[Advisors] CIRA community improvement fund -- input needed

[Marita Moll]

Thanks for your input so far folks -- very helpful.  First mtg of this 
cttee is Friday -- so still time to gather input.

This project is going to be giving away lots of money and I am looking 
for models that would include small community projects that impact many 
people on the ground without incurring massive administrative costs.  If 
there was a model that distributed $25,000 to organizations to enable 
3-4 small local projects -- would that be useful to any groups 
represented here?  If so, please tell me how it might work so I can have 
some examples at my fingertips.

I am just trying to steer this towards a building fund not an awards fund.

Marita

On 11/22/2013 1:52 PM, Monique Chartrand wrote:
> 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 object//s/ 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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