Corporation for Public Broadcasting Civic Networking
Project
Davis Community Network -
A Civic Network as a Strategy for Building a "Smart" Community
Status Report
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.
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