SCN: Kiosks

[patrick fisher]

Ti,

Thanks for the input. And the clarification of SCN's main goals/points.

I feel we are heading for a new starting point soon after the new look is
implemented and more services, like stock CGIs are in place. And the new mail
program.

I hope we can get FTP for all, soon. That will really be a winner for SCN. There is
a script that was written that would help accomplish this. With that, I don't think
we need to hear about how unsecure FTP is. If it is unsecure, fine. But the rest of
the world deems it usable. And the rest of the world uses it.

What I'd like to see is to have volunteers whose task is to promote SCN. Once all
the main pieces fall into place. And more coordinators to track what is going on. 

It seems that a lot of the work I do is coordination and informing people of what is
going on. Sometimes I get to do web work. With that said, I'm going to lay low from
coordination and get to the meat of the project ahead of me: Which is rewriting and
tightening the site up.

It is daunting, but I feel very priviledged to have the opportunity to do this. And
working on it is a fun challenge. Compliments my day job.

I like what the Tampa Bay Freenet is doing. Who wouldn't like that? They seem to
have a nice little thing going on over there. Maybe little isn't the word, though.
But they seemed to have nicely evaluated how to provide access for free. Looks very
pragmatic, although their site could use some work.

So that would be nice to have free PPP dial-up access. 

And I think we need to look at education for the public: What do they want? What do
they need? How can we accomplish that? It happened in the past. Does the library
adequately provide classes on the internet? Web site creation? Email classes?

With that, I think web creation classes would be a great thing to teach people once
FTP access is implemented for users. It would be a winning combination.

Patrick

Patrick
Patrick

--- "Locke, Ti" <tlocke at kcts.org> wrote:
> Well then...it just so happens that I'm hacking my way through a five-year
> paln for SCN. In it's current and cumbersome first draft, the plan
> encompasses just about everything anyone has ever said that SCN should
> do...dating back to 1994, when my involvement with SCN started. (I was
> cleaning my files and discovered a cache of newsgroup printouts/emails,
> etc...)
> 
> Certain themes have continued through the years and information kiosks is
> one...I used to create these in another life, so I'm pretty clear on the
> costs, maintenance, etc. 
> 
> Feel free to fire off any ideas y'all have to me, just remember that there
> are two caveats per what SCN can and cannot do. 
> 
> #1 is our relationship to the Seattle Public Library 
> 	--we cannot charge for our services; 
> 	--our bandwidth, as it were, is limited; and
> 	--we **could** get wildly successful and be able to separate from
> the library...
> 
> #2 is that our primary function as a 501(c)3 is education.
> 
> Everything flows from these two points. I'm a grantwriter and have had to
> let numerous opportunities slide by while we pulled all the pieces together
> to have a web site that was at least navigable. That means back of the the
> shop and front: hardware, software AND reorganizing the "look" of the SCN
> site. The good news is that we're getting there... 
> 
> 
> Ti Locke
> KCTS Television
> 401 Mercer; Seattle, WA 98109
> Direct: 206/443-4860  Fax: 206/443-6691
> tlocke at kcts.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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