:Title: Progress with Apportionment & the Nonprofitslist :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:55:40 PDT :Modified: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:52:32 PST :URL: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/news/1/ With the completion of the apportionment earlier this year of all the poorer countries to be included in the first allocation of the World Connectory Project, the task of apportionment that was begun in 2005 was then at the halfway point. With the completion today of the 120 partner areas from the `Czech Republic`_, Hungary_, Poland_, Slovakia_ and Slovenia_, that together make up the `Eastern Europe world zone`_, the task is now five-eighths completed. Another milestone - just fifteen more world zones to be done! ---- **Comments** :Author: Scott Beale :Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:28:50 PDT congrats David! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:17:57 PDT :Modified: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:52:22 PDT Two more world zones completed: France_ and `Germanic North`_. After struggling to find any data at all (sometimes) when apportioning poorer countries, the problem now is that the extent of information available. That is to say, with the exception of cities of more than 500,000, where there is a unitary administrative authority and no information apparently about any smaller subdivisions, there are if anything too many choices to be made and a danger of over-elaboration. Still, two more world zones divided up. Just starting Germanic South (which includes Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland)... .. _France: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/france/ .. _`Germanic North`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/germanic_north/ ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:56:40 PST Thanks for keeping us posted, David. I'm keen to see it when the next step is ready. ---- :Author: Moses Kariuki :Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:38:45 PST Congratulations David on the Great steps you have taken towards apportionment !! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:03:26 PST Thanks Jon and Moses! It's a bit of a slog at the moment, but I think I'm getting there. I've just finished Switzerland to complete Germanic South, the eighth of the twenty world zones for the more economically developed countries in the world. Next for apportionment will be Italy, followed by Japan (North) and Japan (South), hopefully before Christmas. Jon refers to "the next step" - I take that to be the next step after Apportionment of all 20 world zones is complete. The next steps (some of which would ideally be commenced before Apportionment is complete) include: 1. Getting the right message up on the WWC website at Connectory.org (I've found this difficult: need to be clear who the target audience is and what exactly the website will be inviting them to do and when) 2. Engaging non profits & NGOs in the WWC idea so that there some current projects are listed for as many of the 2400 List A* areas as possible [* See below] 3. Development of an Advice on How to Proceed guidance manual to be incorporated into the WWC. (In addition to listing all the partner areas, the Worldwide Connectory will need to contain step by step suggestions about how each partner area might be mobilised into effective action) 4. Practical solutions to the problems of translation and the rapid promotion of the WWC idea worldwide (including perhaps the development of a development team in each region or large country in the List A areas and for each of the twenty List B world zones) [* Instead of referring to Richer and Poorer partner areas, as I have previously done, I now think it would be better to refer to the two lists of partner areas as List A and List B. **List A** will contain areas of the world where there is little wealth and has been relatively little economic development. Here the residents are happy, miserable, powerless, empowered, resourceful, unadventurous, uneducated, educated, healthy, sick, talented and inspiring. **List B** will contain areas of the world where there is much greater wealth and economic development. Here the residents are also happy, miserable, powerless, empowered, resourceful, unadventurous, uneducated, educated, healthy, sick, talented and inspiring. By linking up each partner area from List A with a partner area from List B, the stage will be set for mutual sharing of physical and non-physical resources and the two-way fostering of friendship, cooperation and sustainable development.] Ideas about next steps and using the terminology of Lists A & B would be very welcome! ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:12:38 PST David, I recall you once had a list of NGO's-by-location you were building - does it still exist? I can't seem to locate it in the workspace. I was thinking I could add my own little NGO/charity (especially now that we're doing international projects), assuming that's not unhelpful. "Phoenix Community Works Foundation (pcwf.ca) - community projects at home (Canada) and abroad (Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Kenya)" ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:30:49 PST That's right, Jon. I stopped working on it when it was suggested that WiserEarth had already developed `a better list`_. I'm still not decided on this. WiserEarth is more comprehensive and will continue to expand and be updated. It is a really useful resource for a people wishing to find out about useful organisations that are working in any given country in the world. But I'd been planning on including in the WWC listings not only links to organisations working in a given country, but links to the specific areas in the country where they were working. In this way, people could easily find examples of projects already operating in their allocated partner areas and perhaps plan ways of supporting these. I'd still like to do that, but with apportionment continuing to be my priority right now, I'm not sure that continuing work on the nonprofitslist_ is still time well spent. As it stands, and if a more complete list were compiled, it would at least point to the countries in which, let's say, nonprofits X, Y or Z are currently working in. That would be useful. The next stage that I planned was to contact the listed organisations, sending them lists of the partner areas for the countries in which they were were working and asking them if they could specify exactly in which areas their projects were located. That way, when a particular area was allocated, people living in its partner area would have an immediate link to organisations already operating there and if they wished could start planning ways to offer their support of these projects. So if anyone want to take a look at the nonprofitslist_ workpage and work on it in any way that would be great! Please add PCWF to the list Jon (or I can add it myself). Better still, could you add the WWC number(s) for the area(s) in whihc PCWF is operating? Thanks, Jon, for pointing out that I'd not transferred the nonprofitslist_ workpage to ned.com. Pleae let me know if you are still having difficulty in accessing it. .. _`a better list`: http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/ ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:24:51 PST :Modified: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:27:03 PST Hi David - apologies, I didn't have the wherewithal to add the WWC partner areas right away - and when I back to add them in tonight, you'd already done it for me. Much thanks! Is the non-profits list something you'd like a volunteer to work on? (edited by Jon A. - added 2nd para.) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:47:58 PST You bet! A team of volunteers even. :) ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:13:15 PST OK - you got it! I'll start working on it, and others are welcome to join me. It appears to be straight-forward, David, so I'll just start in - perhaps you wouldn't mind taking a peek on occasion, and letting me know if I've gone astray or if I should be aware of something I've missed. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:56:43 PST Thanks, Jon! I've been dividing Italy_ up. Just finished. That's nine of the 20 world zones for List B countries completed. Slowly getting there. I'll take a look at the nonprofitslist_ tomorrow. You're right - compiling a list of organisations working in the listed countries is fairly straightforward. Finding out exactly where their current (and future) projects are located is a bit harder, but need not be tackled straightaway. It would be good to enthuse nonprofits with the WWC idea: they should stand to benefit if we can get the idea to take off. So how best to go about this? ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:12:04 PST Good question David -- I've been thinking about the subject a bit myself. Getting a website that houses and concisely describes the project (connectory.org or similar) will be a big help -- I've had some feedback indicating that people are feeling too swamped to join a member-driven social network a la ned.com just so they can learn more (I'm working on that). I'll muse on it further. ---- :Author: Dan Bassill :Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:59:22 PST David, You've made considerable progress since I last took a look. the list of non profits is great. Have you created a way to sort this by country? Or by cause? I keep getting contacted by youth organizations in Africa and keep encouraging someone to build a database/social network for these organizations so that they could help each other attract more of the resources they all seem to be struggling to find. Where else do you host this list other than here on Ned? My goal of building a list of tutor/mentor programs (see http://www.tutormentorconnection.org ) is to help programs connect with each other, and to help volunteers and donors interested in the goals of these programs to connect with them as resource providers. Thus, I try to take a more active role than just building the list, which in itself is a huge task. As I have future contacts I'll encourage them to take a look at the work you're doing here, unless you'd like to point to a different web address. Good luck. ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:39:03 PST Hi Dan, I'm sure David will want to weigh in, but your post prompted me to put down on paper some ideas I've been "half-baking" as I visit the nonprofits list, making little additions to it here and there - I think they jibe with what you are suggesting: - it would be great to have the nonprofits list in a database format, so one could sort and search on various fields (name of org, type of work, location (country/region/WWC#) - it would also be good to have a mechanism to keep it updated - some of that would have to be manual, but at least web site URLs could be auto-checked periodically There are online resources that do some of this already (cataloguing non profits), as David points out e.g. wiserearth, but the WWC# is a key item that is unique to the project, which takes extra effort to identify ---- :Author: Dan Bassill :Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:11:53 PST We created our own survey tool and information display page in order to tailor the information we were collecting the way we wanted to. It's at http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/programlocator/prgloc.asp We're now training programs to log in and update or add their own data. I'd like to see someone doing something similar to this in other countries. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:50:11 PST Thanks Dan and Jon for your thoughts. The training issue is an important one for the WWC project and as you suggest, Dan, I think the process needs to be devolved to local areas to operate in ways that are meaningful to them, both in terms of information selection and systems maintenance. The more that goes into the nonprofitslist the better, imo, but I don't think it need be an absolutely essential element in the WWC project. However, I hope it might spur people on in each List B area (i.e. richer countries) to set out to discover what projects are going on in their List A partner area so that they can mutually develop their own local lists. It would also be good to get nonprofits to see a listing in the WWC as a useful promotion of the work that their organisation is doing and a potential source of support and donations. Ideally also it might enable local communities to help shape the projects undertaken in each area. This will require the careful writing of some standard letters explaining how the nonprofitslist might be used. There's so much to do. I've been making good progress in apportioning Japan North and will finish this by the end of this week. That will mark the half way point for apportioning the List B countries and 75% of apportionment will then be complete. My target was to get Japan North and South done by the end of the year. So I'm definitely on target! :) Thanks Jon for all the work you've been doing on the nonprofitslist! And I'll answer your PM - I promise. ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:59:26 PST :Modified: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:01:35 PST Hi David - thanks. No rush on the PM, I've forged ahead and found at least one NGO working in the Central African Republic. I'm trying to make sure the list includes, for each country on the WWC list, at least one active NGO (based on the best information I can find). I'm pretty close. Of course, this is only a start, and a small contribution - I hope it helps. Ideally, I'd think we'd want at least one NGO per partner area - this would be a bigger job, in my estimation. Congratulations on the progress you've made with the much more central task! (Edited by Jon A - added text) ---- :Author: Dan Bassill :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:14:53 PST Is the list here the only place a non profit from Africa or Asia or South America can access the list, and add information about their organization? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:05:56 PST Dan, I have been playing around trying to get the right message for the WWC website at Connectory.org but haven't quite got there yet. So for the time being we don't have a website up and running. I think there are dangers in going public too early before the project is ready to launch. So in the meantime, there is nowhere else but here where non profits could access and amend the nonprofitslist_. In the new year, I hope to get a basic message on the website about the WWC project, the proposed timetable for the project and how people can use the website to participate. I see the website as the right place to list the following: * all the partner areas (Lists A & B) * nonprofits active in each area (if any) * established international links for each area (e.g. the link between Salt Spring Island and Lesotho WWC# 1225) * a contact address for a self-nominated correspondent for each area (with whom others in that area can make contact, leading in due course to some kind of organisational structure in each area and the election of officers) * ideally, at least one local media address for each area whom participants might contact in order to establish new connections within and between partner areas * guidance on how individuals, groups and organisations might get started on developing local activities and making international connections * facility for updating information * how to contact the WWC organisation centrally * from Configuration Day, 20 lists (one for each world zone), each containing the 120 partner areas from which each individual partnership will randomly be chosen * from Declaration Day, the complete list of current WWC partnerships * local website details for each partnership (when available) Until the website is functioning, ned.com seems a good place to develop the information that will need to go on the website. I'm increasingly persuaded that as much information as possible should be stored and used at a local level. This could mean that while the website might host a regular newsletter with news, feedback and ideas from around the world, it would probably be best for each partnership to develop their own website, their own gallery of photos, their own messageboards, and their own accumulation of information about non profits involved within the partnership area. They may care to share the most important information of this kind, filing it centrally in updating the nonprofitslist_, but it is probably more useful to gather an active working file in the area where that information will most be used. On re-allocation of areas, the new List B area partnering that particular List A area could inherit a copy of that same body of active, working information. The aim would be for a low maintenance central website. ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:28:16 PST Hi David, I see the wisdom in what you are saying - it makes sense for the individual partnerships to gather and organise their own set of relevant information. Having said that, perhaps the nonprofitslist you've created can serve as a starting point for the good work that I'm confident will result from this excellent project. To that end, I can announce a very modest achievement - I believe there is now at least one organisation listed for each country in the "**List of developing countries**" (and in most cases at least 2, if you include NGOs' with broad coverage such as the **Red Cross**/**Red Crescent**). I actually learned some valuable things about aid groups, so it was worth it to me to do it, even if it doesn't end up being fully utilised at a later stage in the WWC project. Thanks for providing the opportunity for an enjoyable little project. Onward we go! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:21:00 PST Congratulations, Jon! That's great. It means there's a starting point available for everyone in a List B area to contact the non profit and find out whether it's active in their particular WWC area. Also, I'm sorry, Jon, I didn't mean to undermine what you've been doing. I think what you're doing is great - and of real importance. I didn't intend to suggest anything contrary to that, nor that your work won't be fully utilised. What I meant to convey is that a listing of a sample of active organisations in each WWC area (ideally) would be a good starting point for people living in those areas (or elsewhere, if they choose) to see what work they might support, publicise and encourage. Beyond that there will be a larger set of more detailed information (names and addresses, photographs, commentaries on visits to projercts, specific appeals, links to CBOs participating or associated with each active non profit etc) that might best be accommodated and updated on a website shared between the List A and List B area (though paid for and provided in all likelihood by the List B partners). All that would then be needed, in terms of visibility to others in the wider project, would be a link on the central website to the local website for the mutuality. After five or ten years, when there is a new configuration and declaration of new partnerships, all the information gathered about work in each List A area would then be available to a new partner area for continued use. ---- :Author: Dan Bassill :Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:18:07 PST The more specific list that David is referring to is what I hope to encourage in specific areas of the world. While initially my goal is that youth serving organizations might duplicate some of the database features of the http://www.tutormentorconnection.org site, they'd also build new features and information related to issues specific to their own countries. As David says, these should be able to link up to more centralized information, networking and collaboration forums, where a list like David is compiling will be important to help people go up and down (global/local) in finding different organizations to work with, support, or network with. ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:00:28 PST You both make valid points, and I agree whole-heartedly. And not to worry David - I really feel like I'm contributing to something brilliant and world-changing! Thanks for your words of encouragement. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:10:28 PST A day or two behind schedule, but `Japan North`_ is now apportioned, and with it, the three-quarters mark has been reached: 3,600 of the 4,800 partner areas have now been defined and half of the 20 world zones (into which the List B countries have been grouped) have now been completed. Hitherto, Japan has been a bit of a blank spot for me. But surfing round the city websites (English versions only, I'm afraid) I think I'm getting to understand Japan much better and I'm increasingly hopeful that the Japanese partner areas might prove to become really active. There seems to be a strong sense of civic duty and desire to work as a team in Japanes society and this could transfer well to WWC activities. But first we'll need to get translations done and acquire some WWC ambassadors in Japan, as elsewhere in the non English-speaking world. I think it would be good to offer a blueprint for getting started in any locality. While it is important that every partner area retains the right to organise its own activities in whatever way it thinks best, some suggestions about how to begin might be very helpful. Even if 99.9% of the population are not one bit interested in the WWC, that would still leave 0.1% who might be! And since each partner area will on average cover a population of 500,000 people that could translate into 500 people! (With 499,500 people unimpressed!). Typically 500 people in a single WWC partner area might well be distributed among up to a dozen main centres of population. So the starting point for anyone interested in developing a WWC Connection group in their own area might be to get together with a few friends and plan an inaugural meeting. This could done perfectly well by a single, well-motivated individual, but would probably be more fun done by a small group. The first task might be to list every single organisation, club, school, faith group, group, team etc. active in that population centre. Then to send to each one of these, a summary of the objectives of the WWC project and an invitation to send one or two representatives to an inaugural meeting at a well-known meeting place for the area. These invitations might best be emailed, but posted or hand-distributed copies would do equally well. We could produce a sample agenda to help organisers plan their inaugural meeting. Once some momentum has been achieved in one locality within an area, it should be possible to export that momentum to other local centres of population. Then by working in concert with each other, once their partner area has randomly been allocated to them, it should be possible to subdivide each area so that links can be made between individual towns, neighbourhoods and villages within each partner area. Then the possibilities are endless! ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:48:05 PST Congratulations and kudos, David, for reaching the 3/4 mark! Your ideas about creating a 'blueprint' for getting the WWC project going, seem very sound to me. I admit I feel a bit daunted by the potential tasks, but there may be a way to divide it up into manageable pieces, and allow "dilettantes" like me to take it a step at a time. You've actually hit on something that resonates with me - I style myself a much better 'talker' than a 'writer', so holding an inaugural meeting will probably be easier for me than creating an introductory document. Having said that, I will turn the idea over in my mind further. One thing 'twigs' in my memory - did you say you needed assistance in preparing material for the connectory.org web site/concept? I ask because, in my view, that would be a great initial resource to have. Maybe it would seem more do-able if it started off as simply a copy (hopefully searchable) of the archived onet/ned.com WWC discussions? It might offer new(er)comers to the project, an opportunity (without having to join ned.com - perhaps we *do* want to encourage them to join?!?) to read about the genesis of the WWC idea...? Just a partly-baked thought. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:29:20 PST `Japan South`_ is now divided up. 11 zones completed: 9 still to be done. The Mediterranean world zone is next. I shan't start that till the New Year. Meanwhile, I'll do a stint on the nonprofitslist_. If anyone else wants to lend a hand, it would really useful. Non profits are often quite small organisations operating from just one country. The best non profits list will therefore include a whole range of development aid organisations from a wide range of different countries. While non profits may be based in a single country, they will no doubt be delighted to receive support and encouragement from people living in other countries too. Happy Christmas everyone! :) ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:03:54 PST Great news - congrats, David, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:06:41 PST :Modified: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:47:24 PST Thanks, Jon. Hope you all had an excellent Christmas and wishing you and all Toronto a very happy New Year! I thought I'd just post here to say that in working on the nonprofitslist_ between Christmas Eve and today - New Years Eve - you'll see I've started listing nonprofits active in each individual country. As I write, I've got as far as Honduras. I'll have perhaps just over another hour on the computer this evening before signing off and seeing in the New Year. There may well be a better way of adding to this list, but this works for me: * go to nonprofitslist_ and into edit mode * go to end and scroll back to last individual country heading. Then add the name of next country in bold, followed on the next-but-one line by: .. line-block, a space and two colons * Click on file and select edit with notepad. Start a new page on the notepad and shrink and position it to the mid right hand side of screen. * Click on edit and select find. Type the name of the country you are doing in the find box. Click next. * This will have taken you to the first nonprofit listed as working in that country. Click before and after the name of the country and add an asterisk (to italicise) * Copy (Ctrl+C) the full nonprofit name (i.e. backward single inverted comma, nonprofit name, back inverted single comma, followed by upper case "-". I'm trying, and miserably failing, to describe a standard link!) and paste (Ctrl+V) onto notepad. Leave one space before each name and return to next line ready for the next paste * Repeat clicking on the next button in the find box until all nonprofits for your country have been done using the method described above. * Then click on edit in the notepad and choose select all. Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) into nonprofitslist_ a clear line below the line-block instruction. * Preview & save. Sounds more complicated than it is. So, I'll see what I can get done in the next hour. :) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:20:27 PST I've been working on apportionment since New Years Day and have just finished Spain. Just need to divide up Greece and Cyprus and the Mediterranean world zone will be done. :) ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:39:40 PST Great news David! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:48:54 PST :Modified: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:51:56 PST Yep, Mediterranean_ world zone is now done. I made a start on Oceania & Taiwan world zone today. If I can finish this before the end of the month, I'll have another bash at the nonprofitslist_. Then I'll start the next world zone on 1st Feb. and aim to get two world zones done in February too. At that rate the job will be done by mid May! :) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:21:13 PST `Oceania & Taiwan`_ world zone was finished today. That's 13 down, 7 to go. It gives me four days before starting on the Rest of Asia world zone. I hope to use some of that time to do some more work on the nonprofitslist_, to try to get something up on the Connectory.org website & to start asking charities/non-profits country-by-country where exactly their projects are situated. Anyone who would like to help with these or other tasks would be more than welcome! ---- :Author: Jon Alexander :Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:53:18 PST Good news David! I expect I may have a bit of free time in the next week or so, and would like to help out. Should I proceed to continue the editing of the nonprofitslist based on the help "footprints" you have left so far, or should I await the outcome of your confirmation efforts? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:15:08 PST Jon asks: Should I proceed to continue the editing of the nonprofitslist based on the help "footprints" you have left so far, or should I await the outcome of your confirmation efforts? Continuing the editing and adding in new nonprofits would be great. As I get responses from nonprofits detailing exactly where they are working (or plan to work), we can update the entry. It should then look like the entry I just did for `Harambee Schools Kenya`_ who state on their website they are working around Gilgil in the Rift Valley. Looking at the map_, it is clear that this lies within WWC area #1192: 1191. Kenya - Rift Valley province: Nakuru district (Kuresoi, Molo and Rongai parliamentary constituency areas) 1192. Kenya - Rift Valley province: Nakuru district (Naivasha, Nakuru Town and Subukia parliamentary constituency areas) 1193. Kenya - Rift Valley province: Nandi district It's very sad - this is precisely the area where so many atrocities have been reported over the past week. Thanks once again for your help, Jon. Other help that would be appreciated: * draft of a standard letter to send to nonprofits asking if they would be willing to specific exactly where they are working (so the correct WWC area can be identified). I did draft what I thought was quite a good one and sent it to the Gerrald Durrell Wldlife Preservation Trust but I did so via their own website Contact Us button, there being no other available way that I could detect. The problem was that there was apparently a limit on the number of characters you could use in a single email and when they replied it was clear that that the start - and indeed most - of my email had been obliterated. I forgot to take a copy. So any suggestions would be useful. * your comments please, everyone, on the discussion I started on `Selling the Worldwide Connectory`_. When I get a moment, I'll add a few more ideas/suggestions to explain my thinking there. .. _`Harambee Schools Kenya`: http://www.hsk.org.uk/schools.htm .. _map: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Large&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&searchTextMap=gilgil%2C+kenya&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on .. _`Selling the Worldwide Connectory`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/news/2/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:56:38 PST After a "holiday" adding to the nonprofitslist_ etc, today was Feb 1st. So it was back to apportionment - the 14th world zone is Rest of Asia: Brunei, Singapore & South Korea. I've sorted out Brunei and Singapore today, leaving just the 109 portions of South Korea to do. I still fear I'm going to run into an impossible stumbling block. I think back to large urban areas in Angola or Nicaragua and other places whose population details seemed to be totally missing from the internet. Yet eventually, after a week or two, a way through always emerged. More recently, while apportioning the wealthier countries the problem has often seemed too much information rather than too little: the population figures for every neighbourhood and every region, but no intermediary sized units. So when I looked at Singapore today my heart sank. Total population is just over four and a half million but there seemed to be no further details of the population figures anywhere. Wikipedia had zilch, Statoids listed 6 districts, but without any population figures. And wherever I looked - nothing. Then I stumbled on the 200 page long 2000 census report. Usually I find I can't download long documents like that or they don't include any local population figure anyway. But on this occasion I found tucked away on page 16 a map of the planning areas of Singapore. Then in Table 19 on pages 165 & 165, the total number of households in each planning area (well in most of them anyway) was given. The aggregated total was approximately one fifth of the figure given elsewhere as the figure for Singapore's whole population. So, even without the actual local population figures, I could not only make a series of informed guesses, but I could then map them out on the map of the planning areas. In no time at all, I then had the definitions for the ten areas of Singapore that I required. Surely nothing can go terminally wrong now! :) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:29:15 PST :Modified: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:11:01 PST `Rest of Asia`_ is now done. Not too many problems and has taken only just over a week to complete. Next up is `Rest of Europe & Middle East`_ Then just five more zones to go! .. _`Rest of Europe & Middle East`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/REST%20OF%20EUROPE%20%26%20MIDDLE%20EAST/ *edited to fix link* ---- :Author: Samuel Musyoka :Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:43:11 PST Hi David, It is good to note that you carried over your good work from O.Net. Keep it up and look forward to actualization of your project. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:26:24 PST :Modified: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:09:09 PST Bahrain, Belgium, Luxembourg & Israel completed; Kuwait, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar & UAE to be done. One third done; two-thirds to do. This Rest of Europe and the Middle East world zone is a bit of a hotchpotch. It's a catch-all of many of the countries that couldn't be fitted in elsewhere. It doesn't really matter. The idea of having World Zones was a way to organise the partner allocation process. By breaking the whole down into units of 120 connection areas, it makes it much easier not to lose track of individual areas and allows scope eventually for each world zone itself to devise ways of arousing people's interest in the final selection of areas. For instance, to know that you are going to be paired with one of 2,400 areas doesn't arouse as much interest as to know that the selection process has been narrowed down to just 120. Even then it would be much more of a talking point if the choice had then been narrowed down still further, to just one of say half a dozen potential partner areas. *edited for omitted words* ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:24:29 PST Well, finishing `Rest of Europe & Middle East`_ proved to be a bit of a struggle in the end. I may still need to revise the divisions of the United Arab Emirates. But leaving that aside, I can now have another short vacation from apportionment until the end of the month. Unless someone suggests something better I expect I'll focus once again on making progress towards completion of the nonprofitslist_. Then, on March 1st - metaphorically speaking only! (I haven't been outside the UK since 1969) - I'll embark on the final stage of this round-the-world-many-times virtual odyssey by "crossing" the Atlantic for a final time to start work on the South America world zone. After that, there will just be four world zones in the USA to finish in order to complete the whole task of apportionment. Light at the end of the tunnel! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:08:36 PST I've changed the tile of this thread to encompass work on the Nonprofitslist_ as well as on Apportionment. Tomorrow will be the last day I work on this before returning once again Apportionment. So two points: one about each task. The work I've been doing on the Nonprofitslist has mostly been in compiling a list of which non-profits are working in each country. This information will be of use to whichever List B Connection Area is allocated a partner area in a List A country. It will be possible to use the list to check with non-profits where exactly they are working and what work they are doing there. The next step for the Connection Area to take will be to decide how they might want to support the individual projects being run by each non-profit. This_ is what the lists now look like. The second point is about Apportionment. I've been looking at the 2007 version of the United Nations Human Development Index, the single most inportant factor that I used to decide which countries to include in the WWC. Recent changes suggest that inclusion of Serbia and Montenegro may no longer be justified. Other countries such as Peru may be more entitled to be included instead. I'll keep you posted. .. _this: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/nonprofitslist/?e=editpage#non-profits-listed-by-country-in-which-they-are-working ---- :Author: Kasinja Tonny Henry :Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:23:18 PST Thanks David for the wonderful work. Could you guide me where you put non-profits for Uganda? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:32:12 PST Tonny, We're working alphabetically. So non-profits operating in Uganda won't feature on the list until either later this month (once I've finished apportioning South America and the first of four remaining regions of the USA) or more probably the end of April. For the countries that feature at present, less than half of eligible non-profits are on the current list, since the listing of the non-profits is also being done alphabetically and nearly all those that are already listed are from the first half of the alphabet. Still, we've made a start. Look at any of the countries listed so far. If you click on any of the non-profits listed, it should take you to that non-profits website, where further information should be available about the work they are doing in each listed country. Sorry I've been slow in replying to your question! ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:54:33 PST Thanks for the recent additions to the nonprofitslist_, Jon_! Please feel free, **everyone**, to add a non profit organisation working in any the world's 100+ poorest countries, especially if you think they are making a useful contribution. You don't need to edit the workspace if you'd prefer not to, nor to add links or cross-references. Either you could add these refinements later or others could do this for you. Instead, if you wish, please put here, in this discussion thread, any additions to the nonprofitslist_ that you'd like included. We've listed and linked to 137 non-profits so far, so we still have quite a way to go! Thanks. .. _Jon: http://www.ned.com/user/u444305025/?searchterm=jon ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:23:34 PST :Modified: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:31:02 PST Another milestone. I've now completed the apportionment of `South America`_. Just one more country to complete! But it is a sizable one. Several months ago, I completed `Canada and USA border`_ and `Caribbean and USA South-East`_. That means 13 US states have been apportioned: Michigan_, Wisconsin_, Minnesota_, Idaho_, Montana_, `North Dakota`_ and Alaska_ Florida_, `Georgia (state in USA)`_, `North Carolina`_, Tennessee_, Alabama_, `South Carolina`_ (Just click on each state to see how it has been divided up) And I should already have done Hawaii_ too. If so, that leave 36 US states still to be apportioned. I'm starting with Eastern USA and finishing with Western USA. As always, its alphabetic! :) .. _Hawaii: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/USA%20%28Hawaii%29/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:41 PST I knew this was going to be hard work. Most American counties are too large population-wise for WWC purposes and most cities and towns are too small. If only they were all like Delaware! Three counties running north to south: New Castle, pop. 500,265 (census 2000); Kent, pop. 126,697 (census 2000); Sussex, pop. 156,638 (census 2000). It took about 20 seconds to decide how to divide Delaware into two - (1) New Castle county (2) Kent & Sussex counties. Usually. though, the larger counties have populations between 800K and 1500K. So they need to be subdivided to reduce them to the 250K-750K sized portions required for the WCP. But although some counties can be broken into regions, there are often no regional population figures and regional boundaries are often rather vague or contradictory. So the only way to divide the counties up is by mapping them city/town community by city/town community. So it is a slow process. After three days, I've managed to divide up four small states into 22 connection areas. At this rate, I should finish the task by the end of the month, but with little time to spare. I thought I'd share the division to date. Hopefully I might get some feedback from Nedsters about whether they feel right. .. line-block :: USA - Connecticut: Fairfield county (excluding Gold Coast region) USA - Connecticut: Fairfield county (Gold Coast region) USA - Connecticut: Hartford county (Capitol region to north of Hartford & Central Connecticut area) & Litchfield county USA - Connecticut: Hartford county (Capitol region - Hartford city & areas to south, east & west, excl.. Central Connecticut area) USA - Connecticut: Middlesex county & New Haven county (Greater Waterbury area, L. Naugatuck Valley, Meriden & Wallingford) USA - Connecticut: New Haven county (South Central region excl. Meriden & Wallingford) USA - Connecticut: New London, Tolland & Windham counties USA - Delaware: Kent & Sussex counties USA - Delaware: New Castle county USA - District of Columbia: USA - Maine: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York counties USA - Maine: Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln & counties to north and east USA - Maryland: Allegany, Frederick, Garrett & Washington counties USA - Maryland: Anne Arundel & Calvert counties USA - Maryland: Baltimore city USA - Maryland: Baltimore county (Cockeysville-Hunt Valley, Mays Chapel & Towson and areas to east) USA - Maryland: Baltimore county (Pikesville & areas due south & to west) & Carroll county USA - Maryland: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester counties USA - Maryland: Charles county, Princes George’s county (Kettering, Walkers Mill & areas to south) & St Mary’s county USA - Maryland: Howard county & Montgomery (Gaithersburg, N. Potomac, Olney, Redland, Travilah, Cloverly & to N & E) USA - Maryland: Montgomery county (Aspen Hill, Colesville, Fairland, Potomac, Rockville & to south & west) USA - Maryland: Prince George’s (Bowie, Cheverly, Greater Landover, Lake Arbor, Mitchellville, Woodmore & areas to north) ---- :Author: Rory Turner :Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:28:47 PST David, for Maryland, your divisons are culturally and socially valid and work pretty well. Well done! David Bale said: I knew this was going to be hard work. Most American counties are too large population-wise for WWC purposes and most cities and towns are too small. If only they were all like Delaware! Three counties running north to south: New Castle, pop. 500,265 (census 2000); Kent, pop. 126,697 (census 2000); Sussex, pop. 156,638 (census 2000). It took about 20 seconds to decide how to divide Delaware into two - (1) New Castle county (2) Kent & Sussex counties. Usually. though, the larger counties have populations between 800K and 1500K. So they need to be subdivided to reduce them to the 250K-750K sized portions required for the WCP. But although some counties can be broken into regions, there are often no regional population figures and regional boundaries are often rather vague or contradictory. So the only way to divide the counties up is by mapping them city/town community by city/town community. So it is a slow process. After three days, I've managed to divide up four small states into 22 connection areas. At this rate, I should finish the task by the end of the month, but with little time to spare. I thought I'd share the division to date. Hopefully I might get some feedback from Nedsters about whether they feel right. .. line-block :: USA - Connecticut: Fairfield county (excluding Gold Coast region) USA - Connecticut: Fairfield county (Gold Coast region) USA - Connecticut: Hartford county (Capitol region to north of Hartford & Central Connecticut area) & Litchfield county USA - Connecticut: Hartford county (Capitol region - Hartford city & areas to south, east & west, excl.. Central Connecticut area) USA - Connecticut: Middlesex county & New Haven county (Greater Waterbury area, L. Naugatuck Valley, Meriden & Wallingford) USA - Connecticut: New Haven county (South Central region excl. Meriden & Wallingford) USA - Connecticut: New London, Tolland & Windham counties USA - Delaware: Kent & Sussex counties USA - Delaware: New Castle county USA - District of Columbia: USA - Maine: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York counties USA - Maine: Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln & counties to north and east USA - Maryland: Allegany, Frederick, Garrett & Washington counties USA - Maryland: Anne Arundel & Calvert counties USA - Maryland: Baltimore city USA - Maryland: Baltimore county (Cockeysville-Hunt Valley, Mays Chapel & Towson and areas to east) USA - Maryland: Baltimore county (Pikesville & areas due south & to west) & Carroll county USA - Maryland: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester counties USA - Maryland: Charles county, Princes George’s county (Kettering, Walkers Mill & areas to south) & St Mary’s county USA - Maryland: Howard county & Montgomery (Gaithersburg, N. Potomac, Olney, Redland, Travilah, Cloverly & to N & E) USA - Maryland: Montgomery county (Aspen Hill, Colesville, Fairland, Potomac, Rockville & to south & west) USA - Maryland: Prince George’s (Bowie, Cheverly, Greater Landover, Lake Arbor, Mitchellville, Woodmore & areas to north) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:39:08 PST Thanks for your response, Rory. That's very reassuring. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:47:07 PST Thanks for the feedback, Rory. That's very reassuring. ---- :Author: Scott Beale :Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:55:31 PST I can only speak for DE, but make sense to me! good luck, scott ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:10:07 PST Thanks, Scott. Getting a bit of feedback is useful and very welcome! I'll soon add divisions for Massachusetts (very intricate), New Hampshire (very straightforward) and New Jersey (somewhere in between). ---- :Author: chris macrae :Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:37:09 PST :Modified: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:38:57 PST I am not sure if I fully understand this conversation but here's my cents worth I absolutely agree that there is an easiest size for citizens to network out of in terms of knowing who wants to connect on what globalsiation crisis issues- I learnt this the hardway when I became a london agent of an amazing newtork from melbourne- they wanted to assemble 75 testifiers to conflicts all around the world and had decided london was the most economical place to fly them all in -as well as these people who were represnting lifelong experiences there were some keynote stars eg Mary Robinson of http://eginitiative.org and former President of Ireland and convenor of womens ex-leaders network; they were assuming that at about 100 pounds an audience seat for this 3 day event they could fill a 700 person hall- we got about 40 payung audience , 50 urgent student etc giveaways as well as the 75 experts- what woul have been easy to fill up n melbourne as an event unlike any other was impossible to break through the noise and busy schedules of londoners n, especially as I was only told about te whole thing about 15 days before it was happening! so yes somewhere between 200000 and 1 million feels like the maximum size to be geographically in to glue who's who on global ssutainability crises however the problem with the boudaries as laind out above is yes i am in Mintgomery county but no I dont really know anyne in that geographical area because essentially its north of washington DC and for better of for wirse all network meetings in the area have mass - and are convened in DC - which brinhg to the catch 22 as DC wouldnt be quite as bad as lomndon for the audience challenge example above but it would be pretty nearly as bad- I have seen conference organsisers on other subjevcts I though earth moving truly struggle to get people to a 3 day event in DC ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:13:08 PST That's an interesting perspective on staging large meetings, Chris. The larger the urban area, the smaller the percentage of the population of that area likely to participate about any given issue. And you make the very plausible suggestion that this may have something to do with the number of competing issues. Some years ago I lived in a village in the UK with a population of about 300 where there were frequent road accidents involving articulated lorries losing control on one of the two steep hills leading down into the village high street - which also happened to be a stretch of single carriageway trunk road leading to one the country's major ports - and then ploughing into one of the houses or shops there. There was a campaign for a by-pass to take the trunk route (and the heavy lorries) around the village, not through it. The entire village attended the demonstrations in support of this cause. In a city, you could mobilise a much large demo, but it might involve just 1% or 2% of the population. But deciding optimal venues in this way is chiefly an issue only for *top down* activities and organisations. The WCP must operate *bottom up*. As Chris says, in an area like Montgomery County in Maryland USA, which is predominately part of a much larger metropolitan area, there may well be, socially speaking, a natural centre of gravity outside the boundaries of the area itself. But within each area of approximately half a million population size, there will be a dozen or two smaller local centres with which residents can more readily identify. In the case of Montgomery County, there are some larger urban areas with populations of 40-80K, such as Rockville, Potomac, Bethesda, Gaithersburg and Silver Spring. But there are also many much smaller districts, such as those that collectively make up Chevy Chase or Kensington. In a truly bottom-up approach, every individual should be empowered to initiate action on their own account in their own home district, not just in response to initiatives from above. That's why starting at the bottom, with initiatives in every small locality could potentially work much better than trying to engineer one large overall campaign or cause. The Kindling_ thread has been a little quiet of late. I think I better post there some ideas I have of how a team of "human kindling" might start up a lot of small fires leading eventually to one large conflagration. .. _Kindling: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/news/2/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:05:07 PST These are the divisions I've listed for Massachusetts, New Hampshire & New Jersey. Comments would be very welcome: .. line-block :: USA - Massachusetts: Barnstable & Plymouth counties USA - Massachusetts: Berkshire & Hampden counties USA - Massachusetts: Bristol, Dukes & Nantucket counties USA - Massachusetts: Essex county (excluding Lynn, Lynnfield, Peabody & Saugus) USA - Massachusetts: Essex (Lynnfield & adj. towns), Middlesex (Medford, Melrose & adj. towns) & Suffolk (excl. Boston) USA - Massachusetts: Franklin county, Hampshire county & Worcester county (New Braintree, Oakham & all N of Worcester) USA - Massachusetts: Middlesex county (Ayer, Bedford, Maynard, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wilmington & adjoining towns) USA - Massachusetts: Middlesex county (Arlington. Framingham, Lexington, Waltham, Wayland, Weston & towns to south) USA - Massachusetts: Norfolk county USA - Massachusetts: Suffolk county (Boston) USA - Massachusetts: Worcester county (N & W Brookfield, Shrewsbury, Southboro‘, Spencer, Westboro‘, Worcester & to S) USA - New Hampshire: Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Rockingham & Strafford counties USA - New Hampshire: Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough & Sullivan counties USA - New Jersey: Atlantic & Cape May counties USA - New Jersey: Bergen county (Bergenfield, Fairlawn, New Milford, Paramus, River Edge, Tenafly & municipalities to N.) USA - New Jersey: Bergen county (all areas to south of Bergenfield, Fairlawn, New Milford, Paramus, River Edge & Tenafly) USA - New Jersey: Burlington county USA - New Jersey: Camden county USA - New Jersey: Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem counties USA - New Jersey: Essex county (Maplewood, Millburn, Montclair, Orange, South Orange & municipalities to S incl. Newark) USA - New Jersey: Essex county (Cedar Grove, Livingston, Verona, West Orange & municipalities to N) & Passaic county USA - New Jersey: Hudson county USA - New Jersey: Hunterdon, Mercer & Warren counties USA - New Jersey: Middlesex county (Cranbury, Monroe & all municipalities adjoining either) & Somerset county USA - New Jersey: Middlesex county (Milltown, North Brunswick, Sayreville & municipalities to north) USA - New Jersey: Monmouth county USA - New Jersey: Morris & Sussex counties USA - New Jersey: Ocean county USA - New Jersey: Union county ---- :Author: Timothy Anderson (World Computer Exchange) :Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:57:33 PST Hello David Bale, Thank you for sending this to me. Sorry I do not have anything to add. Our focus is helping build capacity in developing countries - including shipping used computers and having teams visit them to help. Best, timothy David Bale said: These are the divisions I've listed for Massachusetts, New Hampshire & New Jersey. Comments would be very welcome: .. line-block :: USA - Massachusetts: Barnstable & Plymouth counties USA - Massachusetts: Berkshire & Hampden counties USA - Massachusetts: Bristol, Dukes & Nantucket counties USA - Massachusetts: Essex county (excluding Lynn, Lynnfield, Peabody & Saugus) USA - Massachusetts: Essex (Lynnfield & adj. towns), Middlesex (Medford, Melrose & adj. towns) & Suffolk (excl. Boston) USA - Massachusetts: Franklin county, Hampshire county & Worcester county (New Braintree, Oakham & all N of Worcester) USA - Massachusetts: Middlesex county (Ayer, Bedford, Maynard, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wilmington & adjoining towns) USA - Massachusetts: Middlesex county (Arlington. Framingham, Lexington, Waltham, Wayland, Weston & towns to south) USA - Massachusetts: Norfolk county USA - Massachusetts: Suffolk county (Boston) USA - Massachusetts: Worcester county (N & W Brookfield, Shrewsbury, Southboro‘, Spencer, Westboro‘, Worcester & to S) USA - New Hampshire: Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Rockingham & Strafford counties USA - New Hampshire: Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough & Sullivan counties USA - New Jersey: Atlantic & Cape May counties USA - New Jersey: Bergen county (Bergenfield, Fairlawn, New Milford, Paramus, River Edge, Tenafly & municipalities to N.) USA - New Jersey: Bergen county (all areas to south of Bergenfield, Fairlawn, New Milford, Paramus, River Edge & Tenafly) USA - New Jersey: Burlington county USA - New Jersey: Camden county USA - New Jersey: Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem counties USA - New Jersey: Essex county (Maplewood, Millburn, Montclair, Orange, South Orange & municipalities to S incl. Newark) USA - New Jersey: Essex county (Cedar Grove, Livingston, Verona, West Orange & municipalities to N) & Passaic county USA - New Jersey: Hudson county USA - New Jersey: Hunterdon, Mercer & Warren counties USA - New Jersey: Middlesex county (Cranbury, Monroe & all municipalities adjoining either) & Somerset county USA - New Jersey: Middlesex county (Milltown, North Brunswick, Sayreville & municipalities to north) USA - New Jersey: Monmouth county USA - New Jersey: Morris & Sussex counties USA - New Jersey: Ocean county USA - New Jersey: Union county ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:44:52 PST Thanks for responding, Timothy. The intention is that each line (in these lists) should describe a geographical area with a population of approximately half a million people. Each area will be linked at random to an area with a similar sized population in one of the world's economically less developed countries. The two areas will be invited to make contact, cooperate, collaborate and exchange. The idea is that there should be a planned and comprehensive attempt to tackle world poverty by breaking the problem down into bite-size pieces and drawing attention to places in the world that might otherwise be overlooked. Some areas might like to contact your organisation, Timothy, (`World Computer Exchange`_) and support you or seek your help in relation to the problems of the particular World Connectory area allocated to them. Others might be inspired to try to emulate your efforts. The reason I've asked people who live in US states I'm currently listing is twofold. Firstly, since more members of Ned come from the USA than any other country, I thought it would be helpful to me to involve Nedsters residing in the areas I am currently listing. The information I'm basing my divisions on is all found on the internet and may not always be accurate and complete. Sometimes I'm having to make (hopefully) intelligent guesses. Sometimes I may be linking places that would be better linked in a different way. Secondly, even when the information I access is accurate, I am liable to make errors in my listings. This is not simply due to typos, but also to the auto "corrections" that my computer makes, often without my realising. This frequently leads to terrible distortions of place-names, that I may overlook and yet which would be immediately obvious to someone with local knowledge of the area. So, thanks very much to everyone reading through and/or commenting on the listings I'm posting here. .. _`World Computer Exchange`: http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:51:42 PST :Modified: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:55:20 PST And I can now add New York state listing too: .. line-block :: USA - New York: Albany, Greene, Schoharie & Ulster counties USA - New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Livingston, Steuben & Wyoming counties USA - New York: Broome, Chenango, Delaware & Oisego counties USA - New York: Cayuga,, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates counties USA - New York: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, St. Lawrence, Warren & Washington counties USA - New York: Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga & Schenectady counties USA - New York: Dutchess & Putnam counties **USA - New York: Erie county (Buffalo city, Cheektowaga, Depew, Lackawanna, Sloan & West Seneca)** **USA - New York: Erie county (excluding Buffalo city, Cheektowaga, Depew, Lackawanna, Sloan & West Seneca)** USA - New York: Genesee, Niagara & Orleans counties, plus Monroe county (excl. Rochester and adj areas ) USA - New York: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida & Oswego counties USA - New York: Madison & Onondaga counties USA - New York: Monroe county (Brighton, E. Rochester, Fairport, Gates, Greece, Irondequoit, Penfield, Pittsford, Rochester) USA - New York: Nassau (Hempstead excl Elmont, Floral Pk, Franklin Sq, Garden C, Hemps Village, W Hemps & Uniondale) USA - New York: Nassau county (Glen Cove, N. Hempstead & Hempstead - Hempstead Village, W Hempstead & Uniondale) USA - New York: Nassau county (Long Beach & Oyster Bay) & Suffolk county (Babylon) USA - New York: New York city - Bronx (Community Boards 1, 2, 3, 9 & 10) USA - New York: New York city - Bronx (Community Boards 4, 5, 7 & 8)) USA - New York: New York city - Bronx (Community Boards 6, 11 & 12) & Westchester county (Yonkers) USA - New York: New York city - Brooklyn (Community Boards 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6) USA - New York: New York city - Brooklyn (Community Boards 5, 15, 16, & 18) USA - New York: New York city - Brooklyn (Community Boards 7, 11, 12 & 13) USA - New York: New York city - Brooklyn (Community Boards 8, 9, 14, & 17) USA - New York: New York city - Manhattan (above 59th Street) USA - New York: New York city - Manhattan (below 34th Street) USA - New York: New York city - Manhattan (34th - 59th Street) USA - New York: New York city - Queens (Community Boards 1, 2, 3 & 4) USA - New York: New York city - Queens (Community Boards 5, 6, 8 & 9) USA - New York: New York city - Queens (Community Boards 7, 11 & 13) USA - New York: New York city - Queens (Community Boards 10, 12 & 14) USA - New York: Orange & Sullivan counties USA - New York: Rockland county & Westchester county (Cortlandt, Greenburgh, Ossining, Peekskill & Sleepy Hollow) USA - New York: Suffolk county (Brookhaven, E. Hampton, Fire Island, Shelter Island, Southampton, Southold & Smithtown) USA - New York: Suffolk county (Huntington, Islip & Riverhead) USA - New York: New York city - Brooklyn (Community Board 10) & Staten Island USA - New York: Westchester county (excluding Cortlandt, Greenburgh, Ossining, Peekskill, Sleepy Hollow & Yonkers) I've put in bold the two areas in which I myself lived from 1967 to 1969. I'm fairly confident that those two areas are listed accurately and make sense. What about the rest? ---- :Author: Lois Brayton :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:39:38 PST David Bale said: And I can now add New York state listing too: .. line-block :: Hi David.... I noticed some miss pellings around Manhattan/Manhatton... Also in the very first line...Albany County...If that includes the city of Albany perhaps it should stand alone as that is a very populated area and I am sure meets your target population per area on it's own. Lois ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:51:26 PST Thanks for being sharp-eyed, Lois! :) I'll check Albany County out. Sometimes I've transcribed area instead of population figures! ---- :Author: Darlene Charneco :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:13:17 PST :Modified: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:59:04 PST Hi David, I'm not completely sure I understand how the divisions are made..?.but in my area, Suffolk county, NY, I would most likely switch the divisions to have one with Huntington, Islip and Brookhaven, and the other with Southampton, East Hampton, and the rest.(there is no SouthTown that I know of) and have Riverhead in either one to balance it. here's the map of long island: http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enUS252US252&q=long+island&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl edited to correct link ---- :Author: Darlene Charneco :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:20:37 PST riverhead : http://www.city-data.com/city/Riverhead-New-York.html ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:10:58 PST Thanks for your helpful comments, Darlene. As you say, there is no Southtown. It should read Smithtown. I couldn't read my own handwriting. So, it's a case not so much of a typo, on my part, as a write-o? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:43:08 PST Darlene says: I'm not completely sure I understand how the divisions are made..?. I'm aiming for * population size of about 500,000 * though anything between 350,000 and 700,000 will do * best if each area holds together geographically, socially and culturally, but this is not always possible! I can see the sense of dividing things as you suggest, Charlene, and putting Huntington, Islip and Brookhaven in the same WWC area. The trouble with this, though, is population size. The three areas have populations of 195K (Huntington), 323K (Islip) & 448K (Brookhaven) according to the last census figures - a total of 966K, which is enough for two areas really. And leaves only 242K in the other area: 126K in the area to the east of Brookhaven (Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton & Shelter Island) & 116K to the west (Smithtown). Sometimes, by breaking things into units with a half-million population size, you get some less than perfect divisions socially. But I suspect that where effective connections are made between two half million sized areas, it will be between smaller units and will require some further subdivisions made after the basic allocation of area partnerships have been announced. So that a small town, village or district in a List A connection area may establish a special relationship with a similar sized place within their List B partner area. And within those connections, it may be that the most effective links might be between school and school, faith group and faith group, special interest group and special interest group. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:04:20 PST After a real struggle with Virginia (which began when I confused the city of Chesapeake with the metropolitan area), I've eventually completed `USA Eastern`_ I've four days now to make some progress with the nonprofitslist_ before starting on USA Northern on April 1st. :) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:36:46 PST These are my divisions for the remaining areas of `USA Eastern`_: .. line-block :: USA - North Carolina: Alamance, Caswell, Orange, Person & Rockingham counties USA - North Carolina: Anson & adj. counties, Hoke, Richmond & adj counties & Mecklenburg county (areas east of Charlotte) USA - North Carolina: Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland & Robeson counties USA - North Carolina: Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender & Sampson counties USA - North Carolina: Buncombe, Madison, Rutherford & counties to south and west) USA - North Carolina: Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell & Rowan counties, plus Mecklenburg county (areas north of Charlotte) USA - North Carolina: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wayne & Wilson counties USA - North Carolina: Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln & Rutherford counties, & Mecklenburg county (areas west of Charlotte) USA - North Carolina: Craven county, Hyde county & all adjoining counties USA - North Carolina: Currituck county, Gates & all adj counties, Halifax & all adj counties & Vance county USA - North Carolina: Davie, Davidson, Forsyth & Stokes counties USA - North Carolina: Durham, Franklin & Granville counties, plus Wake county (excluding Cary & Raleigh) USA - North Carolina: Guilford & Randolph counties USA - North Carolina: Mecklenburg county (within Charlotte city limits) USA - North Carolina: Mitchell county, Wilkes county & all adjoining counties USA - North Carolina: Wake county (Cary &Raleigh) USA - Rhode Island: Providence county USA - Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport & Washington counties USA - Vermont USA - Virginia: Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Highland & adj. counties, Nelson & Rockingham USA - Virginia: Appomattox, Campbell, Lynchburg, Pittsylvania & to SE (but W of Richmond/Virginia Beach-N-NN MSAs) USA - Virginia: Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Patrick & counties to west USA - Virginia: Madison & adj. counties, Shenandoah , Spotsylvania & areas to east (but east of Richmond MSA) USA - Virginia: Northern Virginia: Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Fredericksburg, Loudoun, Stafford, Warren & Winchester USA - Virginia: Northern Virginia: Alexandria, Fairfax city & county (between Routes 66 & 95), Manassas & Manassas Park USA - Virginia: Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax county (north of Route 66) & Falls Church USA - Virginia: Northern Virginia: Fairfax county (south of Route 95) & Prince William county USA - Virginia: Richmond MSA: Amelia, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Petersburg & Prince George USA - Virginia: Richmond MSA: Cumberland, Hanover & adj counties, Powhatan & Richmond city USA - Virginia: Roanoke MSA & adjoining counties (and enclosed cities) excluding Pittsylvania & Danville USA - Virginia: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News MSA: Chesapeake, Suffolk & Virginia Beach (south of Route 58) USA - Virginia: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News MSA (excl. Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia B.) USA - Virginia: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News MSA: Norfolk, Portsmouth & Virginia Beach (north of Route 58) ---- :Author: Darlene Charneco :Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:54:15 PST :Modified: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:55:21 PST Hi David, great work you're doing...I admire your diligence and I really look forward to seeing this in a maplike form. I guess that's where I'm struggling to see clearly...how do all the towns that are not mentioned by name in the listings get factored/tallied in to population counts etc? it would be great if you could somehow get a GIS/ESRI student to experiment with creating an informative, interactive and intuitive visualization of the divisions and their connections... http://www.esri.com/data/index.html ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:37:40 PST Darlene says: I really look forward to seeing this in a maplike form... ...it would be great if you could somehow get a GIS/ESRI student to experiment with creating an informative, interactive and intuitive visualization of the divisions and their connections... http://www.esri.com/data/index.h tml I too would love to see a map of every area showing the area boundaries, major towns and major landmarks. I don't know how to interest someone in taking this on. I wondered if a national federation of geography teachers or some body like that might be interested. What is a GIS student? Is GIS a recognised field of study now? Would it of interest to a research student? - I can't quite see how. If I could see more clearly how ESRI might make money from this, perhaps I'd have a clearer idea of how to recruit their assistance. But if anyone knows anyone out there willing to tackle even a part of this mapping task (it requires 4,800 maps basically) or to collaborate with me on this (to produce a paper and/or online version of the Worldwide Connectory), I'd be ever so interested! Otherwise, I guess the mapping will have to be left as a task for each mutuality to work on together, following suggested guidelines to be put in the WWC manual. One of the merits of leaving each pair of areas to make their own maps would be to provide an immediate task that requires connection and dialogue between the two sides of the partnership. On the other hand, having a ready-made sketchmap of each area's boundaries etc would add enormously to the clarity and appeal of the project. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:18:34 PST Darlene also asks: how do all the towns that are not mentioned by name in the listings get factored/tallied in to population counts etc? If I can avoid having to obtain individual population counts for every town, I do. Where district, county or regional stats are available I go with these since they include the population counts for all the towns and cities within their boundaries. Statoids_ is a good source of information about population for most of the world's countries. Also, Wikipedia is getting better and better, particularly for developed countries. Where the aggregated totals are too high to be useful, there are usually smaller subdivisions for which population figures are available: districts, communes, constituency wards. In the US, there are lots of overlapping regions for which population figures are often not available, so where there are large county populations (well over 500K), you sometimes have to resort to the figures for the towns and cities within those areas. Listing them all, however, would take up too much space, so I've resorted to references like these: X county (excluding Y & Z cities) X county (Y & Z cities) or A & B towns & all adj. areas Wouldn't an interactive map be so much better! .. _Statoids: http://www.statoids.com/ ---- :Author: Allison Coyne Carroll :Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:49:18 PST Hi David - thanks for the invite on the posting of USA Eastern. I'm still reading and learning about your project; but based on the comments preceding this one... Re: VERMONT (and Jim or Lars might have more to say on this) although our WHOLE state only totals just over 600,000 people - it is sometimes helpful to split the state in half via the Green Mountains. As 'West of the Greens" often have more access to internet and live in larger communities (in general) they might approach a task in a different way than an eastern county. Plus - travel OVER the Greens can be quite problematic in winter, and the weather on one side of the mountains is NOT representative of what's on the other side! So I might recommend: .. line-block:: **VERMONT: 608,827 total (updated 2006)** **WEST: 335,257** Addison County: 35,974 Bennington County: 36,994 Chittenden County: 146,571 Franklin County: 45,417 Grand Isle County: 6,901 Rutland County: 63,400 **EAST: 273,570** Caledonia County: 29,702 Essex County: 6,459 Lamoille County: 23,233 Orange County: 28,226 Orleans County: 26,277 Washington County: 58,039 Windham County: 44,216 Windsor County: 57,418 Re: the question of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) it IS a major here where I work (Middlebury College) and a few students just developed a map outlining where `EVERY MEAL`_ served in the dining hall travels from. From seed, to farm, to processing, to distrubtor, to campus... Darlene is right...There may VERY likely be a GIS student out there looking for an exciting project to do such as this one. It might be considered for a senior project or unpaid internship. .. _`EVERY MEAL`: http://geography.middlebury.edu/applications/Food_Mapping/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:26:01 PST Thanks Allison for your illuminating comments. Re Vermont, I can see it lends itself to a twofold division. But at 608,000 pop. I think it is too small to merit two portions. On the other hand, once a partner area has been allocated from one of the world's poorest countries, it might make a lot of sense for people in Vermont to form sub-partnerships with a similar sized location in the linked area, using perhaps the county structure of Vermont as the basis for the sub-partnerships. Or else to link east and west Vermont with a similarly divided portions in the allocated partner area. Allison also said: Darlene is right...There may VERY likely be a GIS student out there looking for an exciting project to do such as this one. It might be considered for a senior project or unpaid internship. As for the growth of GIS as an academic field, thanks very much for drawing my attention to the vast expansion there has been recently. I think I need to make some useful GIS contacts: I've started putting out some feelers, but I'd certainly welcome more advice about this. I think it could be a really mega link! ---- :Author: Darlene Charneco :Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:35:27 PST Hi David, ESRI is just one of the major softwares that GIS people use...I've enjoyed ESRI books for art inspiration....as they have an annual compilation with great examples of usage by people in the GIS mapping field. from wikipedia on GIS: "Geographic information can be accessed, transferred, transformed, overlaid, processed and displayed using numerous software applications. Within industry commercial offerings from companies such as ESRI and Mapinfo dominate, offering an entire suite of tools. Government and military departments often use custom software, open source products, such as GRASS, or more specialized products that meet a well defined need. Although free tools exist to view GIS datasets, public access to geographic information is dominated by online resources such as Google Earth and interactive web mapping." GRASS GIS (open source): http://grass.itc.it/ I think a WWC map Would make a great thesis project for a GIS student or class project. perhaps contact the professors at various schools which offer the major in an email? what do you think, Allison, what would be the best way to put it out there? this way or word of mouth/in person or perhaps on GIS related messageboards? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:34:51 PST I think a WWC map Would make a great thesis project for a GIS student or class project. perhaps contact the professors at various schools which offer the major in an email? what do you think, Allison, what would be the best way to put it out there? this way or word of mouth/in person or perhaps on GIS related messageboards? It's great to hear you say that , Darlene. Echoes my thoughts exactly. ---- :Author: kayiwa Fred :Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:23:33 PST Thank you David and others for the Time you put in in making these divisions you rely put in your time to update us. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:12:30 PST I've made a start on USA Northern by apportioning Illinois: .. line-block :: USA - Illinois: Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Peoria, Schuyler &Warren counties USA - Illinois: Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Montgomery & Shelby counties USA - Illinois: Boone, Dekalb, Grundy, Kendall & McHenry counties USA - Illinois: Bureau, Henry, La Salle, Marshall, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark & Whiteside counties USA - Illinois: Carroll, Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson & Winnebago counties USA - Illinois: Champaign, De Witt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt & Vermillion USA - Illinois: Coles, Clay, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Franklin, Hamilton, Wayne, Williamson, Union & counties to SE USA - Illinois: Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, McLean, Tazewell, Woodford USA - Illinois: Greene & adjoining counties, Menard & adjoining counties, plus Christian county USA - Illinois: Jackson, Jefferson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair & Washington counties USA - Illinois: Kane county USA - Illinois: Cook county (Barrington, Elk Grove, Hanover, Palatine & Schaumburg townships) USA - Illinois: Cook county (Berwyn, Cicero, Old Park, Palos, Proviso, River Forest, Riverside & Stickney townships) USA - Illinois: Cook county (Bloom, Calumet, Rich & Thornton townships) USA - Illinois: Cook county (Bremen, Lemont, Lyons, Orland & Worth townships) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (Far North side) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (North Side & Northwest side) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (West and Near West side) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (Southwest side) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (Far Southeast side & Far Southwest side) USA - Illinois: Cook county: Chicago (Central, Near North and Near South side & South side) USA - Illinois: Cook county (Everston, Leydon, Maine, Niles &Norwood Park townships) USA - Illinois: Cook county (New Trier, Northfield & Wheeling townships) & Lake county (townships adj. Cook county) USA - Illinois: DuPage county (Addison, Downers Grove & York townships) USA - Illinois: DuPage county (Bloomingdale, Milton, Wayne & Winfield townships) USA - Illinois: DuPage county (Lisle & Napierville townships) & Will county (DuPage, Plainfield & Wheatland townships) USA - Illinois: Lake county: USA - Illinois: Will county (excluding Dupage, Plainfield & Wheatland townships) Your comments welcomed. ---- :Author: Lars Hasselblad Torres :Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:27:46 PST Interesting! As a Vermont resident, I am curious about what I can contribute here. We are a very rural state comprised of 14 counties, bordered by three states and Canada... ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:27:51 PST Lars says: As a Vermont resident, I am curious about what I can contribute here. We are a very rural state comprised of 14 counties, bordered by three states and Canada... Lars, thanks for the invitation to expand on this. ;-) Without making reference to your legion of appropriate personal qualities, I guess that what you might care to contribute as a Vermont resident may well be just what any other resident in an affluent developed country might offer. On a continuum of level of commitment, that contribution might include: * finding out more in general about Vermont's own partner area (from a developing country), once it has been allocated * telling friends and family about the WCP and the link to your particular partner area * finding out which non-profit organisations etc are already active in your partner area and offering your individual support to the work they are doing there * publicising the World Connectory in your local community (via a letter to your local paper perhaps or through an organisation to which you belong), emphasising the importance of the work that needs to be done in every connection area if a really concerted effort is to made to impact on global poverty from the bottom up * attempting to make some direct contact with people living in Vermont's allocated partner area * doing any of the activities listed above, but as a group activity with others (finding out for example where your partner area stands in respect of the basic measures used in the UN's Human Development Index: literacy rates, mortality rates, access to clean water, health facilities, sanitation, micro-finance etc) * taking the initiative in contacting local organisations in your immediate neighbourhood to set up a local World Connection Group to share ideas on how you might contribute to the WCP as a community * working with others to promote the development of similar local World Connection Groups in other communities throughout Vermont (these might be based on centres of population, interest or faith groups, or residential or occupational groups or communities) * becoming an activist to establish an organisational structure for all the Connection Groups in Vermont * taking a lead (or a supporting role) in agreeing a programme of activities for launching the Vermont WWC area. These might include: * Publicity events (with guest speakers from, or with knowledge of, your partner area) * Setting up a shared website with your partner area for intra- and inter-area communication * Posting information on both partner areas, fostering personal contacts, exchanging photos (this might mean finding ways to supply people in your partner area with digital photo equipment) * Agreeing subdivisions of the partner areas so places and organisations might develop special links * Finding out about projects in the partner area worthy of support and planning ways of offering practical support * Fundraising activities * Developing cultural events to promote awareness and understanding in the partner areas (exchange of Peace Tiles perhaps) leading perhaps in time to simultaneous partner area festivals, celebrating distinctive cultural traditions but shared human values * getting involved in the running of these events * actively recruiting new organisations and groups and working with them to find appropriate ways for them to participate in the WCP. I could continue in the same vein, but with a growing emphasis over time less on organisational development in Vermont, and more on establishing direct links with the partner area in order to work collaboratively on mutually agreed projects. Does that give you some ideas? The WCP is not intended to be narrowly prescriptive but to encourage areas to develop in ways that make mutual sense to themselves. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:44:09 PDT Three more states: .. line-block :: USA - Indiana: Lake county USA - Indiana: Elkhart, Marshall & St Joseph counties USA - Indiana: Adams, Blackfoot, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash ,Wells, & Whitley counties USA - Indiana: Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble & Steuben counties USA - Indiana: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Jasper, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke, Warren & White counties USA - Indiana: Boone, Clinton, Madison & Tipton counties USA - Indiana: Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen & Sullivan counties USA - Indiana: Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley & Switzerland counties, plus Scott & adj. counties USA - Indiana: Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Union & Wayne counties USA - Indiana: Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, & Vigo counties USA - Indiana: Marion county: Franklin, Lawrence, Pike, Warren & Washington townships USA - Indiana: Marion county: Centre, Decatur, Perry & Wayne townships USA - Indiana: Perry & adj. counties; Pike & adj. counties; and Vanderburgh & adj. counties USA - Iowa: Audubon, Crawford, Plymouth, Shelby & counties adjoining any of these, plus Lyon county USA - Iowa: Benton. Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama & Washington counties USA - Iowa: Butler, Fayette, Mitchell & counties adjoining any of these, plus Allmakee & Delaware counties USA - Iowa: Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine & Scott counties USA - Iowa: Dallas & Polk counties USA - Iowa: Dickinson, Hamilton, Kossuth, Pocahontas, Webster & counties adjoining any of these, plus Marshall county USA - Iowa: Lucas, Page, Union, Van Buren & counties adjoining any of these, plus Des Moines & Jasper counties USA - Kentucky: Allen, Anderson, Logan, Mercer, Simpson, Todd, Washington, plus Casey, Metcalfe, Russell & adj. counties USA - Kentucky: Breckin R, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Warren USA - Kentucky: Bullitt, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby & Spencer counties & Jefferson (Buechel, Fairdale, Douglass Hills & to SE) USA - Kentucky: Carroll, Kenton & counties adjoining either of these, plus Bracken county USA - Kentucky: Carter, Fleming, Martin, Menifee, Morgan & counties adjoining any of these, plus Harrison county USA - Kentucky: Christian, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean & all counties to west USA - Kentucky: Fayette & all adjoining counties (excluding Madison) plus Franklin county USA - Kentucky: Garrard county, plus Jackson, Perry, Whitley & counties adjoining any of these USA - Kentucky: Jefferson county / Louisville (excluding Buechel, Fairdale, Douglass Hills & area to SE) ---- :Author: Lars Hasselblad Torres :Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:56:47 PDT just checking back in. assigning the entire state to a single 'partner area' is such an interesting idea, fraught with possibilities and tensions. I'll look forward to seeing what emerges. We have pockets of immigrants from around the world who I am sure do their best to provide support to the families back home. So many residents have their pet projects and interests across the world - it is a remarkably 'engaged' state despite our modest population and geographic size. I will look forward to learning what the partner area is and how people are encouraged to become attached to it. Thanks for keeping this going, David! ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:16:46 PDT Here's another thought, fwiw. If the area I live in is connected randomly to another area in the world...well, ok. Now if you connect me (my area) to an area I may well have not heard of, thru a NPO/NGO I've not heard of...it may be hard to connect. On the other hand. If you connect me to any area in the world, in a real on-the-ground, grassroots way thru a subject/category I'm interested in, then I suspect I would connect (even though in some ways the area and org might be secondary). I'm interested in microfinance and social entrepreneurship...the connection to areas, people and orgs could stem from that. Hope at least some of that made sense. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:38:29 PDT I'm not quite sure I entirely follow what you're trying to say, Mark, nor indeed whether I agree with you or not, but I'm sure you are right to emphasise the need to work with people's own enthusiasms and not to impose external agendas or approaches on them. I see the potential for this to work well with the WWC framework. A group of people keen to promote microfinance might work well together across the whole of a WWC area, perhaps to interest microloan providers in getting involved in establishing a microfinance scheme in their particular WWC partner area. At the same time, some of that group of people keen to promote microfinance might also get involved in making loans to small businesses in any smaller community setting, within the wider parnership area, with which their own local neighbourhood may have been specially linked. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:47:06 PDT Earlier in this thread, Darlene and Allison mentioned the possibility of getting a GIS student to help in mapping individual WWC areas. In consequence, I sent eight emails to colleges where GIS studies is on the curriculum. My first reply arrived today. This is an extract: This would probably make a good student project. We are actually just finishing our semester here for the Spring but I will try to bear it in mind for the Fall! Sounds promising. ---- :Author: Dan Bassill :Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:12:49 PDT David Bale said: What is a GIS student? Is GIS a recognised field of study now? Would it of interest to a research student? - I can't quite David, I host a section on my web site with examples of how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to visualize information. Here's a link: http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/TMLearningNetwork/LinksLibrary/tabid/560/rrcid/13/rrscid/27/rrpid/1/rrepp/20/Default.aspx Here's a link to a map gallery showing how I've been using a GIS: http://www.horizonmapping.net/projects/tmc/tmc_gallery/Tutor_Mentor_map_gallery.html There are a number of universities teaching Geography and I had help from Northern Illinois University in 1995-96 when I was setting up my GIS. However, I've not had a lot of luck finding interns to work consistently with me. Right now I'm rebuilding my GIS and you can follow progress at http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com You can see from my examples that I'm very enthusiastic about this tool. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:47:26 PDT Thanks for the links, Dan. I'm beginning to appreciate the scale of the GIS revolution. In my last post_, I mentioned that I had sent email enquiries to 8 US colleges. I'm waiting to see what response I get before sending any more, but I've still got three-quarters of my list to work through. And that's without contacting universities in the UK and elsewhere. .. _post: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/news/1/79/ ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:26:17 PDT I've been asked what kind of feedback I've been looking for when posting lists of WWC areas. * misspellings (often caused by an overactive spellchecker that I don't seem able to switch off) * omissions (*everywhere* in each state should be listed) * inappropriate divisions (dividing places up without sufficient attention to natural affinities between communities: though this is always subject to other considerations) * errors (e.g. defining areas which contain far too many people (over 800,000 perhaps) or too few (less than 250,000) So with that in mind, here are the latest lists - for Nebraska and Ohio. .. line-block :: USA - Nebraska: Butler, Custer, Howard, Lincoln, Merrick, Perkins, Polk, Saunders, Sherman, Washington & counties to north USA - Nebraska: Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson & Sarpy counties USA - Nebraska: Douglas county USA - Nebraska: S & SW counties (S of Lincoln, Perkins & counties from Custer to Butler; W of Gage & Lancaster counties USA - Ohio: Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Lawrence & Scioto counties USA - Ohio: Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams & Wyandot counties USA - Ohio: Ashland, Coshocton, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland & Wayne counties USA - Ohio: Ashtabula, Geauga & Lake counties USA - Ohio: Athens, Fayette, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Madison, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross & Vinton counties USA - Ohio: Auglaize, Champaign, Delaware (including part of Columbus city), Logan, Marion, Mercer, Shelby & Union counties USA - Ohio: Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble, Tuscarawas & Washington counties USA - Ohio: Butler county & Warren county USA - Ohio: Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami & Preble counties USA - Ohio: Columbiana county & Mahoning county USA - Ohio: Crawford, Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca & Wood counties USA - Ohio: Cuyahoga county (Cleveland city) USA - Ohio: Cuyahoga county (Cleveland: eastern suburbs - Brecksville, Brooklyn Heights, Seven Hills & areas to east) USA - Ohio: Cuyahoga county (Cleveland: western suburbs - Brooklyn, North Royalton, Parma & areas to west) USA - Ohio: Fairfield county (including part of Columbus city), plus Licking, Morgan, Muskingum & Perry counties USA - Ohio: Franklin county (Columbus city - excluding parts in Delaware & Fairfield counties) USA - Ohio: Franklin county (excluding Columbus city) USA - Ohio: Hamilton county (Cincinnati city, communities enclosed by the city & areas to SE of Columbia township) USA - Ohio: Hamilton county (excluding Cincinnati city, areas enclosed by the city & areas to SE of Columbia township) USA - Ohio: Lorain & Medina counties USA - Ohio: Lucas county USA - Ohio: Montgomery county USA - Ohio: Portage & Trumbull counties USA - Ohio: Stark county USA - Ohio: Summit county ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:30:09 PDT I finished off `USA Northern`_ today by dividing up Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming: .. line-block :: USA - Pennsylvania: Adams county & York county USA - Pennsylvania: Allegheny county (east of Allegheny & Monongahela rivers) USA - Pennsylvania: Allegheny county (north of Allegheny & Ohio rivers) USA - Pennsylvania: Allegheny county (west of Ohio & Monongahela rivers) USA - Pennsylvania: Armstrong, Clarion, Elk, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean, Venango & Warren counties USA - Pennsylvania: Beaver, Fayette, Greene & Washington counties USA - Pennsylvania: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton & Huntingdon counties USA - Pennsylvania: Berks county USA - Pennsylvania: Bradford, Lackawanna, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne & Wyoming counties USA - Pennsylvania: Bucks county USA - Pennsylvania: Butler county & Lawrence county USA - Pennsylvania: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Snyder & Union counties USA - Pennsylvania: Carbon county & Lehigh county USA - Pennsylvania: Chester county USA - Pennsylvania: Columbia, Luzerne, Montour & Northumberland counties USA - Pennsylvania: Crawford, Erie & Mercer counties USA - Pennsylvania: Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Mifflin & Perry counties USA - Pennsylvania: Dauphin, Lebanon & Schuylkill counties USA - Pennsylvania: Delaware county USA - Pennsylvania: Lancaster county USA - Pennsylvania: Monroe, Northampton & Pike counties USA - Pennsylvania: Montgomery (Ambler, Horsham, Upper Dublin, Whitemarsh & areas to SE) & Philadelphia (Far Northern) USA - Pennsylvania: Montgomery (excluding Ambler, Horsham, Up Dublin, Whitemarsh & areas to SE ) USA - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia county (Germantown/Chestnut Hill, Lower/Upper N Philadelphia & Roxborough Manayunk) USA - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia county (Kensington, Lower Northeast Philadelphia & Olney/Oak Lane) USA - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia county (Center City, South Philadelpia, Southwest Philadelphia & West Philadelphia) USA - Pennsylvania: Somerset county & Westmoreland county USA - South Dakota: Brookings, Buffalo, Jerauld, Lake, Miner, Sanborn & counties to south, but east of Missouri river USA - South Dakota: excl. Brookings, Buffalo, Jerauld, Lake, Miner, Sanborn & counties to south , but east of Missouri river USA - West Virginia: Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Marion, Taylor, Tucker & counties to northeasr USA - West Virginia: Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Northern Panhandle, Wetzel & counties to west, but N of Charleston WV MSA USA - West Virginia: Charleston WV MSA, Cabell & Wayne counties USA - West Virginia: Pendleton, Randolph, Upshur, Webster and all counties to south, but S or E of Charleston WV MSA USA - Wyoming Just two more zones_ to do - on target to finish in mid-May as planned. .. _zones: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/index/#list-b-developed-countries-that-will-be-included-in-the-worldwide-connectory-organised-into-20-world-zones-to-assist-in-the-allocation-process ---- :Author: Michael Maranda :Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:13:27 PDT How are you making your lists (be specific--What is your methodology?)? (If posted somewhere just provide a link) Is this the primary place your list data is stored? If not, what format are you keeping your data? Are you attempting to put it into a usable (mashable) format? I agree with comments that allowing connection on basis of geography and interest area will make entry into the process easier. It's important to be strategic in the work you are doing. Unless others can see that you are being strategic in your choices of how you are collecting, presenting and making available the data you are organizing, they will not have as much ease or inclination as is necesesary for the project to take off and bear fruit. (Just trying to offer frank POV... I am wiling to answer questions on this, but for rest of April will be a little busy.) The important thing is for open data projects (or elements of projects) to situate themselves in relation to other projects, organizations, interests, and to maximize their utility to and through networks. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:43:15 PDT Michael asks me: How are you making your lists (be specific--What is your methodology?)? (If posted somewhere just provide a link) I'm getting online population data from wherever I can in order to divide all the richest/poorest countries into units of about half-million population size. My methodology for selecting the poorest countries was to rank all countries for (A) GNP per capita & (B) place on the UN Human Development Index. I used the formula Rank A + 2(Rank B) to decide inclusion. Borderline poor countries have been included only *as numbers allow* (see below). For poorer countries, online population data is patchy. Mostly I used information from Statoids_. To establish geographical location of administrative areas, I used `World Gazetteer`_, MSN Encarta's `Map of the World`_ and `The Map Library`_ (only available for Africa). When stuck I embarked on endless searches using as keywords e.g. "place-name, population, district, map". Where this yielded nothing, I used Babel fish to translate the keywords and searched in languages other than English. For richer countries, Wikipedia is very good both on admin divisions and population. .. _Statoids: http://www.statoids.com/ .. _`World Gazetteer`: http://world-gazetteer.com/ .. _`Map of the World`: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx .. _`The Map Library`: http://www.maplibrary.org/index.php Note on *as numbers allow*: The whole point of this project is randomly to allocate equal sized portions of richer and poorer countries to challenge them to form 5 year partnerships to connect and collaborate for the benefit of both. I have based the Random allocation process on the allocation of 2,400 poorer areas to one of 20 groups of 120 areas from richer countries. This approach is much more managable for Random Number Generators and those organising the project than attempting to match 2,400 areas with 2,400 other areas. The 2,400 figure is based on a division of the world's total population and allows for the richest 20% and poorest 20% (based on population figures per each featured country, not on the *number* of the countries included ) The very poorest countries are easy to identify. All are included. For countries classed as medium on the HDI, the cut off point falls within India, a country so large that it would on its own fill half the places in the WWC. Like many of the countries at a similar point on the poverty/human development continuum, poverty is widespread but not so universal as among the poorest countries. I made up the numbers to reach 2,400 by selecting geographical areas from the poorer areas of these countries (based again on online information - often by googling "poorest districts, country-concerned") (N.b. The plan is to include at a later time the medium HDI areas that it has not been possible to include this time round) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:19:59 PDT Michael also asks: Is this the primary place your list data is stored? Answer - yes. Also have copies on Word. Think I may need to put these on disk too. Be a bind if I had to go back to my mountains of paper data before reconstructing the lists! If not, what format are you keeping your data? Are you attempting to put it into a usable (mashable) format? This is a bit technical for me, Michael. But I can see how it would be advantageous to use a format whereby a list of matched numbers could automatically translate into: (1) the boundary definitions as listed at present (2) maps of those areas (3) a shorter descriptive title, e.g "Sioux Falls area", rather than "USA - South Dakota: Brookings, Buffalo, Jerauld, Lake, Miner, Sanborn & counties to south, but east of Missouri river" Any suggestions? ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:13:06 PDT For the past week I've been looking up communities in Texas and I've come up with these divisions: .. line-block :: USA - Texas: Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine & Shelby counties USA - Texas: Angelina, Houston , Jasper, Newton, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Walker & Orange counties USA - Texas: Aransas county; plus Gonzales, Jackson & Victoria & counties adj. these (including Colorado but excluding Fayette) USA - Texas: Atascosa, Blanco, Comal, Concho, Frio, Medina, Uvalde & Zavala; plus Kerr & Schleicher & counties adjoining either USA - Texas: Bastrop county & Travis county (areas to east of highway 35 ) USA - Texas: Bee, Jim Wells, San Patricio & Starr counties; plus Webb county & adjoining counties USA - Texas: Bell, McLennan & Williamson counties (areas to east of highway 35) USA - Texas: Bell, McLennan & Williamson counties (areas to west of highway 35), plus Burnet, Coryell & Lampasas counties USA - Texas: Bexar (San Antonio city council districts 1, 2, 3 & 5; plus areas to south & east outside city limits) USA - Texas: Bexar (San Antonio city council districts 4, 6 & 7; plus areas to west & southwest outside city limits) USA - Texas: Bexar (San Antonio city council districts 8, 9 & 10; plus areas to north of city limits) USA - Texas: Bowie, Cass, Rains & Wood counties; plus Delta & Titus & counties adjoining either USA - Texas: Brazoria county & Galveston county USA - Texas: Brooks county, Hidalgo county (areas west & north of McAllen), plus Kenedy, Kleberg & Nueces counties USA - Texas: Cameron county, Hidalgo county (Alamo & all areas to east) & Willacy county USA - Texas: Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson & Liberty counties USA - Texas: Coke, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels Sterling & Taylor counties; plus Ector & Midland & adjoining counties (excl. Ward) USA - Texas: Cooke, Grayson, Montague, Throckmorton & Wise counties; plus Archer & Hardeman & counties adjoining either USA - Texas: Collin county USA - Texas: Dallas county (City council districts 1, 3 & 6, Cedar Hill, Cockerill Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville & Grand Prairie) USA - Texas: Dallas county (City council districts 2, 13 &14, Addison, Farmers Branch, Highland Pk, Irving, University Park) USA - Texas: Dallas county (City council districts 4, 5, 7 & 8 & to SE, incl. Baulch Springs & Lancaster) & Ellis county USA - Texas: Dallas county (City council district 9, Garland, Mesquite, Rowlett, Sachse, Sunnyvale, Wylie) & Rockwall county USA - Texas: Dallas county (City council districts 10, 11 & 12, Carrollton, Coppell, Grapevine & Richardson) USA - Texas: Denton county USA - Texas: Dickens, Knox & Mitchell counties; plus Borden, Lubbock, Stonewall & Yoakum & counties adj. these (excl. Hale) USA - Texas: El Paso (Downtown, Northeast & Northwest districts) USA - Texas: El Paso (S & E areas), Kinney, Maverick, Terrell & Val Verde counties; plus Jeff Davis & Reeves & counties adj either USA - Texas: Freestone county; plus Brazos, Burleson, Robertson & Washington & counties adjoining these USA - Texas: Fort Bend county USA - Texas: Harris county (Houston council district A) USA - Texas: Harris county (Houston council districts B & H) USA - Texas: Harris county (Houston council districts C & D) USA - Texas: Harris county (Houston council districts E & I) USA - Texas: Harris county (Houston council districts F & G) USA - Texas: Harris county (areas east & north of Houston city limits, but excluding areas to south-east) USA - Texas: Harris county (areas south & west of Houston) USA - Texas: Harris county (Galena Park, Pasadena, South Houston and areas to southeast) USA - Texas: Henderson, Kaufman, Smith, Upshur &Van Zandt counties USA - Texas: Hays county & Travis county (areas to west of highway 35)) USA - Texas: Hidalgo county (excluding Alamo & areas to east, plus areas west & north of McAllen) USA - Texas: Johnson, Mason, Parker, Shackelford & Stephens counties; plus Brown & Erath & counties adjoining either USA - Texas: Montgomery county USA - Texas: Motley county; plus Donley, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Palmer, Potter & Swisher & counties adjoining any of these USA - Texas: Tarrant (Arlington, Dalworthington Gardens, Grand Prairie, Mansfield & Pantego) USA - Texas: Tarrant (Fort Worth: Central, East & South, & Benbrook, Burleson, Crowley, Everman, Forest Hill & Kennedale) USA - Texas: Tarrant (Fort Worth: Far North, North & West, & enclaves & adj areas N of Benbrook/W of Keller/Haltom City) USA - Texas: Tarrant (towns and cities to NE of Fort Worth) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:22:34 PDT And three more states: .. line-block :: USA - Missouri: Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Howard, Lincoln, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls & Warren counties USA - Missouri: Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney, Vernon counties USA - Missouri: Bates & Crawford counties, plus Benton, Maries, Miller & Morgan counties & counties adjoining them USA - Missouri: Buchanan, Clay, Clinton & Platte counties USA - Missouri: Cass, Jackson county (Blue Springs, Independence, Lee‘s Summit & to east), Johnson & Lafayette counties USA - Missouri: Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Ozark, Polk, Texas, Webster & Wright counties USA - Missouri: Daviess, Lewis, Macon, Nodaway, Scotland & Sullivan counties & counties adj. them, plus Carroll county USA - Missouri: Franklin, Jefferson, Perry, Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois & Washington counties USA - Missouri: Jackson county (Grandview, Kansas city, Raytown & Unity Village) USA - Missouri: New Madrid, Oregon, Reynolds, Stoddard & Wayne counties & counties adjoining them USA - Missouri: St. Charles county & St. Louis county (Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley & Wildbrook) USA - Missouri: St. Louis county (Maryland Heights, Overland, St. Ann, University City & towns & cities to north) USA - Missouri: St. Louis county (areas to S. of Overland & University City, excl. Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley & Wildbrook) USA - Missouri: St. Louis city USA - Colorado: Adams county USA - Colorado: Arapaho county USA - Colorado: Archuleta, Chaffee, Crowley, Fremont, Kiowa, Lake, Mineral, Park, Pueblo, Saguache Telfer & counties to S. USA - Colorado: Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson & Summit counties USA - Colorado: Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington & Yuma USA - Colorado: Denver city USA - Colorado: Eagle, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Pitkin, Routt & counties to west USA - Colorado: El Paso county USA - Colorado: Jefferson county USA - Colorado: Larimer & Weld counties USA - Louisiana: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline & Jefferson Davis parishes USA - Louisiana: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, St. Martin, St. Mary, St James & Terrebonne USA - Louisiana: Avoyelles, E.& W Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St Helena, St John Bapt., Tangipahoa & Washington USA - Louisiana: Bossier, Caddo & De Soto parishes USA - Louisiana: Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Red River, Sabine, Vernon & Tensas; plus Grant & adj. parishes USA - Louisiana: Claiborne, East Carroll, Lincoln & West Carroll & parishes adjoining any of these USA - Louisiana: East Baton Rouge parish &West Baton Rouge parish USA - Louisiana: Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry & Vermillion parishes USA - Louisiana: Jefferson & St. Charles parishes USA - Louisiana: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard & St. Tammany parishes ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 16:54:37 PDT Apportionment of both rich and poor countries is now almost completed. Just Arizona, Nevada & Oregon to go! Western states already done: .. line-block :: USA - California: Alameda county (Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland & Piedmont counties) USA - California: Alameda county (from Castro Valley & San Leandro, to Hayward & Union City, plus Dublin) USA - California: Alameda county (Fremont, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton & Sunol) USA - California: Alpine, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Tuolumne counties USA - California: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado & Placer counties USA - California: Butte, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra & Yuba counties USA - California: Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Sutter, Tehama & Yolo counties USA - California: Contra Costa county (Danville & adj areas, Walnut Creek & to west, excl Richmond & enclaves) USA - California: Contra Costa county (Concord cities & towns to east, excl Danville & adj areas) USA - California: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou & Trinity counties USA - California: Fresno county (excluding Fresno city) USA - California: Fresno county (Fresno city) USA - California: Imperial county & Riverside county (Indio & La Quinta & cities & towns to east) USA - California: Kern county (Bakersfield & cities & towns to east, incl. Arvin, Lamont & Oildale) USA - California: Kern county (west of Bakersfield: incl. Delano, McFarland, Rosedale & Shafter) & San Luis Obispo county USA - California: Kings & Tulare counties USA - California: Los Angeles county (Agoura Hills & adj areas, Canoga Pk, Malibu & Topanga, plus LA: Tarzana & adj areas) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Alhambra, Commerce, East LA, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera & Rosemead) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Altadena plus East Pasadena, La Canada Flint., San Marino & adj areas, excl. Glendale) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Artesia & adj areas, Downey, Hawaiian Gdns, La Mirada (& E), Norwalk & Paramount) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Azusa, Charter Oak, Claremont, Covina, Glendora, La Verne, Pomona, & San Dimas) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Baldwin Pk, El Monte, La Puente, S. El Monte, Valinda, W Covina & W Puente Valley) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Bell, Bell Ardens, Cudahy, Florence-Gr., Huntington Pk, Maywood, S. Gate, Walnut Pk) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale, W Hollywood & Beverly Cr, Studio & Toluca Lake) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Carson, Compton, Lynwood, Paramount, West Carson, West Compton & Willowbrook) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Coastal areas from Redondo Beach to Santa Monica, plus adj areas in LA, excl. to NW) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Hawthorne and adjoining cities & communities) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Lancaster & Palmdale, their enclaves & nearby communities) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Long Beach & Signal Hill) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: 5 areas from Sylnar to West Hills (incl), plus Castiac, San Fernando, &Santa Clarita USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Arieta, N Hollywood, Valley Glen, Valley Village, & Shadow Hills & adj areas) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Bel-Air, Lake Balboa, Mission Hills, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys & adj areas to N) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Crenshaw, West LA, Westwood & areas adj/incl Baldwin H, Cheviot H, S Carthay) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Cypress Pk, El Sereno, Highland Pk, Lincoln Heights & areas adj to any of these) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Chinatown/Historic LA, Downtown, Wilshire Center plus Silver Lake & adj areas) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Greater Wilshire/Hancock Park &Hollywood, plus Harvard Heights & adj areas) USA - California: Los Angeles county (LA: Hyde Park, South Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles & Watts) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Rowland Heights, Whittier & areas adjoining either (excl. Pico Rivera)) USA - California: Los Angeles county (Torrance & county areas to S), plus LA: Harbor City, Wilmington & areas adj to either USA - California: Marin county & Contra Costa county (El Cerrito, Richmond & enclaves) USA - California: Monterey & San Benito counties USA - California: Napa & Solano counties USA - California: Orange county (Anaheim. Placentia & Yorba Linda) USA - California: Orange county (Brea, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma & adj areas, Rossmoor & adj areas & Stanton) USA - California: Orange county (Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach & Tustin) USA - California: Orange county (Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach & Westminster) USA - California: Orange county (Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods & all areas to southeast) USA - California: Orange county (Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin Foothills & Villa Park) USA - California: Riverside county (Banning, Beaumont, Calimesa, Hemet, San Jacinto, & Coachella Valley west of La Quinta) USA - California: Riverside county (Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Perris & Temecula) USA - California: Riverside county (Corona, Norco & Riverside city) USA - California: Sacramento county (Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Folsom & areas to N & W, excl. Sacramento city) USA - California: Sacramento county (Gold River, La Riviera, Rancho Cordora & areas to south, excluding Sacramento city) USA - California: Sacramento county (Sacramento city) USA - California: San Bernardino county (Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Hesperia, Victorville & communities to east of Yucaipa) USA - California: San Bernardino county (Chino, Chino Hills, Montclair, Ontario & Upland) USA - California: San Bernardino county (Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga & Rialto) USA - California: San Bernardino county (Colton, Highland, Loma Linda, Redlands, San Bernardino & Yucaipa) USA - California: San Diego county (Bonito, Santee & intervening areas to E of Eastern & Southeastern districts of San Diego) USA - California: San Diego county (Carlsbad & San Marcos (incl. Lake Marcos) & to N, excl. Hidden Valley/Valley Center) USA - California: San Diego county (Chula Vista, Imperial Beach & San Diego city: Southern ) USA - California: San Diego county (Coronado, National City & San Diego city: Central, Mid-City & Western districts) USA - California: San Diego county (Encinitas, Fairbanks R, Rancho Sante Fe, San Diego city: E, N & NW & Solana Beach) USA - California: San Diego county (Escondido, Hidden Meadow, San Diego city: Northeastern district & to NE, excl. Santee) USA - California: San Francisco county (city districts 1-6 & 8) USA - California: San Francisco county (city districts 7 & 9-11) & San Mateo (Brisbane, Colma, Daly City & S San Francisco) USA - California: San Joaquin county USA - California: San Mateo county (excluding Brisbane, Colma, Daly City & South San Francisco) USA - California: San Mateo county (Pacifico & coastal areas to S, plus all to south of Redwood City ) & Santa Cruz county USA - California: Santa Barbara county USA - California: Santa Clara county (all areas except San Jose city, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara & Sunnyvale) USA - California: Santa Clara county (Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara & Sunnyvale) USA - California: Santa Clara county (San Jose city council districts 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6) USA - California: Santa Clara county (San Jose city council districts 2, 7, 8, 9, & 10) USA - California: Sonoma county USA - California: Stanislaus county USA - California: Ventura county (El Rio, Ojai, Oxnard & communities to west (including Ventura), plus Santa Paula) USA - California: Ventura county (Camarilla & communities to east) USA - Washington: Adams, Benton, Ferry, Franklin & counties to east (excluding Spokane) USA - Washington: Chelan, Douglas, Grant & Kittitas counties & Snohomish county (to east of Everett, excl. North Creek) USA - Washington: Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap & Mason counties USA - Washington: Clark & Cowlitz counties USA - Washington: Grays Harbor, Lewis & Yakima & counties to south (excluding Clark & Cowlitz) USA - Washington: Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Skagit & Whatcom counties USA - Washington: King county (Bellevue, Kingsgate, Medina, Redmond, Woodinville & communities to NW, excl. Seattle) USA - Washington: King county (Federal Way, Kent, Tukwila, West Seattle & communities to west including Vashon) USA - Washington: King county (Mercer Island & areas to east of Bellevue, Federal Way, Kent, Redmond & Tukwila) USA - Washington: King county (Seattle, excluding West Seattle) USA - Washington: Pierce county (Midland, South Hill, Summit, Tacoma & enclaves & communities to north & east) USA - Washington: Snohomish county (Everett, Mill Creek, North Creek & all areas to west) USA - Washington: Spokane county USA - Washington: Thurston & Pierce county (Fircrest, Graham, Lakewood, Parkland, Frederickson, University Place & to SW) ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 16:37:12 PDT Here are my proposed divisions for Arizona and Nevada. N.b. I'm saving Ned.com HQ to the very end! .. line-block :: USA - Arizona: Apache, Coconino, Gila & Navajo counties USA - Arizona: Cochise, Graham, Pinal & Santa Cruz counties USA - Arizona: La Paz, Mohave & Yavapai counties USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek & Sun Lakes) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Avondale, Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park & Tolleson) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Buckeye, El Mirage, Gila B’d, Peoria, Sun C(& West), Surprise, Wickenburg & Youngtown) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Carefree, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, New River, Rio Verde, Scottsdale & Tempe) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Guadalupe, Paradise Valley & Phoenix city: districts 3 & 6) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Mesa) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Phoenix city: districts 1 & 2) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Phoenix city: districts 4 & 5) USA - Arizona: Maricopa county (Phoenix city: districts 7 & 8) USA - Arizona: Pima county (Tucson city) USA - Arizona: Pima county (excluding Tucson city) & Yuma county USA - Nevada: Washoe county USA - Nevada: Clark county (Las Vegas city) USA - Nevada: Clark county (North Las Vegas, Sunrise Manor, Whitney & Winchester) USA - Nevada: Clark county (Enterprise, Henderson, plus Boulder City & all areas to south) USA - Nevada: Clark county (Paradise, Spring Valley, Summerlin South & areas to east) USA - Nevada: all counties incl. Clark county (north of Las Vegas) but excl. Washoe & Clark county (Las Vegas & to south) Please feedback errors, omissions, misspellings etc. Thanks. ---- :Author: chris macrae :Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 17:03:25 PDT could you remind those of us who look at your thread occasionally how we can use connectory .. a while back I thought I knew but i have rather forgotten ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 23:03:44 PDT Chris, This is a project in which every place in every developed country will be partnered with a place in a developing country for a five year period. So, every century, each place will have 20 different partners to work with. In each five year period, the people living in the partnered areas will be given the task of getting to know about each others' lives and finding ways to share their mental and physical resources for their mutual benefit. Apportioning the world into 4,800 geographical areas of (more or less) identical population size has been the first stage in this partnership process. After three years work, this stage is now almost completed. Over the next 12 months the plan is fourfold: 1) to secure the cooperation of a universally trusted organisation to oversee the allocation procedure (whereby pairs of richer and poorer places will be randomly assigned). 2) to compile the text of the Worldwide Connectory, turning it in a user manual that will give information (& detailed instructions) to people living anywhere in the world about how they can take part in the project. 3) to translate and publicise the project and start to develop some organisational structures in individual WWC areas. 4) to engage in dialogue with those who it is hoped will become principal participants: * international development agencies * microfinance groups * worldwide organisations (for youth, charitable activities, professional development, international understanding etc etc) * faith groups * media outlets * educators * bloggers ---- :Author: Samuel Ngotho :Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 01:01:35 PDT :Modified: Wed, 07 May 2008 01:07:40 PDT Good analysis David Want to learn more of Worldwide Connectory ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 02:34:31 PDT :Modified: Wed, 07 May 2008 02:36:09 PDT It's done. Oregon seems easy to divide. This is it (see Workspace_ for WWC ## for each area - I'll be completing the section on `USA Western`_ later on today): .. line-block :: USA - Oregon: Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Linn & Tillamook counties USA - Oregon: Clackamas county & Multnomah county (excluding Portland city) USA - Oregon: Curry, Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine & Klamath counties USA - Oregon: Deschutes, Hood River, Jefferson, Lake, Wasco & counties to east USA - Oregon: Douglas & Lane counties USA - Oregon: Marion, Polk & Yamhill counties USA - Oregon: Multnomah county (Portland city) USA - Oregon: Washington county .. _Workspace: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/index/ .. _`USA Western`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/USA%20WESTERN/?e=newpage *edited to add links* ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:36:34 PDT Although List B (developed countries) has been been completed and we now have 2,400 connection areas to be allocated by a random number generator to 2,400 areas from List A (developing countries), 18 of the List A areas that were originally defined and included on the basis of world data for 2004 would clearly not now qualify in terms of data for 2007, the most recent available. So replacements are needed for the 17 areas of Serbia (including 3 in Kosovo) and the one area that makes up Montenegro. The poorest country not fully included in the WWC lists at present is India, but to fully include even the poorest states in India would require many more than the 18 areas now made available (enough for about another 9 million people). India has a population well in excess of a billion people (1.13 billion is the estimate for March 2008). 1,130,000,000 people would require the allocation of 2260 WWC areas. Currently 250 areas have been allocated to India concentrated on the poorest states in the north and north-east of the country. It would be hard to decide where 18 more areas in India would best be allocated when so many more areas would be required to provide sufficient cover for even the poorest of the states. An alternative would be to provide more areas for other countries where there is at present only token coverage. My inclination would be to add further areas for South Africa (to add to the 6 'representative' South Africa areas included so far). Another alternative would be to include some 'representative' areas for countries currently not represented in WWC. Influenced perhaps by a friend's harrowing accounts of poverty in some parts of Peru after she was attached to a medical mission there last November, I am more aware of the inadequacies of GDP per capita and the UN Human Development Index in indentifying the extent of poverty in some countries where there is some degree of affluence among some classes of society. However, although Peru is much better off overall than all the countries currently on the WWC's List A, 52% of the population are classified as poor, a far higher figure than in comparable mid-table countries. So my preference at present is to find 12 more areas in South Africa and 6 in Peru. But I'm very open to the suggestions of others. So please let me know what your preference would be. ---- :Author: chris macrae :Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:35:01 PDT David your idea is s immense that I still havent understood all the jigsaw pieces perhaps I can find a few practical questions how do I -or indeed any nedster who might be interested -make a contribution or connection from whichever of the 4800 areas we are in; are thyere anlready any appointed area coordinators of how do we get in touch within our regional boundaries ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:39:19 PDT :Modified: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:49 PDT Chris asks: are there already any appointed area coordinators of how do we get in touch within our regional boundaries As I see it, one of the strengths of the WWC concept is that the WC project is (in your words) "so immense" that it cannot be structured in a centrally organised way. Instead, the whole administrative structure is decentralised to the constituent Connection Areas (of which there are 2,400 for `List A countries`_ and 2,400 for `List B countries`_). So any appointment of area coordinators need to be made by the people living in each of those areas. There simply will be no administrative superstructure outside the individual areas themselves. The only exception to this is that there will need to be a central registry to record which areas are "active". There will also need to be a volunteer group to handle any disputes that may arise - to disown and deregister any rogue elements that may try to misrepresent what the project is all about or to profit from it in a way that is outside the spirit of the project. The registration process needs to be made as simple as possible. I think anyone should be able to register in their home area as Acting Correspondent for the area provided no one else has done so previously. The Acting Correspondent will not be required to act as area coordinator. His/her only responsibilities will be: * to register his/her own contact details (email address would normally be the minimum expectation) in a central list available worldwide * to keep a membership or contact list of all the people in his/her area who subsequently make contact * to get members/contacts together and arrange meetings and election/appointment of official roles, including appointment of an official area Correspondent as to as the area's link to outside areas and organisations Where a second or third person try to register as their area's Acting Correspondent, they will be re-directed in the first instance to the first person to register to sort the matter out with them. If, say, as a result of this, it is decided that the second or third person would be better placed to serve as AC, the first person should de-register and leave the new AC's contact details instead. If you are ready to register as AC for your own WWC area, Chris, just let me know and I'll get the register up and running! Thanks :) .. _`List A countries`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/index/#list-a-developing-countries-that-will-be-included-in-the-worldwide-connectory .. _`List B countries`: http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/ws/index/#list-b-developed-countries-that-will-