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Topic 319 The Internet threat to power
agsystems cyberculture zone 10:06 AM Mar 1, 1994
Look at February's exchange on alt.sustainable.agriculture for an
interesting look at how Internet threatens the corridors of power.
See esp. comments by Lara Wiggert on bGH/BST and the firestorm she
unwittingly unleashed.
Michele
agsystems@igc.apc.org
Conf? 320
Topic 320 Community Network Conf - May, USA
peg:visionary cyberculture zone 5:57 PM Mar 3, 1994
MAY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY NETWORKS
[This is a tremendous opportunity to meet many of the pioneers of the
movement at a subsidized conference. And the BAY AREA is never more
beautiful than in May. In addition, if you can stay a few days more -
you're just hours away from the spectacular Big Sur coast & Yosemity
National Park. Both are world class natural areas - ed]
" Because of the growing interest in community networks in Canada, the
United States, Japan, New Zealand, Finland, and other countries, we
believe it is time to convene this conference to take a hard look at
the challenges and opportunities for individuals and groups involved
in community networking. The meetings are aimed at the organizers,
system operators, librarians, educators, users, software suppliers,
funding organizations, and information providers for new and existing
community systems. It will be an excellent forum for legislators,
policy analysts, public utilities commission regulators, and city
planners to learn more about these networks.
Conference Specifics
Date: Wednesday, May 4 to Friday, May 6, 1994
Place: Apple Computer Conference Center, 4 Infinite Loop,
Cupertino, California 95014
Cost: $25 U.S. includes meals Wednesday evening through Friday noon.
Pre - register.
Sponsors: Apple Library of Tomorrow, Cupertino, California
The Morino Foundation, Great Falls, Virginia
Estimated Number of attendees: 250 maximum. We reserve the right
to limit the number of attendees from any one organization.
Conference Schedule: (subject to additions)
Wednesday: May 4, 1994
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner
7:00 p.m. - Ken Phillips, Director, Marion Salem Information
Services, Salem, Oregon and founder of Santa Monica Public
Electronic Network. Then and Now: A look at Santa Monica PEN and
community networks
8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Organize Ad Hoc meetings for
Thursday after lunch Thursday: May 5, 1994
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.. Breakfast 9:00
- Tom Grundner, President, National Public Telecomputing Network:
The State of Free-Nets
10:00 - noon
Track 1 - Urban Systems
- Helen Moeller, Director, Leon County Public Library System:
User Support Issues for Tallahassee Free - Net
- Richard Naylor, Manager, Information Technology, Wellington City
Net Community Networking in New Zealand
- Miles Fidelman, Executive Director, Center for Civic Networking
Sustainable Development Information Network Cambridge and Cape Cod,
Massachusetts
Track 2 - Rural Systems
- Richard Lowenberg, Director, Telluride (Colorado) InfoZone
Status report on the InfoZone
- Jean Armour Polly, NYSERNet, Liverpool, New York
Project GAIN: Rural libraries in upstate New York
- Patrick Finn, President, La Plaza TeleCommunity Foundation , Taos, NM
Building partnerships to build a network
- Frank Odasz, Director, Big Sky Telegraph, Dillon, Montana
Big Sky Telegraph after six years online
Noon - 3:00 p.m. Lunch and free time for BOFs, Ad Hoc meetings, and
schmoozing.
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. BOF: Public Outreach and training. Eric Theise,
Internet Domain Editor, Millennium Whole Earth Catalog.
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Mario Morino, Director, The Morino Foundation
A Meta - View of Community Networks: the goals of the Morino Foundation
4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Indigenous Groups Online
- Keola Donaghy, Network Designer and Administrator, Hale Kuamo'o
and MauiLink, Hawaii : Breaking out of the ASCII barrier. Software
for other cultures.
- George Baldwin, INDIANnet Census Information and Network Center
Getting Indian Nations online
- Anne Fallis, System Operator, INDIANnet (South Dakota)
Setting up small systems for Indian users
Friday, May 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.. Breakfast
9:00 - noon.
Track 1
Policy and Funding
- Richard Civille, Center for Civic Networking, Washington, D.C..
Civic networking and local community and economic development
- Jim Warren, Columnist and Advocate, Nuts & Bolts getting state and
local public records online: real world experiences.
- Michael Strait, Project Director, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, Washington, D.C.. Response to the CPB/CWEIS
Initiative: What are the types of partnerships emerging in the 90
communities that sent in proposals? - National Telecommunications
& Information Administration Representative (invited) Community
network grant program
- Open discussion of funding opportunities and challenges
Track 2
Regional Networks and technical issues
- Marty Tenenbaum, Enterprise Integration Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
CommerceNet: a broadband project for the San Francisco Bay Area
- Peter Scott, Saskatoon FREE - NET, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Free-Nets in Canada
- Benay Dara - Abrams, Silicon Valley Public Access Link, Mountain View, CA
Designing a distributed multi - hub community network
- Dewayne Hendricks, Tetherless Access Ltd, Fremont, California
Wireless community networks: examples and future plans.
Noon - 1 :00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Short and Sweet: Online and canned demos of
community networking software and systems. Show us your best in
fifteen minutes of fame. (Please sign up)
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Where are Community Networks headed?
- Jean Armour Polly, NYSERNet, Inc. Liverpool, New York
Declaration of Information Interdependence
- Frank Odasz, Big Sky Telegraph, Dillon, Montana
The Need for Rigorous and Quantitative Evaluation of Community Systems
- Howard Rheingold, author, The Virtual Community.
Open mike
5:30 p.m. End of Conference
__________________________________________________________________
Registration Details
Please fill in the following information. It will be used for a
printed roster to be distributed to the other attendees at the
conference.
Community Network Conference Registration
Name:
Title:
Organization
Address
City, State, Postal Code
Country
e - mail address:
telephone:
Please describe your interest or involvement in community networks
in a few words. This will help other attendees to locate
like - minded people for informal meetings and discussions.
Payment: $25 U.S. by check or money order, payable to "ALUG" One
check per attendee. This registration is non - refundable, but you
may transfer your registration to another person. If we receive
your registration before April 8, you will receive a free
conference T - shirt.
What size? S M L XL XXL
Do you need vegetarian meals?
Send the check and registration to: Community Network Conference,
Apple Library, 4 Infinite Loop MS 304 - 2A, Cupertino, CA 95014.
For more info email <sac@apple.com>