Message-ID: <31b2d125.design@design.fadu.uba.ar> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:48:53 ARG From: Administrador del nodo <mailto:postmast@DESIGN.FADU.UBA.AR> Subject: Communities Online conference June mailto:21-23@Carleton U. Ottawa (fwd) To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@american.edu>
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> ** Topic: Communities Online conference **
> ** Written 8:57 AM May 30, 1996 by web:msurman in cdp:media.issues **
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> GETTING ONLINE: COMMUNITIES ON THE INTERNET
> ___________________________________________________
>
> Carleton University, Ottawa, June 21-23, 1996
> ___________________________________________________
>
> Keynote Addresses by:
>
> John Ralston Saul, author of *Voltaire's Bastards*,
> *The Unconscious Civilization* and other books
>
> Heather Menzies, author of *Fastforward and Out of
> Control*, *Whose Brave New World?* and other books
>
> ___________________________________________________
>
> If your organization is trying to make the best use of electronic
> networks without having to sift through the hype that surrounds
> the information highway, there's one conference this year that
> you can't afford to miss.
> ___________________________________________________
>
> Building Partnerships:
>
> GETTING ONLINE will bring forward community views on
> development of the information highway, while opening
> dialogue among non-profit organizations, the electronic
> community networking movement, communications
> policy-makers, and the Internet industry.
>
> Participants in GETTING ONLINE will hear from
> communities and non-government organizations that have
> made the leap into cyberspace. They'll leave the conference
> with the skills and information they need to carve out a
> presence on the Internet.
>
> Building Community:
>
> Across Canada and around the world, communities and
> non-profit groups are looking at the Internet as an essential
> survival tool -- economically, socially, and culturally. Through
> plenary panels, community of interest sessions, and online
> tutorials, participants in GETTING ONLINE will share front-line
> ideas on the most affordable, appropriate ways of using the
> 'Net to meet basic community needs. The event will explore:
>
> * What community groups can accomplish by going online;
>
> * Reasons for rural, remote, and economically marginal
> communities to seek access to Internet services;
>
> * Ways of using electronic networks to create jobs and
> bring communities together;
>
> * Factors that can limit community and non-profit uses
> of electronic networks;
>
> * Important developments in community-based electronic
> networking at the local, regional, national and inter-
> national levels.
>
> Building Skills:
>
> Pre-conference tutorials will help participants hone
> their Internet skills or learn the basics of online access.
> The actual conference will feature a series of success
> stories from cyberspace -- first-hand accounts from NGOs
> that have made the information highway a part of their daily
> lives. By the end of the third day, participants will have
> developed a coherent action plan to promote community access
> to the information highway in the months to come.
>
> You can take advantage of this unique event in two ways:
>
> 1) Register for the conference and a pre-conference
> tutorial. With a fee of $175 + GST for a three-day
> event, GETTING ONLINE reflects the lean budgets that
> non-profits live with every day. At a cost of $75
> + GST for a full day of online learning, the advance
> tutorials are an incredible bargain (reserved for
> participants only.)
>
> *Your registration must include payment in full by
> cheque, money order, VISA or Master Card.
>
> 2) Join us as a conference partner by helping to organize a
> community of interest stream. Volume discounts are
> available for groups of eight or more.
> ____________________________________________________
>
> S I G N U P T O D A Y !
> ____________________________________________________
>
>
> * Mail to:
> Community Access Conference
> c/o Infolink
> P.O. Box 4892, Station E
> Ottawa, ON K1S 5J1
>
> * Fax to: (613) 235-0155
>
> * Information: (800) 265-3973
> in Ottawa area: 594-5960
>
> * E-mail: mailto:infolink@fox.nstn.ca
>
> * WWW: http://fox.nstn.ca/~infolink/intro96.html
> _____________________________________________________
>
> YES! Sign me up for GETTING ONLINE:
> COMMUNITIES ON THE INTERNET.
> This package includes registration information & payment for
> ___ participants.
>
> Name/Title: ___________________________________________
>
> Organization: _________________________________________
>
> Address: _____________________________________________
>
> City: __________________ Province: ___ Postal Code: ________
>
> Voice: ___________ Fax: ___________ Email: _______________
>
> [] Check here if you have any special dietary or accessibil-
> ity needs.
>
> (List additional names & registration information on copies
> of this form, or on an attached sheet.)
> ______________________________________________________
> Please list your top three preferences for community of interest
> sessions in order of priority: [] Education [] Rural
> [] Ethnocultural Groups [] Health/Disability [] Aboriginal
> [] International/Peace [] Union Resources [] Social Services
> [] Seniors [] Culture [] Women's Networks [] Youth [] Other
>
> This package includes ___ registrations(s) for the following
> advance tutorials: [] Basic [] Intermediate [] Advanced
>
> Payment (conference $187.25/tutorial $80.25):_______________
>
> Registration confirmation and lodging/air travel information
> will follow in the near future.
> ____________________________________________________
> Method of payment: [] Cheque (payable to Infolink)
> [] MasterCard [] VISA
>
> Expiry Date: _____/_____ Card No. _______________________
>
> Cardholder: _________________ Signature _________________
> _____________________________________________________
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