Figure XII - Community Networks in British Columbia.
I. Operational Community Networks:
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Appendix A - Questions asked of each respondent.
Personal Background:
What is your current line of work? In what general field? (eg: university, library, non-profit sector, private business, etc.)Views of own community network:How did you first hear about the community networking movement?
How did you become involved? What interested you and what motivated you to become involved?
Community building:What are the main goals and purposes of your community network?
Do you consider these goals and purposes to be typical and representative of the movement as a whole?
Do you consider these goals and purposes to be similar to or different from other community networks in Canada?
[If building local community is among these goals and purposes] What priority would you say it is assigned within the organization?
[If building local community is not among these goals and purposes] Would you consider building local community to be one of your implicit goals?
How do you consider the term 'community' to be defined in the context of 'community' networks?
What specific initiatives does your community network undertake to promote community building? (ie.: promoting or creating a sense of local community)
What case studies can you give as examples?
Do you think the community-building efforts are successful?
If so, in what respects do you consider them to be successful?
If not, in what respects do you consider them to be unsuccessful?
What do you consider to be the main barriers that impede community networks from helping to build local community?
What do you see as being, in general terms, the future directions of community networks in Canada?
Where do you see your organization being in a few years' time?
Appendix B - List of community networks and organizing committees in British Columbia.
Figure XII - Community Networks in British Columbia.
I. Operational Community Networks:
Please note that British Columbia's area code will be changing on October 19, 1996. At present all BC telephone numbers are in the 604 area code. After October 19 all telephone numbers outside southwestern BC (including Vancouver Island) will move to the 250 area code. Many of the phone numbers below will thus be changing accordingly.Campbell River Community Network - Campbell River
<URL:http://www.cn.camriv.bc.ca/>
<URL:telnet://cn.camriv.bc.ca/>
<URL:telnet://access.cn.camriv.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Pat Presidente
Phone: 287-9030
Email: Pat_Presidente@sd72.bc.caCIAO! (Community Information Access Organization) - Trail
<URL:http://ciao.trail.bc.ca/>
<URL:telnet://ciao.trail.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Ken McClean
Phone: 368-6434
Email: kmcclean@ciao.trail.bc.caGulf Net (Galiano, Mayne, Saturna & Pender Islands)
Contact Name: Dale Lyon
Phone: 539-2261
Email: Dale_Lyon@gulfnet.pinc.comKeremeos STARS Internet - Keremeos
<URL:http://keremeos.com/>
Contact Name: J. C. Stranart
Phone: 499-2920
Email: kermit@keremeos.comLumby: The Virtual Village - Lumby
<URL:http://www.monashee.com/>
Contact Name: Harry Adam
Phone: 547-9231
Email: haadam@sd22.bc.caMount Arrowsmith Community Network - Parksville, Qualicum
<URL:http://macn.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Jim Swanson
Phone: 752-5643
Email: jims@macn.bc.caNANO (Nechako Access Network Organization) - Vanderhoof
<URL:http://www.nano.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: John Rowlandson
Phone: 567-5545
Email: jrowland@vhf.nano.bc.caPort Alberni Community Network - Port Alberni
<URL:telnet://freenet.alberni.net/>
<URL:http://freenet.alberni.net/>
Contact Name: Robb Thomas
Phone: 977-9214(page)
Email: rthomas@cedar.alberni.netPowell River Community Network - Powell River
<URL:http://www.prcn.org/>
Contact Name: Bev Collins
Phone: 485-4051
Email: bev@prcn.orgPrince George Free-Net - Prince George
<URL:telnet://freenet.unbc.edu/>
Contact Name: Lynda Williams
Phone: 562-9281
Email: lynda@freenet.unbc.eduRocky Mountain Info Net - Sparwood, Fernie
Contact Name: Brian Grainger
Phone: 425-2605
Email: brian.grainger@rmin.netSea to Sky Free-Net - Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton
<URL:http://www.mountain-inter.net/~freenet/>
<URL:telnet://alpha.sea-to-sky-freenet.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Detlef Rudolph
Phone: 892-5531
Email: drudolph@sea-to-sky.netSicamous
<URL:http://netshop.net/sicamous/>
Contact Name: Buryl Leighland
Phone: 836-3144
Email:sicoutin@netshop.netTumbler Ridge
<URL:http://www.pris.bc.ca/tr-library/access.html>
Contact Name: Marcella Bakota
Phone: 242-4246
Email: tr-lib@pris.bc.caValleyNet - Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack
<URL:http://mindlink.net/paul_kurucz/vnet.htm>
Contact Name: Mathew R. Brown
Phone: 792-9970
Email: m_brown@uniserve.com
ValleyNet info line: 858-9457Vancouver CommunityNet
<URL:http://www.vcn.bc.ca/>
<URL:telnet://vcn.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Margaret Coates
Phone: 257-3811
Email: mcoates@vcn.bc.caVictoria Telecommunity Network
<URL:http://www.freenet.victoria.bc.ca/>
<URL:telnet://freenet.victoria.bc.ca/>
Contact Name: Gareth Shearman
Phone: 727-7057
Email: shearman@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
II. Organizing Committees:
Armstrong, Enderby, Cherryville
Contact Name: Jane Lister
Phone: 545-2215
Email: jlister@nocdc.bc.ca
Cowichan Lake Community Network - Lake Cowichan
Contact Name Christina Martens
Phone: 749-6593
Email: chmarten@cln.etc.bc.ca
Cranbrook Free-Net - Cranbrook
Contact Name: David Humphrey
Phone: 426-7258
Email: dahumphr@cln.etc.bc.ca
Hazelton
Contact Name: Ruth Cooper
Phone: 842-5961
Houston
Contact Name: Brenda Allen
Phone: 845-7266
Email: ballen@noradm.nwcc.bc.ca
Hudson's Hope
Contact Name: Janice Osinchuck
Phone: 783-9994
Email: josinchu@cln.etc.bc.ca
Kamloops Free-Net
Contact Name: Alexander Macdonald
Phone: 372-5145
Email:knightingale@cariboo.bc.ca
Lillooet
Contact Name: Carl Chaplin
Phone: 256-4514
Email:bgoldber@cln.etc.bc.ca
New Aiyansh
Contact Name: Tom Ueda
Phone: 633-2228
Email: tueda@cln.etc.bc.ca
Quesnel Free-Net - Quesnel
Contact Name: Mark Ekelund
Phone: 992-8802
Email: mekelund@cln.etc.bc.ca
Revelstoke
Contact Name: Adelheid Bender
Phone: 837-5345
Email: cocrev@mindlink.bc.ca
Smithers Free-Net - Smithers
Contact Name: Dave Stevens
Phone: 847-8888
Email: ad281@freenet.unbc.edu
Tatlayoko Think Tank
Contact Name: John Kerr
Phone: 476-1187
Valemount Internet Society - Valemount
<URL:http://netbistro.com/~jgrogan/>
Contact Name: John Grogan
Phone: 566-8288
Email: jgrogan@netbistro.com
Virtual Valley - Penticton
Contact Name: Donna Benson
Phone: 496-5984
Email: dbenson@awinc.com
Source: BC Community Networks, 1996.
Appendix C - Selected Online Resources.
Comm-Nets SIG:
During the course of researching this thesis I assembled several dozen useful community network-related references and informational documents. These I have put online in the form of a SIG (special interest group) on the Vancouver CommunityNet. The URL for the Comm-Nets SIG is: <URL:http://www.vcn.bc.ca/sig/comm-nets/>BC Community Networks:
<URL:http://www.freenet.victoria.bc.ca/bccna/bccom.html>Telecommunities Canada:
<URL:http://www.freenet.mb.ca/tc/>Peter Scott's Free-Nets and Community Networks Page:
<URL:http://duke.usask.ca/~scottp/free.html>The US National Public Telecomputing Network (NTPN):
<URL:http://www.nptn.org/>