Flaxroots Technology

Claiming the Internet for Community
Future Directions

(speech notes)

Ross Himona
(maorinews.com/karere)

1. Vision for Flaxroots Technology - people power

2. Community Development - some issues

• Putting CD on the policy agenda
• Building a political impetus from community - community voices
• Building sustainable communities
• Avoidance of community capture by the helping professionals
• Avoidance of mission drift

3. Community Development Conference Rotorua 2001

4. Community Networking

• Sustainable projects
• Digital divide debate - community voices
• Future CN conferences?
• Global 2000 and global participation

5. An association for Community Development and / or Community Networking?

• The place of CommunityNet Aotearoa

6. The email discussion lists

• cnnz
• cnnz-committee

7. Becoming a power-user of the technology to promote your community issues and wishes to opinion-makers and decision-takers

• Central government ministers and officials
• Local government
• Media
• Staying in touch with each other - the power of numbers
• We are the opinion-makers and decision-takers

8. Poroporoaki