http://funredes.org - gopher://gopher.funredes.org -

Daniel Pimienta (mailto:pimienta@FUNREDES.ORG)
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:18:55 -0500 

Message-ID:  <9611080019.AA05576@funredes.org>
Date:         Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:18:55 -0500
From: Daniel Pimienta <mailto:pimienta@FUNREDES.ORG>
Subject:      http://funredes.org - gopher://gopher.funredes.org -
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>


>Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 17:19:28

>To: mailto:gnet@dhvx20.csudh.edu, devel-l@american.edu, salsa@conicit.ve,

mailto:cangonet@yorku.ca, caribuser@dhvx20.csudh.edu, caribcad@funredes.org
>From: Daniel Pimienta <mailto:pimienta@funredes.org>

>Subject: http://funredes.org - gopher://gopher.funredes.org -

ftp://ftp.funredes.org/pub


>

>Dear Collegues,

>

>Foundation Networks & Development (FUNREDES) is pleased to announce its

information system,
>accessible from its internet site (funredes.org) located in Dominican Republic.

>

>CONTENT

>=========

>More than 200 original documents related to:

>- The history of Research Networks in the South, mainly the Caribbean and

Latin America.
>- Methodological considerations about the development of networks in the

South (including results
>  of the REDALC project).

>- Information about some national networks (Peru, Dominican Rep. and Haiti)

>- The impact of New Information and Communication Technologies (NTIC) on

development.
>- Several FUNREDES projects looking for financial support.

>

>KEYWORDS

>========

>FUNREDES, REDALC, MULBRI, RCP, REDID, REHRED, CARIBBEAN, LATIN AMERICA,

DOMINICAN REP.
>NGO, NETWORKS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, METHODOLOGY

>

>ACCESS

>======

>The access is designed to be provided in 3 languages: spanish, english and

french.
>However, only the spanish one is completed at that time.

>The gopher is accessible in english. Most of the accessible documents are

in various languages.
>

>TARGET

>=======

>- Networkers.

>- International Cooperation agencies.

>- Researchers on NTICs, Development, Caribbean or Latin America.

>

>ORGANIZATION

>============

>A 3-layers scheme with FTP/GOPHER/WWW.

>

>1\ FTP: Primary documents (Annex 1 shows naming convention)

>Anonymous FTP access   ftp://ftp.funredes.org/pub

>FTP-mail supported

>

>2\ GOPHER: gopher://gopher.funredes.org:70

>   . Institution

>   . Projects

>   . Publications

>   . Conferences

>   . Services

>

>3\ WORLD WIDE WEB:  http://www.funredes.org (or http://funredes.org)\

>Spanish only at that time. Lynx supported.

>

>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

>===============

>SUN Corp. (Caracas) has offered the server free of charge.

>TRICOM SA (Dominican Rep.) has facilitated the Internet channel free of charge.

>

>

>-Casual users, please do not hesitate to comment your visit.

>-Webmasters, feel free to link if you consider it is worth.

>-Everybody, feel free to forward the announcement.

>

>Cordiales saludos del equipo de FUNREDES

>Daniel Pimienta, Pablo Liendo, Yacine Khelladi, Pablo Nunez, Christian

Hellfrich
>

>======================================================================

>ANEX: FTP NAMING CONVENTION

>

>THEMES

>methodology    METO                    socio economical vision SOCI

>usuers         USUA                    informacion ressources  RINF

>information    INFO                    education               EDUC

>interface      IFAZ                    health                  SALU

>networks       REDS                    gender                  GENR

>democraty      DEMO                    Other NTIC              TEIC

>tecnol. watch  VIGI                    Virtual Comunities      COMU

>global                 GLOB                    Telecom (relation)      TELE

>documentalist  BIBL                    training                FORM

>

>REGIONS/COUNTRIES

>Dominican              DO              World wide      WW

>Haiti                  HT              Caribbean       CA

>Venezuela              VE              Africa          AF

>Latin America          AL              Asia            AS

>LA and Caribbean       AC              Eeastern Europe EE

>                                       ISO code        XX

>LANGUAGES

>English        E       Spanish C       French  F

>Italian I      Other   O

>

>YEAR     from 1988 to 1996

>

>

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Daniel Pimienta                         Tel.(Home):+1 809 686 2804 (*)
President FUNREDES                      Tel. (Ofc):+1 809 682 7060 (*)
Networks and Development Foundation     Fax:       +1 809 689 3388
C/O BCLE Casa de Francia                mailto:pimienta@funredes.org
Calle Conde esq. Las Damas              http://www.funredes.org
PO BOX 2972                     http://www.funredes.org/pimienta
Santo Domingo (Republica Dominicana)    (*) Tape recorder


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