[wsfii-discuss] Journal of Community Informatics

Fri Mar 30 09:46:56 UTC 2007

Hi Alison, All,

The site (http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej) looks very nice
but i am not entirely sure what it is about. Also the last entry is 1
year old. Are you and Sascha trying to revive the journal?

Please explain in simple English for us EU hackers what it is about.
Also I would like to know if Community Informatics is about real
practical cases, like actually building networks or some academic sky
watching club.

Thanks Freddy

On 3/30/07, l annison <l.annison at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Sascha Meinrath from CuWin and I are putting together a special issue of
> the
> > Journal of Community Informatics (
> http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej)
> > on Community Wi-Fi.  We are especially looking for 500 to 1000 word "Field
> > Notes" that describe community Wi-Fi projects in different contexts. I
> hope
> > people on this list will contribute to help share their projects with a
> > wider audience, and exchange best practices.  We would love to see short
> > summaries by around April 15 and final writing by June 1. More details
> > below.
> >
> > Alison Powell
> > Île Sans Fil, Montreal
> >
> >
> This post, combined with the previous one about creating video footage about
> wsfii type projects, are of great interest to me personally as they have
> cropped up in UK conversations for several years, and particularly recently.
>
> It has always seemed to be one area where community wi-fi/broadband networks
> haven't always hit the mark - whether with governments, funders, local
> authorities, establishing credibility with consumers etc. Mainly, it has
> seemed, cos we are so busy trying to get the solutions to work, that there
> is little time for self-promotion.
>
> In each community, and globally, we have a mix of skills. Techies, support,
> coders, promoters, grant seekers etc.
>
> I would like to propose, in light of the posts about case studies and video
> footage, that we get together those who are very interested in the marketing
> and promotion side of community broadband networks, and talk amongst
> ourselves. Just from last week's talks with Freifunk and Funkfeuer for some
> EU research for the rural broadband conference in Brussels in May, we have
> found that we have contacts between us covering most of the EU, and then
> some in US, Asia and Australia. Errr... in fact, global contacts!! After
> all, this community broadband world is not very big, yet. ;o)
>
> If everyone could decide which event to go to this summer in EU (!), perhaps
> we could have one track for those of us interested in promoting community
> broadband activity, and tie it in with the amazing work coming from the
> other side of the Atlantic through Sasha, Alison etc, and in Asia, and start
> making a much bigger impact by working together.
>
> Or just start it all online through a separate list about promotional
> activity to get the word out about the grassroots' efforts ongoing across
> the world?
>
> I'm happy to be amongst the UK/EU contacts more than happy to get involved
> in that type of work, and push to get together TV/video footage, and
> publicise the case studies etc created by us all wherever we are.
>
> Let's JFDI?!
>
> ATB
> Lindsey Annison
> l.annisonatgmail.com
> Co-founder, Access to Broadband Campaign
> http://www.ABCampaign.org
> Founder member, Community Broadband Network
> http://www.broadband-uk.coop
> Author: JFDI Community Broadband: Wennington
> http://www.lulu.com/content/488550
>
>
>
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