VCN is closed on Monday July 3, 2017. VCN will open on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at 10am.
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Secure connections on VCN sites
Posted June 20, 2017 by .
https://www2.vcn.bc.ca and http://mail.vcn.bc.ca/ will now automatically redirect to a secure connection.
If you have any issues please email [email protected] with your operating system, browser, and a description about the issue.
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Emergency scheduled power outage on June 8th at 4pm
Posted June 6, 2017 by .
The building where VCN’s servers are located will have an emergency scheduled power outage starting on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 8pm to until Friday, June 9, 2017. We are unsure when power will be restored.
VCN will start powering down servers between 4pm and 6pm to prepare for the power outage.
All VCN services will be down during the power outage. Emails will be queued up on our email backup servers and will be delivered when service is restored on Friday, June 9, 2017.
When power is restored on Friday, June 9, 2017 in the morning, VCN will start to restore services. If you have any questions the VCN help desk will be operational at 778-724-0826 Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm.
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VCN will be closed on Monday, May 22, 2017
Posted May 19, 2017 by .
VCN will be closed on Monday, May 22, 2017. VCN will open on Tuesday, May 23, 2017.
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How to check for Windows updates related to WannaCry
Posted May 15, 2017 by .
Vancouver Community Network is recommending that you follow this guide to help make your version of Windows more secure towards new of viruses and malware.
How to check for updates on your windows computer follow these steps.
- Click on the Start key in the bottom left of your screen or for windows 10 click the windows symbol.
- Type in the search bar “Windows Update”.
- Once the window opens click “Check for updates” and wait till this finishes to start updating.
For Windows XP and Windows 8 please use the links provided to update your computer.
Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a1db143d-6ad2-4e7e-9e90-2a73316e1add
Windows 8 (32 bit)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6e2de6b7-9e43-4b42-aca2-267f24210340
Windows 8 (64 bit)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=b08bb3f1-f156-4e61-8a68-077963bae8c0
After updating Windows
Windows XP and Windows 7
If you do not have Anti-Virus use this link to download Windows Security Essentials.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=5201
Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 by default have Windows Defender enabled and updating automatically.
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VCN closed on Friday, April 14th and Monday, April 17th
Posted April 13, 2017 by .
VCN will be closed on Friday, April 14, 2017 and Monday, April 17, 2017.
VCN will re-open on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 10am.
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VCN Annual General Meeting Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 5:30pm (registration at 5pm)
Posted February 9, 2017 by .
Hello VCN members and guests!
This is your notice for VCN’s Annual General Meeting. Please join us!
When: at 5:30 pm (registration at 5:00) on Thursday, February 23, 2017
Where: the 5th floor, 111 West Hastings Street (Woodward’s Building) Vancouver BC V6B 1H4
Pizza and light refreshments will be provided.
Everyone is welcome to the meeting. As a reminder – only VCN members are permitted to vote.
If you have not already renewed your membership, please be ready to do so at the event.
The membership cost is $15.00 per year.
As always, if you pay $25 or more, we are able to issue a Charitable Tax receipt for $25.
An informal discussion after the business of the AGM is open for member’s information, feedback and direction.
To make the most of the time we have, please reply to this email to RSVP and respond with any VCN relevant discussion questions you have. While the board and staff will make it a priority to answer every question, we will only have time to fully discuss the top few questions sent or submitted at registration.
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Registration and Refreshments: 5:00 pm
Agenda
1. Call to order 5:30 pm
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes of the previous AGM 2016
4. President’s Report
5. Staff Report on current programs
6. Presentation of the Financial Statements
7. Appointment of Accounting Firm to Perform the Annual Review Engagement
8. Volunteer Recognition
9. Nominations and Election of Directors
10. Other Business
11. Adjourn
Question and Answer Period – ending not later than 8:45 pm.
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VCN closed on Monday, February 13, 2017
Posted February 6, 2017 by .
VCN will be closed on Monday, February 13, 2017. We will reopen on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10am.
Blog News
Brian Campbell
Posted January 13, 2017 by .
BRIAN CAMPBELL
By Penny Goldsmith, former VCN president
In 1992, Brian Campbell got together a group of librarians and other community activists in the lower mainland of British Columbia who started meeting to talk about the internet and the importance of it being accessible to everyone. Brian recognized early on that a lot of people were going to be left out of this new online world unless there was a concerted and organized effort to make sure that that didn’t happen. In June of 1993, he chaired the founding meeting of the Vancouver Regional Freenet (now the Vancouver Community Network)
Brian was a leader in promoting free and equal access to information both inside and outside the library. He found a home for the Vancouver Freenet server at VPL. He made sure that there were public access computers devoted to the Freenet in the library and fought for them to stay there, even when they were being less and less used as people were starting to access their emails via commercial sites. He was instrumental in convincing libraries to make free public internet accessible across Canada.
Brian officially resigned from the Freenet board in 1995, but he never really left – he never left anything that mattered to him and that he believed in. He never stopped talking about universal public access to the internet and the ongoing danger of the digital divide, even after he retired from the library. In 2015 he was the recipient of the intellectual freedom award given out annually by the Canadian Library Association.
Brian Campbell died in December, 2016 in Vancouver, BC
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Server issue resolved January 2, 2017 – January 3, 2017
Posted January 5, 2017 by .
On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 5am to 8pm the main email server was down due to a software issue. Some web sites were also affected. Web sites and incoming emails were restored on Monday, January 2, 2017 at 8pm. Emails would have been queued up on our backup email servers and would have been transferred to the main email server.
Between Monday, January 2, 2017 8pm to Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 5pm there was an issue sending out emails for people using webmail and dial-up. That issue was resolved at 5pm and the emails queued up would have been sent out. You would receive a bounce message or error message if the email was not successfully sent.