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Index of Subjects Mark; what i ment about transport 2000 was that I am creating it but i should have said it's not in the government area, i put it under community support because it's not a "government" site but more of a "community support" resource. at curent there are only 2 active ip's under government, Transit 2 (which i manage) and Solid waste resources, curently "frozen" with little or no work coming out of HRM shared services as they are (like every other branch of HRM) now working on www.region.halifax.ns.ca. As for the solid waste site they wish for it to continue to exist but we are looking for voulnteers to look after it. Mike On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Mark Rushton wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Here are the minutes of today's meeting. Any errors are entirely my own > (except for that one sentence where I went to the can and Dave took over). > > Please post any corrections, clarifications, or additions. > > Agenda (provided by Doug McCann) > > 1/ Introductions > 2/ Administrative Matters (minutes, meeting frequency) > 3/ Team Leader Reports > 4/ Chair Reports (Board news) > 5/ Virtual Domain Names and fee structure > (http://chebucto.ns.ca/~aa935/Profile.html) > 6/ Forms archive > (http://chebucto.ns.ca/~aa935/forms/ccnforms.htm) > 7/ Prospects database > 8/ Other business > 9/ Adjourn > > ---- > Present: Doug McCann, Mark Rushton, Mike Cormier, Andrew Wright, Dave > Potter, , Sue Newhook, Leo Deveau, Ed Dyer. > > IP Cttee meeting frequency: monthly through the summer, adjusted as needed > to deal with business. Doug suggested the forum could be modified to be > more social in character & setting. > > We now have an Executive Director (Leo), and with that position, via the IP > Cttee, an opportunity to bring forth concerns and issues as they relate to > IPs. > > Area Editors (term "Team Leaders" misleading in the IP Cttee context - > we're straightening out terminology. These minutes user "Area Editors" to > refer to Editors in charge of sections of CCN like "Community Support", > "Health", "Science & Technology", "Religion", etc.) need to get a handle on > the IPs under their jurisdiction (i.e. new IPs added / lost, abandoned, > which may be suitable for P.R. purposes, etc.). > > Leo described fall projects -- (i) VOLNET - Federal programme to get > volunteer organizations online. CCN will coordinate with NovaKnowledge to > assist orgs. in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Visited the Black > Educators organization -- interested in going online. Had someone awhile > ago create a website, but hasn't been placed online yet. No-one internal > with org. to deal with it. Who should I (i.e., Leo) get hooked into this > to assist them through the process. How do we as an organization deal with > this scenario in general? > > This would seem to fall in line with the position (filled yet?) of a > Volunteer Coordinator for CCN. > Leo: That's in the works. > > Doug: Feedback from Area Editors (on items noted above) important for me to > bring to the Board. Reporting outcomes / occurances with respect to IPs. > [How many IPs do we have?] Ans: 185 in database. > > Mark: what are we doing vis-a-vis internal "stock taking", tracking of IPs, > processes, etc.? > Ed: that requires the database be up-to-date [it pretty much is, good > attention on part of Chris Majka]. > > Sue: How do we identify and bring to full IP status users who have > useful/valuable information worthy of "upgrading". > : In the "old days", that was discouraged -- having an organization > rather than an individual as an IP was preferred. > Doug: There are 4000 accounts out there -- our first prospects for IP > cultivation, better option at this point than doing a mass mailout. > > Leo: Re: P.R. --I want to work toward a fall strategy to do public > profiles of IPs. > Sue; Communications Cttee's idea of having a "Speaker's Corner" -- a list > of "experts" or commentators on a particular subject area for > media/whomever out of our IP list. > Mark: Communications can't do its job without feedback, information flow > from IP cttee and other related sub-groups of CCN. > Leo: Once we know the strengths of IPs, maybe we can get > partnerships/sponsorships (mentions as eg. Health Canada dropping a few > bucks for a logo-link on a health-related page on CCN). > Mark: part of that process, once we I.D. IPs for P.R purposes is to bring > them up to speed if needed (i.e. spruce them up). "Raging Grannies" is a > good example - a media-friendly social justice singing group, with a > relatively inactive website on CCN. > Other issues: Gender-representation on IP and other Cttees, and Replacement > for me in the Community Support area (I'm going overseas from Oct-Feb : > Mike Cormier may be interested). > Michael: Not much activity in the gov't area -- Transit 2000 being built > now, also Solid Waste site (looking for someone to take it over). > > Leo: I may be able to plug in the Dalhousie Library Science students as > volunteers > > Ed: Religion area pretty quiet. Gaining a few / losing a few. Not clear > why groups are leaving ... interested in setting up a heirarchical system - > United church sites for each church. > > Sue: one problem: people who work at an organization don't know CCN > [Classic problem - often discussed at IP cttee; there exists a CCN-IP > editor relationship, but not much of a CCN-Organization(IP) relationship]. > Re: example of church, if individual parishoners know the church's website > is on CCN, potential for future members / IPs. > > Chair Report: > Doug - Glad to be aboard. Meeting of board was held last night (8 June). > - Two major items: VOLNET and URBAN CAP. > (discussion turns to European ISPs, services and fee charges, differences > to CCN model, comparison, etc.) > Ed: there are a number of "free" sites (eg. Geocities) for IPs. > Dave: We should be thinking about _content_ > Andrew: Why couldn't we institute a model for fees based on feature-set > (progressive)? > > Doug: the Halifax guide to clubs and organizations is on our site > > Doug: CCN's status as a charitable organization (we are) has a role to play > in calculation of fee structure (how much is payment for service, how much > is donation, and therefore receiptable) > - This is CCN's fifth year -- Party!? > - 26th September "Word on the Street" fair - CCN will be represented. > > Doug: We've had a large donation ($500-thou) from a CCN member - will > respect privacy of that member unless they agree to be identified in the > future. Funds were specifically donated for equipment purchase. Still > discussion on Board as to specific use of the $$. > > Leo: We need to assess what IPs are using for space/services vs. what > they're paying. > - Pl