Technology Advisory Committee


		The Technology Advisory Committee's portfolio includes the Board’s website, broadband policy, cable services, mobile, pay phone, polling, public access cable channels, and voting technologies. It seeks to improve local communication and the decision-making process. Look around, send us your thoughts. If you'd like to dig into in the committee's work, click into the R&D Lab. No age or expertise requirements.


		Web Options


		Several options for hosting Community Board 3's web presence might soon be available. See a review and join a discussion of these options here.


		Candidate Technologies


		The committee's R&D effort seeks technology responses to community concerns and opportunities. This website and several past and present candidates have been presented to the community and board. Network Neutrality - The Internet traditionally operated under a parallel connect policy allowing everyone to send and receive information according to the speed capabilities of thier purchased line. Board 3 passed a Network Neutrality Resolution on December 14, 2006 calling for the continuation of that policy. The .NYC TLD - Board 3 passed an Internet Empowerment Resolution in April 2001 that called for the city to acquire the .NYC TLD (top level domain name). With a new TLD application opportunity approaching, we're seeking organizational relationships that might facilitate its development. Virtual World Tools - The committee is exploring ways the metaverse might be used in the planning process. Connect to the committee's experiment using New York Law Schools's Democracy Island to explore how one popular service enables modeling a new park in the Landing Lights area of the district. Internet Radio - One solution to the paucity of local media is the creation of an audio channel dedicated to local needs. Part of The Solution - This project envisions a database that matches and organizes resident resources so as to address commuity problems. RSS - See the Board's RSS resolution on networking websites.


		Recent TAC Meeting Reports


		Here are the reports from the most recent meetings of the Technology Advisory Committee. December 11, 2006 Meeting - Network Neutrality, Cell Towers November 13, 2006 Meeting - CITI Youth Program, Network Neutrality, Virtual Tools / Landing Lights Park, The .nyc TLD, Audio Services, Citizen Government May 16, 2006 Meeting - CITI Youth Program, Internet Radio March 9, 2006 Meeting - Internet Radio, Network Neutrality, The .nyc TLD, Virtual Planning Spaces November 22, 2005 Meeting - Broadband Availability, Recording, Network Neutrality, .nyc TLD, Virtual Planning Spaces October 14, 2005 Meeting - PEG Channels, DSL Availability, Recording, Network Neutrality, Virtual Planning Spaces


		Picture Request: UGLY BETTIES & Pretty Pattys

One new item (12/06) on the committee's agenda is cell towers. We're considering a contest on best and worst. Send your pictures to the committee chair. We'll post them here.


		Members of the Committee

Community Board committee members are of two types: Board Members and Public Members. Board Members request committee assignments and are appointed to a committee by the Board’s Chair. Public Members are local residents with an interest in a committee’s work who have applied to the Board’s Chair requesting membership. The following are the members of Queens Community Board 3’s Technology Advisory Committee.

Board Members

Steven Kulhanek, Committee Chair
Patrick Beckles
Vivian Dock
Vasantrai Gandhi, Ex-Officio

Public Members

Eugene Atkins
Thomas Lowenhaupt
Jeffrey Saunders
Gene Stuart


		Links to ICT Oriented Websites

	NYC Department of Information & Telecommunications Technology
	NYS Department of Public Service
	Federal Communications Commission
	20,000+ definitions of information & communication technology terms and concepts
	A longtime electronic village - Blacksburg Virginia
	A toolkit for online communities
	Table of Communities, Governance, and other Parties of the Internet
	Internet navagation and programming tools
	Federal (HHS) Guidelines for Design of Web Materials
	The BeyondVoting Wiki
	Broadband Everywhere - on redlining by Verizon

The above links will take you to websites providing information about the online world. These sites are maintained by others and, while they were of quality on the date posted, we can not guarantee that they remain so today. If you think one should be removed, or would like to suggest one to be added, please email toml@communisphere.com.


		Technology Advisory Committee Files

Files / Folders		File Size	Posted By	Date Posted	Actions
	Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Report - March 31, 2005.html Meeting report contains information on RSS, QPTV, Audio Access, and Fiver Optic Redlining.	8k	tom	4/20/05
	Proposed RSS resolution Community Board 3's proposal for the use of RSS on all NYC websites.	3k	tom	3/24/05
	Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Report - December 9, 2004.rtf Meeting report contains information on the Board's website, training, blogs, Second Life, email.	22k	tom	12/21/04
	Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Report - October 20 2004.rtf Meeting report contains information on the Board's website, pay phones, consultations, effective use of the Internet, and The Great Tree Hunt Competition.	75k	tom	10/27/04


		Tech Files

Links / Categories		Posted By	Date Posted	Actions
	Proposed RSS resolution Community Board 3's proposal for the use of RSS on all NYC websites.	tom	3/31/05	none
	Cable TV Franchise Renewal Cookbook NYC's cable franchises are up for renewal. Here's an excellent link to a scoping and planning document.	tom	3/2/05	none
	Redlining - Is it an issue for Community District 3? Verizon is hoping to install high speed fiber optic lines throughout its servcie areas. Some claim that the first wired are to be the wealthy neighborhoods. True or false?	tom	2/21/05	none
	43 Things - A Democratic Organization Tool? This shows an interesting way to organize disperate ideas.	tom	12/20/04	none
	No Redlining Says Verizon	tom	4/18/05	none
	Network Neutrality Should your Internet Service Provider be allowed to edit the sites and services you access? Should your phone company be able to decide who you call? There's new technology that will allow such controls. Read this paper on the issue.	tom	10/1/05	none
	On Network Neutrality and legislation 12-12-05	tom	12/21/05	none
	Persuasive Paper for the ISPs Most excellent oresentation of why full neutrality might not be in the user's best interest.	tom	4/5/06	none
	Network Nutrality	tom			none


		TAC Files

Files / Folders		File Size	Posted By	Date Posted	Actions
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2006 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Minutes - January / June 2006		tom	10/25/06	none
	Maps, Data, Social Comment and History All maps relating to Queens Community District 3 are located in this directory. Some are .pdf files requiring an Adobe Reader. You can zoom in for additional detail on many of these. Other maps are bitmap files that provide no additional detail upon zooming. Statistical data will be found here as well as social comment and history articles about the district and its neighborhoods.		tom	5/15/05	none
	Report of Monthly Meetings - 2007 Minutes of Community Board 3's Monthly Board Meetings for 2007.		districtoffice	9/4/08	none
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2000 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Minutes - 2000		tom	3/1/04	none
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2001 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Minutes - 2001		tom	3/1/04	none
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2003 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Minutes September - October 2003		tom	3/1/04	none
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2004 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Meeting Reports - 2004		tom	1/28/05	none
	Reports of Monthly Meetings - 2005 Queens Community Board 3 Monthly Meeting Reports - 2005		tom	1/29/06	none
	Technology Advisory Committee - Meeting Reports		tom	6/18/05	none
	The Board and its Members in the News Files by or about Queens Community Board 3 or members of Board 3.		tom	3/1/04	none
	Traffic & Transportation Files and documents relating to traffic and transportation issues. For files relating to LaGuardia Airport, also check the Airport folder maintained by the Board's Airport Committee. issues		tom	3/1/04	none
	3C Community Button Resolution.rtf Community Button Resolution	18k	tom	12/12/01
	3C Report - April 27, 2000.rtf Committee Report for April 27, 2000	33k	tom	12/12/01
	3C Report - December 19, 2001.rtf A report on the December 19, 2001 meeting of the Communicationc Committee.	32k	tom	12/20/01
	AOL Time Warner - Thank You on Green Monsters.doc A letter to AOL Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons thanking his firm for removing the "Green Monsters" - 27 power and switching boxes inadvertantly placed on the sidewalks of Jackson Heights by Time Warner.	20k	tom	11/8/02
	Augmented Social Networks.pdf From the abstract "This paper proposes the creation of an Augmented Social Network (ASN) that would build identity and trust into the architecture of the Internet, in the public interest, in order to facilitate introductions between people who share affinities or complimentary capabilities across social networks. The ASN has three main objectives: 1) To create an Internet-wide system that enables more efficient and effective knowledge sharing between people across institutional, geographic, and social boundaries. 2) To establish a form of persistent online identity that supports the public commons and the values of civil society. 3) To enhance the ability of citizens to form relationships and self-organize around shared interests in communities of practice in order to better engage in the process of democratic governance. In effect, the ASN proposes a form of "online citizenship" for the Information Age."	467k	tom	6/26/03
	Canada's Domain Name Development Report This files describes the process Canada went through to develop their top level domain .CA.	97k	tom	12/3/02
	CB 3 Communications Committee Report - October 29 2002.doc The final report from Community Board 3's October 29, 2002 meeting. Items included: The Prototype Community Board Website DEvelopment Project, The .NYC Campaign, the 311 Complaints System, and Internet radio using 802.11b technology.	40k	tom	11/7/02
	CB 3 Communications Committee Report - October 29 2002.rtf The final report from Community Board 3's October 29, 2002 meeting. Items included: The Prototype Community Board Website DEvelopment Project, The .NYC Campaign, the 311 Complaints System, and Internet radio using 802.11b technology.	31k	tom	11/7/02
	Charter Revision Comments on COPIC.rtf Comments made by Thomas Lowenhaupt to the City Charter Revision Commission on May 28, 2003. The comments touch on the need to create an effective information and communication policy making mechanism for the city of New York. The city's inaction with regard to the .NYC top level internet domain name is one example given of how this is important.	15k	tom	6/2/03
	City Council Presentation The presentation Thomas Lowenhaupt made to the Government Operations Committee of the New York City Council on March 12, 2002. The presention's intent was to convince the Council that the Prototype Website Project should be funded in the FY 2002-2003 budget	4k	tom	3/31/02
	City Hall Presentation on Website.rtf This is the text of a speech Community Board 3 member Tom Lowenhaupt made at City Hall on March 25, 2003. The occasion was the release of the Select Committee on Technology in Government's report on Community Boards. Committee Chair Gale Brewer officiated.	7k	tom	3/26/03
	Development Articles First draft of oversight and management structure for the .NYC TLD.	43k	tom	3/14/03
	Federalist No. 10 James Madison's Federalist Paper No. 10 on the danger posed by factions, and how republican governance is preferable to democratic.	20k	tom	12/13/01
	First Draft of City Council .NYC Resolution This is a preliminary draft of a New York City Council resolution calling for the issuance of the .NYC top level domain for use by the residents of the city of New York.	18k	tom	3/11/03
	Internet Empowerment Resolution - .NYC - .htm On April 19, 2001 Community Board 3Q passed an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for the .NYC Top Level Domain to be issued for the benefit of the people of New York.	4k	tom	8/11/03
	Internet Empowerment Resolution - html The Internet Empowerment Resolution in HTML format.	4k	tom	3/29/02
	Letter to Mayor Bloomberg on Website Project This is a text version of the letter sent by Thomas Lowenhaupt to Mayor Bloomberg on March 27, 2002 providing an update and recommendations on the Prototype Community Board Website Development Project.	7k	tom	3/30/02
	NYC Charter Revision 2002c - as submitted.rtf These are the comments filed by Thomas Lowenhaupt to the NYC Charter Revision Commission in August 2002. They recommend changes to methods for providing technology support for Community Boards. And they recommend that the structure of the city's communications and information planning, regulatory, and management systems be changed.	26k	tom	8/5/02
	NYC Charter Revision Comments 8-15-2002.rtf Comments by Thomas Lowenhaupt to the NYC Charter Revision Commission on August 15, 2002. Entitled "Managing NYC's Digital Assets" the comments dealt mainly with the structure of COPIC.	20k	tom	8/19/02
	Organization Structure of dotNYC Entities	25k	tom	3/13/03

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		Links to Communication Resources on Other Websites

Links / Categories		Posted By	Date Posted	Actions
	RSS basics + Technology behind Board 3's resolution encouraging city agencies to use RSS.	tom	2/4/05	none
	211 - The Information and Health Resource Phone Number Thsi 100+ page report reviews the status of 211 servcies on a state by state basis.	tom	1/12/05	none
	Online Privacy The Website, www.consumerprivacyguide.org, offers tips for understanding the fundamentals of online privacy: how to read a privacy policy; and advice on using more sophisticated privacy tools, like anonymous remailers and encryption. The site was launched by the Center for Democracy & Technology and other like minded organizations.	tom	12/20/01	none
	An Animated Editorial This is an example of a "serious game." It's called September 12. Some refer to it as an animated editorial.	tom	9/29/03	none
	NETFUTURE - Technology and Human Responsibility A tough read, but provides the philosophical basis for making decisions about technology and how we might deal with it.	tom	12/9/03	none
	Guidelines for community groups creating a website. A step by step description of the considerations for those creating a website for thier civic, youth, senior, or other local organization.	tom	1/6/04	none
	Effective Use of the Internet A paper by Dr. Michael Gurstein describing the digital divide as that barrier separating those who can produce or actively participate in the affairs of the digital state and those who can't.	tom	2/1/04	none
	Center for Digital Democracy A Proposed Outline for A Public Interest Media Agenda	tom	10/1/04	none
	Planetwork Journal People thinking about a network-centric world. What does it mean to individuals and organizations?	tom	10/3/04	none
	Government Games from the Gotham Gazette Games that provide information about NYC government processes.	tom	10/12/04	none


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What features should be added to this website?
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More reports about the community board's activities and decisions: committee reports minutes budget recommendations etc. More maps. Processes: how to get a street closing permit - how to fix a pothole - how to get a tree planted on your street More information about upcoming decisions: land use proposals - transportation improvements the budget etc. Improve public input to the decision making process through online discussions chats - and online interactive meetings? The ability to communicate with my neighbors to organize and make improvements to the community. Information about schools. Information about immigration issues.
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