Association For Community Networking (AFCN)
Community Networking's Social Goals
- To increase communication between local residents, so they will get to know each other and their community better, and thus strengthen the sense of local community
- To increase communication between citizens and their government, encourage more involvement in local decisionmaking, and thus improve democracy
- To, at a minimum, ensure Universal Access to the evolving New Medium (today, the Internet, tomorrow "Who Knows What")
- To promote Universal Creation on the New Medium, and encourage people to be creators and not just consumers
- To promote diversity of perspectives and content
- Some CN Projects: To promote local economic development. (Some projects, particularly those in isolated rural or disadvantaged areas, are exploring ways this new medium can help create jobs, or facilitate collaborations not possible before.)
AFCN's "Community Networking Area"
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