[Air-l] Fwd: [ciresearchers] URGENT: Contribute to a Blog Supporting the Canadian Community Access Program

[Miraj Khaled]

Please consider posting comments in the blog mentioned
below [ before Monday ] in support of continuing
funding for the Community Access Program in Canada.

http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/

Miraj Khaled
Vancouver, Canada

--- Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:20:42 -0700
> From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> To: cracin-canada at vancouvercommunity.net,
> gta at vancouvercommunity.net,
>    ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net
> Subject: [ciresearchers] URGENT: Contribute to a
> Blog Supporting the Canadian Community Access
>  Program
> 
> Colleagues:
> 
> Some of you will recall that the rumours went round
> 4 or 5 months ago
> about the Canadian government's intention to cut all
> funding for the
> Community Access and related programs (and in one
> fell swoop destroy
> almost all of the community informatics
> infrastructure in the country!).
> 
> 
> The rumours died down and very modest interim
> funding was made
> available.
> 
> The rumours again are hot and heavy and as below the
> budget will be
> announced on Monday and it appears that there is
> still time to have an
> influence on whether the program lives or dies...
> 
> If for no other reason than to see as good a case as
> any I've seen for
> commuity access facilities (in the 20 or so blog
> posts already in place)
> take a look at http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/  and if
> possible contribute
> something to the discussion.
> 
> MG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bev at prcn.org [mailto:bev at prcn.org] On Behalf
> Of Bev   
> Sent: March 15, 2007 2:00 PM
> To: tap at pcnastream.com
> Subject: [tap] Comments
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> TAP 
> Hi everyone, 
> I am really hoping that all of you can visit
> http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/ and post a comment now.
>  Our budget comes
> down on Monday - there is very little time to make
> an impact - but we
> have heard that Ottawa is monitoring the blog - a
> few INTERNATIONAL
> comments on the CAP program would go a LONG way.
> Please post today. 
> Bev 
> TAP at telecenters.ca 



 
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