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make a fashion statement by adding splashes of colors such as teal or
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azure. "This is like adding a tie to a suit," says a company executive.
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(New York Times 6/14/94)
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COURT OVERRULES AN FCC ORDER TO REGIONAL BELLS
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The U.S. Court of Appeals overruled an order of the Federal
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Communications Commission that would have required regional Bell operating
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companies to provide space in their central offices to competitors such as
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MFS Communications, Teleport Communications, and Intermedia Communications.
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(Investor's Business Daily 6/13/94 A15)
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NEWTON NEWS
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By year-end, Apple will launch a new version of the Newton personal
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communicator with enhanced wireless capabilities and additional
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applications. Sharp, Panasonic and other manufacturers will also be
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releasing products based on Newton technology, and IBM is licensing the
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Newton operating system and will introduce a personal communicator in early
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1995. (Information Week 6/13/94 p.15)
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BROADER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE POWERS
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The Canadian government wants a review of proposed legislation that
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would make it easier for police to intercept digital or computer
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communications. If approved, the legislation would allow police to monitor
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a wide range of personal data such as credit card usage, telephone calling
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patterns, automated teller transactions and even proposed interactive cable
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systems. (Ottawa Citizen 6/13/94 A4)
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BENEFITS OF TELECOMMUTING QUESTIONED
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A researcher who studies telecommunicating is skeptical of claims
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that productivity rises when employees are left to work at home since
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e-mail is often used to "impression-manage" a situation, creating the
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illusion of improved worker productivity. (Toronto Globe & Mail 6/14/94 B4)
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AT&T'S GOT THE BIG PICTURE ON VIDEO PHONECALLS
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AT&T's new Worldworx service will push for new standards on the
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next generation phone call, allowing talkers to see each other on computer
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screens while chatting, sharing files and handwritten notes or pictures.
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Apple, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Lotus, Novell, PictureTel and Xerox have
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pledged to develop products and software to work with the new service.
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Intel's support is notably absent. (Wall Street Journal 6/16/94 A3)
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AIRWAVE INTERFERENCE WITH MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
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Electromagnetic interference (EMI) from sources of energy such as
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cellular phones, metal detectors, and computers, is becoming a widespread
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problem that is being seen by some as needing stronger government controls.
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(Wall Street Journal 6/15/94 A1)
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MICROSOFT'S CAIRO AND DAYTONA ON SCHEDULE
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"Cairo," Microsoft's next version of Windows NT, will be shipped to
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customers in the next couple of months, and "Daytona," a new version of NT
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that runs more quickly and requires less computer memory, will also hit the
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market this summer as planned. (Wall Street Journal 6/16/94 B7)
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REVISING FAMILY HISTORY
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DivorceX offers to expunge all traces of your ex-spouse in the
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family photo albums, using a popular software called Photostop. The
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proprietor scans the photo, erases the unwanted party's image, and reprints
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the picture -- all for $100-200 a pop. What if you get back together? No
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problem. He'll reinsert it by the same process. (Wall Street Journal
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6/16/94 B1)
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COMMUNITY VIABILITY FUND - Contributed by Ed Schwartz
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From: EDCIVIC@delphi.com
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To: civic-values@civic.net
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Reply-To: civic-values@civic.net
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Community Viability Fund: Direct Grants to Nonprofits
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HUD has proposed the CommunityViability Fund (CVF), an
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initiative of great importance to nonprofits and lower-income
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communities since it provides, for the first time in many years,
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a large federal program that would directly fund local
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community-based organizations. CVF is loosely based on the
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successful John Heinz Neighborhood Development Program which
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currently receives only $5 million in funding.
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The proposal has changed dramatically since it was first
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introduced by HUD. Center for Community Change (CCC), through its
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work with the Coalition for Low-lncome Community Development
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(CL-II~D), worked closely with HUD to improve their original
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language to ensure that the program was targeted to lower income
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communities.
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In addition, the definition of nonprofits was changed to
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ensure that community-based groups would be given a preference in
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receiving funds. In addition to working to improve HUD's
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proposed legislation, a group of 23 national nonprofits
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(including CCC) signed-on to a letter requesting that the House
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Banking Committee include CVF in its Reauthorization Bill. The
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House Subcommittee, through an amendment offered by Nydia
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Velazquez (D-NY), included much of the revised language
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authorising CVF. However, HUD's proposed 5100 million to fund
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this initiative was reduced by the House to an authorization
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level of no more than $40 million.
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The Senate is currently drafting its bill and CCC will
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continue to work through the ad hoc CVF Coalition to ensure that
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the legislative language they include is targeted to low income
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communities and private, community-based nonprofits. The Senate
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Banking Committee is expected to mark-up their bill on June 21.
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Community groups should contact their Representatives on the
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House and Senate Banking Committees and ask them to support this
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legislation.
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A Summary of the Revised CVF Language
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The legislation would fund community-based organizations
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and capacity-building organizations to carry out neighborhood
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development activities, provide training, and build community
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capacity to carry out the housing, economic development, youth
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development, family support, community service programs (and
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other eligible activities) needed to promote the viability of
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low- and moderate-income communities.
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Eligible applicants for CVF funcls are defined as either a
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community-based org,anization or a capacity-building
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organization. A community-based organization is defined as: "a
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private, nonprofit located in a low- or moderate-income
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neighborhood or area; primarily responsible to the residents of
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the neighborhood or area in which the organization operates, as
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evidenced by the composition of its governing board; an
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organization that conducts activities that help revitalize low-
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and moderate-income neighborhoods or areas in a manner that
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benefits persons of low and moderate income."
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A capacity-building organization is defined as "a private,
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nonprofit (could be city-wide, regional, state-wide, or even
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national) which has experience and demonstrated expertise
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developing the capacity of nonprofit community-based
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organizations." If no private nonprofit group is available to
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provide such assistance, HUD may select other entities with
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skills and experience to work with community-based groups.
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Seventy-five per cent of the funds would be awarded through
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a HUD-administered national competition, while the remaining 25
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percent would be awarded at HUD's discretion. For more
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information contact Andrew Mott at Center for Community Change
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(202/342-0567).
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Electronic Editor Note: This is from the Center for Community
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Change June Policy Alert. The Center for Community Change has
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been developing grassroots community leadership and organizations
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for many years.
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Those who wish further information should contact Center for
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Community Change, 1000 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC
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202-342-0519
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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: SCHOLASTIC LAUNCHES NEW INTERNET SERVICES
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ANNOUNCEMENT SCHOLASTIC LAUNCHES INTERNET SERVER AND NEW K-12 SERVICES
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The most trusted name in learning offers new resources to the Internet
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community
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New York, NY--June 12, 1994-- Scholastic Network today announced the launch
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of Scholastic Internet Services, Created to offer K-12 teachers and students
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an easy-to-use, high-value destination on the coming 'Information
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Superhighway, the Scholastic Internet Services are accessible to all Internet
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users and include a K-12 net site running Gopher, WAIS and WWW..
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The new Scholastic Internet services announced today are: Scholastic
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Internet Libraries, four electronic curriculum libraries with a myriad of
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resources and over 5,000 full-text articles offered for site licenses; the
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Scholastic Internet Center, a free Internet site offering information, lesson
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plans, and electronic newsletters; and the Ultimate Education Store, a
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searchable, on-line catalog of educational books, magazines, software,
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curriculum kits, and more. "These Internet Services are an effective first
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step in bringing Scholastic's information resources onto the Internet," said
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Susan Mernit, Director of Network Development. "All the Scholastic Divisions
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contributed to this effort.".
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"As more schools connect to the Internet, Scholastic Internet Services
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provide a simpler method for teachers and students to get access to libraries
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of information on science, language arts, and technology," said Richard
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Robinson, President, Chairman, and CEO of Scholastic. " When we launched
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Scholastic Network with America Online last fall, our goal was to help K-12
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teachers and their students work interactively with a variety of information.
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With the introduction of our Internet services, all educators with Internet
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access gain the ability to connect to Scholastic materials."
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"From a national perspective, the emergence of electronic information
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delivery presents new opportunities for all sectors of society," said Linda
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Roberts, Secretary's Advisor on Technology, U.S. Department of Education.
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"The Internet offers educators access to information that was previously
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difficult to reach. With a growing number of teachers on the Internet, this
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use of technology clearly allows teachers to better serve the needs of
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students."
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Using technology developed by Wide Area Information Services (WAIS),
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Scholastic's technology partner in this effort, parents and teachers can
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easily search and retrieve what they are looking for in the Scholastic
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libraries as well as the aisles of books, magazines, newsletters and other
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educational products in the store, without leaving their home, school or
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office. Consumers and educators can order information and materials directly
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from the company using credit cards and purchase orders online.
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The WAIS technology allows Scholastic Internet Services users to browse and
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search without typing long commands. For example, a student is able to ask
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for information about "volcanoes" and immediately see a list of all the data
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available relating to volcanoes. This technology makes the Internet more
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accessible to computer-users who often find the Internet difficult to
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navigate.
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One of the new services, the Scholastic Internet Libraries, is available to
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state education networks, regional telephone companies, and regional internet
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providers for site license for their account-holders. These content-rich
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libraries offer curriculum resources in four areas--middle school science,
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reading and language arts, integrating technology into the classroom, and
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teaching with seasonal activities. Subscribers to the Scholastic Network on
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America Online have full access to these Internet resources without
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additional charge.
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Education-related networks, gophers, MOSAIC sites, etc. are encouraged to
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connect to the Scholastic Internet Center For more information on the
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services, including the URL and Gopher addresses to link to, send email to
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sninternet@aol.com. A special effort is being made to provide appropriate and
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relevant resources and pages for students as well--stay turned!)
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Scholastic Network is the first full-service online network designed
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exclusively for teachers and students. Scholastic Inc. (NMS:SCHL) ,
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headquartered in New York, is among the leading publishers and distributors
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of children's books, classroom and professional magazines, and other
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educational materials. The Company also publishes educational computer
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software and produces children and family-oriented video and television
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programming. Scholastic operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, the
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United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
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For press information, contact Todd Friedman,Scholastic, 212-343-6878
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email: toddotodd@aol.com
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For Internet Services information, contact Susan Mernit,Director of Network
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Development, Scholastic Network, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; phone:
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212-343-4940.
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email: Susanim@aol.com
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From: "chere campbell gibson" <cgibson@macc.wisc.edu>
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TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
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AT A DISTANCE
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
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AUGUST 10-13, 1994
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Who Should Attend
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The conference attracts over 350 participants from throughout the
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United States, Canada, and other countries. Included are
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teachers, trainers, administrators, managers, instructional
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designers, producers, researchers and others involved in or
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exploring distance education.
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Participants are experienced professionals as well as newcomers.
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telecommunications.
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