********************* ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE ********************* NETWORKS & COMMUNITY version: 2.0 frequency: occasional Date: February 22, 1994 Compiler: Sam Sternberg samsam@vm1.yorku.ca keywords: community, freenet, free-net, privacy, funding, legislation access, technology audience: network developers, community activists, free-net organizers, fundraisers, social policy analysts. I am including a list of major sources of information about community access systems such as free-nets and issues which effect them. It is a good guide to historical repositories of information, ongoing debate and discussion, and useful tools for those attempting to open or run a community computing facility. To simplify the job of finding these resources I will point you to a collection of resources rather than a source whenever that's possible. I am grateful for the previous work in gathering a resource lists by Sherri Steele and Stanton McCandlish at EFF and by Art "Rambo" McGee. I have made very extensive use of their lists in compiling this one. GENERAL CIVIC NETWORKING AND RELATED ISSUES DISCUSSION AND ONGOING ASSISTANCE RESOURCES =========================================== each entry has the following information LIST NAME | SUBSCRIPTION Provider's net location | DESCRIPTION To subscribe, send a one line message that says: SUBSCRIBE LIST_NAME YOUR_FIRST_NAME YOUR_LAST_NAME to the appropriate subscription provider's net location. ---------------- ACE-MG | almanac@esusda.gov |Americans Communicating Electronically - primary info source on government action to improve public access ALA-WO | listserv@uicvm.uic.edu | regular reports on legislation - information access - other matters effecting library networks CO_PUB_INFO | listproc@resudox.net |Canada's Coalition for Public Information COM-PRIV | com-priv-request@psi.com |Commercialization/Privatization of Inet COMM_DEV | listserv@zeus.med.uottawa.ca |Community Mobilization & Health COMMUNET | listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu | Community and Civic Networks - THE PRIMARY LIST T h) T COMMUNITY-ACCESS | community-access-request@parc.xerox.com | Community Access Issues CET-MG | almanac@esusda.gov | Communities in Economic Transition - for rural and small town groups COMMUNITY-ACCESS | community-access-request@parc.xerox.com |Community Access Issues COSNDISC | listserv@bitnic.educom.edu | Consortium for School Networking CPSR | listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu | Computer Professions for Social Responsibility - censorship and network related social issues CYPHERPUNKS |Main subscribe requests: cypherpunks-request@toad.com | The Cypherpunks mailing lists exist for those interested in cryptography and it's political rammifications FREENET-ADMIN | listserv@nptn.org | Free-Net Administrators - current issues facing organizers funding - managing - law - etc. FREENET-TECH | listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca | Technical Net Operations - advice and assistance - excellent source of technical info RURALDATA | ruraldata-info-request@cic.net |Rural Datafication Project ) planning rural community access to the Internet RURALNET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Rural Networking general discussion PACS-L | listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu | Library & Public Access Computer Systems - the most intellectual of the lists - excellent issue analysis Some of these lists are archived; and the archives are accessible through the gopher at Rice University in Houston or the Well. Gopher: riceinfo.rice.edu Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us )> community DISCUSSION AND WORK LISTS FOR INDIVIDUAL CIVIC NETWORK EFFORTS or REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC NETWORK EFFORTS ============================================================== ALICE | listserv@searn.sunet.se |Civic Networking in Italy BEVPUB-L | listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu |Blacksburg Electronic Village CALNET-L | majordomo@rain.org |Local/Regional Networking in California CAN-FREENET | listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca |Canadian Free-Nets CHARNET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Charlotte(NC) Free-Net CITYNET | listserv@unccvm.uncc.edu |Charlotte Libraries Connectivity COMMUNITY-NETWORKS)| majordomo@traffic.engr.washington.edu |Seattle Community Network FREENET | listserv@cms.cc.wayne.edu |Greater Detroit Free-Net listserv@waynest1.bitnet FREENET-DISCUSS | majordomo@uclink.berkeley.edu |Berkeley Free-Net Discussion ITHACANET-L | listserv@cornell.edu |Ithaca [Free]Net Discussion LANET | listserv@dhvx20.csudh.edu |Community Nets in Los Angeles, CA MTLNET | listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca |Montreal Freenet cni.org |Telecomm Policy Roundtable Forum RTPFREENET | listserv@gibbs.oit.unc.edu |Triangle Free-Net SPI-COOP | adamfast@u.washington.edu |Seattle People's Internet Cooperative - the first attempt at a community owned networking co-op. SVP | jvsv-services@eit.com |Smart Valley Project(JV:SV) The silicon valley effort that is a mix of commercial and community networking TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY FACILITIES ========================================= each entry has the following information TYPE OF RESOURCE | LOCATION OF RESOURCE | DESCRIPTION NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher lan.vita.org 3rd WORLD path ->developnet news -> technology transfer -> | 3rd world community networks - tools NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.eduT h) T ON A BUDGET path ->psgnet/rainnet ... ->tools for low cost networks -> | software and advice for net builders NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.edu AND FUNDING path ->grants -> | fundraising resources ALSO | gopher cypher.esusda.gov path ->resources for non profits ->resource development -> | location of foundation center libraries and book listing funding info sources. NETWORK DEVELOPMENT | gopher riceinfo.rice.edu AND CULTURE path -> computer networks ....-> | lots of goodies including Center for Civic Networking civic nets, community nets freenets, NPTN, etc. ALSO path -> computing -> social issues -> | various journals on social impacts of computing CURRENT INFORMATION SOURCES ========================================== each entry has the following information TYPE OF RESOURCE | LOCATION OF RESOURCE | DESCRIPTION GLOBAL ACCESS TO CIVIC NETWORKING INFORMATION | Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us path ->community -->civic nets.... | This site provides extensive access to both documents and other sites which are involved in all aspects of civic nets and freenets ISSUE ANALYSIS | gopher wired.com | articles about technology and society OPERATING FREENET SYSTEMS | gopher info.senecac.on.ca path ->interesting places ->city freenets | best access list for community nets ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY NETWORKING AND RELATED ISSUES ======================================================== NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL )))))))))))))))))))))) AUSTRALIA )))))))))) ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS AUSTRALIA (EFA) Early in 1994 Electronic Frontiers Australia will be formed to define, promote and defend the rights of electronic network users. This new organisation will be similar to EFF in the USA. If you want to take part in the formation of EFA (and influence its basic objectives and policies), send a subscribe request to the list request address listed below. General: Michael Baker CompuServe: Michael Baker <100026,1312> FidoNet: Michael Baker, 3:800/838 Mailing list requests: efa-request@iinet.com.au FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/EF-Australia Usenet: aus.org.efa IRC: join #EFA, or contact dking@suburbia.apana.org.au EFA, c/o Michael Baker P.O. Box 5 Flaxley SA 5153 Australia Voice: +61 08 388 8439 Fax: +61 08 388 9532 UK/GREAT BRITAIN )))))))))))))))) COMMUNITY Set up in 1993, partly in response to the activities of FAST and ELSPA in their suggestion that BBSs should be subjected to registration procedures to operate legally. Aims of CommUnity "expressly modelled on EFF, though we are as yet very much smaller." General: David Swarbrick UK CRYPTO-PRIVACY ASSOCIATION The UK branch of the Cypherpunks. Unlike the "main" CP group, the UK is not a virtual organization (namely a mailling list) but is in fact an physical one as well. [no contact info yet] USA )))) AMERICANS COMMUNICATING ELECTRONICALLY (ACE) ACE membership is diverse and represents private and govt. organizations and individuals who wish to promote interactive communications among federal, state, and local governments, private businesses, public libraries, and schools, rural cooperatives, public and private universities, community-based arts and theater groups, voluntary associations, job training services, and health care organizations. Basic info: info@ace.esusda.gov Mailing list subscriptions: almanac@ace.esusda.gov [message body: subscribe ] CENTER FOR CIVIC NETWORKING (CCN/CIVICNET) The Center for Civic Networking promotes broad public benefits of the emerging national information infrastructure. The Center's Programs focus on framing a national vision for civic networking, developing a policy framework that supports civic networking, developing and supporting model civic networking projects, and assisting in the technology transfer based benefits of civic networking. General: Miles Fidelman , Exec. Dir. Richard Civille , Dir., DC office FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/CCN world.std.com, ftp/amo/civicnet Voice: +1 202 362 3831 (R. Civille, Washington DC office) COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CPSR) CPSR conducts many activities to protect privacy and civil liberties. Membership is open to the public and support is welcome. CPSR maintains local chapters in several US cities. General (nat'l. HQ): cpsr@csli.stanford.edu General (DC offc.): Marc Rotenberg Washington DC chapter: Larry Hunter NY chapter: David Friedlander Berkeley CA chapter: Jim Davis Judi Clark Palo Alto CA chapter: Andre Bacard Los Angeles chapter: Rodney J. Hoffman Mailing lists: listserv@cpsr.org (cpsr-cpu, bawit-announce, etc.) listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu (cpsr) FTP: ftp.cpsr.org Gopher: gopher.cpsr.org P.O. Box 717 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE P.O. Box 40361 Voice: +1 415 322 3778 Washington DC 20003 USA Fax: +1 202 547 5482 ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION A non-profit public interest membership organization, working to protect individual rights in the emerging information age. EFF supports legal and legislative action to protect the civil liberties of online users. Basic info: info@eff.org Online newsletter: Stanton McCandlish Mailing list requests: eff@eff.org (eff-talk, newsletter) FTP: ftp.eff.org, Gopher: gopher.eff.org WAIS: wais.eff.org World Wide Web URL: http://www.eff.org/ Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk, comp.org.eff.news,T h) T 1001 G St. NW, Suite 950 E Washington DC 20001, USA voice: +1 202 347 5400 fax: +1 202 393 5509 NATIONAL PUBLIC TELECOMPUTING NETWORK (NPTN) - AKA FREE-NET The National Public Telecomputing Network exists to make free public access to computerized communications and information services a reality; to help people in cities throughout the U.S. and the world to establish free, open access, community computer systems (Free-Nets); to link those systems together into a common network similar to National Public Radio or PBS on TV; to help supplement what the local systems are able to produce. General: info@nptn.org [note: this is not an automailer, but a person] National Public Telecomputing Network P.O. Box 1987 Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Voice: 216-247-5800 FAX: 216-247-332 Community Free-Net affiliate systems + modem number Big Sky Telegraph Dillon, Montana +1 406 683 7680 Buffalo Free-Net Buffalo, New York +1 716 645 6128 Cleveland Free-Net Cleveland, Ohio A AA h # A+1 216 368 3888 COIN Columbia, Missouri +1 314 884 7000 Denver Free-Net Denver, Colorado +1 303 270 4865 Heartland Free-Net Peoria, Illinois +1 309 674 1100 Lorain County Free-Net Elyria, OhioA +1 216 366 9721 Medina County Free-Net Medina, Ohio +1 216 723 6732 National Capital Free-Net Ottawa, Ont., Canada +1 613 780 3733 Tallahassee Free-Net Tallahassee, Florida +1 904 576 6330 Tristate Online Cincinnati, Ohio +1 513 579 1990 Victoria Free-Net Victoria, BC, Canada +1 604 595 2300 Wellington Citynet Wellington, New Zealand +64 4 801 3060 Youngstown Free-Net Youngstown, Ohio +1 216 742 3072 For more detailed information, including internet addresses and login instructions, see ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/NPTN-Freenet/login.info h) GLOBAL/MULTINATIONAL )))))))))))))))))))) INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (IGC) The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) provides computer networking tools for international communications and information exchange. The IGC Networks -- PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet and LaborNet -- comprise the world's only computer communications system dedicated solely to environmental preservation, peace, and human rights. New technologies are helping these worldwide communities cooperate more effectively and efficiently. IGC maintains a major program to develop low-cost access to computer networking from outside the United States, especially in non-industrialized areas. This program is the Association of Progressive Communications (APC) which now includes low-cost computer networks in several countries. Basic info: apc-info@igc.apc.org, igc-info@igc.apc.org General: support@igc.apc.org, support@igc.org PeaceNet staff: peacenet@igc.apc.org US/Mexico/China/Japan/MidEast: support@ign.apc.org Argentina (Wamani/CCI network): apoyo@wamani.apc.org Australia/Pac. Is./SE Brasil/misc. S.Am. areas (AlterNex/IBASE network): suporte@ax.apc.org Canada/Cuba (Web/Nirv Centre network): support@web.apc.org Ecuador (EcuaNex network): intercom@ecuanex.apc.org Nicaragua/Panama/misc Central Am. areas (Nicarao/CRIES network): support@ni.apc.org Germany/Italy/Austria/Switzerland/Zagreb/Beograd (ComLink e.V. network): support@oln.comlink.de Russia/Commonwealth of Independent States (GlasNet): support@glas.apc.org S. Africa (SANGONet): support@wn.apc.org Sweden/Scandinavia/Baltic/St. Petersburg area (NordNet): support@pns.apc.org Uruguay/Paraguay (Chasque network): apoyo@chasque.org.uy UK/Africa/misc. Asian & European areas (GREENET): support@gn.apc.org Institue for Global Communications 18 de Boom St. San Francisco CA 94107 USA Voice: +1 415 442 0220 (USA/etc.) +1 416 596 0212 (Can./Cuba) +54 1 35 6842 (Arg.) +44 71 608 3040 (UK/etc.) +61 7 257 1111 (Austral./etc.) +49 511 350 1573 (Ger./It./etc.) +55 21 286 0348 (Braz./etc.) +7 095 207 0704 (Rus./CIS) +27 11 838 6943 (S.Af.) +46 8 6000331 (Swe./etc.) +593 2 528 716 (Ecu.) +505 2 26 2 28 (Nic./etc.) +598 2 596 192 (Uru./Para.) Fax: +1 415 546 1794 (USA) - contact other offices for non US fax numbers and mailing addresses. REGIONAL/LOCAL )))))))))))))) USA ))) *DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA* CapAccess is an interactive public access network providing information and education for the metropolitan DC area. It integrates diverse media and allows access to a wide variety of free public information about government, health and human services, libraries, and education. In addition, CapAccess provides email and online conferences and participation in public forums on timely issues. Basic info: info@cap.gwu.edu General: help@cap.gwu.edu Richard Civille Taylor Walsh Telnet: cap.gwu.edu (login as guest, password visitor; 128.164.140.32 download reg. form to get full access) CapAccess George Washington University 2002 G St. NW, Ste. B-1 Washington DC 20052 USA Voice: +1 202 986 2065 (registration & help) +1 202 994 4245 Fax: +1 202 466 0522 Dialup modem line: +1 202 785 1523 (14.4kbps, 8N1, vt100 emulation * Group 2600 [and some public access operators] General: Bob Stratton Mikki Barry NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA * The Society for Electronic Access (SEA) SEA is a membership organization focusing on civil liberties and access issues that affect the online world. SEA is based in New York City, so many of their activities are focused toward the New York metropolitan area, though issues of national concern are addressed. Basic Info: sea-info@sea.org (auto reply) General: sea@sea.org Membership: sea-member@sea.org Post Office Box 3131 Church Street Station New York, NY, 10008-3131 Voice: +1 212 592 3801 TEXAS ) AUSTIN EFF-Austin was formed to protect constitutional guarantees of free speech and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure for users of computer networks. Experience has taught us that these freedoms must be fought for if they are to survive in the online world. EFF-Austin was created as an experimental local chapter of the national EFF but became independent in 1993 while retaining contacts with the parent organization. We're heavily involved in public speaking, education, and advocacy of constitutional rights in cyberspace. "We're Austin's forum for discussion of all concerns related to the cutting edge where society meets technology." General: eff-austin-moderator@tic.com Mailing list subscriptions: eff-austin-request@tic.com Directors: eff-austin-directors@tic.com Usenet: austin.eff FTP: ftp.tic.com, eff-austin directory Gopher: gopher.tic.com, "EFF-Austin" EFF-Austin P.O. Box 18957 Austin TX 78760 USA Voice: +1 512 465 7871 BBS: the SMOFboard +1 512 467 7317 (and many other local info-sites) HOUSTON Electronic Frontiers Houston (EFH) a non-profit corporation devoted to working with and for the Houston computer and telecommunications community. Working in alliance with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF-Austin and other national and regional organizations, EFH acts as a focal point for the diverse set of individuals who find themselves involved in computer communications. Included on the EFH's agenda are: advocating civil liberty issues in "cyberspace," promoting wider public access to computer networks, exploring artistic and social implications of new digital media, and educating the public about the increasingly important on-line world. General: efh@blkbox.com WWIVnet: efh@5285 Usenet: houston.efh.talk FTP: ftp.tic.com, EFH directory Gopher: gopher.tic.com, "Electronic Frontiers Houston" EFH 2476 Bolsover #145 Houston TX 77005 USA Voice: Ed Cavazos, +1 713 661 1561 BBS: Bamboo Gardens +1 713 665 4656 (login as EFH GUEST, pw EFH)
Date of file: 1995-May-06
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