Re: [DDN] Closer to the (email)Grail?
Hi Michael, On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 13:20 -0500, Michael Maranda wrote: To be clear: my minimal image is a listserv-forum hybrid that the users can interact with via email and reply or by direct posting to the forum in a browser…. With options for privacy, and possibility of public archiving or delayed public archiving, and all the other features a moderator or listwoner might want for management of the group/list? Have you heard of DGroups [http://www.dgroups.org/]? It allows you to post via email or the web (with a password). Moodle may be another option. You can only post through the web interface, but you can opt to receive notification of new posts on certain lists by email. Cheers, Chris. -- (aidworld) chris wilson | chief engineer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Seeking Digital Media Organization Consultant for Strategic Planning
You might try http://www.mystrategicplan.com or http://www.mynonprofitplan.org/ which is customized for nonprofits. You can do it yourself or hire them for full-blown consulting where they facilitate the process. The do-it-yourself version worked great for us. Cindy -- Cindy Cooper Co-Founder CMO www.speakshop.com http://www.speakshop.com Speak Shop - Learn Spanish for Good Barry Joseph wrote: Can anyone please recommend to us any New York CIty-based organizational consultants familiar with digital media who can be hired to lead a strategic planning processes? If so, please send them my way before April 6, 2006. Thanks! Barry Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] More explanation of Planning Help Needed
Hi Mark, I actually saw a demonstration of a high tech trailer this weekend at the Wifi Summit that you might want to base some ideas off. The idea was to build a regular trailer with a satellite uplink connection, router, and multiple wireless internet access points. This turned into something you could pull with a regular car that would provide internet connections anywhere, in a variety of forms. After hearing some first-hand accounts of post-Katrina early response efforts, I think telecommunications should be on your list. Having the ability to use a satellite uplink from your vehicle with wireless internet then available over a certain area (or, using a directional antenna, to a specific point) coupled with VOIP and other services would allow the unit to immediately restore communications to an area. From parking to a stable connection took ~7 minutes on the demonstration I saw, so I'm really talking about an immediate communications solution which pretty much goes anywhere. Just a thought. Though satellite-based broadband isn't cheap, it's a feature you might find crucial. Dave. --- Dave A. Chakrabarti Projects Coordinator CTCNet Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] (708) 919 1026 --- Mark Warnick wrote: Dear DDN Members, I guess I should give more of a definition of what we are doing, and the reason I am looking for advice. The Mobile Command Center (MCC) is multi-disciplined, for use by any (and multiple) first responders during any emergency to increase unity of command. The one we will first use, could be a prototype for making many more of the MCC's, strategically placed around the country. Currently we are using a bus that was originally used as a mobile lab for a government entity. It was originally a 70 (or so) passenger Bluebird bus. In it's current form it has a conference area, cabinets, and a lot of counter space. It has air and gas monitors on the exterior, and a generator wired in throughout the bus. When I say it that it will be multiply disciplined, I am talking of all of the disciplines of first responders, including but not limited to; Fire/Rescue Pre-hospital Hospital Law Enforcement Public Works Public Health Emergency Managers HazMat Public Officials Citizen Volunteers Possibly others In the MCC will be a server (small for storing files) 5 or more possible work stations (possibly laptops) the fold up conference table (large enough for 8, possibly more) and some white boards in strategic places. There will also be a small communications center with a multiple band mobile communications kit, to reach all bandwidths necessary for multiple communications (interoperability). Connected to the outside of the bus will be a roll out awning so that when weather permits, there can be sub sectors that can work from the outside on folding tables and chairs (plenty of storage under the bus) and still be connected. There will be a connection on the outside of the bus so a hub can be plugged in and multiple port hubs set up. We are also considering so much more, but our sticking point is the computer set up. We are almost positive that we will use a satellite for connectivity. All computers will be tied into one printer. Any suggestions are always welcome! Several have sent e-mails saying what a wonderful idea, and we thank you for it. While there are commercially made MCC's out there, they normally cover one discipline, and they normally spend BIG money on all of the bells and whistles. I am from the old school, and like using the acronym KISS-Keep it simple, stupid! Thanks for your help, ... Mark Retired Asst. Chief Mark S. Warnick (Founder) Chief of Operations Helping Our Own (TM) Firefighter helping Firefighter http://www.helpingourown.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 877-446-6435 (877-4-HOO-Help) Office 517-764-0641 Helping Our Own (TM) P.O. Box 413 Michigan Center, MI, 49254 - Original Message - From: Mark Warnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed Thanks for the advice Mike, so what do we consider solid and dependable? Would XP be considered dependable? I am really not technology savvy, in fact, that's part of the reason I am on this list. if this were firefighting equipment, I could spec you almost anything, but it's not. Thanks for your advice, ... Mark Retired Asst. Chief Mark S. Warnick (Founder) Chief of Operations Helping Our Own (TM) Firefighter helping Firefighter http://www.helpingourown.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 877-446-6435 (877-4-HOO-Help) Office 517-764-0641 Helping Our Own (TM) P.O. Box 413 Michigan Center, MI, 49254 - Original Message - From: Executive Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March
Re: [DDN] Closer to the (email)Grail?
Michael, Almost all of this can be done - the DDN website demonstrates this to a large degree. If I chose to, I could have the RSS feed off of my site pull each email out into my content management system and create a page which allowed comments, and threaded discussion because the DDN site does generate RSS from the email list. The trick is getting the comments back into the email, but that shouldn't be an issue - with perhaps an issue being 'who' posts to the list. But that could be worked around as well, if membership to a site was membership to the email list as well. It's all based on RSS, but because of that the main issue would be related to each post having to be checked against previous posts for the same subject line to differentiate a comment from a fresh post. Because people are odd with subject lines, it would require that people be more careful with their email subject lines. That part would require a MySQL search. Yes, I'm using Drupal. I suppose once you figure out how you want to handle the emails, you could have comments to original posts sent to an email list for the author of the comment; that's a simple thing to put into the comment module logic of Drupal. The wiki issue gets more complicated because of the depth of the data (history of changes, etc), but it could be done in the form of a 'patch' on a technical level... It's an idea that a few people and myself had discussed in the context of Caribbean ICT 2 years ago, but it never got off the ground because... I don't know why. :-) It would be a good bridge to span gaps, I think. If I had a choice, I would be dealing with many things with a browser instead of by email. It's a matter of choice. Michael Maranda wrote: I've had it in my mind for sometime that the email-Grail with regard to listservs is a set-up where the community of list-users could interact with the mail-content via multiple means… and all remain one community without need of drastic change of their habits. Some people like to manage their online group interactions via email, others in forums and other browser based interactions… such as wikis or rss feeds off of blogs. How far are we from being able to do this? What are the best packages and set-ups that do this or approximate this? To be clear: my minimal image is a listserv-forum hybrid that the users can interact with via email and reply or by direct posting to the forum in a browser…. With options for privacy, and possibility of public archiving or delayed public archiving, and all the other features a moderator or listwoner might want for management of the group/list? I am aware of GroupServer as one example, and I know that the eDemocracy folks have been relying upon their model. (I'd be glad to hear of their experience, and others) Are there other models? Where does Drupal stand in relation to this functionality? How hard is it to implement? Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http://www.afcn.org Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter http://www.ctcnetchicago.org Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Coalition (ilCTC) http://www.ilctc.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] most blogged articles on the new york times
hi DDN community - here's an opportunity for our community to provide feedback about articles in the new york times. the new redesign of the new york times web site has a feature which lists the 20 most blogged articles. http://www.nytimes.com/gst/mostblogged.html so if you have a blog, no matter what you write, if you link to a particular new york times article, the new york times will be aware of your blog entry. there is free blogging available right on the DDN web site http://www.digitaldivide.net -- or you can use many other free blogging services. blogger.com is one of the best. a good question to ask yourself is how much of your communication is internal, directed to people who care about this issue in the same way you do. and how much of it is external, visible to the general public? if your answer is that 100 percent of your communication is internal, then it's time for you to start blogging. we should all be shooting for a goal of at least 40 percent of our communication to be external. otherwise we'll end up doing what mike myers of saturday night live suggests - talk among yourselves. - phil you can read what all DDN community members are blogging about on the DDN site by visiting http://www.digitaldivide.net/blogs/ -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://digg.com/users/pshapiro/submitted http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Three New Open Source Centres of Excellence in Asia and the Pacific Region
== Three New Open Source Centres of Excellence in Asia and the Pacific Region http://www.apdip.net/news/opensourcecentres == In order to address the growing information and technological needs of the Asia and Pacific region, the International Open Source Network (IOSN) has established three new Centres of Excellence – IOSN ASEAN+3, IOSN PIC (Pacific Island Countries), and IOSN South Asia. Together, these Centres will continue the research and development, networking, institutional strengthening, and training undertaken by IOSN over the last three years to advance the adoption of free/open source software, open standards, and open content across the region. Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) is software that can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction. These freedoms that are for all – developers and users – are highly significant to the developing world as FOSS represents a viable alternative to the traditional licensing model that can help to free up public funds. Affordability aside, the adoption of FOSS also presents opportunities for industry and capacity development, software piracy reduction, and localization and customization for diverse cultural and development needs. IOSN has been a catalyst in the regional dialogue on FOSS. It has been and continues to be involved in policy development, awareness raising, research, and training. IOSN has fostered a network for advocates and practitioners who volunteer and contribute to the IOSN portal www.iosn.net and shape the work of IOSN. In launching IOSN ASEAN+3, the Chancellor of the University of Philippines, Manila, Professor Ramon L. Arcadio, noted that “UP Manila is a leading advocate of free and open source software in the Philippines and that together with its many partners, it aims to sow the spirit and philosophy of open source design and development, and allow it to permeate the ASEAN+3 region.” At the launch of IOSN PIC - which is hosted by the University of the South Pacific on behalf of a consortium involving the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Secretariat of the South Pacific Community (SPC), and Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PIC-ISOC) - USP’ s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Dr. Esther Williams, noted “The low cost, adaptability and suitability of FOSS for community development makes it highly appropriate. The establishment of an IOSN PIC in the region will promote its many advantages to the communities of the region.” SOPAC’s Director, Cristelle Pratt, pointed out that, “SOPAC is extremely mindful that the deployment of FOSS in its member countries will be essential to leverage the costs for both the implementation and sustainability of all future project initiatives.” SPC’s, IT Manager, Sam Taufo, pointed out the fact that “FOSS and IOSN PIC will help maximize the returns from scarce resources.” The PIC-ISOC Chairman, Rajnesh D. Singh, also noted that “For a region scarce in resources (both human and financial), the FOSS concept represents a wonderful opportunity for Pacific Islanders to not only use and learn new and effective software, but at the same time, be able to participate in the development of such software. This participation can be on many fronts, including contributing to core code, or to adapting/translating such software to suit local languages and cultures.” On IOSN South Asia, hosted by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in Chennai, India, Dr. S. Ramakrishnan noted that, “CDAC is committed to fostering FOSS through its research and development and now we have the opportunity to network and share our experience through IOSN South Asia. By leveraging the experience already in existence in India and South Asia and networking with the main players, we will be able to help advance FOSS adoption in the region.” The International Open Source Network is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Development Programme (APDIP), a regional programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); it is supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. For more information, please contact: Phet Sayo, UNDP-APDIP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alvin B. Marcelo, IOSN ASEAN+3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Derek Gardiner, IOSN PIC [EMAIL PROTECTED] M.R. Rajagopalan, IOSN South Asia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Video Blogging Week 2006
Hi everyone, It's that time of year again - it's Video Blogging Week 2006, the second-annual showcase of video blogs from around the world. The idea behind video blogging week is to challenge bloggers to post vidoes to their blog seven days in a row - April 3-9. Last year, around 30 bloggers participated, and I expect the numbers to be much higher this time around. (Since Monday I've counted at least 50 participants, and we're just getting started.) How to participate: The basic instructions can be found at http://videobloggingweek2006.blogspot.com. All you have to do is post a video to your blog and tag it videobloggingweek2006 on Technorati. To do this, you post the following code in each video blog entry: Technorati Tag: a href=http://www.technorati.com/tag/videobloggingweek2006; rel=tagvideobloggingweek2006/a This will allow the public to access all of the videos in one place, which can be found here: http://www.technorati.com/tag/videobloggingweek2006 So if you're a video blogger or are just interested in the evolving world of video blogging, please join us! thanks, andy -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Closer to the (email)Grail?
Hi Michael, We use such a hybrid system for all iEARN student and teacher interaction world wide to insure that we do not exclude people who do have easy or inexpensive access to the web. We use a commercial product called Webcrossing (that they donate to us as an educational non-profit organization), which allows for nntp/newsgroup and e-mail feeds in and out of a web forum structure. Ed On 4/4/06 6:22 AM, Chris Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 13:20 -0500, Michael Maranda wrote: To be clear: my minimal image is a listserv-forum hybrid that the users can interact with via email and reply or by direct posting to the forum in a browser. With options for privacy, and possibility of public archiving or delayed public archiving, and all the other features a moderator or listwoner might want for management of the group/list? Have you heard of DGroups [http://www.dgroups.org/]? It allows you to post via email or the web (with a password). Moodle may be another option. You can only post through the web interface, but you can opt to receive notification of new posts on certain lists by email. Cheers, Chris. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Planning Help Needed
Mark, What you are asking here would be well beyond the scope of this list. Windows 2000 or XP would be considered by most to be solid and dependable. Not sure how I can help from here. Mike * Michael F. Pitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Warnick Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 2:01 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed Thanks for the advice Mike, so what do we consider solid and dependable? Would XP be considered dependable? I am really not technology savvy, in fact, that's part of the reason I am on this list. if this were firefighting equipment, I could spec you almost anything, but it's not. Thanks for your advice, ... Mark Retired Asst. Chief Mark S. Warnick (Founder) Chief of Operations Helping Our Own (TM) Firefighter helping Firefighter http://www.helpingourown.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 877-446-6435 (877-4-HOO-Help) Office 517-764-0641 Helping Our Own (TM) P.O. Box 413 Michigan Center, MI, 49254 - Original Message - From: Executive Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: RE: [DDN] Planning Help Needed Considering the Mobile Command Vehicle will be for long term use, and we are using computers 1-2 years old (recycled) we are curious if; 1) It is true older computers will soon become totally obsolete 2) Will there be interoperability issues 3) What is the best avenue to take to ensure that the network in the command center will not be a headache for the staff. What you want is solid, not state of the art. Much of the federal government runs on Windows NT not Server 2003 and credit card transactions run at 300 bps not 56k. Entry level Vista machines will be 2.4 GHz and the current CTB runs badly, in my view, on a 2.8 dual core. Vista is delayed and is an unknown at this point. Think solid and dependable. Mike * Michael F. Pitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Warnick Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:35 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Planning Help Needed Hello Everyone, I am normally a lurker here on the list, mainly because of my lack of knowledge. My father always told me it is better to be thought an idiot and remain silent than to open your mouth and remove all doubt, so I try to live by that rule (LOL). We are beginning to work on a project with the government that involves making a Mobile Command Center for first responders using excess equipment from first responders and the government. This is all in the experimental and planning stage, and there is a lot to figure out. One thing that has come up, and the reason I am writing this letter, is that Microsoft will supposedly be releasing Vista soon. From what I am told this will make older operating systems obsolete, and possibly incompatible. Considering the Mobile Command Vehicle will be for long term use, and we are using computers 1-2 years old (recycled) we are curious if; 1) It is true older computers will soon become totally obsolete 2) Will there be interoperability issues 3) What is the best avenue to take to ensure that the network in the command center will not be a headache for the staff. The way we envision it, the Mobile Command Center will have it's own network, as well as having the ability for someone to plug in their laptop in the center and share files with the command staff. Any and all help with this planning part of this phase is appreciated, ... Mark Retired Asst. Chief Mark S. Warnick (Founder) Chief of Operations Helping Our Own (TM) Firefighter helping Firefighter http://www.helpingourown.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 877-446-6435 (877-4-HOO-Help) Office 517-764-0641 Helping Our Own (TM) P.O. Box 413 Michigan Center, MI, 49254 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed
Executive Director wrote: Mark, What you are asking here would be well beyond the scope of this list. Windows 2000 or XP would be considered by most to be solid and dependable. Not sure how I can help from here. I disagree. I would have to say that Linux/OS X/*nix would be most solid and dependable. That's two different opinions. The deciding factor should be how many times you wish to wait on a reboot during an emergency. There are times when I might say that XP and Win2k might be useful operating systems, but not when lives depend on it during an emergency situation. 'Sorry, we're rebooting. Apply direct pressure/continue CPR until we can start coordinating again. Figure 5 minutes.' -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
