• Approximately how many of your volunteers provide direct support to clients / recipients of service via the Internet?
• Please describe the kinds of volunteer activities these direct contact volunteers provide to your organization:

1. America Online
   • 6,000
   • Live time Chat, Message board monitoring, mentoring, training, guest chats.

2. Chebucto Community Net
   • for this too there are lots..
   • there are computer labs in libraries where the working of CCN is taught to kids, adults etc.. as well as instructions provided to clients using the CCN for a web page of their own etc..

3. Community Wire Service
   • 0
   • no response

4. Concentric Media
   • 100
   • Calls/letters e-mails to PBS Programmers Local Sponsors for Cable Access TV time Outreach for finding more volunteers Hosting local film screenings or campus events Doing local Publicity for broadcasts or screenings Sending updates Alerts, Requests for help

5. Diversity University, Inc. *
   • 50+
   • MOO programming, MOO admin, training teachers and students in how to use the MOO, teaching teachers how to teach on DU, organizing and moderating real-time discussion groups on such things as james joyce or support groups for online educators or librarians. Doing presentations in physical life to show educators our virtual campus. Moderating email lists involving MOOed and online education in general. Working with the kids who are on DU to create MOO projects that teach something, to use the web interface or VRML. Present at the online seminars on how they teach on DU.

6. durham county literacy council
   • 10
   • We are experimenting with online tutoring as a supplement to face-to-face tutoring. We would also like to extend this to include distance learning mentors who would guide students through theprocess of preparing for the GED. Finally, we are trying (not very successfully) to convince our local Department of Social Service to support an online mentoring program for welfare-to-work famiilies - but they think we are way out and I'm not sure if we will succeed here.

7. Field of Dreams
   • no response
   • no response

8. Free Our Parks and Forests
   • 5
   • Mostly emailing and replying to emails. Also running a list server and posting to USENET.

9. Globewide Network Academy
   • 25
   • These are people who talk (write) directly with our clients, who are primarily schools and students.

10. Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
    • no response
    • no response

11. NetNoir, Inc.
    • 40+
    • They host chatrooms, post messages to message boards, respond to mail from members. Also handle online promoting

12. Northland Public Library
    • no response
    • no response

13. Ronald McDonald House
    • 50%
    • INFORMATION
      EXPERIENCE
      SUPPORT TO FAMILIES
      PROMOTE USE OF INTERNET

14. Seednet
    • no response
    • no response

15. Technology Assistance for Special Consumers
    • no response
    • no response

16. United Way of Okaloosa & Walton COunties
    • A number
    • All of above

17. WEST Ltd
    • 10
    • Please see the information above

* Diversity University, Inc. responded twice, on March 8, 1997 and April 28, 1997, but their responses to these questions were the same both times.

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