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NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY
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Date: December 5, 1993
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Compiler: Sam Sternberg samsam@vm1.yorku.ca
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This weekly report attempts to follow the changing nature of
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community based and oriented activities on the internet.
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Readers will get a summary of much of the week's activity on
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subjects like Free-Nets and other community nets; access
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technology, and legislation effecting public access to
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information and network services. Issues like electronic
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democracy, censorship and business activity on the net, will be
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touched upon when they impact community related issues.
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You will also learn about new community nets, and new gophers,
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listservs and e-journals which cover this material.
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No group and certainly no individual can really monitor even a
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fraction of the action on any aspect of the Internet. So your
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contributions are welcome.
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Please forward announcements to me if "you" are the originating
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source.
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Please do not forward material from other lists etc. - UNLESS
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these sources do not normally focus on issues effecting community
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computing and access issues.
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To start this news report, I am including a list of major
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resources on these topics. This list is not comprehensive. It is
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a good guide to historical repositories of information, ongoing
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debate and discussion, and useful tools for those attempting to
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open or run a community computing facility.
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To simplify the job of finding these resources I will point you
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to a collection of resources rather than a source whenever that's
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possible. I am grateful for the previous work in gathering a
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listserv resource list by Art "Rambo" McGee. I have made liberal
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use of his list.
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DISCUSSION AND ONGOING ASSISTANCE RESOURCES
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each entry has the following information
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LIST NAME | SUBSCRIPTION Provider's net location
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| DESCRIPTION
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To subscribe, send a one line message that says:
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SUBSCRIBE LIST_NAME YOUR_FIRST_NAME YOUR_LAST_NAME
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to the appropriate subscription provider's net location.
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ALA-WO | listserv@uicvm.uic.edu
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| regular reports on legislation - information
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access - other matters effecting library networks
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COMMUNET | listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu
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| Community and Civic Networks - THE PRIMARY LIST
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COMMUNITY-ACCESS | community-access-request@parc.xerox.com
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| Community Access Issues
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CET-MG | almanac@esusda.gov
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| Communities in Economic Transition - for rural
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and small town groups
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COSNDISC | listserv@bitnic.educom.edu
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| Consortium for School Networking
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CPSR | listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu
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| Computer Professions for Social Responsibility -
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censorship and network related social issues
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CYPHERWONKS | listserv@lists.cunet.fi
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| Electronic democracy - privacy - and new software
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development proposals for public debates etc.
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FREENET-ADMIN | listserv@nptn.org
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| Free-Net Administrators - current issues facing
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organizers - funding - managing - law - etc.
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FREENET-TECH | listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca
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| Technical Net Operations - advice and
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assistance - excellent source of technical info
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PACS-L | listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu
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| Library & Public Access Computer Systems - the most
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intellectual of the lists - excellent issue
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analysis
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Some of these lists are archived; and the archives are accessible
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through the gopher at Rice University in Houston.
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riceinfo.rice.edu
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TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY FACILITIES
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each entry has the following information
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TYPE OF RESOURCE | LOCATION OF RESOURCE
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NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher lan.vita.org
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3rd WORLD path ->developnet news
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-> technology transfer ->
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| 3rd world community networks - tools
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NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.edu
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ON A BUDGET path ->psgnet/rainnet ...
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->tools for low cost networks ->
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| software and advice for net builders
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NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.edu
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AND FUNDING path ->grants ->
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| fundraising resources
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ALSO | gopher cypher.esusda.gov
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path ->resources for non profits
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->resource development ->
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| location of foundation center libraries
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and book listing funding info sources.
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NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.edu
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AND CULTURE path -> computer networks ....->
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| lots of goodies including
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Center for Civic Networking
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civic nets, community nets
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freenets, NPTN, etc.
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ALSO path -> computing
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-> social issues ->
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| various journals on social impacts of
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computing
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CURRENT INFORMATION SOURCES
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each entry has the following information
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TYPE OF RESOURCE | LOCATION OF RESOURCE
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DAILY NEWS | gopher cns.cscns.com
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path ->main
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->usnews ->
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| current business and telecommunication news +
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ISSUE ANALYSIS | gopher wired.com
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| articles about technology and society
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OPERATING FREENET SYSTEMS | gopher info.senecac.on.ca
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path ->interesting places
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->city freenets
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| best access list for community nets
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