Community Information Systems -- Partnership Project
The Evergreen State College
Partnership Project Description and Proposal Form
September, 2002 - June, 2003
Please note that this proposal submission form can also be mailed to us.
Please send the completed form to randy@scn.org
Randy Groves (randy@scn.org) and Doug Schuler (douglas@scn.org)
are going to be co-teaching a 3-quarter (approximately 9 months)
Community Information Systems
(http://www.scn.org/edu/tesc-ds/2000-2001/fall/index.html) program
starting September, 2002 and ending in June 2003. A major part of this
program will involve our students (in teams of 3 - 6) working with
communities around the world to develop information and communication
technology that will enable that community to further some of its
aspirations. We're planning to work with 8 - 15 communities. We plan to
concentrate on communities that may not be receiving adequate attention in
relation to information and communication technology.
The proposal form below will help us select these communities.
Thank you for your interest!
If you have responded to our previous query or if you might be interested
in working with us, please fill in the proposal form below and submit it
by mailing the completed form to randy@scn.org.
We also hope that this arrangement will result in a strong partnership --
we want both the student communities at Evergreen and the communities whom
they're working with to give and to receive some service or good, so
everybody gains from the experience.
Note: The Evergreen State College (http://www.evergreen.edu) is a 4-year
non-traditional interdisciplinary college 70 miles south of Seattle. The
"Community Information Systems" program is half-time; students are
expected to put in approximately 16 hours per week outside of class on
course work (especially, but not exclusively, on this partnership
project). Nearly all the students in this program are working adults
between 20 and 55 years old.
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Partnership Project -- The Evergreen State College Proposal from Potential
Partners
Note: The fields whose names are surrounded by asterisks (*Sample*) are
REQUIRED fields.
____ Yes! We think we would be able to work with you starting
in September.
____ Maybe. We think we might be able to work with you starting
in September.
____ Not now. We don't think we can participate now but we may be
interested in the future.
*Project name*:
*Community name*:
*Country*:
*State/Province*:
*City or other location*:
*Contact person (primary) name*:
*Contact person (primary) e-mail*:
Contact person (primary) telephone:
Contact person (secondary) name:
Contact person (secondary) e-mail:
Contact person (secondary) telephone:
Contact person (alternate) name:
Contact person (alternate) e-mail:
Contact person (alternate) telephone:
*Description*: Brief description of idea or project (what tools,
databases, applications, services, or institutions are you interested
in having the student team develop?):
What objectives are you pursuing? (check all that apply)
____ Community development
____ Activism around an issue
____ Developing civic / community technology
____ Consciousness raising around an issue
____ Expanding an existing project or projects
____ Starting a new project or projects
____ Exploring an issue, hypothesis, application, system, etc.
Other objectives (explain):
Which "core values" does your project address? (check all that apply)
____ Conviviality and Culture
____ Education
____ Strong Democracy
____ Health and Well-being
____ Economic Equity, Opportunity, and Sustainability
____ Information and Communication
Why might you want to engage in a collaborative effort with a team of
Evergreen students?
What might you and your community like to gain from working with us?
(check all that apply) (and explain)
____ Technical expertise.
____ Long term relationship (after the 3-quarters).
____ Ideas for next steps.
____ Exposure to ideas from different community.
____ Theoretical work.
____ Connections to people & organizations ("networking").
____ Working application or web site.
Other possible gains (explain)
What might you and your community be providing to us?
What are your your longer-range hopes and expectations (both realistic and
not so realistic)?
Working with us will require a substantial resource commitment.
Please estimate your commitment in the next two questions.
How many people will be able to work with us on this
project?
How much hours per week do you think these people will -- on
the average -- be able to invest in this
project?
Is this project part of a larger project?
____ Yes
____ No
Although we expect to carry these conversations on in English, please list
other languages that your community uses.
Please list any other comments, issues, questions, etc. that you have.
Thank you!
Randy Groves,
randy@scn.org
Doug Schuler,
douglas@scn.org
-randy