It started from the simple question of one technical expert, John Geyge.
Geigy who works as the chief technical expert in the computer company
which is called the Sun Micro Systems knew the fact that the becoming information-oriented
percentage of the school in the State of California is less than the 40th
in all the rice 50 states in some case.
The present situation of the area which himself lives at could not be
believed to him who has the self-confidence to engage in the information
high-technology and to be running at the head as the front desk runner.
Because the State of California was an area with much population of
all United State and it wasn't made of odd budget even if it and tried
to invest in the being becoming information-oriented education when attempting
to examine. He found the fact that the planning isn't developing as quickly.
The amount of money to be checked for them who are usually constructing
a network in the company with their hand was as huge as to be surprised.
"There is not possibility to hang on what which doesn't come to.
If supposing that the persons like us who live in this place cooperated
with the network construction and the education and so on because of the
becoming information-oriented spread of the school scene as the volunteer
who gathered a best field, will extremely high quality not be able to be
very cheaply provided?".
One sheet of memos which he wrote at this time connect to " t he
Net Day " by the Smart- Valley P ublic C orporation and expand into
" the National N et D ay " of all United State which is due to
Clinton government.
The efficiency of the Net Day, it was not only "Spreading becoming
information-oriented in a education field with a Internet connection"
but also the volunteers were being technical advisers for the becoming
information-oriented education, the education field were getting noticed
that they would control their network by themselves and it made distance
of school and the area closer than ever by the volunteers' having network
with education field.
The children can bring up the interest and a personality free from all
cares by providing the environment which can touch an Internet freely.
Also, to raise the talent who is such " the bearer of the area
economy in future " causes the effect which makes area economy the
raising of it and activation just as it is in the direct connection.
S tarted i n 1995, the N et D ay in the Silicon Valley area got excellent
results to connect an Internet at 85 % of school, in 75 % of classrooms
and the N et D ay of the Silicon Valley got and ended excellent results
like being above-mentioned as " N et D ay III " in November,
1997.
It knew that there was a school with various situations even if it said
generally that it does a western Harima area while developing " Harima
M ulti - media S chool ".
It played a leading role aggressively as an innovator , there was a
teacher who studies Internet use in the school scene and there was an area
which is pushing it, too. There was an area which pulls a leg oppositely
and to it it is struck as " the nail to go out of " to the such
teacher, too. Also, there was an area where the system which advances a
match about the becoming information-oriented isn't ready, too. When seeing
as alone the father, the school for his child to study and the teacher
to make study can not be chosen from us.
Our own selfish such as " wanting to request that teacher to do
a child" can not be able to be realized and doesn't wish for doing
the falling at the beginning of the year on the earnestly " good teacher
".
Also, the becoming information-oriented education doesn't concern to
be the social theme which is inevitable in the future, too, and if there
are areas which can not implement the education in the various reasons,
too, there is an aggressively spreading area, too.
If the difference of the match posture in the present is continued in
the future, it is the difference whether or not it is given opportunity
or whether or not it is not. If opportunity is given, as for doing it or
not, is " the individual differential " by the choice of the
very man. However, if opportunity isn't given by the area, it mistakes
that it is mainly taken up in the near future as " the area differential
" without choice and there will are not to be. Then, it grew into
the one like the faith only when in the consideration of me.
If it could not be done early as a educational policy of the government
by being equal like "for every school simultaneous.", it would
be natural to think that the volunteers and companies would be main body
and it would have the Net Day as like it done at Silicon Valley. And it
would be becoming my policy in my thinking any how.
Even if it is called " the N et D ay " in one word , the management
of it is terrible. It accepts proposal ( the application ) from the school
to hope for the participation and it does an appropriate guide according
to the materiality of the presented plan from the school and selects an
object school. According to my focus, it is quite difficult with a quick
plan because of there are many things to do like that to spread a network
in the school before the day, to have education program for the instructor
volunteers of the Net Day, recruiting the volunteer and operation as a
organization, adjustment of the donation, event operation of the Net Day
and following up program for the schools after the day. Therefore, I was
picturing the schedule to be quiet and to have been to hold the next year
while preparing the human network which is growing up with " Harima
M ulti - media S chool " with in the basis without being too greedy
at the head.
I n the first week of September , t here was opportunity to have the
draft beer in the tavern in Motomachi, Kobe in the return from the conference
with Mr. Yoshihide Kimura of which " the Kobe M ulti - media Internet
C onference " S ecretary- G eneral who is an information trapper inside
in Kobe. Mr. Kimura said in the chat mode that
" It is moving to wants to hold a net day in Kobe . The net day
is the wonderful device which makes area activation in the direct connection.
We are hoping to have it with the "public" power not leading
by the government and shall Harima join to us to have it ?."
Because quietly assuming a posture Harima was carrying forward no preparation
in addition to being surprised at the sudden proposition of that , I was
shrunk back about it. But with Mr. Kimura's passion which he said that
"I'm not thinking about big thing because we may involve only 2 schools
(finally 4 schools) in current situation. It may possible in Harima wh
ile making it with a 1 school ." With his passion, my passion for
making it have been coming out. It is my bad habit. When we were out of
the tavern, I was already getting the feel " there is only a net day!"
without thinking about the planning how much work it will be with in only
2 months.
There was effort of Mr. Kohnaga C hief D irector in NTT Kobe branch
and so on, in September 25th, it linked Kobe and Himeji and it held a remote
video-conferencing for the net day implementation.
Mr. Junji Hasegawa Himeji City A mount P olicy H ead of an office sat
on the Himeji meeting place and could discuss what support was possible
as the administration aggressively . In this points, we had a confidence
to have it and I proposed that " shall we have a Net Day which will
be the first in Japan with the cooperation of Kobe, Harima and Itami",
and got agreement of every our members at the monthly meeting of Harima
Internet Research Association. Of course, there is a human network of the
Harima M ulti - media S chool to decide.
In the 45 day decisive battle of to be short-term which we were given
to, in the problem how it moves efficiently, we recruited person of the
volunteer who can move voluntarily who is called " the execution corps
". When appealing this by the mailing list at the Harima M ulti -
media S chool and so on, the interested person with the nearness of 15
raised a hand first. We have started without thinking to much like that
we would make a team and connecting each other with mailing list of the
execution corps, sharing "What kind of work it will be at the day"
and "what I can for it" with putting adjustment for the base
organization behind. Since then, this execution corps gathers about twice
per week in many places and make a plan.
I make some hypothesis.
In the Harima area, in case of the great earthquake of Hanshin Awaji
, it was less suffered damage luckily . However, in Hanshin area in the
vicinage, the terrible sight is spreading to the catastrophe with never
been . Anyone in the area is not beautiful words such as " the volunteer
" and the mistaking doesn't lie in its spending the several first
days in the consciousness, " it is possible to be useful!". One
.. it to have played an active part as the later support of entering a
direct disaster area of being executed in grasping the grasp of the cooking
broth to letting out relief goods and the disaster area in the thought
and lifesaving's and relief's making efforts was various. It is possible
to say that " the temperature " of the feelings to the disaster
area in this area was more the one which is very higher in the whole country
from such a situation.
The heart of the volunteer who is engaged in the relief activity of
this Hanshin Awaji great earthquake supposes whether or not it didn't sprout
up especially in the Harima area in Japan to be said to " that it
is not in the ground of the volunteer ". Then, the thought as the
volunteer looks for the suitable course to take which can be actually shown
in the present real world which is full of the blockade sense and it thinks
whether or not it wasn't kept in the chest of each one for a long time.
It thinks whether the area didn't need the place making that the pure thought
to want to attend a stranger and an area purely can be released.
To move these execution corps smoothly, the strong person who becomes
a pivot must exist. What I who is started was doing that I had the plan
to go to the implementation day in the American Silicon Valley for 1 week
to the inspection before 2 weeks of the net day . The time which seems
to be most important to make business succeed, it is a completely irresponsible
story.
Then, played an active part in doing , OSS corporation , president ,
Mr. Hisaaki Ohoka being as the motive power which leads this project to
the success.
He was indeed headed project with strong hard work like the negotiation
and the plan in the spot, the adjustment of the cooperation in Kobe, the
taking gathering of a volunteer.
The day of the Net Day, November 8th, 1997, inviting Mr. Masaaki Itoh,
R epresentative of Smart-Valley Japan (Tokyo) , too, the one day event
started at the Himeji City Shigo E lementary S chool.
The Shigo E lementary S chool could not have the enough explanation
of the implementation sufficiently at first, and there was a sense which
is a little dealt with with the half the body, too. However, the identity
could be held by having it with everybody's such as the principal teacher,
too, during thanks to the act of person in the execution corps such as
Mr. Ohoka the self devoting. It was by about 100 volunteers' being gathered
in the day which could count only about 30 that it was surprised. I thought
of the importance of the project , the net day, once more. Also, each person
could give taking charge by the indication of the execution corps team
and corresponded. The number of locally the school children and the guardians
became 350. This becomes about 1/3 of the whole school student, too. The
cheer didn't disappear with the work by which the children attempt to refer
to the home page by being able to brighten eyes by it and to make his illustration
book and it makes only its home page by putting back in the digital camera
in the state of the net day.
It did so and the net day as one day event left person who participated
as the volunteer the confidence " to be made ". Then, it found
" the bud at the citizen ventures " which become a center in
the area in the future to and to be moved to it. It thinks that we could
be moved by the skin about the importance to start an action, and the importance
to accomplish, the result which is born from there.
There were various problems before the day. Thing s which could not
pressure into donation of the corporations and that it could not help removing
machinery and materials in the insufficiency in the adjustment with the
school board and that it hung inconvenience because the mutual contact
was insufficient in some day . There may not count but I thinks that it
is possible to solve completely as the next task in the future.
It made this a catchword and the movement to let's hold " the net
day " in western Harima each place in the future appeared. For example,
in Ako City, started a new project about the study session which made it
one for the purpose, too, and already, some school s expresses proposal
to take part in the next year. Will " the wav e " which spreads
with small first of a thought becoming a big welter been born? .
The Harima M ulti - media S chool wa s giving "the chance"
in the theme, " the future of the children ".
The N et D ay made have the confidence " to be made " through
the activity.
We think that we wants to think of the gusset making positively based
on the creation for " the citizen ventures " where to find in
the process through the various activities is made in the future.