Subject: List Description

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 11:34:30 -0700

As part of some long-overdue electronic housecleaning, I've updated my
description of the community access list to incorporate a couple of
suggestions I received.  Here's the latest version; feel free to comment.
-Carl
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Our list grew out of a workshop at the DIAC-92 conference hosted by
CPSR.  It was intended as a place where people actually running
community networking systems and people who studied or were concerned
about such systems could exchange ideas.  Our loose definition of
community networking includes both some sort of geographical focus
and some attempt to involve non-traditional computer users.  Our list
includes representatives from at least three active systems:
 - Berkeley's Community Memory, which is based around publicly-located
   terminal kiosks that anyone can use, and
 - Cruzio in Santa Cruz, a dial-in system that focuses on building
   connections between local resources.
 - the Boston Peace and Justice Events Hotline, a voice-based system
   that can be accessed from any touch-tone phone.
In addition, there are representatives of a network being established
by CPSR's Washington, D.C. chapter.  The list also includes a number
of academics and social activists with an interest in the role of
computer communications in society.  Traffic is generally light, but
interesting.  It consists of announcements of recent developments in
community networking, and discussions of issues such as how such
systems are actually used, user interface models, managing abusive
behavior online, and funding and governance options.

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From: Robert Rostkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:39:31 -0700

Where can we can find this list?

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From: "Arthur R. McGee" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:58:14 -0700

It's the list you are subscribed to, COMMUNITY-ACCESS. :-)