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Hi Sue et. al.! There are lots and lots of good questions here and I'm sure that discussion of these topics can and will prove educational and may, in turn, elicit some good solutions. I'm prompted, however, to ask whether it might be worthwhile to approach some of these questions in a more systematic fashion. In other words, I'm sure that we could generate a swarm of EMail debating some of these questions, their proposed solutions, their reasons for being on the CCN & doing what they do, etc. If we want to go beyond consciousness raising, however, might it not be worthwhile to devise some sort of focused questionnaire that could then either be EMailed to select groups (active CCN volunteers, IP editors, users, etc.) or could be turned into a response form and left on-line for those who are interested to respond to? The results of such an initiative might be to collect ideas and responses in a systematic fashion that could provide a clearer picture of whatever Sue is trying to get at (what actually _are_ you are driving at with these rants, Sue? ;-> ) that could be compiled and could be the basis for some changes in policy, thinking, approach, funding, etc. This could either take the form of developing on, augmenting or updating some of the 'CCN demographics and utilization' analysis that Carlos Freitas & Stephen Simms compiled, the results of which are available at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Chebucto/Communications/CCN-survey96.html And/or could further develop or be based on the CCN Success Stories approach visible at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Communications/Success/story.form.html N.B. No one is currently promoting (or perhaps even curating) information from this initiative (the link to the success form was broken until today when I fixed it so no one could make any additions/submissions), however, this is still an initiative that potentially has wheels. The success form itself is located at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Communications/Success/story.form.html And with a little dedication of technical time could be adapted to serve other ends as well. Some positive success stories are located at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Communications/Success/yes.success.html Comments? Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html "We have ... in this country ... far too many captive editors who cannot even be heard to rattle their chains." -- Carl E. Lindstrom _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
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