SDNP Newsletter No. 2/1999
An occasional newsletter send out by email by SDNP (Guyana) to all clients. 		 SDNP (Guyana) Logo

Topics:
Coordinator
Trainees
Domain names
Local content for the WWW
E-commerce
Changes in access procedures
Express email number
New pages
Quick tip

Coordinator
The selection of a new coordinator is being finalised by the Steering Committee.
 

Trainees
Two additional trainees have been taken on to help with web page work.

Domain names
Internet domain names ending in gov.gy are now available through SDNP (Guyana).

Local content for the WWW
We are continuing efforts to make information relating to Guyana available on the Internet. One reason for allowing some of our clients free access or subsidised access was to encourage them to help with this goal. We ask all our clients to give some serious thought to the question of what information they have which could be made available. Please contact us when you identify what you can contribute – if you have not done so already.

E-commerce
E-commerce refers to commerce conducted over the Internet. For example someone advertises goods for sale on their web pages. Customers purchase items using a credit card, the items are shipped to the customer and the cost credited to the vendors account.

We are giving some thought to this topic at present. If you know of anyone in Guyana who has expertise in setting up e-commerce systems please let us know.

Changes in access procedures
Changes in the way our system controls dial-up connections mean that it is no longer possible for two or more people to use the same Internet account at the same time unless allowed by us. With more users we have to regulate access more so that everyone can get access without too much difficulty. We are also soon to introduce limits on the amount of time per week allowed for each user.

Express e-mail number
As announced by email a special number is available (74579) which allows you to check your mail quickly. Disconnection takes place after a few minutes. To handle your mail efficiently we suggest you do as follows:

  1. Connect and download your mail.
  2. Disconnect.
  3. Read and reply to mail. Mail sent while not connected is QUEUED.
  4. Connect and send all queued mail.
  5. Disconnect.
 New pages
Pages were added recently for the Ministry of Education and NGO Forum. Work is in progress on pages for the National Bureau of Standards. We are asking clients to add to their web sites a special logo indicating the site is hosted by us. This will be automatic for those web sites done free of charge.

Quick tip
For important documents ALWAYS keep a backup copy on a good diskette. Hard disks wear out and die. Files get corrupted by power failures or viruses…