Information About the Russian Civic Networking Program
We have received the following:
We are writing to inform you about the new Russian Civic Networking Program in which we
hope you might have interest. We are sending this note to you as we have noted your
responsibility for information services on the Internet related to community networking
and/or to the Internet in Russia.
You can learn about this project on the new Russian civic networking WWW site which we
open today at the following URLs:
http://www.friends-partners.org/civnet/ (US site)
http://alice.ibpm.serpukhov.su/civnet/ (Russian site)
The site is available in both English and Russian languages. From the new site, we link to
the following resources which we note you provide
URL: http://ofcn.org/
Title: Organization for Community Networks
We hope you will let us know of any errors in this listing - or any additional links you
feel we should include.
The primary goal of the Russian Civic Networking Program (RCNP) is to
cooperatively develop three to four (3-4) model civic network sites within Russia and to
broadly disseminate the results and the findings of these initiatives. The RCNP represents
a partnership between community networking activists in Russia and the U.S. It is expected
that success of these projects and a good information base describing the progress of
their development will result in momentum for a broader civic networking movement within
Russia and improved civic networks for participants in U.S. communities.
As with all of our efforts on Friends and Partners, we want this to be a true partnership
between Russian and American individuals, organization, and communities. Thus, we are
sending this announcement and invitation to many communities in Russia, as well as to many
community networking activists and potentially interested organizations in the US. We hope
that many of you will find the project interesting and be interested in working with us as
we continue.
The support of the Ford Foundation is making possible a competitive application in which
three to four (3-4) Russian communities will be chosen and provided with equipment, travel
funding for an initial planning/strategy conference in the US, and funding for basic
operating and salary expenses. Please see the "Invitation for Partnership" below
for more information on this program.
Note: the deadline for submission of proposals for Russian communities is Monday,
September 15, 1997.
In addition to visiting the new Web site listed above, we invite you to join the
CIVNET-Russia e-mail listserver by sending a one line e-mail message to:
listproc@solar.cini.utk.edu
The message should consist of a single line--
subscribe civnet-russia firstname lastname
(just substitute your name for "firstname lastname")
We hope you will forward this announcement to any individuals and organizations with
potential interest. We will greatly appreciate all comments, suggestions and offers of
help!
| Natasha Bulashova | Pushchino, Russia | natasha@friends-partners.org |
| Greg Cole | Knoxville, TN USA | gcole@friends-partners.org |