9th Annual General Meeting Chebucto Community Net Society Covering the year 2002

- Continuing to support the community for 9 years. Longer than any other Halifax internet provider. Chebucto Community Net In 2002: - Working amidst pressures that did not exist last year -- two other Nova Scotia Community Nets shut down in Canada-wide, most community nets are in trouble. Chebucto is an exception.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: A Year of Growth and Sustainability

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Growth: New Services

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: Spam filtering, user - configurable. Last year’s wishlist item became this year’s necessity.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: Virus filtering of incoming . Another wishlist item became a necessity.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: Speed and more speed. New digital equipment, 56 K dialup and web proxy server make web surfing with Chebucto faster than it’s ever been.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: New and improved Webmail. Add-on modules give more features: password change, calendar, task organizer.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: New servers. Chebucto’s new equipment hosts databases and dynamic websites.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: New search engine Ten times more efficient.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: Customizable realtime online discussion forums for community use. From Chebucto Café to organizing community events.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: New easy-to-use mailing list administration tools Helping community groups share information.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: New Services: New power backup systems keep services online and uninterrupted during short power outages -- undetectably.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Sustainability

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Chebucto is self supporting through membership fees, service fees and donations. Plus the dedication and energy of a corps of volunteers.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Careful tracking of Chebucto resources and finances has been critical to sustainability.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: The steady decline in text-only account renewals and signups is being mostly made up for by user-pay extra services.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Chebucto Plus signups are up, Non-Profit group signups are up, For-Profit small business account signups are up. The rest of Chebucto:

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Partnerships with local community groups and local organizations are being forged. Volunteers with Chebucto meet regularly with a wide range of groups always working to help our online and real communities. The need for Chebucto services has never been stronger. As the Internet becomes more hostile, the need for a safe haven online, a local neighbourhood where we all look out for each other grows.

Chebucto Community Net In 2002: Chebucto Community Net is a registered charitable organization and donations of time, expertise, and even plain old-fashioned cash are always appreciated and welcome.