[Advisors] CIRA community improvement fund -- input needed

[Kevin Battersby]

Hello Marita,

A capital building fund would be useful for some of the organisations I work 
with. In both cases the organisations are functional and administratively sound 
but in need of technology advancement or expansion.

Given that these organisations and many facing similar challenges do currently 
enable or directly provide "...projects  like digital literacy, soft 
infrastructure, internet governance, and security and stability" there might be 
a fit.

Would these allotments be per organisation, per community or per project?

RECN.ca, operating in the north end of Vancouver Island, for example has been in 
the black as far as operations go since 2006 but is a thin on build funding. We 
currently trying to get out from under the BC Hydro 900 MHz disaster and are 
now deploying 3.65 GHz as we can.

Victoria Freenet has just moved, in May/June and restructured this year. It 
might benefit from capital funds to expand it's income generating services in 
support of it social mandate.

While I'm thinking in very practical physical terms the spinoffs do reach a long 
way.

On November 27, 2013, Marita Moll wrote:
> 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

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Regards,
Kevin Battersby <kevin at battersby.net>
250-514-2063 Direct