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PodcampHFX 2011

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On Sunday, January 23 Halifax, NS will be showing its true colours as the interactive, wired city that it has quickly become. The third annual Podcamp Halifax being held at Alderney Landing will feature blogs, wikis, podcasts and online video as its stars, bringing in experts and hobbyists alike to revel in social media’s glory.

A podcamp is meant to have an open, participatory, user-generated series of workshops. The people who attend are the presenters. In typical Unconference style, audience members are encouraged to make the most of the experience by following their interests and allowing the conversation to flow both in and outside of the presentations.

This event generally sells out - REGISTER EARLY   ---  http://www.podcamphalifax.ca


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Atlantic CAP Conference

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We would like to invite you to attend the Atlantic CAP Conference to be held from Wednesday November 24 to Friday November 26, 2010,at the Gaelic College in St. Ann's, Victoria County, Nova Scotia.

The purpose of the Atlantic C@P Digital Citizenship Conference is to bring together the provincial administrators, regional coordinators, networks chairs, community volunteers and partners from across the four Atlantic Provinces to discuss and plan strategically for a future in which the concepts of digital citizenship and digital inclusion are central to economic and social prosperity.

Themes of the three days will include strategic planning, leadership development, new technology and technical support, volunteer engagement and retention, customer service and youth participation.

We are currently developing the schedule for the event and this information, as well as registration, travel and other important details will be available on the Nova Scotia CAP Website (www.nscap.ca) later this month.

Travel allowances will be available to subsidize the cost of travel for CAP volunteers, employees, and board members.

Thank you all for your continuing support for community technology access in your communities. We hope that this conference will be an opportunity for us to get together to share our ideas, successes, challenges and hopes for the future.

Hope to see you there,

The 2010 CAP Atlantic Organizing Committee

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2010 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

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IMG00495.jpgThe Halifax Regional CAP Association held it's 2009-2010 AGM (Annual General Meeting), on Monday June 28th 2010 in the Evolutions Room of the Dartmouth North Community Center.

Over 25 people attended, and over 60% of sites were represented. There's been a concerted effort to renew interest in the Board and I think that this year's AGM was proof bonafide that CAP networks are still alive and strong, with many new faces stepping forward to become Board Members.



Our AGM also included a change in By-laws which was
IMG00497.jpg carried unanimously: This change will allow the Board to appoint up to three stakeholders unrelated to CAP, which will allow us to recruit Board Members outside of those listed as site contacts.  The Board will now elaborate a Policy determining the process on how to appoint philantropic Board members.

We also had a presentation from Barb Allen to bring everyone up to date on the documentary film project with local film maker Ariella Phalke.

IMG00500.jpgThe transcripts of the video were turned into an introspective document examining case by case success stories and challenges from throughout our network.

Our final presentation was an introduction to the Metroworks Group with Dave Rideout, which made the initial presentation of a plan to work collaboratively.

All in all it was a great Annual General Meeting.

Thanks to everyone who attended and every who worked so hard to make it happen!

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Below is (i apologize for the short notice) information about something called HubTalks.   It came from the experience of hosting our own TEDtalks here in Halifax several weeks ago (yes, Halifax now has TEDtalks).  Any community or cap site can participate in this event - at no cost to you other than to turn on the computers.

This is the first of a series of online conferences that we will be delivering through interested cap sites.

This event counts as a "CAP event", which each cap site is required to attend at least one each year.

WHAT IS IT:

An online climate change talk you can host for your community, contribute to and interact with.  While the talk happens at TheHub, it will be broadcast live using a website called UStream (similar to Youtube, but live..).   You can invite your community to your cap site to watch and interact with the presentation.

WHEN IS IT:

Feb 23 2010 - evening.

WHAT YOU NEED:

1) a warm body to promote & supervise the event in your cap site
2) a projector, large tv, or monitor to huddle around
3) audio speakers (you do not need a microphone)
4) one computer open on a web browser (directed at the ustream channel for the video feed)
5) a second computer open on Twitter to interact with the panel on the video.

HOW TO HOST THIS HUBTALKS

Contact
Tracy Boyer, 482-4729, tracy.boyer@the-hub.net
or contact DAN

HOW TO REGISTER

Free online  registration
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HubTalk: Nova Scotia at United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen – Part 2: What’s next for Nova Scotia?


  The dust has settled after the Copenhagen climate change talks. There were some positive outcomes, like the unprecedented participation of world leaders and the chance for Nova Scotia to share its ambitious tidal projects with the world. But of course, we also know that the negotiations didn't live up to the hopes that a binding agreement would be emerge to move us toward the low-carbon future, so where does Nova Scotia go from here?

  On February 23, 2010, from 7 to 9pm, join us for the second installment of the Copenhagen HubTalk, presented by the Hub, Carbon Sense Solutions, and the Halifax Regional C@P Program.

  Representing Nova Scotia was a great source of pride in Copenhagen. We have set the forward-thinking objective of Sustainable Prosperity through encouraging the opportunities, innovations, education, and training to make Nova Scotia a world-renowned leader in the green economy. We will kick off the evening with a keynote visioning address from our Provincial government, speaking to the incredible opportunities the Sustainable Prosperity mandate offers. After we have set the scene, Copenhagen delegates will share exciting projects and initiatives other leaders from around the world have undertaken in government, business, and local communities, and more importantly, what exciting possibilities they see in Nova Scotia.

   For this event, we have also teamed up with the regional C@P program to broadcast the talk online. We are also very excited about a new format, where attendees both at the Hub and over the web will be able to submit questions throughout the evening for the panelists.

  The event promises to be an engaging, dynamic, and inspirational conversation highlighting innovative opportunities from around the world, and how we can tailor them to Nova Scotia.

  For information on the Sustainable Prosperity mandate, please visit http://www.gov.ns.ca/econ/ofsp/

 

Speaker list*

Host & MC: Robert Niven, President and Founder, Carbon Sense Solutions

Vision for Sustainable Prosperity in Nova Scotia, Nova Soctia Government

George Foote, Nova Scotia Government

Emily Richardson, Manager of Carbon Services, Carbon Sense Solutions

*Speaker list subject to change pending final confirmation of the program and availability.

 

Logistics

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2009

Time: 7.00 – 9.00pm

Location: The Hub Halifax, 1673 Barrington Street, 2nd Floor, Halifax, NS


Partners


The Hub and HubTalk: The Hub is a values-driven, intentional co-working and meeting space with all the facilities needed to launch an idea, run a meeting, refine a concept, develop strategies and solutions. This environment brings together talent from diverse sectors and professions into a social network that is productive and inspired. The HubTalk series was inspired by hosting the first TEDxHalifax talk in October, which focused on “Global Perspective and Local Learning”. The HubTalks series is a forum to share important ideas and initiatives within the community and abroad.

 

Carbon Sense Solutions Inc.: Halifax-based Carbon Sense Solutions is an environmental engineering consultancy and technology developer serving industry needs in carbon management. Our expertise includes carbon capture and storage services, carbon sequestration technologies, and carbon and energy solutions. We pursue value-added innovations and use our partnerships with industry leaders from around the world to offer a suite of customized solutions designed to position our clients as leaders in today’s marketplace and tomorrow’s low-carbon economy. Carbon Sense Solutions is a co-organizer of the provincial business trade team to Copenhagen and has participated in other United Nations climate change meetings in previous years.

 

Halifax Regional C@P Association: The Halifax Regional CAP Association is an established not-for-profit organization with extensive experience managing complex projects. These projects employ professionally trained staff to deliver quality service to communities through their locally operated Community Access Program (CAP) sites. Since 2000 HRCAP has provided support to Community Access Programming (C@P) sites. C@P is a government of Canada initiative to provide Internet access to those who would not normally have it due to economic, social or geographic barriers. Currently 40 C@P sites in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) provide urban and rural communities affordable access to computers and the internet.


Contacts

Tracy Boyer, 482-4729, tracy.boyer@the-hub.net

Robert Niven, 233-7073, Robert.Niven@CarbonSenseSolutions.com

 

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