I have worked with networks for years by Freenet Finland, a community
network for Finnish students, teachers, parents etc. It was launched in
1993 and maintained by the Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli of
Helsinki University of Technology.
Now it's my time to belong to a group of voluntary people to make a
nation wide voluntary organization The Citizen Forum more visible,
totally networked and internationally behaving actor. We are looking
after large collaboration with similar organizations world wide.
The Citizen Forum ("Kansalaisareena" in Finnish) was founded in 1993.
The Forum is a national arena for promoting and supporting the
development of voluntary and self-help activities. Some of the
activities are information, training, consultancy, networking and a
newsletter Areena. Our goal is to create modern possibilities for
spontaneous participation in any community. In this sense The Citizen
Forum will be THE net in Finland also about the important questions of
digital divide.
We think our privilege is to support voluntary action work. We'll also
be a forum for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable
development.
The Forum is a member of the International Association for Volunteer
Effort. The Forum also has partners in other Scandinavian countries -
<http://www.frisam.no> in Norway, <http://www.socialforum.a.se> in Sweden
and <http://www.frivillighed.dk> in Denmark.
The net address of The Citizen Forum is <http://www.kansalaisareena.fi>.
The site is still just mostly in Finnish but will become more
international also with it's languages.
In this stage of new development we'll need your help. Please let me
know the addresses of similar projects you know. Tell me, if you are
interested to work in different kinds of projects with us. From where do
I find the most modern examples of spontaneous, human community
networks?
I have noticed, for example, that Communet list is not very active any
more. Where do the community people have their discussions today?
Respectfully yours
Heikki Korpinen
The Citizen Forum
Freenet Finland
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