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NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY : January 23, 1994
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Networks and Community is devoted to encouraging
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LOCAL resource creation & GLOBAL resource sharing.
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compiler : Sam Sternberg <samsam@vm1.yorku.ca>
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The 4th report of 1994 is the 10th weekly survey.
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Coverage includes
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LEGISLATION and RELATED ACTIVITIES
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DISCUSSIONS - NEW SERVICES
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EVENTS - FUNDING - TRENDS
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CANADIAN COMMUNITY NETWORKING BACKGROUND REPRORT
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LEGISLATION and RELATED ACTIVITIES
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The pace of legislative activity outside the Federal arena is
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picking up dramaticly. This week posting to various lists showed
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that at least 3 states, Minessota, Vermont, and Washington had
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groups working on legislation philosophicly in line with the
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Clinton agenda. In addition municipal legislation is being worked
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on in Seattle and a neighbourhood oriented effort is underway in
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Harlem.
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Efforts to move the agenda on the regulatory front include Bell
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Atlantic's submission to the Department of Justice for a
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regulatory waiver. It included evidence that foreign telco-
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companies operating in the states are free to act in ways that
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U.S. companies can't.
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"It is ironic, while Bell Atlantic must wait
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for a waiver to be approved, foreign telephone companies are
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already beginning to provide long distance telephone and
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satellite delivery services on U.S. soil." British Telecom now
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owns an interest in MCI, which provides long distance and is
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preparing to enter the local telephone business in the U.S.
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Similarly, Bell Canada plans to provide local telephone service
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through its ownership interest in the cable
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systems of Jones Intercable.
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Cable TV companies, like TCI and Liberty, have never
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operated under the restrictions imposed on the Bell companies by
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the MFJ. As a result, a number of the cable TV properties owned
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by TCI and Liberty cross existing LATA boundaries, and the
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companies utilize satellite ransmission to deliver programming.
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The waiver Bell Atlantic is seeking would resolve decree issues
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relating to the merger." {between bell and TCI- ed}
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James Love <love@essential.org> reports that the
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TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT is working on the issue of
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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NETWORKS, AND THE STATUS OF
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PUBLIC RECORDS, OPEN MEETINGS, AND FOIA
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Government officials are trying to avoid making records of their
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actions and communications public, by using commercial services
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or storing their records at internet sites outside the U.S.
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TAP is trying to get legislation passed to prevent this abuse of
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the public's right to know.
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In an indirectly related matter the World Wildlife Fund is
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seeking regulatory assistance from the Whitehouse in " directing
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all agencies of the federal government to establish processes for
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accepting on-line comments to public notices. Please express
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support by sending your comments to president@whitehouse.gov --
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Bill Clinton's e-mail address.
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The issue here is one of refusing to permit citizen access to
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governmental proceedings by the most expedient means available.
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One of those active in framing the Washington state legislation
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is all a proponent of a populist alternative to civic nets.
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The idea is creating a telecommunication cooperative. This is a
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legal business form in the U.S. The item makes it clear that the
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pricing is very attractive and the concept needs very little
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legislative support to go further. I found the material
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informative and was struck by the possibility of uniting the
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cooperative idea with the idea of civic networking. Many people
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involved in the Civic movement resent those who want to use such
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organization merely as "onramps to the Internet"; This offers an
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interesting alternative approach.
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This material comes from the gopher --> glaids.wa.com
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---> SPI-Information
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The Seattle Peoples's Internet Cooperative
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(or, how a bunch of people can share a connection to the
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Internet)
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Contents
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-1- Why a cooperative?
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-2- Other Internet Cooperatives
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-3- What's involved?
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-4- How much will it cost?
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-5- Some (very) rough estimates
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-6- Other Costs
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-7- Why not wait for a for-profit company to do this?
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-8- What a network cooperative is NOT
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-9- How do we do it?
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-10- Sign up to the Seattle Peoples's Internet email list!
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Appendix:
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-A1- What do you do with a direct Internet connection?
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-1- Why a cooperative?
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Cheap, easy, and fast Internet service is something a lot of
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people look forward to. Why isn't it available now? One answer is
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that big companies haven't found a way to make a lot of money at
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it.
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That doesn't mean it can't be done tho. If you want a product
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or service that isn't available where you are, one way to get it
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is to form a cooperative to provide it! A cooperative is a group
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of people each contributing a little bit of their time, money,
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and organizational skills to the group for their mutual benefit.
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Cooperatives have a long and successful history in the United
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States; there are electric, telephone, and water cooperatives in
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many communities around the country. Why not an Internet coopera-
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tive?
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-2- Other Internet Cooperatives
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In fact, most of the Internet is already owned and operated by
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cooperatives; NorthWestNet, BARRnet, CERFnet, and other 'regional
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networks' are cooperatives that serve organizations (colleges,
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corporations) instead of individuals. The NSFnet, the 'backbone'
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of the Internet, is a cooperative that serves the regional
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cooperatives.
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-4- How much will it cost?
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Leasing data lines and paying commercial Internet providers
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costs money, but by sharing it we can reduce the cost to where we
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can each afford it individually.
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It's a lot easier nowadays to get a connection without many
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restrictions on it-- one that we can distribute to other people
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freely. SprintLink sells service like this, and it is possible to
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get resellable service from other vendors or organizations. This
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fairly recent development makes it a great deal easier to share a
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connection.
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A high speed (T1) Internet feed from a commercial provider can
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cost almost $3,000 per month-- but if 60 people share it, the
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cost per person is only $50; if 120 people share it, it is $25
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per month. And that is for near-Ethernet bandwidth to the Inter-
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net! Until recently the University of Washington, all 50,000 stu-
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dents and staff, used just one (1) T1 Internet feed...! Of course
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there are the costs in-city to connect us together, but each
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group can pay the cost of a lower-cost leased line to connect to
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the Coop's Internet feed, and pay some of the costs associated
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with obtaining the feed.
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Regarding the effort in SEATTLE:
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"In 1990, Washington State passed a comprehensive Growth
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Management Act which required municipalities to prepare
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detailed plans for sustainable development.
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In April, after three years of consultation with all segments
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of the community, the City of Seattle published its 531-page
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Draft Comprhensive Plan (DCP). This contains detailed analyses
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and proposals around issues of land use, transportation,
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housing, utilities, economic development, neighborhood
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planning, and citizen participation.
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As part of our ongoing work with various City agencies and
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other groups on community network development, Horse Horse
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Lion Lion presented a report to the Planning Department on how
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community networks could further the goals of the DCP.
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I'm..... putting it up for ftp from
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ftp.u.washington.edu /usr/ftp/pub/user-supported/horsehorse/
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grwth_mgmt11.txt. "
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For further infornation contact Steve Hodas
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<hhll@universe.digex.com>
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California's legislation mandating public access to legislative
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information came into effect on January 1. The first pieces of
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information are now available.
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ftp to leginfo.public.ca.gov. dox and files from the Legislative
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Data Center can be found there.
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also:
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Type=1+
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Name=California Legislature
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Path=1/Government/California Legislature
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Host=svpal.org
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Port=70
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URL: gopher://svpal.org:70/1/1/Government/California Legislature
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for further information email ray@svpal.org with suggestions.
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thanx - ray kiddy , Ganymede Resources
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"btw, for those interested, i am offering gopher access and
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browsing to all comers for free. i will be offering value-added
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services (which will not not restrict access) in the future. this
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would be something like fax-back, and weekly sheets on action for
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legislation of interest to you. for those who have the time, but
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not the dineros, please gopher on over! for those who over being
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over-charged for legislative info and want value-
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added services, e-mail to ray@svpal.org. thanx."
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Despite an effort by one regular participant, postings to the
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Communet listserv did not respond to last weeks White House
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request for ideas related to the new empowerment zones
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initiative.
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DISCUSSIONS
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Communet <listserv@uvmvm.bitnet>
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A few messages strongly critical of the administrations approach
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were posted. These focused on the administrations interest in
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seeing the net build primarily with corporate funds. One poster
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said that the initiative ignores the cooperative spirit that
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characterized the development of the Internet. Another noted that
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prior efforts to regulate the telecommunications industry have
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all been deemed failures.
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The most interesting posting on the theme of business involvement
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was a speech which reviewed the history of business efforts to
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produce financially viable network systems. To date dozens of
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efforts involving hundreds of millions of dollars have largely
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failed. There are a few exceptions, such as America Online, now
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emerging.
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NPTN admin listserv
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Most of the postings discussed issues related to community
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support. A secondary thread dealt with the use of World Wide Web.
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The TREND section includes information on WWW and civic nets.
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Tom Grunder - the founder of the Civic network movement posted a
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message designed to redirect some of the focus of the freenet
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movement back to its original goals. A few respondants felt that
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focus as Grundner expressed it was too narrow.
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"we occupy a unique niche, one that is not (as yet) occupied by
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ANYone else because what we're advocating is perceived as either
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not profitable enough, not sexy enough, completely crazy, or all
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three. THAT fact is our shelter, and I believe the key to our
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survival and eventually our prosperity. Our view is both valid
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and unique and, more importantly, one that MUST be returned
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to once the current sugar-high wears off.
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The following is what I believe a Free-Net is about.
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It is not to say that what others are doing is wrong--it's
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just not what WE do. If you depart from it, I think
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you are doing so at your peril.
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What constitues a Free-Net? How do you distinguish it from,
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let's say, a simple BBS that a hobbiest might run? In many ways
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that is what this entire book is about, but I think there are
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some distinguishing characteristics that we can summarize.
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1) *First and foremost, a Free-Net system is driven by the
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information and communications needs of the community.* As you
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will see below, the key ingredient in the operation of any Free-
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Net are the "sysops" (System Operators)--the community volunteers
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who, by operating the various SIGs (Special Interest Groups) give
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your system its unique character. But more importantly, it is
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these community information providers that cause your system to
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literally wrap itself around the information needs of your
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community. In short, a Free-Net is not something that YOU do for
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the community; it is something the community does for itself.
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2) *A community computer has its governance and organizational
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roots in the community.* No Free-Net was ever created by one
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person. No Free-Net was ever operated by one person. No one
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person "owns" any given Free-Net. And it is definitely NOT
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something you do in your basement as a hobby. It is a
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professionally operated system that is designed to serve the
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broadest possible spectrum of people in your community. As a
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result, the organizing committees you form and the governing
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boards you create, must reflect the diversity of that
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population-- schools, government, the business community, senior
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citizens, handicapped, and so on.
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3) *A Free-Net is free--sort'a.* Free-Net community computers
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were originally designed to be completely free to the user in the
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same sense that a public library, for example, is free to its
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patrons. This, however, is not the same thing as saying that
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they cost nothing to operate; and the on-going challenge of
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raising the monies to support these systems is one of the
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critical issues facing community networking today.
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Most Free-Nets are indeed "free to the user."
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Some Free-Nets are... well... let's call them "Cheap-Nets."
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ALL systems, however, are dedicated to bringing the benefits of
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the Information Age, to as many people as possible, at the lowest
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cost possible.
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4) *A community computer is a multi-user system.* That is, it is
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a computer that can be accessed by more than one person at a
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time. This can range from a four or five line system in a very
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rural area, to 150-200 line system at a large urban site. The
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mission of a community computer is to serve the information and
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communications needs of a large and diverse population. You will
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need a multi-line system to even begin to do that.
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5) *A community computer has connectivity to the world outside
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of itself.* Just as your city does not live in a vacuum, neither
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does your community computer system. As a result, all of the
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Free-Nets associated with our organization, the National Public
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Telecomputing Network, are connected in some way to the Internet.
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In some cases this connection is via a direct, high-speed, 1.4 mb
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per second T-1 connection; and in other cases it might be via a
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2400 baud "uucp" link that fetches electronic mail twice a day--
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but the connection is there. This is an important
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characteristic.
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6) *A community computer is NOT just an on-ramp to the Internet.*
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What I am about to write is considered heresy in some quarters
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(nothing new in that), but... I think the Internet is, by itself,
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a trap. I know that everyone is excited about the prospects of
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Information Superhighways, and newer, faster, more powerful
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networks.
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BUT...
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I do not believe America's progress into the Information Age
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will be measured by the number of people we can make *dependent*
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upon the Internet. I believe that, if we enter this age with
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equity at all, it will be because of LOCAL people, building LOCAL
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systems, to meet LOCAL needs. That's YOU, building Free-Nets, in
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cities and towns all over the country. THAT is how we will enter
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this new age with equity!
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NEW SERVICES
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An electronic mail address list "
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for people who experience "
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moods swings, voices, and visions"
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"I would like to create an Internet electronic mail address list
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for people " who experience moods swings, voices, and visions
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("people who"). The" list would be used to further low cost
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exchange of information to serve cohesion and mutuality, and
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support increased power for "people who.""
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Sylvia Caras <sc@deeptht.armory.com>"
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EVENTS
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UPCOMING PUBLIC INTEREST MEETING
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a group of some 100 public interest groups is organizing a
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"Public Interest Summit on the National Data Superhighway" for
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February 22 in Washington, probably at the Smithsonian. For more
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information on the Public Interest Data Summit, contact the
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Center for Media Education, Jeff Chester, 202-628-2620, or email:
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cme@access.digex.net
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[ Attendance at events like this is vital if we are to fight for
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control of part of the net from interests like those holding the
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next conference listed. ed ]
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A conference from the Internet Society on the other kind of
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community networking......This is the corporate version and
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vision. Notice that the planners are listed alphabeticly by
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Corporation. Business first - people second. Oh Well....
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMMUNITY NETWORKING
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INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA SERVICES TO THE HOME
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July 13-14, 1994
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Westin Hotel, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
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Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society
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In collaboration with ACM SIGCOMM, the Internet Society, and
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Smart Valley
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Community networking concerns the network infrastructures that
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will bring integrated multimedia services to home users.
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.......community networking services will not necessarily be work
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oriented and will range from entertainment to shopping to
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information services. At present, community networking
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technology is driven by the requirements of video-on-demand, most
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notably high bandwidth (compared to narrowband), bandwidth
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asymmetry, and the delay-jitter constraints imposed by today's
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limited-storage TV set-top devices. As various other
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services develop, community networking will evolve to include
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integrated multimedia communication and user-to-user
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applications. Community networking must also provide access to
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resources located outside the community, in an increasingly
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global repository of information of every conceivable type.
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Since very little has been published to date on the topic of
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community networking, this workshop will give researchers and
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professionals the chance to share their views and advance the
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state of the art in this field.
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RELEVANT AREAS: Contributions are encouraged in the four areas
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listed below with relevant topics:
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1. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: types of applications; coding;
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set-top operating systems; QoS networking requirements
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(symmetric/asymmetric bandwidth, delay, and losses); security
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and privacy; service models; user interface and navigation
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facilities.
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2. LOCAL DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGY: topology; fiber /cable /UTP
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/wireless; modulation, bandwidth allocation; MAC (reverse
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channel); role of ATM; dependencies on equipment/network in the
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home (e.g., TV set-top).
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........ SEVERAL TECHNICAL TOPICS OMMITED HERE..................
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
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Program Co-Chairs:
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Martin De Prycker Alcatel Bell Telephone, Antwerp, Belgium
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Riccardo Gusella Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto,
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Committee Members:
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Joel Winthrop AT&T Bell Labs
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Alexander D. Gelman Bellcore
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Gordon Kerr BT Labs
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Jurgen Brommelhoff Digital Equipment Corporation
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Matthew D. Miller General Instruments
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Jeff H. Derby IBM Corporation
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David Skellern Macquarie University, Sydney
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Andrew Lippman MIT, Media Lab
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Joydeep Bose National Computer Board, Singapore
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Tetsuya Miki NTT Transmission Systems Laboratories
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Andrew Laursen Oracle Corporation
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G. Keith Cambron Pacific Bell
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Albert J. Stienstra Philips Research
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H. Allen Ecker Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
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Mario P. Vecchi Time Warner Cable, Inc.
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Of more immediate interest is this call for Workshop Proposals
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"Developing an Effective and Equitable Information
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Infrastructure"
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Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (DIAC-94)
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Symposium
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Cambridge, MA, USA
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April 23 - 24, 1994
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The DIAC-94 symposium is a two-day symposium and will consist of
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presentations on the first day and workshops on the second day.
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The DIAC Symposia are held biannually and DIAC-94 will be CPSR's
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fifth such conference. We encourage your participation both
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through attending and through conducting a workshop. We are
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currently soliciting workshop proposals. We suggest proposals on
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the following themes but any topic relating to the symposium
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theme is welcome.
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Systems and Services
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Policy
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+ Community networks
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+ Funding
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+ Information services
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+ Role of government
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+ Delivery of social services + Economic modeling of networks
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+ Privacy (including medical) + Commercialization of the NII
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+ Educational support
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+ Universal access
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+ Meeting diverse needs
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+ Freedom of expression and community standards
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Electronic Democracy - Directions and Implications
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International Issues
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Traditional and Virtual Communities
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Networking for indigenous peoples
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Proposals are due February 15, 1994 and acceptance and
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rejection notices will be sent by March 15, 1994. To
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discuss workshops, obtain a submission guide, or to submit
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proposals for workshops contact the program chair, Doug Schuler,
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doug.schuler@cpsr.org
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Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsbility,
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Co-sponsored by the Internet Society and the MIT Communications
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Forum.
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FUNDING
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these two sites both contain excellent funding sections with
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material not found at most other sites.
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gopher ---> eis.calstate.edu -----> GRANTS
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-------------------> Corporate funding Information
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gopher ---> fang.cc.lehigh.edu -----> Grants and Funding
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TRENDS
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More and more Civic Networks are exploring gopher and World Wide
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Web. The first WWW based freenet has just been announced. The
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following material will be useful to those interested in further
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investigating the use of WWW for their system.
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Introduction: What is World Wide Web
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Rather than merely a menu of items and ascii text or images (as
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with gopher), hypertext allows fully formatted text.
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WWW clients can also directly access the following servers:
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* WAIS * Network News * Gopher * Telnet * Anonymous FTP
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* TechInfo * X.500 * WHOIS
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The Huron Valley Free-Net will be going on-line on May 1, 1994.
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For software, the HVFN is taking a progressive step in using the
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World Wide Web protocol as the core of its Managed Access Shell.
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The HVFN will not only provide complete and friendly vt100
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service, but will also allow access via free GUI clients such as
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Mosaic. e-mail mythical@mpcc.org
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The group has started a discussion listserv on Web for civic
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nets. Conntact the above site for more information.
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If you'd like to try the World Wide Web, some of the browsers are
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available in the following directory: "World Wide Web Clients"
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from the gopher ---> www0.cern.ch
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* Terminal based browsers
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* PC Running Windows
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* Macintosh
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* X-Windows
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* NeXTStep
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An upcomming conference relating to Web matters is being planned:
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the NCSA Software Development Group (SDG) is planning an
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information technologies software user conference with a focus on
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Mosaic to be held sometime in late May or early June, 1994.
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Now is your chance to help determine the topics for that
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conference. SDG is considering including Collage and HDF as well
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as Mosaic topics. Please take a look at the topics listed below
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and tell us which ones would be of interest. Also list any other
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topics that you think would be of use to a number of people. We
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are interested in hearing all of your suggestions.
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Direct all responses to: citconf94@ncsa.uiuc.edu .
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Topics under consideration:
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* Future outlooks:
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1. Where we stand now - current status.
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2. What is the future of Mosaic?
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3. What is the future of the network?
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4. What is the future of cyberspace?
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5. What should be encouraged in WWW development?
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6. Who are the communities we should be hearing more
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from?
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7. What is the future of HDF and
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integration?
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8. What is the future of CIT at NCSA?
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* Interesting applications. Mosaic and WWW use:
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1. in libraries
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2. in education
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3. in medicine
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4. in business
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5. in government
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6. in science
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7. in arts and humanities
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8. in ...
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* Tutorials:
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1. HTML - building documents, advanced users.
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2. Introduction to Mosaic.
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3. Advanced features of Mosaic.
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4. How to move information between
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Gopher/Web/FTP/WAIS...databases, other information sources.
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5. System administration of Web servers.
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6. Management of content on Web servers.
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Special sessions on Mac, MS Windows and X Mosaic users and uses.
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* Day preceding or following the main conference for developer
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discussions.
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Those readers who are unfamiliar with web and its workings can
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take a text based look at it by accessing EIT's WWW server using
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character terminals using the WWW login at CERN - HOME OF THE WEB
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(telnet info.cern.ch) for a line-mode interface, or
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you can find out how to retreive a full screen character
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interface called "lynx" by logging into a demonstration of it
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telnet -----> journal.biology.carleton.ca
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and log in as "www", no password).
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New services like this one are the basis for much of the
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interest in Web:
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"Introducing the
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**** Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center ****
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***** HREF="www.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html" *****
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WWW Database
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Although we have been around for a while, we are
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still pleased to offically announce our database.
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With in our database are text, movies, and images on:
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o Animation
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o Image Understanding
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o Image Understanding
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o Medical Informatics
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o Scientific Visualization
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o Software Visualization
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o Virtual Environments
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Plus Accss to:
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o GVU Technical Reports
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o The GVU Users's Guide
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o The WWW User Survey
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o and more!
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For those of you reading this with a WWW Browser,
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<A HREF="www.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html">Click HERE</A>
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to get there in the point and click way!
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Rob Kooper & James Pitkow
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Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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GVU Mosaic Staff
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mosaic@cc.gatech.edu
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The level of interest has been spectacular. Web use grew over
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3,000 percent in 93. The percent of Internet based information
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now stored on WWW sites has gone from 5% to 50% in one year. All
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told an estimated 130 Terabytes of data is on web servers.
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THE CANADIAN DOMAIN - A BACKGROUND REPORT
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Canada's various levels of government is just beginning to take a
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serious interest in the opportunities and challenges presented by
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the Internet.
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The per capita growth of the Internet has been slower in Canada
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that in the U.S.
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As of January 21, 1994 Canada had a Total of 792 registered
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domains, with the most impressive numbers coming from the
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University section; where almost all libraries are now internet
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connected and have accessible catalogues.
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The past year saw one other section with remarkable growth. The
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freenet movement has really taken hold. Freenets will soon
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stretch across Canada from coast to coast. Every major city has a
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community network in the planning stages. Gareth Shearman -
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maintainer of the official Canadian Freenet list - reports the
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following activity.
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"First, the three operational Free-Nets (two public and one going
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public soon):
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National Capital FreeNet - Ottawa, Ontario
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Contact: David Sutherland (daves@ccs.carleton.ca)
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Victoria Free-Net - Victoria, British Columbia
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contact: Gareth Shearman (shearman@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
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Community Information Access Organization (CIAO) - Trail, British
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Columbia - contact: Ken McClean (kmcclean@ciao.trail.bc.ca)
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Now, the organizing committees (West to East):
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Vancouver Regional Free-Net - Vancouver, British Columbia
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contact: Brian Campbell (briancam@vpl.vancouver.bc.ca)
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Sea to Sky Free-Net - Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton, British
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Columbia - contact: Detlef Rudolph (drudolph@cue.bc.ca)
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Prince George Free-Net - Prince George, British Columbia
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contact: Lynda Williams (williams@cnc.bc.ca)
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Fort St. John FreeNet - Fort St. John, British Columbia
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contact: Ian Baxter (IBAXTER@ftstjohn.env.gov.bc.ca)
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Rocky Mountain Info Net - Sparwood/Fernie, British Columbia
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contact: Brian Grainger (ub408@freenet.victoria.bc.ca)
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Metropolitan Edmonton Information Network (M.E.I.N.) - Edmonton,
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Alberta - contact: W. Leigh Hill (Leigh_Hill@ae.ucs.ualberta.ca)
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Calgary Free-Net - Calgary, Alberta
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contact: Shawn Douglas Henry (henry@acs.ucalgary.ca)
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Saskatoon Free-Net - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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contact: Peter Scott (scottp@herald.usask.ca)
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Winnipeg Free-Net - Winnipeg, Manitoba
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contact: ?????
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Lakehead (?) - Thunder Bay, Ontario
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contact: Bruce Handford (FBAHAND@CS-ACAD-LAN.LakeheadU.CA)
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North Shore Free-Net - Elliot Lake, Ontario
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contact: Alan Wilson (alanwils@vef.north.net)
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Niagara Free-Net Association - St. Catharines, Ontario
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contact: Jon Radue (jradue@sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca)
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Toronto Free-Net - Toronto, Ontario
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contact: Laine G.M. Ruus (laine@vm.utcc.utoronto.ca)
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Halton Free-Net - Oakville, Ontario
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contact: Chris Moore (ag956@freenet.carleton.ca)
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Sudbury Regional Freenet - Sudbury, Ontario
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contact: STEVE@nickel.laurentian.ca
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Durham Steering Committee - Oshawa, Ontario
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contact: Steven Cavanaugh (rn.3756@rose.com)
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Hamilton (?) - Hamilton, Ontario
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contact: Jim Bryce (BRYCE@McMaster.ca)
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HOMEnet - Huron, Oxford, Middlesex and Elgin counties, Ontario
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contact: ??????
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Montreal Free-Net - Montreal, Quebec
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contact: Sean Marrett (sean@pet.mni.mcgill.ca)
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Fredericton Free-Net - Fredericton, New Brunswick
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contact: Greg Sprague (gls@unb.ca)
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Halifax Free-Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia
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contact: Renee Davis (davisr@duncan.alt.ns.ca)
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Cape Breton Free-Net - Nova Scotia
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contact: Ian MacIntosh (macinto@nssc.library.ns.ca)
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St. John's Free-Net - St. John's Newfoundland
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contact: Louise McGillis (mcgillis@morgan.ucs.mun.ca)
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NETWORKS and COMMUNITY is a public service of FUTURE DATA; a
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partnership of researchers and research system designers. Our
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research resources include all commercial and non commercial
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nets, along with over 200 cd-rom databases, 50,000 magazines and
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more than 30 million books. For commercial services contact
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Gwyneth Store - circa@io.org
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This newsletter is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN and may be used as you
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see fit. To contribute items or enguire about this newsletter
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contact Sam Sternberg <samsam@vm1.yorku.ca>
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