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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Great CBC clip… etc.!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net [mailto:ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Zajko<br><b>Sent:</b> April 11, 2015 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ciresearchers] FreeNet history/philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks for the feedback all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I did find this archived list of networks in Canada from around 2000: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010929112249/http:/www.lights.ca/freenet/">https://web.archive.org/web/20010929112249/http://www.lights.ca/freenet/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Also, an archived TV segment from 1994 (the birth of Blue Sky and Toronto FreeNet):<br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/internet-free-for-all">http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/internet-free-for-all</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The writeup for the TV segment credits NCF as the world's second FreeNet, but this can't be right as it seems there were several in the US by that time. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Zajko<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Michael Gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Mike,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The Community Networking “movement” in Canada (some were “FreeNets” and many weren’t but functioned in much the same way) was and are somewhat informally grouped around <a href="http://tc.ca/" target="_blank">Telecommunities Canada</a> (TC) and I’m copying this note the TC elist.  TC eventually also came to include some of the various community networking initiatives established through the Federal Government’s Community Access Program.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Also, probably a good idea to take a look at some of the First Nations initiatives in this respect as a number of those have been longer lasting and more effective (for a variety of reasons) than their non-FN counterparts.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I’m also copying this to the CRACIN-Canada list which is specifically directed to Community Informatics initiatives in Canada.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>M</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net" target="_blank">ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net" target="_blank">ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Zajko<br><b>Sent:</b> April 10, 2015 3:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net" target="_blank">ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [ciresearchers] FreeNet history/philosophy</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm currently working on part of a thesis chapter dealing with the FreeNet movement, particularly in Canada. I wonder if anyone could recommend a source that deals broadly with the phenomenon of FreeNets (or Free-Nets), including philosophy, history... what I've found so far are mainly case studies.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Also, can anyone tell me how many FreeNets there might have been in Canada during their peak (and what years this might have been?).<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Much appreciated,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mike Zajko<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>