Proposal:

NATIONAL CAPITAL FREENET LANGUAGE POLICY

Whereas the National Capital Freenet is a free computer-based service
designed to meet the information needs of people and allow everyone to
have the benefit of electronic communications in the National Capital
Region;

Whereas the National Capital Region population counts a large number of
persons using one or both official languages of Canada;

Whereas the National Capital Freenet intends to serve as an instrument in
the development of mutual respect and cooperation within the networked
community of the National Capital Region;

The Board of Directors of the National Capital Freenet adopts the
following language policy:

	The National Capital Freenet is a community service which supports
	integral bilingualism.


APPLICATIONS

a) All official National Capital Feenet publications, electronic messages
  and Freenet documents are made available at the same time in both official
  languages of Canada;  this means, for example, providing to its members
  registration facilities, menus, user guides, training sessions;
  recruiting information providers in both languages.

b) Computer tools, standards used and operations allow and ensure correct
   use of both official languages .

c) The Board of Directors ensures that it has adequate representation of
   members of the official language minority group.

d) Both official languages can be used by members and volunteers to
   communicate among themselves and with the staff and the Board of
   Directors.

e) Volunteers will be given support and frameworks to ensure that results
   of their work will be available in both languages according to this
   language policy.


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Jean-Yves Fortin (ai772@freenet.carleton.ca)
Président                         voir : http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ai772/
Comité francophone
Libertel de la Capitale nationale