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Role: Co-founder, Member of Executive Committee Chair, Communications and Clearinghouse committee. Active participant and facilitator in the formation of the Network, and in the language and design of its formal structure; designed and maintained the initial database of Network participants, and published directories of participants; edited and published brochures and conference literature; wrote successful grant proposal that provided initial funding for the Network; designed, implemented and promoted strategies for the use of electronic conferences on the Association for Progressive Communications networks by NGOs involved in UNCED; set up and facilitated UNCED-related on-line conferences; during UNCED PrepCom I, in conjunction with Langston "Kimo" Goree, was responsible for on-line and print distribution of NGO reports sent from the first PrepCom Meeting in Nairobi; provided support and technical assistance in computer use to NGO representatives during UNCED PrepCom II.	Washington, DC 1990.10-1992.06
Documents
Computer Communications & the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Alternative Technology for Communication and Participation by Non-government Organizations: A Concise Guide A brief overview of UNCED-related computer communications, the Concise Guide was produced for the first PrepCom meeting, and widely distributed by the UNCED Secretariat and vie electronic conferences and electronic mail. information-habitat.net/docs/cc-unced.htm	Nairobi & Baltimore, MD 1990.08
Citizens' Consultation on the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Conference Resources Compilation of information on UNCED, including brochure on the Citizens Alliance on UNCED (the proposed name of the U.S. Citizens Network before the consultation), proposed structure of the Alliance/Network, and directory of participants, generated from a DataPerfect database.	Washington 1990.10
Information, Environment & Development Proposal for the development of a cooperative U.S. initiative for the application of information technology resources in support of addressing environment and development issues. information-habitat.net/docs/ied.htm	Baltimore 1990.11
Information Clearinghouse: US Citizens Network on UNCED Concept paper for an Information Clearinghouse to coordinate the compilation and dissemination of information relating the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). information-habitat.net/docs/clearing.htm	Baltimore 1990.11
US Citizens Network on UNCED: Proposal and Plan of Action Successful funding proposal for the US Citizens Network defining objectives and structure. The proposal serves as a "boilerplate" format for national and regional citizen/NGO networks. information-habitat.net/docs/uscnu.htm	Washington 1990.12
Communication Protocols for Keeping Information Alive Identification of formatting considerations that enhance clarity and readability when sending electronic mail and posting messages to online conferences. information-habitat.net/docs/protocol.htm	Baltimore 1991.03
Alternative Treaty-Making Process: Education in Sustainability and Global Responsibility (Pre-Publication edition) A compilation of the Alternative Treaties developed by non-government organizations at the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. (An earlier version was published in September 1992)	Toronto 1992.10
Databases
EIN - Earthcare Interfaith Network Core database for Earthcare Interfaith Network; framework for Who Is Who: People and Organizations in Service to the Earth. EIN also served as the database for the Citizens Alliance for UNCED (the United Nations Conference of Environment and Development aka the Earth Summit) that evolved into the U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED, an organization that facilitated and helped to coordinate most U.S. based NGOs that were accredited to UNCED. EIN maintained contact information, committee affiliation and areas of interest for members and participants in the Citizens Network. In this capacity, EIN enabled frequently updated generation and distribution of directories of Network participants, including a directory of participants in the founding meeting of the U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED. EIN also served as a database for the Information and Communications Committee of the NGO Strategy Group for UNCED.	Baltimore, MD 1989.07
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