[DDN] Live from Freedom to Connect

will forge a coordinated response. http://www.openspaceaustin.net __ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) President, CTCNet Chicago Chapter Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Consortium (ilCTC

[DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

I recommend subscribing to this list by going to the freepress.net website (not .org) I also recommend joining this organization. -mm -Original Message- From: Robert W. McChesney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Listen to

[DDN] Democracy in Extrema

An interesting site I thought I would pass along to everyone: http://extremedemocracy.com/ The Book and Discussion Site for Networked Activists __ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) Acting

[DDN] Regional service offering directories

tools). Regards, MM __ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) Acting Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Consortium (ilCTC) Vice President, CAAELII

[DDN] Stirring the pot: mergers and public interest intervention

respect the folks on this list, and I thank you in advance. Michael __ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) Acting Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter Co-Chair, Illinois Community

[DDN] Stirring the pot: mergers and public interest intervention

this could be a way to build the participation you are seeking. Dan Bassill Tutor/Mentor Connection http://tutormentor.blogspot.com on 6/14/05 8:51 PM, Michael Maranda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends and Mentors, A week or two ago Gene Crick suggested I stir the pot a bit by posing

[DDN] Where did the Four Freedoms go?

David Isenberg blogs on FCC Chairman Martin's restatement of Powell's Four Freedoms as Four Consumer Entitlements. David says he is scared. We would have less reason to fear if Kevin Martin saw us as Citizens rather than Consumers.

[DDN] Youth Policy Action Center Recruiting State and Local Organizations

Youth Policy Action Center Recruiting State and Local Organizations APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 15TH Gain access to the most sophisticated advocacy technology available while encouraging youth and youth advocates to shape public policy in your community. Learn more about this opportunity and how to

[DDN] Visions for the Movement. was: Cedar Pruitt's departure from DDN

at: http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/movement We're in this together. And I'm glad you are with me. Warmest regards, to all my friends and co-conspirators! -Michael __ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking

RE: [DDN] Cedar Pruitt's departure from DDN

presumptuous, however, that’s what we we're doing when we make the case individually as organizations through proposals or other solicitations. I'm suggesting we do so with some coordination for our field. -Michael Maranda ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list

[DDN] FW: Connected - CU Launches Community Internet Site

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Connected - CU Launches Community Internet Site New Community Internet Site Launched! Today, Consumers Union, and Free Press released new

[DDN] Community Technology Midwest: Springfield in November

the new Lincoln Presidential Museum which opened this spring. We look forward to seeing you there. Let’s make a bold statement for the Midwest! Best Regards, Michael Maranda Michael Maranda President, The Association

RE: [DDN] Educating the philanthropic community

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 Vice President, CAAELII http

RE: [DDN] Copyright Awareness Campaign

What are the goals of this campaign? Copyright Awareness ought to promote an understanding of the value and limits regarding protection and ownership with regard intellectual property. A happy míddle ground would give proper weight to the notion of a limited time frame, and fair-use, as well

[DDN] FW: Resist the Tower, Fight Media Power

From our friends at Consumers Union -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Resist the Tower, Fight Media Power Dear Michael, We just released the Tower, a new comical song,

RE: [DDN] Copyright Awareness Campaign

To clarify, I do not argue for the elimination or reduction of copyright law and patents, but rather for a return to sensible limits on duration of a copyright and patent. I do not view this as weakening of copyright. I view this as essential to the public interest, and am confident that this

[DDN] FW: Break Up SBC, Break Up Verizon. Teletruth Calls for Immediiate Congressional Investigation of the Previous Bell Mergers.

FYI, Posted by Bruce Kushnick. --- Teletruth News Alert, October 20th, 2005 Teletruth Requests Congress Start Immediate Investigations into the Previous Bell Mergers. *SBC --- Southwestern Bell, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, SNET *Verizon --- Bell Atlantic,

[DDN] Chicago honors eChampions and Grassroots Leadership in our field

for the better. This is community organizing and development, pure and simple. We thank the sponsors and other supporters without whom this event would not have been possible. Michael Maranda President, The Association

[DDN] Environmentally Conscious (or ethical) printing thoughts - query

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 Vice President, CAAELII http

[DDN] ilCTC Conference Further Details: Nov 16-17

want to be on the planning committee? Let us know now! Please register soon so we are better able to accommodate you at the conference. Regards, Michael Maranda Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community

[DDN] Differentiation and the Network: Movement as Network continued...

in our effort. Again, I invite comments, thoughts, etc., on this both via email and in the DDN group I created earlier on Movement as Network… http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/movement Michael Maranda President

[DDN] RE: [CI] Social and Economic Justice discourse and action: out of the woodwork

Michel Taran, Thank you both for replying. You raise several points, and I'll respond as best I can. However my point was not to presume to provide answers or solutions, but to open the space for discussion, and hoping that (together) we will build strategy and take action. What I offer

[DDN] RE: [ctcnet] Differentiation and the Network: Movement as Network continued...

accumulate... (Social Source/Open Source Model... Extend this to curricula and program models...) Michael Maranda wrote: Greetings, In the sense that we are a network, or persons and organizations operating within the same field and towards similar or related positive social ends

[DDN] Webcast Ill Community Tech Conf 9-1 this Wed Nov 16 from Springfield Future of Digital Literacy Reception 6:30 PM central

Computing Network and Michael Maranda of ilCTC/CTCNet Chicago describing the launch of Illinois Community Technology Coalition and trends in community technology professional development and policy. Following at 10:15 is a workshop on best practices in urban and rural areas on Computer Recycling

[DDN] Doc Searls: Framing the stakes of the Net before it's flushed away

Bob Cannon directs our attention to Doc Searls essay http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673 Get your reading glasses out. Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http

[DDN] World AIDS Day, and other awareness campaigns, what can we do together?

we coordinate behind, for the advancement of our field? How would you approach it? -MM Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http://www.afcn.org Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago

RE: [DDN] Catalytic Communities

that the global cities are likewise multi-lingual. I hope this is of interest to others, and invite discussion on making resources such as this more open and collaborative Regards, MM Michael Maranda President, The Association

[DDN] Organizing and Framing

counterpoint to discussions on Lakoff's work. Regards, MM Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http://www.afcn.org Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter http://www.ctcnetchicago.org Co

[DDN] 'tis the season to promote the cause

! 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

[DDN] PCNA Invitation: 2006 Summit - Strategic Use of Information and Communication Technology for Communities

2006 Summit Strategic Use of Information and Communication Technology for Communities February 24-26, 2006 February 23, 2006 - First Nation Pre-Conference Sessions) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Communities around the world are taking advantage of the Internet to improve people's

[DDN] FW: [CYBERTEL] Paradise Lost

Passed on with permission of Dave Hughes -Original Message- From: Telecom Regulation the Internet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Hughes Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CYBERTEL] Paradise Lost Since the Denver Bronco's beat the

[DDN] FW: BOOK: $200 Billion Broadband Scandal: Verizon, SBC, Qwest, BellSouth

Directly from the author... -Original Message- From: Telecom Regulation the Internet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Kushnick Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CYBERTEL] BOOK: $200 Billion Broadband Scandal: Verizon, SBC, Qwest,

[DDN] Imaginify Community Network

I happened upon the following while checking in on friends attending http://RecentChangesCamp.org: Imaginify Community Network (http://www.imaginify.org/)! Is anyone involved with this? Or knowledgable about this group? The site is something else. -MM

[DDN] FW: Boycott: George Wash U, FCC Lawyers and Columbia Event for Astroturf

In the USA, we are looking at a re-rewrite of National Telecom/Media policy. This directly impacts the Internet, globally. (Though you may argue that everything is political, or that everything always was) We have to be careful in considering the credibility, certainty and authority with which

[DDN] FW: [GIO] Benedict College Division of Community Development - Technology Summit

On Behalf Of Chuck Sherwood Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CC-Media Reform; Media Activist; GIO listserv Subject: [GIO] Benedict College Division of Community Development - Technology Summit To All: Check out this conference that is happening at the end of the

[DDN] News from Illinois: Community Media, Governance and Election Reform

. 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

[DDN] Closer to the (email)Grail?

? 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

[DDN] RE: Is the Pay As You Go Internet inevitable? Why Network Neutrality is critical.

, Michael Maranda Recent Blog on related matter: http://wrythings.net/archives/10 -Original Message- From: Steve Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ctcnet

[DDN] MoveOn's Dear AOL campaign

I expect most of you are familiar with MoveOn.org, and that you are also likely aware of the Dear AOL campaign they have undertaken. I've popped a note to them requesting they take a stance on the Congressional Telecom rewrite and generally work to raise awareness on Internet Policy and other

[DDN] QOTD: Who Owns the Internet? Prospects for Curriculum Integration

CTCs and other efforts intended in some way to Bridge the Digital Divide are naturally the first taste of the Internet for many people around the world. We show them how to use tools involving the Internet: WWW. email.. blogging, podcasting, VoIP and more. We may entice them to further and

[DDN] FW: Strange Bedfellows Unite to Save the Internet

SaveTheInternet.com Coalition PRESS ADVISORY Monday, April 24, 2006 Contact: Trevor Fitzgibbon, 202-246-5303 Alex Howe, Fenton Communications, 202.822.5200 ***RSVP Required -- MONDAY: National Conference Call -- 1:00pm EST *** Strange Bedfellows Unite to Save the Internet Father of the

[DDN] CTCs, Immigration and the next Civil Rights Movement

to establish our centers and to work and volunteer in this field. Best Regards to all, Michael Maranda Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http://www.afcn.org Executive Director

RE: [DDN] [Net Neutrality] Surprises, Astroturf Non-profits

of this ties to the idea of CTCs and Community Technologists engaging directly in promotion of civic participation, and public discourse more generally. Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community

[DDN] COPPS: FCC CAN IMPOSE NET NEUTRALITY

COPPS: FCC CAN IMPOSE NET NEUTRALITY [SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn] The Federal Communications Commission has authority under current law to ensure that broadband-access providers -- currently mainly cable and phone companies -- do not discriminate against Web-based providers of

[DDN] As the Internet fragments

http://en.for-ua.com/news/2006/05/27/155652.html I'd appreciate insights/thoughts on this. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL

[DDN] deploy deploy deploy

I'm crossposting, because the topic is crossfertile. Our issues are getting press. But how deeply do your neighbors understand or care about technology and communications policy? What would lead a person or organization to support these issues: valuing an open Internet, valuing free open

[DDN] PIR.org!

Congrats to Angela Stuber on joining the Advisory Council for PIR.org - the Public Interest Registry - which oversees .ORG ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To

[DDN] Please Lend Your Support to this Network Neutrality Legislative Proposal

. A list of current signers is appended below. Seth Johnson's email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Michael Maranda AFCN/ilCTC/CTCNet Chicago 773-456-7737 PS... Related note: Bruce Kushnick is releasing his eBook - the $200 Billion Broadband Scandal for free-distribution this week (Tuesday

[DDN] [USA Saveaccess] SAVEACCESS ALERT! Take Action Today!

SAVEACCESS ACTION ALERT! TAKE ACTION BEFORE THURSDAY! Dear saveaccess supporter, This is a very important week for action and we're asking you for three favors: *1) Send our letter to your senators to say Fix S.2686 or vote NO! *Go to http://saveaccess.org/takeaction *2) Send our

[DDN] Today, One Web Day - Chicago Thoughts on Film

as we're doing ... it's really the stories that matter anyway. Regards to all, Michael Maranda ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL

[DDN] New Report: Building Constituencies for Spectrum Policy Change

*New Report:* *Building Constituencies for Spectrum Policy Change: * *Wireless Broadband and Public Needs* *Free download available now:* _http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/building_constituencies_for_spectrum_policy_change_first_report_ New wireless networks and technologies could