A Catalyst for Change
Our fundamental tenent is collaboration: As a non-profit organization,
we are working towards cooperative, strategic partnerships among
members: to be a table for many diverse organizations in partnership
towards planning and implementing information infrastructure
development in the region, and to be a catalyst for change by bringing
together a diversity of individuals representing public and private
organizations on a regular basis. We feel that one of the best ways
to strengthen the Chicago region economically and educationally is to
bring the multifaceted communities together in civic networking
efforts.
Since forming in the third quarter of 1993, we have regularly met as a
general body to both educate our membership about issues pertaining to
the NII and to plan public events. On Freedom of Information Day
(3/16/94), we held a public forum on the NII at the Harold Washington
Library, attended by over 350 people. This meeting, which also
included a live demonstration of "Surfing the Net", illustrated both
the broad appeal, and concern voiced by the public, about the ways new
technologies will impact our society.
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Last modified: Thu Nov 10 17:55:19 1994