Hi
I am sharing some of the key points of the Digital Inclusion Coalition
Guidebook as part of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance supported
by the Media Democracy Fund focused on the United States
*https://guidebook.digitalinclusion.org/
<https://guidebook.digitalinclusion.org/>*
Many of the speakers representing various cities, Philldelphia, Portland,
Kansas City, Baltimore, Washington, LA, Cleveland, Austin, Chicago, Etc
work in collaboration with libraries and community networks, Many of them
provided a range of training besides low cost internet connectivity.
Key is the coalitions they created
-Corporate sponsorship Google Fibre
-Granting agencies
-Housing Authories
-Faith community
-ISPs
-Poverty Groups
Key takeaways
Digital inclusion coalitions exist to promote conversation, professional
development, strategically aligned programming and advocacy.
• Coalitions should meet regularly, set goals and progress toward those
goals through strategically identified activities.
• A coalition’s leaders should include local voices that lend trust,
credibility and a community-centric perspective to the coalition’s efforts.
• All coalitions need resources to thrive (particularly funding) to pay for
the coordination of coalition efforts.
• Coalitions are increasing awareness of digital inclusion, local barriers
and current approaches to the work.
• Coalition leaders often do not view their activities as advocacy, but
they do educate local policy makers and community leaders.
• Coalitions strive to meet the needs of their members through
peer-to-peer sharing, collaborative goal setting, awareness and resource
development. • Coalitions themselves often do not conduct digital inclusion
programming, but members of the coalitions form partnerships, strengthening
their programming.
• Leaders agree that local government participation is important to
success, but there are advantages and disadvantages to their participation.
Kansas City Case Study USE OF THE VMOSA Model)
Vision, Mission Statement, Objectives, Strategies and Action Plans
http://digitalinclusionkc.org/membership
The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion is an open, collaborative
group of nonprofits, individuals, government entities and businesses
focused on fostering internet access and digital readiness in the greater
Kansas City metropolitan area.
Vision
Every citizen and household in KC has access to internet, how to use the
equipment and skills needed to take advantage
Mission
To faciliate collaboration among organizations and initiatiaves working to
bridge the digital divide in order maximze the resources for the greatest
Impact
Glenn McKnight
NARALO Secretariat
mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com
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289-830 6259
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Hi
Is anyone else going to the Creative Commons Summit in Toronto, The
Digital Inclusion Conference in Cleveland or RightsCon
Let me know. I will attending all three
Glenn McKnight
NARALO Secretariat
mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com
skype gmcknight
twitter gmcknight
289-830 6259
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The transition from the rice farmers using IVR to the plug for Amazon Echo was pretty rough...
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>Lots of ideas here as well as issues I'm concerned about - judge for
>yourself: https://youtu.be/nFKVzEAm-ts
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>Yeah, long, but the short portion at
>https://youtu.be/nFKVzEAm-ts?t=18m30s
>is particularly relevant to DC3 - how people are using voice over
>cellular
>rather than "Internet" as such.
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>
Lots of ideas here as well as issues I'm concerned about - judge for
yourself: https://youtu.be/nFKVzEAm-ts
Yeah, long, but the short portion at https://youtu.be/nFKVzEAm-ts?t=18m30s
is particularly relevant to DC3 - how people are using voice over cellular
rather than "Internet" as such.
*Ham/Amateur Radio Exam Preparation *
*Broadband Hamnet*
*http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/ <http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/>*
*Online Course *
https://eliademy.com/app/a/courses/aa95773a46
*Course Playlist *
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeYfhcpf4QR5sE77YEFkq8qFVPFdTbV5
Paper
Attached
Glenn McKnight
NARALO Secretariat
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289-830 6259
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Jane Coffin <coffin(a)isoc.org> wrote:
> Hi Glenn –
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> Yes. I have worked in the past with ARRL and know some of that team
> well. Ham very important.
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> I actually have all the books to study for the test 😉 I may ping you
> for advice as I start to read through things.
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> Do you mind putting the info out to the DC-3 list?
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> I know that Rhizomatica is keen to have this type of training.
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> Jane
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> Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org
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> Skype: janercoffin
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> Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.202.247.8429
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> *From: *Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 8:40 AM
> *To: *Jane Coffin <coffin(a)isoc.org>
> *Subject: *Community Networking Training
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>
> Hi
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> I have mentioned the utalization of local Ham Radio clubs before. We
> launched an online course on exam preparation for the Amatuer Radio and we
> recorded all the training sessions last year
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> I am working with our local club to connect a small Mesh network this
> spring, connected to the NorthShore Tower north of Oshawa.
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> Attached article by former IEEE Canada chair
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> Glenn McKnight
>
> NARALO Secretariat
> mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com
> skype gmcknight
> twitter gmcknight
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> 289-830 6259
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