MINetwork.org stands for "Municipal Information Network" and is a networking and support system that allows municipal recreation professionals working in Nova Scotia to connect and share information with one another. If you are a municipal recreation employee in Nova Scotia you can register and be part of "MINetwork".
MINetwork is a place for sharing information among Nova Scotia municipal recreation practitioners. It is available free of charge to anyone working in municipal recreation in the province, who registers and completes a MINetwork.org profile.
The MINetwork.org is a partnership of Recreation Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Physical Activity, Sport, and Recreation Program Area. MINetwork.org provides new and experienced recreation professionals working in municipal recreation with a means to interact and support one another. MINetwork is intended for frequent use by municipal recreation professional to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experience and information.
MINetwork is designed to increase opportunities for municipal recreation professionals to get to know one another better resulting in the exchange of advice and assistance amongst each other.
MINetwork provides an accessible system for sharing best practices and policy information in municipal recreation.
MINetwork.org features:
Detailed profiles on all the municipal recreation departments in Nova Scotia
A section for municipal recreation employees to create individual profiles and indicate their areas of expertise.
Members of minetwork are able to query the data on municipal recreation in Nova Scotia, search through the individual profiles based on areas of expertise, and contact one another for support and advice.
MINetwork includes a sharing and posting feature for municipal related resources, a portal to other web sites, access to the national list serv “LINNEWS” and the minetwork listserv “MILIST”.
To be a member of MINetwork you must be employed in the municipal recreation in Nova Scotia, and you must complete the MINetwork individual profile. The staff of Minetwork.org partners Recreation Nova Scotia and NS Department of Health Promotion and Protection are have the option of becoming members of MINnetwork.org.Click Here to go to MINetwork.org.Contact Recreation Nova Scotia at 425-1128 if you would like a regional presentation and orientation on MINetwork.org. To obtain a copy of a MINetwork.org tutorial click here. MINETWORK Tutorial.doc
Question and Answer
Q: Is the username and password I enter on the Individual Profile Registration Form secure and protected?
A: The only place that it can be read is on the registration form, which has been designed to be more user friendly. Since you are able to see what you are typing, you do not have to retype the password a second time and have the system compare the two fields for accuracy.
Since the masking of the passwords is a cosmetic thing, which protects a person from someone looking over their shoulder, we do not believe it necessary in a case where the content is less sensitive than, say banking information. Masking the password does not provide greater security in the transmission of the data, which can only be done by using an encryption system such as banks and credit card companies do.
When you are logging in to Minetwork your username and password are both "hidden" - meaning it will appear as ******* - which is an important compenent of the security features.
