SCN: Kiosks

[patrick fisher]

My bank deposits are not secure. The world's economy could go in the toilet and the
FDIC wouldn't be able to back up their policy. My car is not secure: Someone tried
to steal it once, causing 1500 in damage. My apartment is not secure: Someone could
use a battering ram to knock the door down.

Patrick

--- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> On the the tech side, yes, ftp for all would be very welcome. And sure, it is 
> insecure. So is http, and I never hear anyone say we shouldn't do that!
> 
> --------------------
> Joe Mabel
> 
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, patrick fisher wrote:
> 
> > 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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