Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 15:02:10 -0700 From: Jim Warren Subject: GovAccess.040: Peninsula CIVICNET '94, Fri., Jun.17, 1994 Jun.04, 1994 [special distribution to and beyond GovAccess; please see note at end] If you are in the forefront of community services or civic groups - or want to be - then Peninsula CivicNet '94 should interest you. Peninsula CivicNet '94 is a one-day symposium co-sponsored by more than a dozen organizations. It brings together people interested in the civic and government issues, business developments and uses and community activities surrounding civic networking. It is a unique opportunity to participate in the planning and development of the Peninsula's civic networks. You will have a chance to find out what's going on locally, what's been done nationally, and to help create the future of Civic Networking on the Peninsula. During the symposium, there will be time for one-on-one discussions. In addition to formal presentations, break-out sessions will allow opportunities for attendees to share insights, experiences and strategies. Interested citizens will have a chance to learn about the extensive possibilities of Peninsula Civic Networking. [Please COPY, POST & CIRCULATE, widely!] Peninsula CivicNet '94 Friday, June 17, 1994 San Mateo, California The "information infrastructure" is no longer just for tele- commuters and techno-nerds. Community organizers, political activists, senior citizens, students, teachers, the physically- impaired, librarians, business people, entrepreneurs, lawyers, police, government officials and local state and federal agencies are starting to learn about and use - and help to design and build - the rapidly developing information superhighways and their local counterparts, community and civic networks. Thousands of for-profit, non-profit private sector and government- sector information and communications systems are quietly opening up for public access and use. Many of them focus on serving local civic and community interests. Those emerging civic networks can - and will - provide robust, diverse access to massive quantities of decision- making information, community services and numerous benefits for citizens, businesses, educational communities and government. Plan to attend PCN'94. Invest a day learning about what has been done elsewhere, and about plans and developments for civic and community networks serving the central San Francisco Peninsula - local data shops, online libraries and communication streets that are forming the neighborhood components of the National Information Infrastructure. Peninsula CivicNet '94 - Who Should Attend & Why PCN'94 is a "grassroots" non-technical community symposium. It will provide a forum for exchanging information on local civic networking projects, and opportunities to meet those who are doing it, those who are planning it, and those who want to use it. Those who have already been invited to attend by more than 10,000 mailed brochures include: Citizens Law enforcement Community workers Librarians Business people Elected Officials Civic leaders Entrepreneurs Community activists Educators & students Non-profit organizations Emergency services providers Local volunteer groups Local-government agency officials, commissioners, directors & staff PCN'94 is sponsored by: College of San Mateo Center for Government Excellence San Mateo County 2000 The Peninsula Library System in cooperation with: County of San Mateo Peninsula Community Foundation Canada College Leagues of Women Voters of San Mateo County Skyline College San Mateo Times Newspaper Group Rolm Corporation Stanford Law and Technology Policy Center AAUW Inter-branch Council of San Francisco - San Mateo County San Mateo County Office of Education [a *partial* listing] Seating is limited. *Prompt* registration is advisable! PCN'94 Summary Information Friday, June 17, 1994, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Theater, College of San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo CA (follow the signs) $30 Registration (includes sessions & box lunch) Co-Chairs: Jim Warren, public-access columnist, Government Technology; futures columnist, MicroTimes; government-access columnist, BoardWatch; etc. Hon. Warren Slocum, San Mateo County Assessor - Clerk - Recorder PCN'94 PROGRAM OVERVIEW [subject to minor changes] Please note: All sessions *will* start on time. 8:00 a.m. - Registration and materials pickup 8:30 a.m. - Welcome by Peter Lansberger, CSM President 8:40 a.m. - Civic Networking: An Overview of Peninsula Potentials Jim Warren, computing columnist & open-govt. advocate 9:15 a.m. - The Power of Civic Networking: Real-World Successes - I An On-Ramp to the Information Highways Wally Dean, CityNet CEO & Mayor Pro Tem, Cupertino CA Experiences from the Nation's First City-Run Civic Net Ken Phillips, founding Director, Santa Monica PEN; [now] Dir., Regional Info. Sys., Marion County OR Democracy on a Private Community Network Noah Salzman, Help-line Coord., Planet BMUG, Berkeley 10:15 a.m. - break 10:30 a.m. - The Power of Civic Networking: Real-World Successes - II Collaboration in Silicon Valley's Public Access Link Marc Siegel, Acting Exec. Dir., SV-PAL, Mtn. View CA [Experiences in Serving Focused Civic Interests] Mark Graham, Pres., Pandora Systems, San Francisco [1-2 other speakers being finalized via telephone tag!] 11:30 a.m. - Community Networking for Diversity Women Using the Online Community Ellen Pack, President, Women's WIRE, San Francisco Latinos on the Information Superhighway Al Milo, Director, Public Library, Fullerton CA Plugged In: Access and Equity Issues for Kids Bart Decrem, Exec. Dir., Plugged In, East Palo Alto CA 12:30 p.m. - Informal "f2f" meetings - face-to-face - over box lunches 1:30 p.m. - Civic Networking in San Mateo County: Plans & Developments New Capabilities for the Peninsula Library System Linda Crowe, Dir., San Francisco Peninsula Library Sys. A Peninsula Connection to Statewide Networking Policy K. G. Ouye, City Librarian & Chairperson of the Calif. PUC Task Force on Telecomm. Infrastructure SAMNET - An Interactive Cable Network in San Mateo County David Hosley, General Manager, KCSM-TV/FM, Coll.of SM City/School Technology Efforts in San Carlos Brian Moura, Asst. City Mgr./Finance Dir., San Carlos CA The So. San Francisco On-Ramp to the Information Highways Daryl Jones, Comm. Systems Mgr., So. SF Police Dept. Technology Plans for San Mateo County Dorothy Yetter, SMC Chief Info. Ofcr. & Dir. of Tech. 2:30 p.m. - Parallel breakout sessions for focused f2f discussions Community and civic organizations and activists Librarians and libraries Education, schools and educators Governmental representatives and public agencies Businesses, business users and civicnet entrepreneurs Demonstration of mid-Peninsula public-agency system(s) [structured to permit attendees to join several breakouts] 3:30 p.m. - break 3:45 p.m. - Summary Reports from the Breakout Sessions (in Theater) 4:30 p.m. - Symposium Wrap-up - Where Do We Go From Here? ===================== please cut, complete & mail ===================== Peninsula CivicNet '94 Registration Form [Please print or type] Name _________________________________________________________________ Title (if any) _______________________________________________________ Organization (if any) ________________________________________________ Contact address ______________________________________________________ City _____________________________________ State __ Zip __________ Phones: Day _________________ Eve _____________ Fax _____________ E-mail address (if any) ______________________________________________ Symposium registration is $30 (includes all sessions and box luncheon) Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-accepted basis. If you wish, you may call Symposium Administrator Ruth Nagler to verify that space remains available, at 415-345-1221 or 415-349-5538 (PLS message center). To facilitate non-electronic "networking," a roster of attendees will be published after the symposium, but will exclude those who do not wish to be listed. If you wish to limit or exclude your listing, please check one: [ ] Do not include my name in the roster. [ ] Include me but do not publish my phone numbers. Enclosed is my check for $______ for __ reservations. Please make checks payable to "Peninsula Library System" or "PLS" and mail to: Pen. CivicNet '94, PLS, 25 Tower Rd, San Mateo CA 94402. ====================================================================== [ If you did NOT wish to receive this, please accept my *sincere* apologies. It went to a large group of folks who, in the past, have shown some level of interest in community or government or networking issues, and you were among that group. You will *NOT* receive further postings from me, unless you are on, or ask to be added to, my GovAccess email-list that provides information about computer-assisted government-access issues, progress and legislation. ] --jim Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc. jwarren@well.com -or- jwarren@autodesk.com [email's horrendously back-logged] 345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814