Suggestions and Help
There are many, many areas in which contributions can be made to
this effort. The following is a very preliminary listing -- just to
get some ideas started. . . .
Needs:
- people willing to gather and supply information about funding
opportunities, grants, travel, exchange programs, meetings,
conferences, etc.
- people willing to gather and post news items of interest to
US-Russian relations
- people willing to develop, coordinate, or contribute to the
following servers:
- Russian History
- Russian Art
- Russian Music
- Russian Literature
- American History
- American Art
- American Music
- American Literature
- people willing to develop or contribute to supply of financial
and economic information (exchange rates, supply of economic rates
and indicators, archives of information about conducting business in
other countries (rules, regulations, suggestions, etc.))
- people willing to develop a section on the educational systems
in both countries
- people willing to develop instructional material on the Russian
and English languages -- including supply of text, graphics, audio,
and the design of interactive learning exhibits
- people willing to write about major research initiatives,
scientific resources in both countries, 'success stories' about
joint endeavors
- people willing to supply good graphic images for the server
- people willing to supply scanned and original photographs and
slides for inclusion in server
- people willing to contribute to technical aspects of the
server's development. This could include:
- design and creation of forms-based applications
- development of interfaces with unix-script processing
- SGML system design
- custom wais parse format
- gateway design -- httpd server - USENET groups; email interface
to www server material; email interface to WAIS searches
- people willing to help with press releases and production of
promotional materials
- people willing to help provide translation services
- people willing to contribute and maintain ftp archives of
appropriate information -- software, fonts, text material, etc.
- people willing to develop information on Russian / American
diet, cuisine, recipes, etc.
- people willing to contribute material on travel and tourism
industry (perhaps a travel agency 'partner'?)
- people willing to contribute material on Russian and American
film
- people willing to help coordinate elementary and secondary
education programs ('pen pal' programs, exchange programs, travel
programs, etc.)
- people willing to contribute stories and information on
cultural topics -- celebration of holidays, "a day in the life of "
a citizen of Russia or America, etc.
- people willing to provide copy-editing / transcription /
editing services
- people willing to contribute information on geography and
environmental issues
- people in various cities of Russia willing to post daily
weather conditions and forecast information
- people willing to write political and economic commentary about
both countries
Please help us add to this initial list! Please send email to:
natasha@ibpm.serpukhov.su or gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu