so, could we get Minneapolis and St. Paul to declare CTC day?? >Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 11:07:29 -0400 (EDT) >From: Al Panico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Community Technology Day > > >Dear Colleagues, > >I'm very pleased to announce that today, May 21st, has been declared >Community Technology Day by both the City and County of San Diego! This >honor recognizes the growth of the local CTC scene, with more than 120 >community tech centers and close to 200 people participating in the San >Diego Community Tech and local PowerUP listserves. The Waitt >Family Foundation >is also unveiling the region's first online map of San Diego public >access locations, hosted at >http://www.waittfoundation.org This project has been 2 years in the making, >and represents an extraordinary volunteer effort from the San Diego >Community Tech Group and its members. The Waitt Family Foundation is >delighted to help bring it to fruition and give it a home. > >The City and County will present their proclamations at a recognition event >for San Diego's PowerUP sites. We've posted the text on our website and >encourage other cities to honor their CTCs as well. > >San Diego has accomplished a great deal in just a few years, despite having >fewer resources than other cities. We've seen the launch of InfoTAP, >Digital Connections, and Making Connections -- three San Diego programs >providing technical assistance to nonprofit organizations, CTCs, and >community development corporations -- along with 25 new PowerUP sites, a >mobile E-Bus, web resources for people with disabilities, a fully-wireless >CTC in City Heights, a broadband wireless network connecting universities >and eighteen Native American reservations in the northern part of the county, >hosting the 2001 CTCNet conference, the area's first Regional Community >Tech Symposium, and many more achievements. The Waitt Family >Foundation is proud to be part of the San Diego community, and we >encourage others to get involved in San Diego as well. > >Al Panico
Here are URLs for the websites Al mentions: Waitt Family Foundation http://www.waittfoundation.org InfoTAP http://www.infotap.org/ RTA's Digital Connections (look under Community Development) http://www.sdrta.org/ LISC's Making Connections http://www.liscnet.org/sandiego/ San Diego Community Tech Group http://www.mediamanage.net/sdctg.html Southern California Tribal Digital Village http://www.sctdv.net/ >.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.> sheldon mains, seward neighborhood, minneapolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] the shameless agitator in the electronic town square _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
