Bits: MIT To Host “Grassroots Use of Technology” Conference
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
March 3, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
- A conference called “Grassroots Use of Technology” will be held April 16 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge. The meeting is sponsored by the Organizers’ Collaborative, a group that promotes the use of computers and the Internet as tools for activism. For more information: Go to http://www.organizerscollaborative.org.
- The Alliance for Justice has “podcast” a speech by Marc Owens, a Washington lawyer who from 1990 to 2000 served as head of the Internal Revenue Service’s division that oversees tax-exempt groups. Mr. Owens’ remarks on the IRS’s investigations into election-related activity by nonprofit organizations are available for download in the MP3 audio file format for either a computer or a personal-listening device. To get there: Go to http://www.allianceforjustice.org/nonprofit.
- GetActive Software, a Berkeley, Calif., company that helps nonprofit organizations raise money and conduct advocacy activities online, has acquired the Internet Solutions Group of Issue Dynamics, a Washington consulting company that specializes in public affairs, communication, and advocacy. The Internet Solutions Group is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Grassroots Manager and Newsroom Manager products.
- The Winter 2005 issue of Community Technology Review includes articles on collaborative efforts between libraries and community technology programs in Ohio; the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network, in Illinois; and the importance of widespread broadband availability. To read the issue: Go to http://www.comtechreview.org.
