The History of..			development of the racerocks.com Project

			INDEX OF THE racerocks.com PROJECT: INITIAL SETUP PHASE: 2000
				BACKGROUND TO THE SUBMISSION : In June of 1999 a proposal for funding of the racerocks.com project was submitted to the Millennium Partners Program of Canada. Funding for the 18 month program was confirmed in September of 1999. A copy of the proposal may be viewed here. CHARTS AND MAPS OF THE AREA UPDATE January 18, 2000 : Engineering and management teams from Telus and LGS visit Race Rocks and the LBPC Observatory (potential antennae site). Environmental Impact Screening for Millennium Committee Environmental Impact Submission to LBPC Environment Committee Building the LAN for Race Rocks PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN by LGS GROUP INC. A BOLD INITIATIVE---The racerocks.com PROJECT WITH OVERVIEW OF SPONSORS UPDATE February 6, 2000 UPDATE FEBRUARY 13, 2000 PROJECT MANAGEMENT - GANTT REPORT -February 11 (PDF file) -by LGS TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW of the racerocks.com project UPDATE: TELUS BUILDS THE ANTENNA -February 22, 2000 INSTALLATION OF RADIOS AND DISHES- February 23-24, 2000 KEN DUNHAM and LGS install the first iMac COMPUTERS and the SONY and SITEZAP camera at Race Rocks MARCH 11-- OPENING OF racerocks.com RACE ROCKS HITS THE INTERNET - Times Colonist Article - March 12 2000 Media Reports : racerocks.com For the development of the technology that has happened since the opening of racerocks.com, go to the events page and the technology page
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