Corporation for Public Broadcasting Civic Networking
Project
Davis Community Network -
A Civic Network as a Strategy for Building a "Smart" Community
PROJECT ELEMENT: Regional Demonstration Centers and Outreach
Description:
Through a joint effort by the UC Davis SunTREC (Sun Technology and Research
Excellence Center) lab, County of Yolo, and the City of Davis, a regional
system of distributed technology demonstration centers for use by
governmental and educational organizations throughout the County will be
created. Each of three technology demonstration centers will specialize in
a particular networking and information technology, and will work with
vendors to obtain loaned examples of the latest equipment and a library of
software for evaluation and demonstration. In addition to the SunTREC lab
on campus, the computer training room in the Health and Justice Facility
and the new training facility at the County will serve as technology
demonstration centers.
At these centers, Davis Community Network will develop and present a
coordinated program for outreach and education, to provide demonstrations
and a schedule of events tailored to appeal to and reach elected officials,
staff from governmental and educational organizations, and the public
throughout the region. In particular, DCN will set up a regular schedule
of events and demonstrations (averaging one per week for six-nine months)
to showcase the GIS project, the document web server project, and the
volunteer recruitment and management system.
Outreach Team Members:
Team Leader: Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (UCD-SunTREC)
Lynn Maynard (City of Davis)
Keith Ott (County of Yolo)
Vicki Suter (UCD-DCAS)
Student Interns
Timeline
Current Status Report Summary:
DCN has made extensive use of the City of Davis' training
facility, with at least weekly public meetings, workshops and training
sessions held since March 1. The UC Davis SunTREC Lab, our other
specified demonstration and training site, is a most valuable new partner.
A highly publicized 'opening' was held there on Oct. 5, 1996, where
Richard Lowenberg was also publicly introduced as DCNUs new Executive
Director. The SunTREC Lab was a host site for the Yolo Area Regional
Network's May 16th Regional Telecommunications Policy Summit, one in a
series of quarterly such events now being planned.
The Policy Summit had over 100 attendees, and directly resulted in
the development and currently in proccess adoption of
telecommunications policies by City of Davis, City of West Sacramento,
City of Woodland, and County of Yolo. All of these entities have formally
committed to regional cooperation for telecommunications infrastructure
development.
On June 5th, DCN hosted a regional GIS/Watershed Stakeholders
Workshop, at the Davis branch of the Yolo County Library, a new project
partner. Over a dozen attendees spent the day reviewing and agreeing on
metadata standards that will allow us all to share and use data; learning
about some new watershed online projects and tools; and making the
decisions necessary for DCN to select the pilot integration project
proposed as part of this grant.
In addition to regularly scheduled public training at the City's
lab, DCN recently provided special Internet classes for Davis Joint
Unified School District teachers and staff, and County Court judges and
staff. During this Summer, the DCN Training Committee is reviewing and
establishing its programs for the coming year.
Status Reports:
7/31/97
1/30/98
10/31/98
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