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Index of Subjects Hi Peter et al, I never received this survey. Was it sent to: all-ips@chebucto.ns.ca? I wonder how many others didn't receive it either. IP Editor for 7 CCN IP sites: - Nova Scotia Apple Users Group - Nova Scotia Atari Computer Users Group - Classic Computer Club - Commodore Users Group of Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia Tourette Syndrome Information Site - Entertainment Media Archives - Comics Media Archives ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Peter Mortimer wrote: > > 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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