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As many of you already know, the GN collective is mostly made up of
rather shy, lefty, geekish types. </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3">So we have been amused to
learn that the area around our office in Old street is now being
described as the Silicon Roundabout, a hotbed of creative and trendy
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After
spending
2010 carrying on with what we started 24 years ago,
there's probably not much danger of GreenNet getting too fashionable
though. The truth is that we're still much more interested in keeping
our email and web site services tip top for your campaigns and
projects, than we are in redesigning the office. And on that note,
we're very excited to announce the successful installation of a fab new
super-speedy and low-power mailserver, more powerful web searching
tools, and another batch of beautifully built functional new sites.<br>
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Please note that the GreenNet office will be closed from 24th December
2010 and will reopen on 4th January 2011. During this time we will be
monitoring our systems as usual. If you have an urgent query during
this period, you can send an email to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@gn.apc.org">support@gn.apc.org</a>
or leave a
message on 020 7065 0942. Our support team will be periodically
checking those during the holiday period.<br>
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With warm wishes for a happy and peaceful holiday and a productive 2011
from the GreenNet Collective,<br>
<br>
Andrew, Anna, Cedric, Howard, Ian, Liz, Marek and Michael<br>
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><small>Feeling the
Squeeze? Let GN help you cut your IT Support Costs (and improve things
at the same time)<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you're looking for
ways of cutting costs in the new year, your in-house email and file
servers might be just the place to start. Now we know that change can
be a pain, but after looking at what many of you are paying out for IT
support contracts to manage in-house MS Exchange Servers and
file-sharing and backup systems, we thought we'd let you know that
there is a simpler and much cheaper way of doing things. GreenNet has
options for taking care of all your organisational email account needs
- including unlimited mailbox size, unlimited aliases (mail-forwarding
names) for any of your accounts, round the clock monitoring and the
friendliest office-hours telephone & email support you could wish
for. And for file sharing and back-ups, we've got some great value
dedicated and virtual disk space options. Give us a call on 0845
0554011 or write to <a href="support@gn.apc.org">support@gn.apc.org</a>.<br>
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><small>The Mail
Server is dead, Long Live the Mail Server!<br>
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</font> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">As a fairly cautious
lot, we tend to wait a while before doing anything as extreme as
patting ourselves on the back for successful system changes. But given
the time of year and the amazing difference we know its making already,
we've decided to break with tradition and blow our sys-admin trumpets
in celebration of the wonderful new Mail Server.<br>
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And also pay a tribute to the old... We bought the old mail server back
in 2005 and and with all the modifications, upgrades to memory and disk
space, it served us well into 2010. In an industry characterised by
replacing so-called obsolete equipment every two years that's a pretty
remarkable life span. But recently we started noticing problems with
the server's speed and disk space. Since we provide unlimited disk
space in mail folders for IMAP it became clear that its disc space days
were numbered. And on the server performance front, it looked like our
comprehensive anti-spam and anti-virus systems' use of more resources
were pushing it to the limit, as it responded with rather grumpy mail
queues every time it had to handle a big mail-out.<br>
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So now the old mail server has generously offered itself up for re-use
with spare parts and backup possibilities. Meanwhile, our zippy new
mail server is turning mail round in a flash and making very light work
of our improved ways of dealing with spam and virus infected e-mail by
rejecting it at an earlier point in the mail sorting process -
lightening your mailbox load and getting messages out faster.<br>
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You can read more about the benefits of GN's innovative spam-busting
measures <a
href="http://www.gn.apc.org/services/spam-filtering-service">here</a>.
Give us a call on 0845 0554011 or write to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@gn.apc.org">support@gn.apc.org</a>
for information and prices on how you can benefit even if we don't host
your mail.<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true" alt="GN logo"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/gnlogo.png"
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><small>Web
development - the best we've ever been<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The GreenNet web team
have spent the last ten years building dozens of websites for NGOs,
campaigns, social enterprises, development projects, ethically-minded
free lancers, community groups and many others besides. And we just get
better and better at doing it which means a) all the work that is done
in the name of one web project gets shared for the benefit of all
subsequent projects and b) we're now the best we ever have been so
there's never been a better time to ask us to build a site for you! You
can find out more about GN's website projects here, or give us a call
on 0845 0554011 or write to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:gndesign@gn.apc.org">gndesign@gn.apc.org</a>.<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The pick of this </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">yea</font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">r's web project crop include new
sites for:<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.woodcraft.org"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="The Woodcraft Folk"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/wcfhome.preview.png"
height="162" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="The, Cornerhouse"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/cornerhousepage.preview.png"
height="144" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.deboraheade.net"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="deboraheade.net"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/deborahome.preview.png"
height="130" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.diasporavolunteeringalliance.org"><img
moz-do-not-send="true" alt="Diaspora Volunteering Alliance"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/DVA_home.preview.jpg"
height="150" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.loggingoff.info"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="Logging Off"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/loff_0.preview.png"
height="135" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a>
<a href="http://www.nswp.org"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="Global Network of Sex Work,
Projects"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/nswphome1.preview.png"
height="161" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.periglobal.org"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="PeriGlobal"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/perihome.preview.png"
height="140" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.publishwhatyoupay.no"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="Publish What You Pay Norway"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/pwypnohome.preview.png"
height="180" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="178" align="top" border="0"></a><a
href="http://www.sgr.org.uk"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="Scientists for Global,
Responsibility"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/sgrhome.preview.png"
height="154" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top" border="0"></a></font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"><img moz-do-not-send="true"
alt="Down To Earth
Indonesia"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/dtehome.preview.png"
height="169" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="180" align="top"><br>
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><small>How
sustainable are ICTs really?<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The 2010 Global
Information Society report has been produced by the Association for
Progressive Communications (APC), covering 53 countries and six regions
including Latin America and the Middle East, with the key issues of
ICTs and environmental sustainability explored in ten expert thematic
reports. The <a
href="http://giswatch.org/country-report/2010-icts-and-environmental-sustainability/united-kingdom">United
Kingdom
report</a> is written by Paul Mobbs on behalf on GreenNet.
Among the issues discussed are the regulation of "e-waste" and the
ecological impacts of energy consumption and the developing information
society. </font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This year the report
spells out the impact the production and disposal of computers, mobile
phones and other technology is having on the earth’s natural resources,
and the massive global carbon footprint produced by their use. The
potential of ICTs to mitigate and adapt to climate change is also
discussed, as are the roles of international institutions, the global
research agenda on ICTs and climate change and “sustainability” as an
evolving concept. </font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="http://giswatch.org/" class="external free"
title="http://giswatch.org/" rel="nofollow">http://giswatch.org/</a></font>
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moz-do-not-send="true" alt="GN logo"
src="http://www.gn.apc.org/sites/gn.apc.org/files/images/gnlogo.png"
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<h2><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><small>Truth and
Economics<br>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"> <font
face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif">The truth about the
continuing financial crisis is not only painful but it can also be
painfully dull to bang on about. Not for nothing is Economics called
the dismal science, and although it's the festive season the
traditional Dickensian levity is in shorter supply than usual this
year, especially as the times themselves are becoming ever more
Dickensian.<br>
<br>
The coalition government's policy seems to be based on ideology rather
than economic necessity or any sense of social justice. So it's good to
see the internet used to great effect to proclaim the truth about
alternatives to the cuts by organisations like 38 Degrees, False
Economy and War on Want, and many others.<br>
<br>
It's good too to hear the BBC's opinion of the government's, er...cuts,
as well as Andrew Jennings and Panorama's exposure of corruption at
FIFA. And together with the Association of Progressive Communications
we are in full support of WikiLeaks in their revealing the truth about
governments' corruption and political dishonesty.<br>
<br>
Financially it looks like difficult times are ahead but at GreenNet we
are doing our best to improve our services and to keep them affordable
in the squeeze. While our core prices remain unchanged we cannot avoid
the January VAT rise from 17.5% to 20%, and so our invoicing will
reflect this increase in the new year. Please amend your regular
standing orders to include the increase which will be shown on invoices
from 1 January 2011. </font><br>
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