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Danny Tucker, Vice Chairman of the Sycuan Band of The Kumeyaay Nation and Shirley Murphy, Director of D-Q University at Sycuan, requested a Tribal Technology Assessment. The Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association (SCTCA) applied for and was awarded a Hewlett Packard Digital Village Grant to create a “Tribal Digital Village,” a digital community encompassing 18 American Indian reservations in the San Diego and southern Riverside counties. Jack Ward, Director of Human Resources of SCTCA, spearheaded the effort to have an Internet Technology Consultant, Evans Craig of Internet Technology Service, to be interviewed to conduct the Regional Southern California Technology Assessment. The initial visit laid out the Technology Assessment process for the 18 member Tribes of SCTCA in three phases over twelve months and an alternate process of Technology Assessments per Indian reservation: The following process is for a single Tribal Community over 3 months:

Phase 1 Onsite Assessments - An on-site Technology Assessment of the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay, one of 18 member Tribes of SCTCA in September, 2001 will be used to identify & survey the community resources available.

Phase 2 Technology Assessment Compilations - A system-wide technology assessment compilation in September - November, 2001 will be used to satisfy initial technology & educational grant opportunities to pool the resources of the Sycuan Band of The Kumeyaay Nation Communities and the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association in the State of California. The Sycuan Band of The Kumeyaay Nations’ Technology Assessment will identify the current local resources, as well as future resources needed and provide a Technology Plan to create “DQ – Distance Education” capabilities utilizing the Tribal Digital Villages’ "Regional Southern California Tribal Broadband Network."

Phase 3 Collaborative Websites[1] - A Collaborative Website, hosted for one year, designed and implemented, that connects the separate member Bands of The Kumeyaay Nations’ both Tribal & educational capabilities:

v     The Tribal website utilizes an "Online Economic Development" model and a "Tribal Cooperative Store" model to create the community-based hubs for an "Online Kumeyaay Nation eCommerce website." The collaborative website will become the hub for eServices in the “Tribal Digital Village.”