This new site on the World Wide Web was originally opened as an experimental probe in 1997, and is now in the process of a major rewrite and extension effort that is hopefully to be completed in the first months of 1999. For now it is being logged on here in basic sketch form as a point of departure. The intention is to post and use it in this stripped down "alpha" version as a kind of stalking horse, in the hope that it will gradually take shape in the weeks and months ahead in successive iterations, as a result of the suggestions, links and contributions of those who care about these matters and decide to join us in this effort.

The goal is to build it up in stages into a handy working tool that is going to be of use to all those people and groups in Mississippi who are committed to do something about some of the problems that are presently holding back economic and social development in our state, and in the process making life more difficult than it should be for all too many people and places. It is our goal that the management, extension and active use of this site will in time be taken over by its users and developed into a truly Mississippi-wide, public resource. In the meantime the issues to which it is addressed -- the better management of technology and new learning concepts as they effect all of us in our daily lives in the towns and countryside across the state of Mississippi -- are matters which are going to require years, even decades of thoughtful, caring and energetic work in order to achieve their ambitious objectives. And since there is so much to get done, we figured it was best to get started now.

We welcome you to join us in this challenge.