From: "鏑木 孝昭 "
Newsgroups: tnn.interv-e
Subject: VCOM Newsletter no.6
Date: 01 Sep 1995 01:33:00 +0900
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VCOM Newsletter Vol.1 No.6 Sept 1, 1995
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VCOM (Information Community Building Project Using
InterVnet) is a project carried out by a research group
headed by Prof. Ikuyo Kaneko at Keio University SFC (Shonan
Fujisawa Campus). Here, by "information community" we are
referring to a group of various kinds of people with a
certain shared interest or concern about life and society
who forms a "unit" spontaneously by sharing and exchanging
information. Two of the major activities of VCOM are (i)
maintaining InterVnet and (ii) carrying out information
community building "case projects." For details please see
VCOM homepage or contact the Secretariat:
VCOM homepage:
http://www.suehiro.nakano.tokyo.jp/
VCOM reception E-mail address:
recpt@vcom.suehiro.nakano.tokyo.jp
VCOM Secretarial (Editorial Engineering Laboratory)
morikawa@eel.suehiro.nakano.tokyo.jp
1-4-7-202 Aobadai Meguro-ku Tokyo 153 Japan
phone 03-3780-0800 fax 03-3780-0900
[1] Three New Conference Rooms are Open in InterVnet
By the mid August, the following three new conference rooms
(all in Japanese) in InterVnet (common to all PC networks
connected to InterVnet) have been started:
information on changing society
conference room on women's issues
discussions of NPO legislation
As VCOM case projects which are in the process of initiation
are to be activated in September and on, more conference
rooms will be open.
[ 2 ] Users' Conference Room in InterVnet
There have been a series of discussions in Users' Conference
Room in InterVnet regarding how to organize and to deal with
information posted in InterVnet. Also, a discussion is
going on in Users' Conference Room concerning how to share
and utilize information posted in InterVnet in local
communities around Kobe and neighboring quake hit areas.
[ 3 ] VCOM Case Project
An official announcement will be issued by the Steering
Committee in the early Oct. on the list of information
community building projects which are officially approved as
official VCOM case projects. As of now, the following case
projects are being carried out or being prepared.
A : Support Networks for Quake-Hit Areas
A-1 : Citizens' Medium to Exchange Information to Support
the Victims of the Great Kobe-Awaji Earthquake
...We shall continue to offer InterVnet which is the only
nationwide PC networks with a designated area for quake
related information.
A-2 : Simulation Studies Concerning Connections of Various
Networks in Case of Emergency
A-3 : Homepage to Introduce People and Events in Awaji
Island
B : Networks for NGO/NPO
B-1 : Women's Online Media
Homepage connecting to various information about women's
issues. Offering information on women's issues and
providing an online forum for discussing women's issues in
InterVnet. 'Hot' information will be sent from Beijing and
Huairou in China on the NGO Forum for the World Conference
on Women.
B-2 : Connecting Grassroots BBSs to InterVnet
B-3 : Online Forum for Discussing Incorporation and Tax
Exemption Legislation for NGO/NPO
C : Citizens' Voluntary Participations in Society
C-1 : Electric Guide Book for Global Citizens
Offering alternative information on eco-life, safe foods,
recycling, human rights, world peace, education and so on,
and proving an online forum to exchange information of these
topics.
C-2 : A Model Building for "Stay-Home" Employment for
Handicapped Persons Using Internet
C-3 : JD Net
A nationwide network to exchange information on handicapped
persons' daily life, employment opportunities and so on.
C-4 : International Forum
A nationwide network for foreign students and international
communities in Japan.
C-5 : Information Network for Local Community
A model building for volunteer database, medical and other
life information and disseminating information from the
local
government at City of Fujisawa where Keio University
SFC is located.
[ 4 ] Topics
*Hot Information from Beijing and Huairou
Two staff members of WOM case project and one member from
VCOM system maintenance team (all female engineers) are
visiting China to help build a network environment for
participants of the NGO Forum of the World Conference on
Women. These three are working for APC group. They are
sending 'hot' information on the conference and on Chine by
E-mail which is automatically posted in the homepage of WOM.
The URL of the homepage is http://www.suehiro.nakano.tokyo.jp/WOM/.
Also, on Sept. 9th, there will be a real time,
online communication connecting Beijing and Tokyo to discuss
the World Conference for Women. The Tokyo site will be at
Crayon House Tokyo at Aoyama. For more information, please
send mail to steer@wom.suehiro.nakano.tokyo.jp.
*A book on InterVnet and VCOM was published
A book entitled "The Door for Co-Existence, to Be Opened by
Volunteers," (in Japanese) was published by NHK Book. A
fair amount of pages were devoted to introduce InterVnet and
VCOM.
"How to Make the World a Better Place : A Guide to Doing
Good" Was Published
This book published in July by Diamond Publisher is
coauthored by Jeffrey Hollender and Group Kan, where Group
Kan is a part of the group charring out VCOM case project
for the Electric Guide for Global Citizens. The content of
the book will be posted in the WWW server and discussions
are expected about the contents on InterVnet.
*A Book on Internet and the Information Society
A book by Seigo Matsuoka, Ikuyo Kaneko and Shin Yoshimura
will soon be published by Diamond Publisher. In this book
the three will discuss freely on what the Internet and
related technology might bring about in the Information
Society. Matsuoka, the president of Editorial Engineering
Laboratory, is a well-known editor and researcher of
Buddhism, Japanese traditional culture and information and
is a member of Advisory Board of VCOM. Yoshimura who is the
vice president of Internet Initiative Japan (the largest
internet provider in Japan) is one of the pioneers of
internet in Japan is generally regarded as a genius of
internet. He is a member of the Systems Advisory Meeting of
VCOM. Kaneko is the head of VCOM Steering Committee and is
well-known for his work on information society, networking
and volunteers.
[ 5 ] Thank You!
Many companies have provided InterVnet and VCOM with
generous contributions in terms of computers and
communication equipment and software so far. The following
three companies have joined the rank: Net Manage (software
license), Silicon Graphics Japan (graphic workstations),
Toshiba (laptop and desktop computers). Many thanks to
these companies. Also many companies and a local government
have either signed a contract or committed to join VCOM by
contributing funds for VCOM. The list of these parcitipants
will be officially made public by October.