Step 1: Goals and Challenges

Purpose: Develop a plan to build and sustain your Community Access Program

Before starting any of changes activities, it is crucial that you first define what you want to accomplish and then identify challenges and solutions.

• Have a Good Definition of “Sustainability”

Sustainability means more than having enough funding for your program to survive. It might include:

a. Independence
b. The ability to replicate programs
c. A sense of community ownership
d. A strong program and organizational identity
e. The ability to expand services
f. Meeting a community’s needs
g. Integration with other programs in the organization

• Define your goals

What would you like your CAP site to look like? Who will provide the main support for the technology and the staff? Who will be the major users of CAP sites? What benefits do you expect the community to gain from the service?

• Develop a Meaningful Mission Statement

Think of your CAP’s mission as centered on something other than technology is always more sustainable. By keeping your focus on your core mission and addressing basic needs in your community, you will more trusted than if you recreate your organization every few years to address funder’s latest issue of the day.

• Identify Potential Challenges

There are many factors to consider here: expansion plans, necessary upgrades, the need for securing technical support, ongoing volunteer and staff training, possible budget cuts and fund raising.

• Develop possible solution to these challenge and plans to reach your goals

What resources can you find or leverage to help you sustain your CAP sites?

PCNA Remote IP Camera System.

Using state of the art IP cameras, you can offer live interactive views of your community or cap site. The IP camera features controls for each user to pan and tilt the camera lense, giving users the ability to get a 180° view. We have enchanced the camera itself to offer live video and controls embedded on your existing website, all with easy to follow instructions -- and help along the way if you need it!

 If you would rather have a seperate camera site, the camera itself has a built in webserver for viewing the feed directly. Also, with motion detection and security features built-in. We can have the camera save its video feed to a secure video site. Allowing you to login at any time and see archived security recordings.

You can check out our demo camera located in Powell River, BC at  http://powellriverchamber.com/cam/

Linksys Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio

The Linksys Wireless-G Pan/Tilt/Zoom Video Camera sends live video through the Internet to a web browser anywhere in the world!

The advanced MPEG-4 video compression produces a high-quality, high-framerate, up to 640x480 video stream. MPEG-4 encoding facilitates good video quality in varying bandwidth environments. WVC200 also supports MJPEG compression for video, providing good video quality at high bandwidth rates.

The comprehensive video features include an IR filter cut which allow you to see the images in low or no light environments when an IR lamp is used. Snapshots (in JPEG format) of the image can be taken and saved.Snapshots can also be scheduled and sent to an FTP server.

If you want the video to be visible from a remote location or from the Internet, you can open an appropriate port on the Router, and then create password protected accounts to manage access to the camera, or leave it wide open for the world to see. Support for Dynamic DNS lets you access your camera using an easy-to-remember “name”, even while using a dynamic IP address. The Pan/Tilt and digital zoom function allows you to remotely control the camera movement and focus, giving you maximum flexibility remotely.  Recording can be set up to record by motion trigger, manual or schedule recording and playback on Windows Media Player without the need for a proprietary player.

You can also turn on Security Mode, which tells the camera to send a message with a short video attached to up to three email addresses whenever it detects motion in its field of view. You can then log onto the live video stream if the situation warrants. Wireless security features include WEP and WPA.

Features

• Pan, Tilt and 2x Digital Zoom Wireless Internet Camera
• CMOS Sensor with Glass Lens
• Dual - Codec MPEG-4 or MJPEG Selectable Compression
• Capture Video and Audio (with Built-In Microphone) to Your Hard Drive
• Built-In Web Server for Remote Access with On-Screen Users Connected Information
• Supports UPnP for Easy Discovery on the Network
• DDNS support Linksys SoloLink and Other Available Free DDNS Services
• Supports up to 10 Simultaneous Users
• Motion Detection Triggered Event that Sends Out Video Clip to Up to 4 E-Mail Addresses
• LCD Screen Displays Full IP Address
• Included Software for Monitoring and Recording Up to 9 Cameras Simultaneously

At these sites we have installed Grandstream BudgeTone 100 Internet telephones.

Telephone operation:

These phones are connected to the "Asterisk" PBX system in the Victoria Telecommunity Network. Other phones on this system may be called by dialing the IP phone number for that site.

Also any of the numbers assigned by the Free World Dialup organization in New York (fwd.pulver.com) may also be called by first dialing the prefix "8".