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One excellent resource Tom links to is the newer Journal of Community Informatics: http://ci-journal.net I've added a recent table of contents below. Steven Clift http://dowire.org ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Thomas Lowenhaupt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What would New York City’s government look like if it was designed today, from scratch? How would information and communication technology influence its design? How would you weave the internet into local governance? Would you make it more transparent, even a fishbowl? Would you provide real-time access to decision making? What processes and technologies might prove useful? As a community board member for 12 years, I’ve had the honor of seeing our government function up close. And I’ve had contact with thousands of my neighbors when they’ve approached the board for help. And while I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish, I’ve decided to search out innovative ways we might better identify and address local needs. Recently I created a space for this exploration called the BeyondVoting Wiki - see http://beyondvoting.wikicities.com. The BeyondVoting Wiki provides a place where people can gather to speculate on ways we might use the internet to improve our city. It takes a bottom-up perspective, looking primarily to empower individuals, community organizations, and community boards. You might think of BeyondVoting as a convention of sorts, where people can gather, ponder, research, discuss, and propose a new governance structure for New York City. (If you’re not familiar with a wiki, it’s a new type of web page that’s great for complex projects like discussing city governance and coming up with a set of improvement plans. To touch the power of a wiki, visit en.wikipedia.org for its best implementation to date.) Where does the effort go? As a community board member I can promise to bring the findings to my board (www.cb3qn.nyc.gov). Perhaps it will agree with BeyondVoting’s conclusions and pass a supporting resolution. We might even agree on an implementation effort to help make the plans reality. I’m sending this invitation to people who are involved with civic affairs, government, or technology. Give your two cents at http://beyondvoting.wikicities.com - or more. And please, pass the invitation on. Sincerely, Tom Lowenhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- From: http://ci-journal.net/viewissue.php JCI Home > Vol. 1, No. 2 (2005) open journal systems Sustainabilty and Community ICTs editorial ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial: Sustainability of Community ICTs and its Future HTML | PDF Michael Gurstein points of view ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sustainable Community Technology: The symbiosis between community technology and community research HTML | PDF Peter Day Tsunami Warning Systems and the Last Mile HTML | PDF Michael Gurstein articles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Way Forward: Sustainable ICTs And Regional Sustainability HTML | PDF Greg Hearn, Megan Kimber, June Lennie and Lyn Simpson Community Portals: A False Dawn over the Field of Dreams? HTML | PDF Stephen James Musgrave Sustaining Community Access to Technology: Who Should Pay and Why. HTML | PDF Vanda N Rideout and Andrew J Reddick Online communities sustainability: some economic issues HTML | PDF Laura Anna Ripamonti, Fiorella De Cindio and Mario Benassi Sustaining and transforming a community network: The information continuum model and the case of VICNET Abstract Donald Schauder, Graeme Johanson and Larry Stillman Community Informatics and Sustainability: Why Social Capital Matters HTML | PDF Lyn E Simpson Emotion, Gender and the Sustainability of Communities HTML | PDF Kerry Jeanne Tanner An Interpretivist Case Study of a South African Rural Multi-Purpose Community Centre HTML | PDF Jean-Paul Van Belle and Jonathan Trusler case studies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sustaining Computer Use and Learning in Community Computing Contexts: Making Technology Part of “Who They are and What They Do” HTML | PDF Cecelia Bridget Merkel, Mike Clitherow, Umer Farooq, Lu Xiao, Craig Harvey Ganoe, John M Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson 2. A Role for Universities in Sustaining Regional ICT Initiatives? Exploring the Case of the University of Ballarat HTML | PDF Helen C Thompson notes and cases from the field (practitioners) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Note on these "Notes from the Field" HTML | PDF Michael Gurstein How Wi-Fi came to El Chaco HTML | PDF Klaus Stoll Open letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin: Broadband connectivity in aboriginal communities HTML | PDF Geordi Kakepetum Community Wireless Networking and Open Spectrum Usage: a Research Agenda to Support Progressive Policy Reform of the Public Airwaves HTML | PDF Sascha Meinrath in memoriam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dirk Koning, 1957-2005 HTML Michael Gurstein ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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