Vision of a Neighborhood Office - Revision history

Stan at 23:59, 8 March 2020

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	Janice Robertson felt the mugginess already, even at 9 a.m., and wished the August heat wave would pass. As she watered the plants and drew water for her “solar” tea pot in the Neighbors Together office, a discouraged looking woman walked in. “Hello, can I help you?” asked Janice. “Buenos dias,” responded the woman, “Habla usted espanol?”<br>		Janice Robertson felt the mugginess already, even at 9 a.m., and wished the August heat wave would pass. As she watered the plants and drew water for her “solar” tea pot in the Neighbors Together office, a discouraged looking woman walked in. “Hello, can I help you?” asked Janice. “Buenos dias,” responded the woman, “Habla usted espanol?”<br>

	“Si,” said Janice, who then invited the woman to sit down and explain her problem. The woman was new to the area and was having terrible difficulty finding housing for herself and her three young children. She also needed a job. After a long conversation [[Category:Issue-Conversation]]about the woman's needs, talents, and resources, Janice asked her to relax for a few moments while she checked her housing and employment files.<br>		“Si,” said Janice, who then invited the woman to sit down and explain her problem. The woman was new to the area and was having terrible difficulty finding housing for herself and her three young children. She also needed a job. After a long conversation
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			about the woman's needs, talents, and resources, Janice asked her to relax for a few moments while she checked her housing and employment files.<br>

	Janice walked over to the microcomputer in the corner and put in the community information disk. After a quick search, she found five apartments which seemed suitable, including one offered by a Hispanic landlady just yesterday. She also consulted the employment file and found three possibilities. As these were printing out, she asked the woman about her preferences for food and neighborhood services so she could enter keywords into the electronic welcome wagon program. Soon the computer printed out a series of ads and coupons for local shops where Spanish was spoken. The woman was confused about the machine clattering in the background, but after Janice showed her the results and explained them, she smiled broadly and said several times, “Muchas gracias, muchas gracias!” As the woman left, she seemed to walk taller and step more lightly.<br>		Janice walked over to the microcomputer in the corner and put in the community information disk. After a quick search, she found five apartments which seemed suitable, including one offered by a Hispanic landlady just yesterday. She also consulted the employment file and found three possibilities. As these were printing out, she asked the woman about her preferences for food and neighborhood services so she could enter keywords into the electronic welcome wagon program. Soon the computer printed out a series of ads and coupons for local shops where Spanish was spoken. The woman was confused about the machine clattering in the background, but after Janice showed her the results and explained them, she smiled broadly and said several times, “Muchas gracias, muchas gracias!” As the woman left, she seemed to walk taller and step more lightly.<br>
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	Janice still had some time before meeting some other staff members for a late lunch and their daily afternoon walk around the neighborhood. She used the “micro” to connect to the national Neighborhood Information Sharing Exchange (NISE) to see what experiences other community organizations had had with in-house day care. Looking through the NISE database, which was established in 1981, she found no information about day care centers in government offices, so she raised an inquiry in the community inquiry-response network. After stating her question briefly in five lines, she also composed a page of background information to expand the question. She knew that the brief question would be sent to the hundreds of community-based groups in the network and only those with interest in the topic or information to share would get the background material. She would check again in several days to see what responses had been entered to her question. Sharing problems and solutions like this between communities on a regional and national basis started in 1979 with a small project connecting rapid growth communities. As inquiries are answered, all the responses are shared with all those interested. After sharing information among people in this way, it is then condensed and entered into the NISE database.<br>		Janice still had some time before meeting some other staff members for a late lunch and their daily afternoon walk around the neighborhood. She used the “micro” to connect to the national Neighborhood Information Sharing Exchange (NISE) to see what experiences other community organizations had had with in-house day care. Looking through the NISE database, which was established in 1981, she found no information about day care centers in government offices, so she raised an inquiry in the community inquiry-response network. After stating her question briefly in five lines, she also composed a page of background information to expand the question. She knew that the brief question would be sent to the hundreds of community-based groups in the network and only those with interest in the topic or information to share would get the background material. She would check again in several days to see what responses had been entered to her question. Sharing problems and solutions like this between communities on a regional and national basis started in 1979 with a small project connecting rapid growth communities. As inquiries are answered, all the responses are shared with all those interested. After sharing information among people in this way, it is then condensed and entered into the NISE database.<br>

	Janice logged off the system and turned off the machine. She had had a very productive morning, thanks to their electronic “superorganizer”. Time for lunch. It was still hot and muggy, and she would be glad to see the late afternoon thunderstorms that were forecast. She walked out the door with the other staff members and they began sharing their mornings' experiences.<br><br><br>		Janice logged off the system and turned off the machine. She had had a very productive morning, thanks to their electronic “superorganizer”. Time for lunch. It was still hot and muggy, and she would be glad to see the late afternoon thunderstorms that were forecast. She walked out the door with the other staff members and they began sharing their mornings' experiences.<br><br><br>
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Stan: Text replacement - " conversation " to " conversation Category:Issue-Conversation"

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Text replacement - " conversation " to " conversation Category:Issue-Conversation"

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	Janice Robertson felt the mugginess already, even at 9 a.m., and wished the August heat wave would pass. As she watered the plants and drew water for her “solar” tea pot in the Neighbors Together office, a discouraged looking woman walked in. “Hello, can I help you?” asked Janice. “Buenos dias,” responded the woman, “Habla usted espanol?”<br>		Janice Robertson felt the mugginess already, even at 9 a.m., and wished the August heat wave would pass. As she watered the plants and drew water for her “solar” tea pot in the Neighbors Together office, a discouraged looking woman walked in. “Hello, can I help you?” asked Janice. “Buenos dias,” responded the woman, “Habla usted espanol?”<br>

	“Si,” said Janice, who then invited the woman to sit down and explain her problem. The woman was new to the area and was having terrible difficulty finding housing for herself and her three young children. She also needed a job. After a long conversation about the woman's needs, talents, and resources, Janice asked her to relax for a few moments while she checked her housing and employment files.<br>		“Si,” said Janice, who then invited the woman to sit down and explain her problem. The woman was new to the area and was having terrible difficulty finding housing for herself and her three young children. She also needed a job. After a long conversation [[Category:Issue-Conversation]]about the woman's needs, talents, and resources, Janice asked her to relax for a few moments while she checked her housing and employment files.<br>

	Janice walked over to the microcomputer in the corner and put in the community information disk. After a quick search, she found five apartments which seemed suitable, including one offered by a Hispanic landlady just yesterday. She also consulted the employment file and found three possibilities. As these were printing out, she asked the woman about her preferences for food and neighborhood services so she could enter keywords into the electronic welcome wagon program. Soon the computer printed out a series of ads and coupons for local shops where Spanish was spoken. The woman was confused about the machine clattering in the background, but after Janice showed her the results and explained them, she smiled broadly and said several times, “Muchas gracias, muchas gracias!” As the woman left, she seemed to walk taller and step more lightly.<br>		Janice walked over to the microcomputer in the corner and put in the community information disk. After a quick search, she found five apartments which seemed suitable, including one offered by a Hispanic landlady just yesterday. She also consulted the employment file and found three possibilities. As these were printing out, she asked the woman about her preferences for food and neighborhood services so she could enter keywords into the electronic welcome wagon program. Soon the computer printed out a series of ads and coupons for local shops where Spanish was spoken. The woman was confused about the machine clattering in the background, but after Janice showed her the results and explained them, she smiled broadly and said several times, “Muchas gracias, muchas gracias!” As the woman left, she seemed to walk taller and step more lightly.<br>

Stan at 16:23, 12 May 2018

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Stan at 15:12, 10 May 2018

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Stan: Formatted the headline.

2018-05-10T15:10:46Z

Formatted the headline.

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	'''Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...'''		'''Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...'''

	''In our world of the 21st century, have we achieved this vision yet????'' Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..~~Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST~~)<br>		''In our world of the 21st century, have we achieved this vision yet????''

			(Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article...)<br>

	== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==		== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==

Stan at 15:08, 10 May 2018

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	'''Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...'''		'''Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...'''

	In our world of the 21st century, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>		''In our world of the 21st century, have we achieved this vision yet????'' Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>

	== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==		== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==

Stan at 15:07, 10 May 2018

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	Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...~~<br>~~		'''Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...'''

	In our world of ~~2016~~, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>		In our world of the 21st century, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>

	== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==		== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==

Stan at 11:51, 17 August 2016

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	Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...<br>		Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...<br>

	In our world of ~~2011~~, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>		In our world of 2016, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>

	== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==		== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==

PaulSank at 17:26, 25 May 2016

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	== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==		== Vision of a Neighborhood Office in 1985 ==

	===== by Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz in 1981 =====		===== by Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz in 1981 =====

Stan at 17:13, 30 March 2016

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	Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...<br> ~~convoluted~~		Into the time machine we go for an article about the "future" written in 1981...<br>

	In our world of 2011, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>		In our world of 2011, have we achieved this vision yet???? Please comment in the "discussion" page for this article..Stan 23:21, 19 January 2011 (EST)<br>