The collaborative features of the web has given birth to a new initiative, the IGLOO. TheIgloo.org is a new global governance research portal, launched in Canada, going live later this month.
Announced this week by portal host the Centre for International Governance Innnovation, based in Waterloo, the goal of TheIgloo.org is “to build global connections between people, processes and information to further advance research on many topics of global importance which can be used to stimulate innovative solutions to the economic, financial and social governance challenges facing our world.”
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I’ve been a fan, and customer, of GOT Corporation (formerly GotMarketing) and their Campaigner self-serve email marketing system for many years. I’ve also set up a number of my smaller clients with their own Campaigner accounts so they can manage their own email newsletters.
Last week I set up a new client with a Campaigner account and made a shocking discovery.
Today’s Globe and Mail says the federal government is looking at getting out of the map printing business and providing digital files online for a fee or free. The move is cost-cutting, and is supportedly very clearly by the numbers: in 2003 over 330,000 maps were distributed, in 2004, over 261,000, but in the past year only 2000+ as more files are available online.
Brad Green, President of World of Maps, is reportedly starting a letter-writing campaign, though there is no word of it on their site.