SCN: Possible Roles for SCN -- and what we can do about it...

[patrick]

Doug,

This is all wonderful stuff. Are you sure you had only two cups of
coffee when you thought this up? Seriously, big were the cups?

I'm working on general content for SCN. It will grow and change, it's
naturally part of the process.

I will keep this list in mind (I printed it out) as I develop content
for SCN. 

Many of these items can be done at one time by different people.

I wish SCN had secure FTP so that individuals could create personal
web sites on SCN with ease. This would fall under services. Email is
there, IMP is coming along. Majorcool would be nice if people could
easily create their own lists.

Links to "ICT initiatives and policy" is a big deal. We can create a
section for that on SCN. Please provide some input on this section,
if you could. I would, but I'm maxed out on what I can do at the
moment.

Training is there with SCN conducting email and internet classes. 

I wish I had more time to write, but I will have to wait. Again,
wonderful food for thought. I'm still working on getting people to
write regular columns on SCN.

Patrick 



--- Doug Schuler <douglas at scn.org> wrote:
> Possible Roles for SCN -- and what we can do about it...
> 
> SCNites,
> 
> I've compiled a quick note which I think (HOPE!) may help us now
> and in
> the future.
> 
> The first part of the note is a brief list of all of the possible
> roles
> for SCN I could think of this morning over my second cup of coffee.
> 
> After this list I make a simple suggestion that I think could
> (help)
> guide further development on SCN.  I'd love to know what you think.
> 
> 
>  ------------------ possible roles for SCN -- 
> (PS.  there are many others -- let me know what they are and I'll
> add them) 
> 
> Assume a place at the table for developing city / regional / state
> (and
> other?) ICT initiatives and policy.  (ICT = "information and
> communication technology)
> 
> Provide low / no cost ICT services (email, listservs, web pages,
> etc.)
> 
> Provide useful civic and community content on our web site (and
> other
> places?)
> 
> Provide portal to Seattle community / civic information,
> applications
> and services
> 
> Agitate for socially responsible ICT policy locally, regionally,
> and
> beyond
> 
> Perform training and other pubic education
> 
> Help define and develop future community / civic information,
> applications and services
> 
> Work with community / civic groups to develop relevant ICT
> applications
> and services
> 
> Take part in regional, national, and international coalitions to
> advance community / civic ICT goals.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> If we asked everybody in SCN to prioritize these possible roles
> I'm assuming that we'd have some champions for each and every one
> of
> these roles.
> 
> So which of these roles should we as SCN volunteers address?
> 
> ALL OF THEM.
> 
> But, people will say, we don't have the resources to do ALL OF
> THEM.
> That's right!  We don't have the resources AT THE MOMENT to do all
> of
> them.  So, at this point in time let's not do ALL of them.  In
> fact, at
> any given point in time, let's just focus on the ones in which we
> have
> volunteers who are willing to do the work.
> 
> We have to realize that ALL of these issues are important and that
> they
> together form a coherent body of work that SCN stands for.
> 
> We have, in fact, worked on all of them, at one time or another.
> 
> I'm not against setting priorities.  We have to do that!  But that
> shouldn't be used as an excuse to rule out a relevant piece of
> work.
> 
> Let's do the limited amount of work that we can do.  The way I see
> it,
> however, there is no reason to ban certain activities.  The
> situation
> is dynamic -- we need to be dynamic as well!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- Doug
> 
> 
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