Hi Adam - Neat! This is a very innovative, interesting approach and I hope it is successful.
Two initial questions: 1) are the paid memberships voluntary or required? Will we be booted from the community if we can't or don't want to pay, or are these levels of membership presented in the manner of public radio membership? I'd strongly recommend the latter, and finding ways to motivate members to participate financially as well, but not require it. 2) can you explain how to get an account in the wiki? I was unable to log in to add my name to the directory. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Eigen Senior Steward - IT Global Action Networks-Net (GAN-Net) http://www.gan-net.net Executive Director Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa http://www.kabissa.org On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi DDN members! > > If you've been to digitialdivide.net recently then you would already now > that we are planning to make some changes on DDN. Here's why: > > DDN is a great place to learn about the digital divide and discuss it with > other members who are actively bridging the divide - and we want to see > DDN continue to be a leader in this regard. Here at TakingITGlobal we > would like to see DDN continue to grow, but in a way that is more > financially sustainable. We've drafted a plan that we think DDN ought to > follow in the coming months. We also believe in the strong community > around DDN and would like to hear your thoughts on our plan, we believe > that the future of DDN needs your support! > > After much thinking in the TIG office we've found a way to improve DDN > based on the resources available. We have a list of improvements that we'd > like to make to the site but don't currently have the finances to make it > happen. The fact of the matter is that TIG doesn't get any funding to run > DDN and we've tried unsuccessfully to find financing; so we came up with a > new way (for TIG at least) to make DDN sustainable. > > We've outlined what exactly we'd like to do and how we plan on doing on > the DDN wiki. Please take a look at our plan and let us know your > thoughts. > > Here's the link: > http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN > > Please remember that it is a wiki and we'd like to see your ideas added to > the wiki as well. > > Thanks and we look forward to DDN's bright future! > > Sincerely, > The TIG DDN team > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
