It’s never possible to be 100% thorough, but it is important to know "what you should be doing" - if you had unlimited time and resources. Here are some checklists, developed by Terry Grunwald, that you can use to audit your community or organisation, plan your work - or just scan if that’s all you have time for.

You may find some overlap in these lists - but then it can be useful to look at things from different angles. More here on all our tools.

Community audit checklist
Your area may already have many of the resources you will need for your initiative. Here's a short checklist plus a longer tech audit categorising different resources.

Building blocks checklist
Many 'building blocks' - some tech, many not - go into developing an online network.

Checklist to identify interests
In the early stages of the development process identify the key interests who will need to be involved. Here's a checklist.

"How You Doing? " checklist
Terry offers a tool for umbrella organisations who will need to follow-up with their affiliate groups after they go online. This survey provides questions to ask - to determine if and how they are actually using it.

Changing the culture of an organisation checklist
Terry offers some tips on how to make the changes necessary in the culture of organisation if it is to use the Net successfully.

Checklist to find for Volunteers and Technology Resources
Looking in the same old places ( schools, libraries, community centres) for tech resources in your community? Here's a checklist of places to look - including some you may not have thought of such as fire departments.

Terry Grunwald