SCN: Prarienet.org - community network - check it out

[Joel Ware IV]

More on Prairienet:
Organizationally, they are part of the Graduate School of Library Science
and Information Management at University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
(UIUC).

This year, 2002, is the first year that they are expected to be "self
supporting".  

They list seven paid staff members, of which they say:

"Prairienet full-time staff members are Academic Professional employees of
the University of Illinois. The generous support of the friends and
members of Prairienet contribute to staff salaries.  Prairienet also
receives administrative support from staff of the Graduate School of
Library and Information Science. " 

-Joel.

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On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, patrick fisher wrote:

> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:31:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: patrick fisher <clariun at yahoo.com>
> To: excomm at scn.org, scn at scn.org, webeditors at scn.org
> Subject: SCN: Prarienet.org - community network - check it out
> 
> The webmaster for Prarienet.org contacted me about SCN, asking about monthly
> meetings and the such.
> 
> I checked their site and they are similar to SCN with their "classic" dial up
> accounts. Also, they have regular PPP dial-up access. It's not free for the PPP, but
> it is pretty cheap.
> 
> I haven't fully investigated their "business model", only taken a cursory glance at
> it.
> 
> I'm only trying to create more controversy and squawking at SCN. Stir the pot. 
> 
> Just kidding. 
> 
> Prarienet Community Network is something to look at, though.
> 
> http://www.prairienet.org
> 
> Patrick
> 
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Joel Ware, IV           jw4 at scn.org
Volunteer Coordinator Emeritus, Member of Governance, HR, Ops, Board

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