In planning a local initiative it is important to know what already available. Terry Grunwald offers this check list for a comprehensive tech audit.

Leaders

• Tech champions: policymakers
• Tech champions: agency and organisation managers
• Tech champions: community leaders
• Community champions: business
• Tech visionaries: lone eagles
• Project Drivers /Program coordinators

People willing to Volunteer or Work at discounted rates

• Trainers
• Tech support providers
• Other tech specialists
• Community Information Brokers a) librarians b) others
• Tech strategists
• Networking facilitators a) f2f b) online
• E-commerce consultants
• Web designers/ developers
• Artists and Graphic designers
• GIS experts
• Admin or other Volunteers
• Outreach workers
• Business consultants

Places

• Learning Centres
• Public Access sites / all workstations with Internet connectivity a) open to the public b) potentially open to the public
• Training facilities and labs
• Libraries
• Schools and colleges with community projects
• Job Centres
• Cybercafes
• Community media centre ( includes web, print, and multimedia production facilities
• Locations with Broadband connectivity and/or facilities a) open to the public b) potentially open to the public for videoconferencing, mulimedia displays, etc.
• Business incubator facilities

Programmes

• ICT Training programs or community slots available in existing trainings
• Community learning programs a) those that currently use ICT; b) those that plan to use ICT in the future; and c) those with no plans for incorporating ICT
• Literacy Programs
• Family and Intergenerational programs
• Employment and training programs
• Integrated human services delivery systems
• Electronically-based I & R services
• Computer recycling
• Community arts projects
• Community mapping program
• E-democracy initiatives: policy discussion forums, election forums/debates, community storytelling, policymaker feedback mechanisms, advocacy support
• Community outreach initiatives
• Volunteer matching and other volunteer programs
• Special Community programs: local history, genealogy, arts that would be interested in incorporating ICT activities
• Special population programs: lone parents, people with disabilities, minority and ethnic groups, immigrants
• SME programs

Private Sector Resources

• Discounted or recycled equipment and office furnitiure
• Discounted access services including ad-based services
• Training facilities /computer labs
• Local web hosting, web design, and web publishing services
• Company-based volunteer projects
• Adopt-a-Site Project

Other Local Resources

• Local events that could "showcase" tech samplers
• Community-of-interest networks within the local community
• Community-of-interest network affiliates within the local community
• Actual and potential "twining" projects

Online Resources

• Community websites, portals (integrating both e-government & voluntary org services, databases
• Other local web sites
• Discounted or recycled equipment
• Discounted access services including ad-based services
• Virtual volunteers
• Online How-tos, Guides, tutorials, curricula (Note: NGfL web site will provide)

Funding Sources

• Local Council or Authority
• Regional
• Scotland
• UK
• Europe
• Global
• Trusts
• Private
• Online Fundraising
• Fee-for-Service and other commercial opportunities