Homelessness and the web

[Steve Mudd]

One of the nicest compliments I've seen on this list...
and I generally agree with the evaluation.

Anitra Again wrote:
> 
...
> I do believe that SCN has been a major factor in creating the
> accessible computer environment in Seattle.  (If you don't think we
> have easy public access, try spending a week in Vancouver BC.)  I
> still see some excellent nonprofit websites on SCN.  Realistically,
> however, I think that for many users you are going to always be the
> "onramp" to the Internet -- the place where we get our feet wet, learn
> how to use the tools -- and then we go find someplace where the cars
> move faster.  I don't know how much you can change that.  By the nature
> of SCN, you are a network cobbled together out of donated equipment by
> dedicated volunteers working for too much coffee and not enough
> peanuts.  Being able to serve as the most basic entry point to the
> internet for the widest part of the underserved population, *and*
> compete with fully staffed commercial businesses is, I believe,
> unfeasible.  I would rather see SCN focus on serving those who do not
> have available choices yet -- and go ahead and let them move on when
> they do have choices.  There will *always* be more where they came
> from.
> 
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