new community infrastructure journal

[Doug Schuler]

FYI...

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:05:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Jean Armour Polly <mom at netmom.com>
To: publib <publib at sunsite.berkeley.edu>
Subject: NEW JOURNAL, Call for Papers:  Journal of Municipal
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990128190551.10923P-100000 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU>

Note: I edited this for length, see the web site for complete information.
JP

NEW JOURNAL:  Journal of Municipal Telecommunications
http://www.civic.net/jmt

In April, the Center for Civic Networking will begin publishing a
peer-reviewed Journal of Municipal Telecommunications. - focusing on the
role of local government in developing telecommunications infrastructure.

Local telecommunications issues - wireless antenna siting, construction of
municipally-owned telecom. utilties, cable refranchising, etc. - have
become hotly contentious and surrounded by misinformation.  The Journal
will provide hard data and case studies needed for solid planning and
decision making.

Audience:  Elected Officials, City & Town Managers, Advisory Board
Members, Department Heads, staff members, regulators, attorneys, equipment
and service providers, academics, interested citizens, and members of the
media who are concerned with telecommunications issues.

Articles will be written by practitioners and analysts - decision makers,
staff, attorneys, consultants - with hands-on knowledge of municipal
telecommunications issues.  Information for authors can be found at
http://www.civic.net/jmt/authors

Topics covered will include:  Wireless antenna siting; right-of-way
management;  attachments to poles, ducts, conduits and rights of way;
cable refranchising; telecommunications ordinances; community-wide
telecommunications infrastructure; delivery of municipal services by wire;
use of the Internet to support public policy decisions; organizational
development and change around new information systems; impact of
telecommunications on local economies; state barriers to entry;
strategic partnerships; "smart communities;" and universal service.

In particular, we will focus on case studies of innovative solutions to
contentious issues (e.g. successful antenna ordinances, city-operated
telecommunications utilities).

CALL FOR PAPERS:  Journal of Municipal Telecommunications

Deadlines for Debut Issue (April)
	Feb 15:  send email telling us of intent to submit
	Feb 28:  manuscripts due
	details at www.civic.net/jmt/authors

We seek submissions from practitioners and analysts - decision makers,
staff, attorneys, consultants - with hands-on knowledge of municipal
telecommunications issues.  If you're a city manager who's just lead an
innovative telecommunications effort, you're the kind of author we're
seeking.

We seek 4 to 8 page case studies that detail the problem addressed,
options considered, decisions made (and why), implementation, results, and
recommendations for other communities based on lessons learned.
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The Journal Editor is Miles Fidelman, President of the Center for Civic
Networking, and Director of the Center's Municipal Telecommunications
Strategies Program.

Submissions will be reviewed by our Editorial Review Board, consisting of:

Jim Baller, Esq., Baller Herbst Law Group

Gary Chapman, Director, The 21st Century Project, LBJ School of Public
Affairs, University of Texas; syndicated columnist

Steven Clift, Founder and Board Chair of MN E-Democracy

Kevin Kryzda, Director of Information Services, Martin County, FL

Neil J. Lehto, Esq., O'Reilly, Rancilio, Nitz, Andrews & Turnbull, P.C.

Robert C. Maier, Deputy Directory and Head of Library Development,
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Dr. Lee M. Mandell, Director of Research and Information Technology, North
Carolina League of Municipalities

Lee McKnight, Professor and Director, Edward R. Murrow Center, Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Visiting Scholar, MIT
Center for Technology Policy and Industrial Development

Jerry Mechling, Director, Program on Strategic Computing and
Telecommunications in the Public Sector, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University

Chet Meek, Planning Analyst, Computer Systems Architecture Planning,
Alberta Ministry of Education, Canada

Brian Moura, Asst. City Mgr., City of San Carlos; Chair of Bd., San Mateo
County Telecom Authority

Barry M. Orton, Professor of Telecommunications, University of Wisconson
at Madison

Randall Reid, Deputy County Adminstrator, Martin County, FL

Alan Richardson, Executive Director, American Public Power Association

Timothy Walter, Project Director, Rural Telecommunications Initiative,
Aspen Institute

For consideration for inclusion in our debut issue, papers must be
received by February 28th, and you must let us know by Feb. 15th of
your intended topic. For detailed instructions to authors, see
http://www.civic.net/jmt/authors
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For more information, to be informed when our first issue is available,
and for pre-publication pricing, see http://www.civic.net/jmt or send email to
jmt at civic.net


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