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GovAccess.040: Peninsula CIVICNET '94, Fri., Jun.17, 1994
Jun.04, 1994
[special distribution to and beyond GovAccess; please see note at end]
If you are in the forefront of community services or civic groups
- or want to be - then Peninsula CivicNet '94 should interest you.
Peninsula CivicNet '94 is a one-day symposium co-sponsored by more
than a dozen organizations. It brings together people interested in
the civic and government issues, business developments and uses and
community activities surrounding civic networking. It is a unique
opportunity to participate in the planning and development of the
Peninsula's civic networks. You will have a chance to find out what's
going on locally, what's been done nationally, and to help create the
future of Civic Networking on the Peninsula.
During the symposium, there will be time for one-on-one discussions.
In addition to formal presentations, break-out sessions will allow
opportunities for attendees to share insights, experiences and
strategies. Interested citizens will have a chance to learn about the
extensive possibilities of Peninsula Civic Networking.
[Please COPY, POST & CIRCULATE, widely!]
Peninsula CivicNet '94
Friday, June 17, 1994
San Mateo, California
The "information infrastructure" is no longer just for tele-
commuters and techno-nerds. Community organizers, political
activists, senior citizens, students, teachers, the physically-
impaired, librarians, business people, entrepreneurs, lawyers, police,
government officials and local state and federal agencies are starting
to learn about and use - and help to design and build - the rapidly
developing information superhighways and their local counterparts,
community and civic networks.
Thousands of for-profit, non-profit private sector and government-
sector information and communications systems are quietly opening up
for public access and use. Many of them focus on serving local civic
and community interests. Those emerging civic networks can - and will
- provide robust, diverse access to massive quantities of decision-
making information, community services and numerous benefits for
citizens, businesses, educational communities and government.
Plan to attend PCN'94. Invest a day learning about what has been done
elsewhere, and about plans and developments for civic and community
networks serving the central San Francisco Peninsula - local data
shops, online libraries and communication streets that are forming the
neighborhood components of the National Information Infrastructure.
Peninsula CivicNet '94 - Who Should Attend & Why
PCN'94 is a "grassroots" non-technical community symposium. It will
provide a forum for exchanging information on local civic networking
projects, and opportunities to meet those who are doing it, those who
are planning it, and those who want to use it.
Those who have already been invited to attend by more than 10,000
mailed brochures include:
Citizens Law enforcement Community workers
Librarians Business people Elected Officials
Civic leaders Entrepreneurs Community activists
Educators & students Non-profit organizations
Emergency services providers Local volunteer groups
Local-government agency officials, commissioners, directors & staff
PCN'94 is sponsored by:
College of San Mateo Center for Government Excellence
San Mateo County 2000 The Peninsula Library System
in cooperation with:
County of San Mateo Peninsula Community Foundation
Canada College Leagues of Women Voters of San Mateo County
Skyline College San Mateo Times Newspaper Group
Rolm Corporation Stanford Law and Technology Policy Center
AAUW Inter-branch Council of San Francisco - San Mateo County
San Mateo County Office of Education [a *partial* listing]
Seating is limited. *Prompt* registration is advisable!
PCN'94 Summary Information
Friday, June 17, 1994, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Theater, College of San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo CA
(follow the signs) $30 Registration (includes sessions & box lunch)
Co-Chairs:
Jim Warren, public-access columnist, Government Technology; futures
columnist, MicroTimes; government-access columnist, BoardWatch; etc.
Hon. Warren Slocum, San Mateo County Assessor - Clerk - Recorder
PCN'94 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
[subject to minor changes]
Please note: All sessions *will* start on time.
8:00 a.m. - Registration and materials pickup
8:30 a.m. - Welcome by Peter Lansberger, CSM President
8:40 a.m. - Civic Networking: An Overview of Peninsula Potentials
Jim Warren, computing columnist & open-govt. advocate
9:15 a.m. - The Power of Civic Networking: Real-World Successes - I
An On-Ramp to the Information Highways
Wally Dean, CityNet CEO & Mayor Pro Tem, Cupertino CA
Experiences from the Nation's First City-Run Civic Net
Ken Phillips, founding Director, Santa Monica PEN;
[now] Dir., Regional Info. Sys., Marion County OR
Democracy on a Private Community Network
Noah Salzman, Help-line Coord., Planet BMUG, Berkeley
10:15 a.m. - break
10:30 a.m. - The Power of Civic Networking: Real-World Successes - II
Collaboration in Silicon Valley's Public Access Link
Marc Siegel, Acting Exec. Dir., SV-PAL, Mtn. View CA
[Experiences in Serving Focused Civic Interests]
Mark Graham, Pres., Pandora Systems, San Francisco
[1-2 other speakers being finalized via telephone tag!]
11:30 a.m. - Community Networking for Diversity
Women Using the Online Community
Ellen Pack, President, Women's WIRE, San Francisco
Latinos on the Information Superhighway
Al Milo, Director, Public Library, Fullerton CA
Plugged In: Access and Equity Issues for Kids
Bart Decrem, Exec. Dir., Plugged In, East Palo Alto CA
12:30 p.m. - Informal "f2f" meetings - face-to-face - over box lunches
1:30 p.m. - Civic Networking in San Mateo County: Plans & Developments
New Capabilities for the Peninsula Library System
Linda Crowe, Dir., San Francisco Peninsula Library Sys.
A Peninsula Connection to Statewide Networking Policy
K. G. Ouye, City Librarian & Chairperson of the
Calif. PUC Task Force on Telecomm. Infrastructure
SAMNET - An Interactive Cable Network in San Mateo County
David Hosley, General Manager, KCSM-TV/FM, Coll.of SM
City/School Technology Efforts in San Carlos
Brian Moura, Asst. City Mgr./Finance Dir., San Carlos CA
The So. San Francisco On-Ramp to the Information Highways
Daryl Jones, Comm. Systems Mgr., So. SF Police Dept.
Technology Plans for San Mateo County
Dorothy Yetter, SMC Chief Info. Ofcr. & Dir. of Tech.
2:30 p.m. - Parallel breakout sessions for focused f2f discussions
Community and civic organizations and activists
Librarians and libraries
Education, schools and educators
Governmental representatives and public agencies
Businesses, business users and civicnet entrepreneurs
Demonstration of mid-Peninsula public-agency system(s)
[structured to permit attendees to join several breakouts]
3:30 p.m. - break
3:45 p.m. - Summary Reports from the Breakout Sessions (in Theater)
4:30 p.m. - Symposium Wrap-up - Where Do We Go From Here?
===================== please cut, complete & mail =====================
Peninsula CivicNet '94 Registration Form
[Please print or type]
Name _________________________________________________________________
Title (if any) _______________________________________________________
Organization (if any) ________________________________________________
Contact address ______________________________________________________
City _____________________________________ State __ Zip __________
Phones: Day _________________ Eve _____________ Fax _____________
E-mail address (if any) ______________________________________________
Symposium registration is $30 (includes all sessions and box luncheon)
Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-accepted basis.
If you wish, you may call Symposium Administrator Ruth Nagler to
verify that space remains available, at 415-345-1221 or 415-349-5538
(PLS message center).
To facilitate non-electronic "networking," a roster of attendees will
be published after the symposium, but will exclude those who do not
wish to be listed. If you wish to limit or exclude your listing,
please check one:
[ ] Do not include my name in the roster.
[ ] Include me but do not publish my phone numbers.
Enclosed is my check for $______ for __ reservations.
Please make checks payable to "Peninsula Library System" or "PLS" and
mail to: Pen. CivicNet '94, PLS, 25 Tower Rd, San Mateo CA 94402.
======================================================================
[ If you did NOT wish to receive this, please accept my *sincere* apologies.
It went to a large group of folks who, in the past, have shown some level of
interest in community or government or networking issues, and you were among
that group. You will *NOT* receive further postings from me, unless you are
on, or ask to be added to, my GovAccess email-list that provides information
about computer-assisted government-access issues, progress and legislation. ]
--jim
Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc.
jwarren@well.com -or- jwarren@autodesk.com [email's horrendously back-logged]
345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814