COM 0493.001 2000-2002 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

~ F1AR~31-0k3 FF_I ©8r6 r'1-M k:ON:i KFF :.~F TS~ 3239444 p q~ JNrR~p~CTrlo~ BacKGROU~o In April oft 998, a "cluster" of ten (I 0) "teams" fron, the Island of Hawair received a F.lanag+ng Information m Rural America (MIRA) grant from the w. K. Kellogg Foundation. '(he H'~~~i iii ~ u! ; ~ Cl ~ Island cluster v.~as one of 5 selected from across the nation for this innovative grant, including r,lusters from Nebraska, Colorado, Virgin a and Texas. As the Kellogg Foundation described ~t, "Managing Information with Rural Ar„enca (MIRA) is a grantmaking initiative of ~OUr~ ;i:;~;~,_ . , Systems; Rural Development program area. It seeks to draw upon the reservoirs of strength, tenacity, and civic commitment +n rural communities and to help rural people use technology ielectronic comrnunicatrons and information systems) as a tool to meet current and fut:,re challenges " The Nawai' i Island MIRA Custer formed under the fiscal management o` the Big Island Resource Conservation and bevelopment Program (81RC&D), anon-profit organization based {n Hilo, Havdai' i, with teams representing the communrtres of: ~ Rural South Hilo ~ Honaunau Laupahoehoe ~ Ocedn View ~ Honomu ~ Na'alehulPahala ~ Ho' okena ~ Volcano ~ North & South Kona ~ Lower Puna The grant functioned m reverse of typical grants in that the Kellogg Foundation required a sexes of 6 daylong workshops, one-per month, to be completed before they accepted grant proposais from the individual learns. The Keilogg Foundation, vrith help from the Heartland Inst+tute established a listing of workshop themes ar,d potential presenters for the various tk,emes. Each workshop was to have two presentations, and a demonstration of current IeChtt0loc~y, ToptCS for ~;.orkshops included. f denotes a required workshop) L'.ving with Change" ~ Building CoaliUOns Asset P,lappmg° t7 Managing Conflict Asset F:lapp+ng Appl~ed° ~ Fund+ng Community Projects F: Hurnan and Electronic Networks' Organizations Pol+cy Education` ~ Help,ng People Work ~ oget+,rr Part+cipatory Decision-R1akiny' ~ Maintaining momentum Proter, Plann+ng and Implementation` o Managing Technology a Evaluation ~ Technology as a Tool for Development the cluster could determine the workshops and the presenters from the prav+ded listing. T~@ Cif mgn5tr~tinn on current tech„rlogv and its presenter was determined by the steering _cgn,mittee,_w{vch:yas.comprisgd of one member from Fach of the learns. .i his comrtiittee also coordinated the workshops. The Kellogg Foundation funded the entire cost of the workshops n,clud;ng, the presenter's stipend, rent for the venue, and a luncheon. Team members t+me and travel cost avere not reimbursed. The teams were required to meet several criteria before becoming eligrble to submit a grant for consideration. These cntena induced ~ Teams of t0 members with 5 alternates ~ Attendance of at least 1 0 members to each of the workshops. Eight of the teams met these criteria, applied for and received a grant to fund the+r project. The Kona MIRA Team focused on the County General Pfan, which was up for its mandated I 0-year review without funding allocated to tarry-out review process. PURPaSE.