VICNET Zine July 2000. http://www.vicnet.net.au/zine/ Now over 700 subscribers! VICNET Victoria's Network http://www.vicnet.net.au/ 40,000 visitors per week.
VICNET's New Search Engine! Try out the new VICNET search engine at the top right hand side of the VICNET Home Page. Its a great way to find the links you need - links that are relevant to Victorians. This is currently still a work in progress, with around 60 % of the categorised links included at time of publication (around 5,000 links). To add your link to this search engine please use the following address: http://www.vicnet.net.au/websites/addurl.htm
Melbourne International Film Festival : 19 July - 6 August http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/ The 49th Melbourne International Film Festival is this year the most online ever! With a searchable online program, wired Festival Club, and 300 great films its a Melbourne event not to be missed. Proudly sponsored by VICNET. See whats out there!
Victoria's Virtual Library http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/ The Minister for State and Regional Development, Mr. John Brumby, recently launched Stage 1 of Victoria's Virtual Library at the Corangamite Regional Library Corporation's Camperdown Branch Library. Includes: catalogues, Gulliver, Hot Topics, CIVic, INFONET, Open Road. Contact Brendan Fitzgerald brendanf@vicnet.net.au for more information.
Skills.net http://www.skills.net.au/ Skills.net is proud to announce its current membership of 44,000 Skills.net members. Minister for State and Regional Development, John Brumby has congratulated Skills.net on achieving their target membership of 40,000 members in May earlier this year. The project is gearing up to set up it's 6th round of new projects, and expects to offer another two rounds of funding this year.
MC2 http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/ My Connected Community (mc2) is a pilot project to establish 30 online communities, based on Internet and training resources provided by VICNET. The pilot will be completed by 31 October 2000. The mc2 project is an initiative of the State Government of Victoria, as part of the Connecting Victoria policy.
NEW VICNET Community Sites Community Information Cardinia http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pakenham/ Cranbourne Little Athletics Centre http://home.vicnet.net.au/~clac/ Maroondah HomeBiz http://home.vicnet.net.au/~homebiz/ Dandenong Ranges Horse and Pony Club http://home.vicnet.net.au/~drhpc/ The Multicultural Choir http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mchoir/ Cursillo Movement 'A Short Course in Christianity' - Cursillo de Christiandad http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cursillo/ Sign up for your own web page on VICNET: http://www.vicnet.net.au/websites/activate.htm VICNET now publishes over 3,000 community web sites!
VICNET Forum Join in discussions about genetically modified foods and crops, aboriginal reconciliation, and more. http://www.vicnet.net.au/~forum/webboard/
Sydney 2000 : http://www.olympics.com/ VICNET Olympics Site http://www.vicnet.net.au/olympics/ Follow the Torch Relay http://www.olympics.com/eng/about/torch/index.html?/eng/about/torch/home.html Or for a fresh blast of reality: http://www.abc.net.au/thegames/
Regional Victoria Chat Off http://www.warrnambool.com/chat/ Each Monday Night 7pm, join a team or start your own!
East Timor Community Computer Project http://www.solidarity.infoshop.org.au/etccp/ They need your support to establish computer facilities in East Timor.
VICNET E-mail Space Limit. Remember, you can't leave more than 5 MB of your e-mail on the VICNET server. To avoid this, just make sure that you delete your e-mail from the server. New Improved VICNET Dial in Service. VICNET has added 60 new modem lines giving VICNET members 420 lines to connect to as well as 120 lines for permanent and ISDN connections. This means an end to busy signals! New GST Prices. Please check the VICNET web site for new GST inclusive prices.
VICNET's Top Ten at July 3. 1.OzLit http://www.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/ 2.When Love Hurts http://www.vicnet.net.au/~girlsown/ 3.Port Phillip Library Service http://www.vicnet.net.au/~ppls/ 4.Birds Australia http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus/ 5.Criminal Trial Listing Directorate http://www.vicnet.net.au/~ctld/ 6.1852-59 Immigration Index http://www.vicnet.net.au/~provic/185259/5259indx.htm 7.Necktie Wearers' Survival Guide http://www.vicnet.net.au/~jlandman/TYKcontents.htm 8.pemie-L Forum http://www.vicnet.net.au/~garyh/pemie_forum/forum.html 9.Youth Performing Arts Australia http://www.vicnet.net.au/~ypaa/ 10.Jewish Web Ring http://www.vicnet.net.au/~aragorn/jew-ring.htm (Top ten ftp user accounts by most popular HTML file excluding redirections.)
Top Ten Domain Names on VICNET - June 2000. 1.www.doi.vic.gov.au 2.www.birdsaustralia.com.au 3.www.vcat.vic.gov.au 4.www.skeptics.com.au 5.www.global.lao.net 6.www.pbsfm.org.au 7.librariesvictoria.vicnet.net.au 8.www.vicsuper.com.au 9.www.snowreport.vic.gov.au 10.www.sane.org (based on number of server hits not number of visitors)
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