Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 20:17:16 -0700 From: Jim Warren Subject: GovAccess.070: awards, Calif. Senate, civicnets, SVI, roadmap, etc. AWARDS TO CELEBRATE BEST USES OF "INFORMATION HIGHWAY" >From farber@eff.org Tue Oct 4 14:18:40 1994 ** Announcing the NII Awards ** Call For Entries The National Information Infrastructure (NII) Awards will recognize individuals, organizations and businesses that have achieved concrete gains through use of the "information highway". The Awards are sponsored by more than 50 industry and community leaders in cooperation with the Clinton Administration's Information Infrastructure Task Force. The purpose of the Awards is to: - build awareness of people can use the NII to improve their lives, communities and businesses (i.e., it's more than "500 channels"). - encourage broad and beneficial use of the NII. We're looking for the success stories and examples of electronic commerce, community and health networks, virtual libraries, distance learning, online information services, collaborative work and more. It doesn't matter whether you're using the Internet or ATM. The NII Awards will be given in six categories: arts & entertainment, business, community, education, government and health. Price Waterhouse will oversee and verify the judging process. We encourage your participation by entering or letting others know of the Call for Entries. SPONSORS Sponsors range from the C. Everett Koop Institute, the National Education Assoc., the League of Women Voters, the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, the National League of Cities and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to corporations such as US WEST, AT&T, Intel, IBM and Lotus ... a unique combination of public and private sector interests. WINNERS Winners will receive national recognition for their achievements at an awards ceremony in Washington in the spring of 1995 and will be featured in a national education program. All entries will become part of a database to provide people with examples of how they can use and benefit from the NII. BACKGROUND The NII Awards were created by Access Media Inc. as part of the National Infostructure Campaign -- a public education initiative to accelerate development and use of the NII. FOR MORE INFO Copies of electronic documents are available by sending email to info@niiawards.org (include "subscribe" in the body of your message). Hard-copy Entry Kits are available by calling 313-453-9137. This is an opportunity for you (or your customers or associates) to get the recognition you deserve while you help build public awareness and participation. ------------------------------ THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE ON THE INTERNET -- BROCHURE >From xxx@SEN.CA.GOV Sun Jul 17 16:14:39 1994 Following is the bulletin that went out to subscribers to the Senate-News category access updates. The Senate Rules Committee has prepared a 3-color brochure with information about legislative information on the Internet and with simplified instructions for accessing that information. You may obtain a copy of this brochure from Senators participating in the project. Contact your senator's office. The text of the brochure is accessible on line: Gopher to gopher.sen.ca.gov ->Access Options for the California State Legislature/ ->Senate On The Internet -- Brochure OR Mail to: mailserv@sen.ca.gov Subject: doesn't matter Text: get [access]brochure.txt ------------------------------ DISCUSSION LIST FOR CIVIC-NET ISSUES & POLICIES The civnet mailing list is for discussion of policy issues surrounding the creation of any civic network, free-net, or other public-access electronic network. While some technical discussion is relevant, it is not the main thrust of this list. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to): Moderating Conferences Censorship Involving Civic Organizations How to get support from City Hall The appropriate role of businesses in a civnet What is "Universal Access"? Experience with these kinds of issues are perhaps the most valuble lessons people can share with anyone else planning or maintaining a civic network. When posting messages to this list, DO NOT send the messages to majordomo. Send contributions to this list to: civnet@zippy.sonoma.edu If at any time you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to majordomo@zippy.sonoma.edu with the following line in the message (remember, subject lines are ignored!): unsubscribe civnet You can also get a list of other commands from majordomo by sending it the message: help Many thanks to Sonoma State University for hosting this list, especially Brian Wilson who performed the initial setup. C. Joe Holmes cjholmes@crl.com http://www.sonoma.edu/bios/cjh.html ------------------------------ SMART VALLEY (Inc.) VENTURES >From jsniderman@svi.org Mon Aug 1 22:47:34 1994 Sender: Jan Sniderman SMART TALKS Smart Valley, Inc.'s Breakfast Talks will be held at the Andersen Consulting Center for Strategic Technology in Palo Alto, on the third Tuesday of each month, from 7:30 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Talks will focus on topics relating to the information superhighway. Admission is free for members, and $5.00 for non-members. Gemini Consulting is the sponsor of these events. Tentative schedule: Aug 16, Bill Davidow; Sept. 20, John Young, Oct. 18, Norm Mineta (congressional schedule permitting); Nov. 15, Eric Benhamou; Dec. 20, Seth Fearey; Jan. 17, Jennifer Konecny-Costa, and Feb. 21, Regis McKenna. For more information, call +1 (415) 843-1260 or E-Mail info@svi.org. RSVPs are required, as seating is limited. HEALTH CARE SYMPOSIUM Stanford University and Smart Valley have organized a health care symposium, to be held at Tandem Computer on Monday, October 10, 1994 from 1 until 5:30 p.m. Three panels will discuss health care in terms of Internet Business Opportunities; Technology; and Organizational Models. For more information, call +1 (415) 843-1260 or E-Mail info@svi.org. TELECOMMUTE 94 CONFERENCE Telecommute 94, sponsored by Gil Gordon Associates, ICMI, 3Com and Smart Valley, Inc. is being held Oct. 25-27, 1994, in San Francisco. A special workshop on the Smart Valley Telecommuting Initiative is to be held, To learn more about the conference, this workshop, location and registration fees, call ICMI at +1 (800) 854-0056. More information on Telecommuting: contact Steve Elston at +1 (415) 843 2052 or stevee@svi.org BADGER STILL IN THE RUNNING . . . In collaboration with Smart Valley, Lockheed Research has applied for NASA funding to develop the Bay Area Digital GeoResource. BADGER is a non-profit community on-line mapping system, developed from satellite and aerial imagery and GIS database information from various Bay Area sources. Environmental features, above and below ground public utilities, property line information, municipal zones, census data and demographic information will be mapped into the centralized database. The system will be accessable through the Internet by municipalities, utilities, commercial, environmental and non profit companies. NASA is expect to announce the awarding of the grants by mid-September. Stay tuned. BADGER information: contact Michael McRay at +1 (415) 843 2053 or michaelm@svi.org NETMANAGE DONATES $1M IN INTERNET SOFTWARE TO SMART VALLEY RESOURCE BANK NetManage, Inc. of Cupertino donated Internet Chameleon Software to Smart Valley's Resource Bank for the Smart Schools Collaborative. The Collaborative was formed by Smart Valley and The 21st Century Education Initiative to support the best use of technology to improve education in Silicon Valley schools. NetManage, a young and rapidly growing start-up in the Valley, has shown the type of contribution that generally has come from much larger, established Silicon Valley corporations. Smart Valley's Resource Bank welcomes other company contributions: software, hardware, cash, or human resources. For more information on the Smart Schools Collaborative, contact Leslie Saul at +1 (415) 843-2054 or leslie@svi.org. ------------------------------ A GOPHER FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS >From owner-new-list@VM1.NODAK.EDU Sat Jul 23 20:13:00 1994 Reply-To: jcook@netcom.com From: James Cook The Information Professionals List is now supported by a gopher which includes selected archived material and links to relevant Net resources. The InfoPro List serves information brokers, information retrieval and investigative professionals, and can be visited at: gopher gopher.oss.net select "InfoPro Resources" Among resources to be found on the gopher are: * The Grand Jury Information Center * Japanese Business Intelligence & Credit Information Resources * National Voter Registration Database Contact Information * Securities & Exchange Commission Electronic Records (EDGAR) * Direct Dial Numbers for U.S. Court Legal Information BBS's * The Information Broker's Handbook by Sue Rugge (Table of Contents) See "About InfoPro" on the gopher for membership information. Applications available on the gopher and from James Cook at jcook@netcom.com -- James Cook * The Information Professionals List Internet: jcook@netcom.com * OSS.NET Conference Center OSS.NET: jcook@oss.net Compuserve: 76520,2727 ------------------------------ ROADMAP - ROADMAP FOR THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY >From owner-new-list@VM1.NODAK.EDU Tue Aug 2 22:21:27 1994 Reply-To: PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU Sender: NEW-LIST - New List Announcements From: Patrick Crispen ROADMAP on LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU The Roadmap for the Information Superhighway Interactive Internet Training Workshop FREE Internet training workshop open to anyone who wishes to subscribe. The entire Roadmap workshop will take place on the ROADMAP list (ROADMAP is a distribution list, not a discussion list). The Roadmap workshop sessions will cover: E-mail; Listservs, Majordomo, Listproc and other distribution systems; Usenet; FTP; Archie; Gopher; Veronica; Address Searches; WAIS; WWW; and many other topics. As a number of ROADMAP subscribers only have e-mail access, the Roadmap workshop will also teach how to access many Internet tools (FTP, Archie, Gopher, etc.) using E-mail. The first Roadmap for the Information Superhighway workshop will begin in *OCTOBER 1994*. To subscribe, please send the following command in the BODY of your e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU on the Internet: SUB ROADMAP yourfirstname yourlastname For example: SUB Roadmap Bill Gates Owner: Patrick Crispen ------------------------------ "All it takes is time and effort." --jim Mo' as it Is. --jim GovAccess is an email distribution-list of irregular postings, maintained by Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc. 345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/<# upon request> jwarren@well.com -or- jwarren@autodesk.com >> Permission herewith granted for unlimited reposting and recirculation.<< >> Past postings are at ftp.cpsr.org:/cpsr/states/california/govaccess << >> To add or drop the GovAccess list, email to jwarren@well.com . <<