Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 14:07:42 -0700 Subject: GovAccess.041: CIVICNET '94 Symposium, Jun.17 (Fri) [update] [My apologies to those receiving this *one-time* broadcast, but who are NOT on my GovAccess list. I've been given to believe you are interested in civic-networking. I will NOT be sending further unsolicited messages.] Jun.11, 1994 Peninsula CivicNet '94 Friday, June 17, 1994 San Mateo, California [Please COPY, POST & CIRCULATE, widely!] 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 on the San Francisco Peninsula, co-sponsored by more than a dozen government, educational, library and civic organizations. It beings together many of those who are in the forefront of community services or civic groups - or want to be - including citizens, civic leaders, business people and entrepreneurs, educators, librarians and information workers, and especially elected, appointed and career local and state government officials, administrators and staff. CivicNet '94 focuses on uses and potentials; *not* technological issues. It includes formal presentations, break-out sessions and opportunities designed to facilitate one-on-one and small-group exchanges. GovAccess.040 offered extended comments; this #041 updates the details. Seating is limited but space remains available - as of this update. $30 Registration (includes sessions & box lunch) Friday, June 17, 1994, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Theater, College of San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo CA Co-Chairs: columnist/advocate Jim Warren and the Hon. Warren Slocum PCN'94 PROGRAM 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 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 Supporting Civic/Social Constituencies Mark Graham, Pres., Pandora Systems, San Francisco Opportunities in the Information Age Doug Cortney, Asst. Editor, Clarinet Comm., San Jose 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] 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 BY JUNE 14th (or call for alternatives). 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) For registration questions, please call Symposium Administrator Ruth Nagler, at 415-345-1221 or 415-349-5538 (Library message center). To facilitate non-electronic "networking," a roster of attendees will be published after the symposium. 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. ====================================================================== GovAccess readers: A week or two after CivicNet '94 concludes, GovAccess will again focus on other issues re net-based and computer-aided govt-access. Nuf for now. --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