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The CommunityNet Aotearoa monthly newsletter.
"News and views on community networking throughout Aotearoa."
Do you, or a group that you're involved with, have something to say to the people of New Zealand? If you're actively involved with an issue, be it social, sexual, political, family or whatever, a door is open again on TV3 Network Television. We are looking for people to work with for our new series of "Open Door" television documentaries. Open Door is unique in that it allows groups and individuals to speak for themselves.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/opendoor.htm
An Interim Management Group comprising the Chairs of the NZ Federation of Vocational Support Services (VASS), National Residential Intellectual Disability Providers (NRID), SLNZ and the Association for Supported Employment in NZ (ASENZ), supported by the CEOs of IHC and CCS Disability Action, has been formed to oversee a project to determine the feasibility of, and support for, the idea of a single umbrella body for the disability sector.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/disabilitysector.htm
About Us: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Law in New Zealand is a new resource looking at legal issues and gender identity/sexual orientation. It covers a broad range of legislation and drills down into some of the areas that are more specific to the target audience, such as legal parenting and guardianship issues, and legal identity documents.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/genderlaw.htm
CiviCRM is a contact management database that is Open Source (i.e. no purchase or licensing costs). It delivers integrated online tools for managing contacts, donations, memberships, mass emailing, events registration, volunteer information and lots more. An application has been made by the CAN (Cycling Advocates' Network) to the Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund to assist community groups with implementing this programme.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/contactmgmt.htm
Local community groups reliant on funding grants from philanthropic trusts and gaming machines trusts will find it hard going in 2009, says fundraising expert Heather Newell. Heather, whose company Foresee Communications provides fundraising resources and training for groups in the charity, sports, arts, health and medical research sectors, said the worldwide recession has hit major community funders who make grants from the interest on their investments.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/fundraising.htm
Skylight has launched support handbook - 'Death Without Warning' - for people impacted by a sudden, unexpected death of any kind, including accidental death, natural sudden death, suicide and murder. Skylight expects this practical book to be invaluable for many bereaved in sudden circumstances, and for those supporting them professionally.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/suddendeath.htm
The Charities Commission has published a benchmark survey of the level of public trust and confidence in the New Zealand charitable sector. The Commission undertook the research as part of its mandate to promote research into matters relating to charities and to promote public confidence in the sector. It provides useful information about the way in which the New Zealand public currently views charities, and gives us a benchmark against which we can measure changes in perceptions of the charitable sector over the longer-term.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/benchmarksurvey.htm
The New Zealand sexual violence prevention sector is experiencing a positive shift. Instead of a focus on what is illegal and not okay, we are moving towards education and promotion of respectful sexual interactions. Brad Perry's work on respectful sexuality - Moving Up Stream - is key to the work of Rape Prevention Education (RPE). The premise is that as respectful sexuality is promoted and adopted, occurrences of illegal, coercive or damaging sexual experiences will decline.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/respectfulsexuality.htm
The Building Better Government Engagement (BBGE) project reference group's report, 'It's More Than Talk', is now available on the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector (OCVS) website. 'It's More Than Talk' includes options for building better community engagement skills, knowledge and values in the public service.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/communityengagement.htm
People often discuss relationship problems, not with professional counsellors, but with their family, friends, GPs, nurses, school teachers, church ministers and community elders, a Families Commission study has found. As part of the study Reaching Out: Who New Zealanders turn to for relationship support researchers talked in depth to 50 people to find out how they accessed information and support to sustain their couple relationships. Questions were also asked about what helped them seek support and what hindered them.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/supportstudy.htm
The aim of Rural Women New Zealand's Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009 is to recognise and promote small rural businesses run by women. Rural enterprise is set to play an important part in overcoming the effects of recession in New Zealand, and this is a great opportunity for entrants to receive publicity and promote their businesses. For the three winners there is the added bonus of great prizes. The RWNZ Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009 winner will receive $1500 in prize money and the opportunity to attend a BNZ Farm First Growth Programme Women in Agribusiness Workshop with Sue Lindsay, winner of the Young Executive of the Year award in 1997. The two runners-up also receive great prizes.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/ruralwomanaward.htm
Mana Mahi is a new, one-stop employment relations resource designed specifically for the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector. Produced by the Workplace Wellbeing Project, it was launched at seminars in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch late last year. The eye-catching pack contains 17 best practice guides and 6 resource booklets about a wide range of employment relations issues in our sector, such as: good employment practice; guide to employment law; employment agreements and minimum employment rights; managing employment relationship problems and mediation.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/manamahi.htm
Workshops on the implementation of the popular resource "Strengthening Community Action on Alcohol" are being offered by the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC). Designed for communities, the aim of the workshops is to provide those working to reduce alcohol-related harm with the knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based best practice.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/alcoholtraining.htm
The Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC) has embarked on a programme of work that aims to change the current drinking culture and, as part of this programme, ALAC wishes to commission research into the impacts of liquor outlets in Manukau City Council and is soliciting proposals for the first two phases of a three phase research project. ALAC invites research agencies and researchers to submit proposals outlining a robust research process which provides this information, and gives details of skills and experience relevant to their ability to undertake the proposed research.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/manukaurfp.htm
Latest community news, events, jobs and ads are online at:www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news.
Community sites linked this month:
Youthline is a youth development organisation which works to support young people, offering a range of services by phone, text, web, email and face to face. Youthline's vision is to create communities which relate to the needs of young people, respond to them, and support them to achieve their potential.
http://youthline.co.nz
Education. Sustainability. Self Reliance. Community. Wilderland Community is a place to learn and teach organic farming, land stewardship, sustainability and community living. Situated on 183 acres of land nestled between native bush and Whitianga Harbour Estuary, on the Coromandel Peninsula.
www.wilderland.org.nz
Website and forum designed to share ideas and resources, and to offer a supportive forum and community for all adults (and older teens) that share characteristics of the autistic spectrum including Aspergers Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder - not otherwise specified and associated conditions such as Dyslexia, ADHD, Bipolar and so much more. Share, learn, discuss and submit.
http://www.asplanet.info
Diversityworks Trust promotes community development and economic participation, with an emphasis on artistic and creative processes.
http://diversity.co.nz/diversityworks-trust
The Mangere Community Health Trust together with its sister organisation - the Mangere Health Resources Trust - forms an important part in the management and delivery of health services in Mangere. The Trust's services are designed to improve the health and well-being of the people of Mangere specifically and of the people of Counties Manukau generally.
www.mangerehealth.org.nz
Tau Gagana Tokelau is for everyone who wants to speak the Tokelauan language and culture, or learn more about it. You can find interactive conversations, language resources, and advice to help you increase your knowledge of Tau Gagana Tokelau.
www.learntokelau.co.nz
Learn Niue is an interactive tool designed to encourage people of all ages to take up learning basic Niue Language and increase knowledge of the Niue Culture.
www.learnniue.co.nz/learnniueanlanguage
The Tuatua Mai! website offers an exciting array of ways to learn Cook Islands Māori and Cook Islands culture. You can learn by listening, speaking, viewing pictures and videos, and reading about the Cook Islands.
www.tuatuamai.co.nz
Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) is a bilingual portal and web community which provides quality-assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education.
www.tki.org.nz
The Ecofont is a new font designed to make ink cartridges (or ink toners) last longer. By removing small circles within the letter the font uses 20% less ink while still maintaining readability. The font has been extensively tested and is now free to download and use.
www.ecofont.eu/english.html
The North Shore Women's Centre provides a range of services for women: information, counselling, referral and support, as well as courses and clinics. We also provide information on important issues such as eating difficulties and domestic violence.
www.womyn-ctr.co.nz
SF Otago is a non-government agency dedicated to supporting families of those with a serious mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis). The SF Otago website contains information and support for people and families that have a loved one with a mental illness.
www.supportingfamiliesotago.org.nz
The Genesis Oncology Trust is a registered charitable trust set up by Genesis Energy as major community project to assist all New Zealanders in the fight against cancer. The Trust runs an annual grant round with a distribution of $1 million to support initiatives that will lead to improvements in the prevention, detection, diagnosis or treatment of cancer, or improvements in the palliative care of cancer patients.
www.genesisoncology.org.nz
Living Heritage is an online bilingual initiative that enables young people to celebrate New Zealand's heritage and taonga. With our support, New Zealand schools can develop and publish online resources about their local community, whānau and friends.
www.livingheritage.org.nz
giftEDnz is New Zealand's first national professional community in gifted and talented education working together to nurture our gifted and talented students.
www.giftednz.org.nz
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If you're making a newsletter, preparing a presentation, or writing up a report on a project, do you include photos, drawings, or music? Some well-chosen pictures or sounds can transform your 'publication', making it more user-friendly, more compelling, more memorable.
The problem is: how to find good pictures and sounds to include.
There's a huge amount of great media available on the Internet, but did you know that if you use it without permission you may be stealing? It can be theft if you even just copy a picture from a website and put it in your non-profit group's emailed newsletter.
There are tons of places that provide free or very inexpensive images, sounds, music and even movies. You can download and use media from these sources with a clear conscience. Just be sure to check the terms of the licensing agreement, to make sure that what you're planning to do is allowed.
Do you want photos, drawings, clip-art, illustrations, graphics, even video? Start with the millions of images on Flickr and iStockPhoto.
People who upload images to Flickr may retain copyright, or they may use some kind of Creative Commons licence that allows you to re-use their images at no charge. Images on iStockPhoto cost as little as US$1 each.
For example, a search on Flickr for "creative commons wellington new zealand" turned up a photo of the old wooden building near the Beehive (http://flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/2795774282). The Creative Commons licence on that photo allows you to use the picture provided you include an attribution to the photographer.
Using other photos on Flickr may require permission. The official FAQ tells you how to go about contacting the photographer. Visit http://flickr.com/help/general/#147 for information.
A search on iStockPhoto for 'old wooden building' turned up more than 5,000 results. An 850 * 560 pixel version of one image I liked would have cost me around US$3 and I could publish that image up to 500,000 times.
Magnatune offers music for use on the web, in slideshows, for movies, and for other purposes. I checked the cost to license one track for use for 1 month in an in-house slideshow. It cost US$30. Other tracks or other uses may cost more or less.
A Google search on 'royalty-free music loops' brought up numerous results. For example, RoyaltyFreeMusic.com allows free use of the music it lists if it's for personal or not-for-profit use.
Also look at these sites:
Whichever site you use as the source of media for your project, be sure to read the licensing terms carefully.
In 2008 New Zealand's Copyright law was changed ('Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008'). These changes have important implications for community organisations, businesses and individuals.
Various changes took effect from 31 October 2008, while section 92A of the Copyright Act comes into force on 28 February 2009.
You can view the current legislation at: www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0027/latest/DLM1122502.html, but here's what S92A says:
"Internet service provider liability
"92A Internet service provider must have policy for terminating accounts of repeat infringers
* "(1) An Internet service provider must adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the account with that Internet service provider of a repeat infringer.
* "(2) In subsection (1), repeat infringer means a person who repeatedly infringes the copyright in a work by using 1 or more of the Internet services of the Internet service provider to do a restricted act without the consent of the copyright owner.
An example of breach of copyright might be if someone in your household or organisation goes online and finds a place where they can download for free software you would normally pay for. Or perhaps they download the number one hit on the music charts without paying for it. Or perhaps they make a video that includes a current pop song playing in the background and upload that video to YouTube or send it to a friend. Without the copyright holder's permission - this may breach copyright.
For many years Kiwis have taken a rather 'easy osy' approach to such things. We may not have looked too closely at what family members or staff or volunteers in our organisations were doing. Perhaps we have said things like "don't download music or movies illegally", but haven't actually scrutinised things too closely.
You need to read this new piece of legislation carefully, analyse how it may affect your home or organisation, and then take steps to manage the risks.
Train your staff and volunteers about how to identify copyright material, and what the consequences may be of breaching copyright. A good starting point is that *everything* on the Internet is copyrighted, unless it explicitly says it is not or grants you a license to use it.
When we visit web pages, they are able to determine a huge amount of information about us, through picking up the IP address of our computers or network.
Discover what 'they' know about you by visiting this IP address reverse lookup site: www.ip-adress.com. It'll give you a number similar to (but different from) this: 203.111.111.11. That's the IP address of your computer or network. If you have another computer nearby try checking its IP address too. It may be the same or different.
At the bottom of that web page, click the link for more tools and you'll see even more information about you and your computer. When I do that it places me on a map with GPS co-ordinates (incorrect, fortunately - it places me in Lower Hutt rather than Wellington). It also reveals which web browser I'm using, my computer's Operating System, and a whole lot more.
A copyright owner can use information like this to identify a computer or network that did illegal things with their copyrighted work. They cannot however know *who* was using that computer at the time. If they accuse you of copyright breach it may be that a child, visitor, colleague or other person who wasn't you was the responsible party.
If you have several computers on a network check to see if they all share the same IP address. If they do then the miscreant may be another person within your organisation. You may not be able to identify the individual responsible for the copyright breach.
Some viruses and other malware may allow a crook to use your computer as a 'zombie' to distribute copyrighted works such as music, movies or books. Your computer may become infected with this malware unless you take stringent precautions to protect it.
If your computer is vulnerable to viruses and other 'bad stuff', then you should consult your IT support and learn what software will effectively prevent your computer from transmitting copyrighted material, without your even knowing about it.
In June 2008 ZDNet Australia said:
While the total malware count for PCs, according to security company F-Secure, is 850,000, its count for current versions of Mac OS X is under 100 a list which is dominated by variants of a single trojan it labelled OSX/DNSChanger, which was discovered last year by security company Intego.
Source: www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Mac-malware-volumes-spike-without-pain/0,130061744,339289766,00.htm
They didn't include statistics for those using Linux, but it is generally thought that very little malware, if any, exists for that platform.
Whatever software you install, you will need to update it at least daily. Be sure to install the anti-malware software from a reputable source, as some malware pretends to be anti-virus software.
Since there are some fairly heavy sanctions for breaching copyright, it's imperative that you ensure every single person who may have access to your Internet connection is aware of the consequences of breaching copyright in any way, shape or form.
* Panui tips contributed by Miraz Jordan, http://knowit.co.nz
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