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"News and views on community networking throughout Aotearoa."
Not registered with your iwi yet? From 10 October 2005 you will be able to register with your iwi online through the Tuhono network. www.community.net.nz/CommunityCentre/News/National/register-with-iwi.htm.
The Sustainable Management Fund provides financial support to projects which produce long-term environmental benefits. Applications are now invited from local government, iwi, industry and community groups for the 2006/07 round. www.community.net.nz/CommunityCentre/News/National/environment-projects.htm.
Auckland City's Community Group Assistance Fund is available to community groups for "Building strong and healthy communities". www.community.net.nz/CommunityCentre/News/National/auckland-assistance.htm.
Information on our community for people living, or intending to live, in Kaikoura. www.kaikoura.govt.nz.
Tuhono provides a network for Maori where they are able to inform iwi of their up-to-date contact details so they can be kept informed about issues that may be of interest or benefit to them. www.tuhono.net.
Newtown Community and Cultural Centre features information about the venue facilities and services available at the Centre located in Newtown, Wellington. www.nccc.wellington.net.nz.
The New Zealand Business Mentor Programme makes available free of charge, the skills and experience of people who have proven themselves successful in business. This excellent service is available to not-for-profit organisations, providing you've been running for at least six months, have financial records and less than 25 employees. www.businessmentor.org.nz.
The Campaign Against Drugs on Roads (Candor) charitable Trust educates about the risks of driving while drug affected, with the objective of helping bring down the road toll. www.candor.org.nz.
Volunteer Friendship Link is a friendship scheme for people with mental health problems or / and intellectual disabilities in Christchurch. A service of the Churches Hospital Support Trust. volunteer-friendship-link.blogspot.com.
MensTrust is a not-for-profit registered charitable trust working to build a community where men are accepted, supported, and encouraged to create positive change in their lives. MensTrust assists men to move beyond their stereotypes and discover their own uniqueness. www.menstrust.org.nz.
AussieIndoLanka.com aims to link the majority of south Asian communities living in Australia and New Zealand. www.aussieindolanka.com.
Adult Learners Week He Tangata Matauranga celebrates the efforts, achievements and contributions of adult learners and educators throughout New Zealand. It encourages adults of all ages and backgrounds to give learning a go whether it be learning to dance, to speak English or to use a computer. adultlearnersweek.org.nz.
The New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy sets out the Government's vision for a New Zealand where more people can live free of injury while continuing to lead active and challenging lives. www.nzips.govt.nz.
The Kapiti Welcome Trust provides social, vocational and residential services for people with impairments. homepages.paradise.net.nz/kwt.
If Jenny started up Example Trust then she may have simply used her own email address: jenny@myisp.co.nz.
This now entangles her personal emails and the Example Trust emails. If she takes a few months out, perhaps for travel, or family reasons, then there's the problem of how someone else can handle the Example Trust emails while not delving into Jenny's personal mail.
Many organisations now have their own domain name, and there should be one or more free emails attached to that. It's far better to use addresses attached to the domain name than addresses belonging to private individuals.
When you choose an email address for your group it's useful to think about whether the address will stand up to a change of personnel.
If Jenny's the main contact person for Example Trust it may seem logical to get an email address such as: jenny@example.org.nz.
But what happens when Jenny retires or moves to Australia? Now you'll have to change that address and inform all your contacts. Alternatively you may need to set up some kind of redirect (perhaps for a monthly fee) to automatically send email on.
A better idea is to use a generic address linked to a role in the organisation, such as:
There are a million services which offer free email addresses, though some have a poor reputation. Those which offer both a lot of online storage and the ability to use normal email software as well as a web interface can be very useful for a community group.
For example, with a free GMail address (from Google) your group can store a copy of every email on their server (along with attachments) and you can allow certain privileged people access it through the password. You can set up as many GMail addresses as you need, and even use it as a quick backup method for important files. [Create a new blank email, attach the file and save the email as a draft.]
You could have addresses like these:
If you'd like a free GMail address email information@community.net.nz and ask for an invite.
[October 2005] As a community group you may need to communicate with committee members, volunteers, 'clients', other community groups, the media, the general public, and you will use various means such as phone, email, text messages, faxes, letters, newsletters and websites.
A phone call where you can discuss a topic and resolve any issues within a few minutes is immediate. But phone calls can still be an expensive item on any budget, especially if you have to pay national or international toll fees.
Internet technology is revolutionising all aspects of our communications and real-time discussions are no exception. If both (or all) parties sign up for one or more free Instant Messaging (IM) services then you can hold a discussion in real time by typing. In a future Tip we'll talk about VOIP, a way to make free phone calls over the Internet.
Chat services such as AOL Instant messenger (AIM), Jabber, Google Talk and others are free to join and easy to use. To use them you need some free software.
Mac OS X comes with the free iChat — just look in the Applications folder. Windows users may want to try out Trillian from www.ceruleanstudios.com.
Go to a service such as AIM at my.screenname.aol.com and sign up for a free screen name. Then enter the settings into the chat software.
Now you can connect to others and chat in real time by typing your messages. It's also easy to send files via Instant Messaging, and with some systems you can even include audio and video.
Why pay for phone calls when you could discuss topics free?
You can sometimes find Miraz available on chat at: mirazmac@aim.com.
See some screenshots at the online Panui archive.
Past Website tips are all available on CommunityNet Aotearoa.
More information about the Community Partnership Fund and the Broadband Challenge fund has been published. This includes an outline of the two-stage application process, eligibility criteria, questions and answers etc. There will be a call for Expressions of Interest in mid-October.
Partnering with other organisations will be important. Selected resources on what partnering is and how to set about it, have been added to the CommunityNet Aotearoa Digital Strategy Hot Topic.
For up to the minute information visit www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz or www.community.net.nz/HotTopics/Digital-Strategy.
Family and Community Services and the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector have produced a catalogue of over 100 useful resources and support available to help you set-up or run a community organisation or project in New Zealand.
This catalogue will be available as a hardcopy and will also be online on CommunityNet Aotearoa from mid October 2005. You will find it in the CommunityCentre section, replacing the Classifieds list of resources. Existing Classifieds that are still current will be added to the Managing Well section, and you are invited to continue to send in your resources and suggestions. Periodically a new printed version will be produced including these updates.
You will be able to access it at www.community.net.nz/managingwell.
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