LqP Computer Commuter

Mary Quick, Coordinator

Time Line of Events

• August: – Launch

• September: – Conducted Survey

• October: – Began Weekly Visits

Weekly Schedule

• Monday– Bellingham and Nassau

• Tuesday– Madison and Marietta

• Wednesday– Boyd

• Thursday– Dawson

Our Patrons

• Bellingham: 8• Boyd: 12• Dawson: 17• Madison: 15• Marietta: 15• Nassau: 9

• Total Number: 76

Breakdown by Age

• 7-12 grade: 5%• 41-50 years: 14%• 51-60 years: 15%• 61-70 years: 33%• 71-80 years: 28%• 81+ years 5%

Monthly Attendance

• October: 107• November: 74• December: 37 (missed 4 days)

• January: 50 (missed 32% of visits)

• February: 42• March: 39 (1 vacation week)

• April: 58

Activities Occurring Onboard

• Basic Keyboarding• Windows 7 • Creating Documents• Excel spreadsheet• Organization of

Documents/Pictures• Health

Benefits/Enrollment

• Automatic payroll

• Scan documents to save digitally

• Business cards• Photoshop• Skype• Email• Ebay

Outreach

• Sent Christmas cards

• Both papers publish Weekly Schedule

• Use of laptops by others– EDA– LqP Community Ed

• Civic Organizations– Kiwanis– Chamber of Commerce– Sons of Norway

• Classes– MIRC online

workshops

• LqP County Fair• Parade• Pampered Stroll

Outreach

Sons of Norway

Outreach

• “Big leap across digital divide”

– West Central Tribune, March 2011

• “Turning the darn thing on” said Fred Eckhardt of Boyd when asked what was the most difficult part of working on a computer. West Central Tribune, March 2011

“I almost cried” said Connie Lein when all the neat stuff she

had gotten on to her screen disappearedWest Central Tribune, March 2011

Review of Project Goals:

1. Increase Knowledge, Understanding and Usage of broadband technology

2. Financial Barriers: offer free access to computers, internet and tutoring

3. Increase the quality of life4. Lac qui Parle county becomes more

competitive

Work Completed & in Progress:

• Weekly Visits– Computers– Internet– Help

• Ancestry.com– Madison Community

Foundation– Dawson Community

Foundation

• ABE Summer Institute

• PC’s for People• MIRC Workshops

Future Needs:

• Additional: – Bus– Staff– Programs for laptops– Subscription/membership fees

• Revised layout of bus

Revisions/Changes

• Layout of stations

To Sustain the Computer Commuter:

• Continued support from:– TDF Foundation– Blandin Foundation– SW ABE– Communities– Telephone Companies

Communities

Bellingham, Marietta and Nassau

Thank you