IP Survey (FORWARD)

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:31:14 -0400 (AST)
From: Mark Ronald Rushton <Mark@chebucto.ns.ca>
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From:	"Colin Prudhoe" <prudhoec@attcanada.net>
To:	"Peter Mortimer" <ag500@chebucto.ns.ca>, "CCN Board"
<ccn-board@chebucto.ns.ca>, <ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: RE: IP Survey
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:58:23 -0800


When was this survey sent out?  As IP Editor for SCETTNS I never saw any
survey, unless it went to the SCETTNS Office.

Anyway I thought several IP Editors also volunteered on assisting CCN
(myself included as Technology Editor).  I admit I cannot make the meetings
due to work commitments, however I help as best I can via E-mail etc.

Regards,

Colin Prudhoe,
aa397@chebucto.ns.ca

-----Original Message-----
From:	ccn-ip-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:ccn-ip-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On
Behalf Of Peter Mortimer
Sent:	February 18, 1999 12:21 PM
To:	CCN Board; ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject:	IP Survey


Hello,

Problems with my home computer have resulted in the loss of several files
related to the IP survey.  Rather than start everything all over again
I've decided to make the "report" based on what I've been able to
recover...

14 IP editors responded from a mail out of 45 emails

12 IP editors maintain only one site (some very large)
1 IP editor maintains 2 sites
1 IP editor maintains 4 sites

12 IP editors are CCN members

all 14 IP editors maintain their site(s) as a volunteer

9 IP editors primarily access CCN through dial-up; telnet is the next most
common (7)

2 of the organizations have considered moving to a commercial ISP(reasons
given: domain name;  organization is spread across 4 provinces, other
ISP's can make access easier for other members to access and edit pages)

10 IP editors use CCN as their personal ISP; 4 use another ISP as well

13 IP editors said that they were happy with the level of service from CCN

some comments: provided by the IP editors:
appreciate the speed of lynx; initial training was fine but there are
still mysteries about CCN's structure and file management that elude me;
like CCN as a community net but not for accessing the www; [I] mainyain
CCN membership as support for the freenet concept and the service it
provides the community and community groups.

suggested improvements: also provided by the IP editors
graphical interface - but should be paid for by those that use it; like to
see majordomo replaced with more modern listserver; ongoing IP training so
that we can continue to improve sites.


My editorial comment... based on this survey and general observations ...

In general:

IP editors have a loyalty to their own organization, but not necessarily
to CCN.  The most common reasons for a group to use CCN as their ISP are:
(1) low (or no) cost, and (2) the volunteer IP editor is already a CCN
user.

It is unlikely that  that we will be able to recruit CCN volunteers from
the IP editors .  My attempts to involve IP editors in the IP committee
have been totally unsuccessful.


   ----
   Peter Mortimer
   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada




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