[Advisors] CIRA community improvement fund -- input needed

[Brian Beaton]

Thanks for inviting thoughts on this one Marita ... One immediate thought would be for the fund to be divided equally between urban, rural and remote communities. Challenging fund administrators to develop and secure relationships, proposals, and projects with those folks who are outside of their comfort zone will be one of the only ways to get the folks who need access and connections and infrastructure to be included and represented IMHO

Brian Beaton
Researcher, First Nations Innovation project
Grad Student, Faculty of Education, Critical Studies, University of New Brunswick
Box 104, Fredericton, NB, E3B 4Y2

> On Nov 22, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
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> Discussion for this list only -- please.
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> Hello folks.  I am happy to let you know (a bit in advance of any CIRA marketing campaign), that I have been asked to be a community representative on a new CIRA cttee that will "encourage community projects and education and research activities."  It will distribute a fair amount of money each year for projects  like digital literacy, soft infrastructure, internet governance, and security and stability.  The mechanics of this are just being worked out and I would feel a lot more grounded in my suggestions on how this could benefit some of our communities if I could go in armed with suggestions from actual people working in the field.
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> I'm asking for a bit of stargazing here, if anyone is up to it.  Let's think long term here -- how can such a fund support digital literacy and other community internet projects?
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> I am only one person on the committee of 8, but I don't think others have the kind of community practitioner connection.  So, I'd like to use that to our advantage.  There will be lots of competition out there for more visible and sexy projects -- but this is a chance for small communities to have a say. Let's see what we can do!
> 
> Marita
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