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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=140111321-15012004>FYI,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=140111321-15012004>Wal
Taylor</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Peter Day
[mailto:p.day@btinternet.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 16 January 2004 5:57
AM<BR><B>To:</B> cpsr-cn@lists.cpsr.org; CIResearchers@vcn.bc.ca;
CIRN-ADMIN@VANCOUVERCOMMUNITY.NET; communityinformatics@VANCOUVERCOMMUNITY.NET;
gcnp@globalcn.tc.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [gcnp] Interesting community technology
and networking conference<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Dear all</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Please distribute to lists as appropriate:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The Committee of the
“<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Building
& Bridging Community Networks: Knowledge, Innovation & Diversity through
Communication”</SPAN></STRONG> conference issues a call for your
participation in an exciting opportunity to network with others engaged in
community networking, community informatics and community technology research,
practice and policy. The conference, which forms part of an Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) research project (RES-328-25-0012), funded through the
People at the Centre of Communication and Information Technology (PACCIT)
research programme, is intended to act as a catalyst for creating communication
and knowledge linkages between those involved in community networking.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Conference & project website</FONT> <A
href="http://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/research/seake/cna/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/research/seake/cna/</FONT></A></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">In order to create synergy and
understanding between practitioners, researchers and policy, it is important
that knowledge of the issues and problems surrounding community networking be
identified, articulated, recorded and shared in the form of a dynamic and
ongoing community networking knowledgebase. To this end the conference welcomes
contributions from practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the following
areas:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Community networking case studies</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Community network analysis as a methodology and theory</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Community Informatics as an emerging research agenda</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the
role of Civil Society</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Communication and Development – theory and practice</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>A human-centred approach to community technology – moving
beyond causality to purposiveness</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Indigenous knowledge and cultural diversity</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; TEXT-INDENT: -14.2pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Grass-roots community innovation and action</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">These subjects are timely because
in addition to the recent World Summit on the Information Society event in
<st1:City><st1:place>Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>, the period between March and
September, 2004 will see a number of important conferences taking place on the
subject of community network or related areas. The Canadian Research Alliance
for Community Information Networks (CRACIN) will be launched in the form of an
International Workshop in May, 2004. The eighth biennial Participatory Design
Conference will be held between <st1:date Year="2004" Day="27" Month="7">July
27-31, 2004</st1:date> at the University of Toronto, Canada and will have a
strong community networking component. The second international colloquium of
the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) is being convened in
<st1:place><st1:City>Prato</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region>Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place> at the end of
September.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The
<st1:place>Brighton</st1:place> conference provides an excellent opportunity for
community networkers – researchers, practitioners and policy makers alike – to
establish links and share experiences and knowledge with people, groups and
organisations engaged in the excitingly diverse activities that constitute
community networking.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">We are looking to bring together
researchers, practitioners and policy<BR>makers to
discuss/summarize/theorize/and draw conclusions or lessons learned<BR>from some
ten years of practical work and research experience in applying information and
communications technology to enabling and empowering communities of all
kinds.<BR><BR>Our conference will also provide an opportunity for
researchers,<BR>practitioners, and policy-makers to reflect on and draw
conclusions from<BR>a range of currently relevant areas, fields and practices.
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Submissions for this conference
can take the form of extended abstracts, position papers or full papers. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Extended abstracts and position papers
should be no more than 1500 words. Full papers including citations, tables,
diagrams and references should be no more than 5000 words. Harvard citation
style is mandatory and the conference language is English. The Conference
Committee will decide, through a refereeing process, which contributions will be
presented at conference. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Send submissions to: <A
href="mailto:p.day@btinternet.com">p.day@btinternet.com</A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Important Dates: <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><BR>Conference: 31<SUP>st</SUP>
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>March <st1:date Year="2004" Day="2"
Month="4">– 2<SUP>nd</SUP> April, 2004</st1:date><BR>Venue: Old Ship Hotel,
<st1:place>Brighton</st1:place>, <st1:place>East Sussex</st1:place>,
<st1:country-region><st1:place>England</st1:place></st1:country-region><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Extended abstracts, position
papers and full papers must be submitted by <st1:date Year="2004" Day="15"
Month="2">15<SUP>th</SUP> February, 2004</st1:date>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All submissions will be blind peer
reviewed by two referees. Late submissions will not be accepted.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Notifications of
acceptance/rejection will be sent by <st1:date Year="2004" Day="25"
Month="2">25<SUP>th</SUP> February, 2004</st1:date></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">All amended submissions must be
received by <st1:date Year="2004" Day="15" Month="3">15<SUP>th</SUP> March,
2004</st1:date></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">All successful extended
abstracts, position papers and full papers will appear in the conference
proceedings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is also anticipated
that an edited book and various journal publications will result as an outcome
of the conference. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Conference Costs:</B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Conference registration fee
31<SUP>st</SUP> March – 2<SUP>nd</SUP> April<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </SPAN>£150:00</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Conference day rate<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 8"> </SPAN>£50:00</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Conference Dinner<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 8"> </SPAN>£30:00</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">3 days accommodation at
conference
hotel
£300:00(including<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>all meals) <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>
</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Per day<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 9"> </SPAN>£100:00</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Current Conference
Committee<BR></B><BR>Peter Day, SEAKE Centre, School of Computing, Mathematical
and Information Sciences, <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName>Brighton</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Jon Dron, SEAKE Centre, School of
Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Brighton</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Karamjit Gill, Professor, SEAKE
Centre, University of Brighton <BR>Michael Gurstein, (Visiting) Professor,
School of Management New Jersey<BR>Institute of Technology<BR>Graeme Johanson,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>School</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Information</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Management and
Systems/Centre for<BR>Community Networking Research,
<st1:PlaceName>Monash</st1:PlaceName> University </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Leigh Keeble, CIRA,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Teeside</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Brian Loader, CIRA,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Teeside</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Michel Menou, CoVITALC, Latin
America & Caribbean</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Stewart Marshall, Professor,
Faculty of Informatics & Communication,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Central</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName>Queensland</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Scott S. Robinson, Depto. De
Antropologia, <st1:place><st1:City>Universidad Metropologia</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region>Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Don Schauder, Professor,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>School</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Information</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Management and
Systems,<BR><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Monash</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR>Doug Schuler, The
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Evergreen</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> College,
<st1:State><st1:place>Washington</st1:place></st1:State></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Larry Stillman,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>School</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Information</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Management and
Systems/Centre for<BR>Community Networking Research,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Monash</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Wal Taylor, <SPAN
class=140111321-15012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN>Faculty of Informatics & Communication,
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Central</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName>Queensland</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p><BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>**************************************************************************************************<BR>Dr.
Peter Day<BR>School of Computing, Mathematical & Information
Sciences<BR>Faculty of Management & Information Sciences<BR>Watts
Building<BR>Moulescoomb<BR>University of Brighton<BR>Brighton & Hove<BR>East
Sussex<BR>England<BR>BN2 4GJ</FONT></DIV>
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