Hampshire College & University Council (NHCUC) is a
non-profit consortium of 16 public and private
institutions of higher education in the state of New
Hampshire." These are shown on an interactive map.
(NHCUC 2004)
a way to visually present
members within a given
geographic area.
Information Network (CGIN) is a collaborative initiative
formed by U.S. retail food co-ops to help them share
information and resources. Our purpose is to strengthen
retail food cooperatives by providing a vehicle that
facilitates the sharing of resources among its members."
(CGIN 2004)
site to do a lot of their
networking. It has both a
free/public section and a
paid/member section. This
seems like a good site to partner
with and try to complement.
sites on the Internet. (DotCoop 2004)
for co-ops by name, location
and domain name. Another
potential partner.
is an online source of information about natural food co-
ops." (Coop Directory Service 2004)
this site. Noémi has contacted
the site administrator about it.
National Cooperative Month Planning Committee offers
this partial directory to help you locate America's
cooperatives, by type, city and state." (NCMPC 2004)
competitor. One of its
disadvantages is that the
process for adding a listing is
not straightforward or
instantaneous, and it lacks good
geographical search
capabilities.
idea. You tell us where you live, and we provide you a
way to communicate with people around you...
Everylist.com was created to fulfill the need for a totally
free community website that works in every city (as
opposed to just working in a few cities such as
Craigslist.org)." (Robertson 2004)
inspiration for the posting
service. It does not seem to
have taken off--so it may offer
negative lessons about the need
for critical mass.
The Board determined that the directory should be a wiki website that allows users to add
and edit content. (Wikipedia 2005)
Generally, Wikis practice the philosophy of making it easy to correct mistakes--rather
than making it difficult to make them... History comparison reports highlight the
changes between two revisions of a page... The Revision History allows the editor to
open and save a previous version of the page, thereby restoring the original
content.... Some wiki engines provide additional content control. It can be monitored
to ensure that a page, or a set of pages, keeps its quality. A person willing to maintain