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> >Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 12:50:37 -0300 (ADT)
> >From: Michael Gurstein
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >As you may know, I've been participating in a fairly low-volume
> >distribution list of people who are interested in research *and*
> >activism around the themes of democratic communication technology. The
> >main point of this note is to ask you if you'd like to join. Although
> >the details are on our (in-work) web site (www.scn.org/tech/the_network)
> >I'll mention some of main ideas in this note.
> >
> >We started the group nearly two years ago and now have about 35 people
> >participants from 14 countries on 4 continents. Our aims are to build
> >a research + activism network that will be useful to its participants
> >and to positively influence work in cyberspace and other communication
> >arenas. Our first event was a workshop in Seattle (November, 1998)
> >entitled "Designing Across Borders: The Community Design of Community
> >Networks" (www.scn.org/tech/the_network/Proj/ws98/index.html.) and a
> >second one "Broadening Our Understanding: Community Networks and Other
> >Forms of Computer Supported Community Work" is scheduled for September,
> >1999 in Copenhagen (www.scn.org/tech/the_network/Proj/ws99/index.html).
> >Many papers from the Seattle workshop will be published in SIGGROUP
> >this fall. As far as we know, there is no other group precisely like ours.
> >
> >Each one of us is now asking other people if they would like to join.
> >Our thought is that if we can get 100 or even 200 people, our network
> >can be stronger -- and more useful -- both to us as researchers and
> >activists and to the broader society. We hope that our work on this
> >network will result in new journals and working projects, workshops and
> >conferences, and other creative and influential collaborative
> >enterprises.
> >
> >Help make this effort a success!
> >
> >Please let me know if we can add your name to our group. You can also
> >get in touch with Doug Schuler (douglas@scn.org) who is maintaining our
> >distribution list. Please get back to me with any questions, comments,
> >or suggestions.
> >
> >Thanks!!
> >
> >
>
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