I've added my own comments to the page after creating a section for it: 'DDN User Ideas/Comments/Suggestions', so that people can proactively add their thoughts to the page. This seems a little odd to me considering that the DDN has always had an email based focus.
The link is http://wiki.digitaldivide.net/index.php?title=The_future_of_DDN As far as the community sections go - I've never understood why the forums were there since email is how I am used to working with DDN. I think economically speaking, it is sensible that they be withdrawn. The categorization system being replaced by tagging is a 'maybe' in my book, depending on implementation. For example, in Drupal 6.0, tagging and categorization are synonymous (that's tech-talk gobblygook to most). As far as contributions, I'll toss my hat in the ring though I must admit it's a rather small hat. ;-) [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] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > > -- -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com http://www.opendepth.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ "Criticize by Creating" - Michelangelo "The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine." - Nikola Tesla _______________________________________________ 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.
