Message-ID: <19990702050304.AAA7627@LOCALNAME> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 02:04:25 +0000 From: Kerry Miller <mailto:kerryo@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: (Fwd) Community Technology Review -- In Print and On the Web To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:23:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Rachel Anderson <mailto:rachel@benton.org> Subject: Community Technology Review -- In Print and On the WebANNOUNCEMENT: Community Technology Review -- In Print and On the Web at (http://www.ctcnet.org/review99.htm)
Editors Peter Miller, Richard Civille and Dirk Koning are pleased to release:
"Communications Policy on the Front Lines -- Ideas for Change"
Community Technology Review Special Combined Issue
A joint publication of the Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet), the Association For Community Networking (AFCN), and the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) with voices of activists and analysts from over twenty states around the country and Canada.
This special web version of the 56 page hard copy Community Technology Review contains over 400 active links to external websites, email addresses, listserv subscriptions, and more!
In the Introduction, CTCNet Executive Director Holly Carter, AFCN President Amy Borstrom, and ACM Executive Director Bunnie Riedel say: "We have more in common than not when it comes to our desire to shape national telecommunications policies which ensure that low-income, inner city, minority, and rural constituencies have not only a seat at the table, but a voice that counts. We also share a critical understanding of the profound impact of public policy and offer this publication as a stepping stone to joint action."
In the Review Ann Wrixon, Leslie Harris, Aki Namioka, Tony Wilhelm, Audrie Krause, Barry Forbes, and others highlight the potential power of community organizations to influence municipal, state, and federal legislatures and regulatory agencies and shape the outcome of new corporate telephone and cable mergers and other key issues. Anne McFarland, Jamie McClelland, Phil Shapiro, and Sheva Nerad provide key library- community perspectives. Terry Grunwald, Cary Williams, and Lauren-Glenn Davitian describe emerging state-level strategies, and Sue Buske, Pierre Clark, Autumn Labbe-Renault, Kara Harris, and Fred Williams provide pictures of local activities that bring this right down to the neighborhood level.
Arthur Harvey, Fred Johnson, Mary Lester, and Jon Darling provide special perspectives on rural telecommunications issues and practices. Wally Siembab, Ken Pigg, Ron Burnett, Seongcheol Kim, and Lawrence Hecht describe the rise of new public spheres of possibilities. Steve Cisler, Jessica Brown, Ryan Turner, and Carl Kucharski round our efforts by helping provide a variety of relevant resources. These contributions by some three dozen writers paint a powerful impression of the current "state of play" as several generations of public interest technology activists converge.
The free online version is available at (http://www.ctcnet.org/review99.htm) along with information about how to get hard copies of the 56 page issue.
-- Peter Miller (mailto:peterm@ctcnet.org), Richard Civille mailto:(rciville@civicnet.org), and Dirk Koning (dirk@grcmc.org)
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