[WSIS CS-Plenary] Civiblog project

[Robert Guerra]

A colleague organization has asked me to forward news of this 
exciting new initiative along. Hope it's of interest.

regards

Robert
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Civiblog Project

The Citizen Lab is organizing a new project called Civiblog that 
involves making available to Canadians working for NGOs abroad free 
blogging space. For those who don’t know, blogs (or weblogs as they 
are also called) are online (ie Internet-based) daily journals.

We are looking to find as many Canadians as we can who are working 
for NGOS abroad to write blogs that will be hosted on the Civiblog 
community of sites.

(One example of such a blog that we've already created is the 
Kandahar Chronicles, written by an MSF logistician working in 
Afghanistan, which can be found here: 
<http://ngoblog.citizenlab.org/kandaharchronicles/>http://ngoblog.citizenlab.org/kandaharchronicles/)

There will be one major "meta-site," maintained by us at the Citizen Lab, that
will link together all of the participants and house a collection of 
constantly updated resources that participants might find useful -- 
things like reports on staying safe in zones of conflict, job 
postings, travel advisories, etc.  We anticipate hundreds of 
Canadian-NGO bloggers creating over time a virtual community that 
will benefit everyone. 

The site is currently under construction, but can be viewed here: 
<http://www.civiblog.org/>http://www.civiblog.org/

Participation costs nothing.  The blog space will be free. 
Participants can update their blogs as often or as seldom as they 
like and it is up to them to decide what they are able or want to 
write about.

We will also make available space on the blogs for digital pictures 
and videos to be posted for those who have the equipment.

It’s a great way to host one’s own website for free so that friends 
and family can keep in touch.

If you are interested or want to hear more, please contact the person in charge
of the project, Graeme Bunton, at 
<mailto:graeme at citizenlab.org>graeme at citizenlab.org

Regards,
Ron Deibert

Ronald J. Deibert
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, the Citizen Lab
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S-3K7
Phone: (416) 946-8916
Fax: (416) 946-8915
<http://www.citizenlab.org/>http://www.citizenlab.org/
<mailto:r.deibert at utoronto.ca>r.deibert at utoronto.ca

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