[Advisors] CIRA community improvement fund -- input needed

[Monique Chartrand]

Bonjour Marita,

Great news !

As a suggestion and to promote appropriation of Fab Labs by communities, we could build a pilot-project to implement the idea of Fablabs. As in the beginning of CAP-Sites, funding could be used toward acquisition of equipment and training of local resources to build an infrastructure of labs. In regard of training, this could help small community to develop 21st century digital skills (3D design, electronics, etc) and micro-production facility.

Considering the future development of the internet of objects and the everlasting digital gap, it could have a positive impact on our communities, as we've seen with échoFab. As of now, many countries have similar plans of their own, often in rural or semi-rural areas. We can even imagine some CAP-Site becoming project leaders in that field.

Bonne journée,

Monique



Monique Chartrand
Directrice générale
Communautique
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/moniquechartrand



Le 2013-11-22 à 09:59, Marita Moll a écrit :

> Discussion for this list only -- please.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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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