Local Management Teams

The ultimate goal of the Northern Community Internet project is to strengthen local communities by providing a local internet for each community in the Lakes and Forest Region of northern Minnesota.  

The purpose of the local web sites is to provide a place where people can easily find the content on the internet that is created by and for their local community.  The local sites are inclusive, not competitive with other local content. For instance, while each site has a calendar, it also has links to other community calendars people in the community are maintaining. While it pulls news feeds with links to stories from a variety of sources, it also includes links to the websites of news organizations who do not provide links.  

To include all of a communities content, three needs to be a group of people in each community to solicit, organize and manage content created by and for people in their community.  That is the role of the management teams. Below is a description of some of those roles.  People interested in learning more about the local management team or are interested in getting involved can use the feedback form at:  http://www.northerncommunityinternet.org/register/feedback.php

Community Internet Management Team 

Responsibilities:

The responsibility of the management team is to promote the use of the internet to build and strengthen its local community.

It is responsible for identifying needs in its community and customizing the local Community Internet site where possible to meet those needs or making recommendations for changes to the Northern Community Internet network to better meet community needs. Where appropriate, it may also develop new features unique to its local community. 

It is expected that the role and structure of the management team will evolve as the Northern Community Internet project develops with additional areas of responsibility. Management of local content will be done by local Coordinators who are members of the management team. The management team is responsible establishing guidelines for coordinators regarding local site content and hearing appeals from their decisions.*

Specific Roles (Management team members may take more than one role):

Calendar Coordinator:

The calendar coordinator is responsible for managing content of the local community calendar and links.

Search Coordinator:

The Search Coordinator ensures that the local sites being searched fit the Management Team's definition of local content and reviews search results to identify where they are not returning appropriate results. They will also assign organize and assign sites to categories.

News Coordinator

Responsible for managing links to local news stories and from local news feeds.

eDemocracy Forum Manager

The eDemocracy Forum Manager will fulfill the responsibilities established by eDemocracy and coordinate the eDemocracy forum with other Community Internet efforts.

Training Coordinator

Responsible for identifying local training needs and organizing trainings to allow people in the community to make more and better use of the Community Internet site.

Blog Coordinator

Manages blogs to assure that they meet the management team's guidelines for local blogs.

Photo Coordinator

Manages photo banner and other contributed photographs in consultation with web designer.

*Legal Disclaimer: Decisions are subject to review by the Northern Community Internet staff and ultimately by the Board of Directors of Northern Community Radio.