1. Name of Network - Greater Houston Free-Net
  2. The Web Address - http://www.ghofn.org/
  3. Place it serves (This may be defined in terms of a region, a county, a city or town, or some other designation. - Houston, Texas and the immediate surrounding area.
  4. What is its Mission? - The mission of the page is to help educate and inform the young and old of the area.
  5. Who sponsors it? - The Houston Public Library, University of Houston, Cultural Arts Council of Houson, and many more.
  6. Is it volunteer run? Does it have paid staff? Or both? - It seems to be run by volunteers becase it hasn't been updated since 1998. Yikes...
  7. What services does it offer and do these services cost anything? Some examples of services that you might find are e-mail, access to newsgroups, web discussion forums, Internet and web access, hosting web sites for non-profit organizations, businesses, individuals, e-mail lists. Many other services might be provided so be sure to note these as well. (You can make an unordered list of services to answer this question if you'd like, or you can answer it in paragraph form.) -
  8. If the network provides local information, what categories of informaiton does it provide? (A short narrative in paragraph form along with a list of categories would be appropriate for this answer.) - It lists a community calendar which helps residents find out what is going on soon, a religious org section for new residents to find religious places, and businesses to find new places of shopping.
  9. Does the network convey a "sense of place"? That is do you get a sense of some of the unique qualitites of the place and the people it serves? If so how? Provide an example page. If not, provide an example of a "placeless" page. - It seems sort of placeless because there is no local imagery with the page. For me, local imagery and images helps convey a sense of place.
  10. Is there anything that you find particularly interesting about this network? If so what is it? Provide a link. - I like the list of libraries because a digital information is linking to analog information.
  11. Provide a credit for yourself. This information collected by: - Jeff Lange
  1. Name of Network - Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network
  2. The Web Address (make this a hyperlink) - http://www.main.org/
  3. Place it serves (This may be defined in terms of a region, a county, a city or town, or some other designation. - Austin, Texas and the immediate surrounding area.
  4. What is its Mission? - The mission is to establish and operate efficiently a community-access computer network.
  5. Who sponsors it? - Public, academic, and private libraries, corporations, and individuals support MAIN.
  6. Is it volunteer run? Does it have paid staff? Or both? - MAIN is a non-profit, so it probably has both paid and non-paid staff.
  7. What services does it offer and do these services cost anything? Some examples of services that you might find are e-mail, access to newsgroups, web discussion forums, Internet and web access, hosting web sites for non-profit organizations, businesses, individuals, e-mail lists. Many other services might be provided so be sure to note these as well. (You can make an unordered list of services to answer this question if you'd like, or you can answer it in paragraph form.) -
  8. If the network provides local information, what categories of informaiton does it provide? (A short narrative in paragraph form along with a list of categories would be appropriate for this answer.) - MAIN provides local information about clubs, community services, art, cultural, and sports organizations, as well as youth group organizations.
  9. Does the network convey a "sense of place"? That is do you get a sense of some of the unique qualitites of the place and the people it serves? If so how? Provide an example page. If not, provide an example of a "placeless" page. - MAIN seems very local. They have almost every service I could think of that a region could have.
  10. Is there anything that you find particularly interesting about this network? If so what is it? Provide a link. - The page links to a place to find gurus and tech guys - http://www.speakermatch.com/orgs.asp
  11. Provide a credit for yourself. This information collected by: - Jeff Lange