Taran RampersadI wrote an entry (link below) to share. Please share widely, by email,weblog, print, television, radio, carrier pigeon and telling yourgossipy acquaintances at the coffee shop and bar:http://www.knowprose.com/node/9106Or, we can just wait and blame someone else for not doing anything. Dear Taran,I am new to this list but have been trying to get people to use computers/technology for over 13 years now. Last week I begged two wonderful volunteers that do great things for my community to JUST get e-mail through the local library. For their own safety, please. They finally said that they could do this. I have begged over 20 non-profits in our area to have back up systems in case of an emergency or their computers crashing. And they still don't have back up systems. Very few of our non-profits can afford an IT person, and if they can they haven't been keeping up and don't have back up systems set up. I am quite sure that Florida non-profits and many people are i! n the same boat. Monday I attended the NTen Conf. in DC talking about lessons learned. On Wednesday I attended a Communities Connect for all of Washington State and realized how many rural communities don't have even the basics. What I learned from the above conferences is the easiest thing to do in a disaster is to get the hardware, software, networking, connectivity. and tech ie stuff done. The hardest is getting the people to learn to use the communication prior to a NEED. Tomorrow we are putting on a Tech Fair for our community non-profits and volunteers. See http://www.cbpin.org/techfair/. As a social worker first, I am telling my colleagues that they need to learn to use the computer, especially e-mail, if they are to be socially responsible. Without e-mail during a disaster or emergency they would be helpless. I hope this works, for everyones sake. Ronda EvansRECA (Realizing Every Community Asset) FoundationTCFN (The Columbia Free Net since 1992)www.tcfn.org - Connecting people with technology4people.tcfn.org - Connecting people with resourcesCalendars.tcfn.org - Connecting people with activities
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