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August 13, 2008 - Comments Off on ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY's August monthly meeting will take place tomorrow, 14 August 2008, at NYU.

Date: Thursday, 14 Aug 2008
Time: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Location: Room 317, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th)
Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring photo ID.

Agenda

  • Meet new members. We expect and welcome new faces!
  • By-laws reform. Progress report from Joseph Shraibman.
  • Planning future meetings and events. Good news is we have just received a sizable grant from ISOC-NY for our Fall program.
  • ISXubuntu Linux project progress report. News from our trusty coders.
  • OneWebDay planning progress report. Washington Square Sep 22 event taking shape.
  • NYC Broadband. Discussion of new report from from the Mayor's office.
  • ICANN. We have been accepted as an at-large structure.
  • Status of Connecting .NYC. An update from Tom Lowenhaupt.
  • Web standards. How can we make our own site more W3C compliant?

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

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July 17, 2008 - Comments Off on ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY's July monthly meeting will take place tonight, 17 July 2008, at NYU.

Date: Thursday, 17 Jul 2008
Time: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Location: Room 317, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th)
Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring photo ID.

Agenda

  • Meet new members. We expect and welcome new faces!
  • By-laws reform. Needed but a drudge! How can we set about it?
  • Planning future meetings and events. Good news is we have just received a sizable grant from ISOC-NY for our Fall program.
  • ISXubuntu Linux project progress report. News from our trusty coders.
  • OneWebDay planning progress report. Washington Square Sep 22 event taking shape
  • Access advocacy program. Just an idea at present—the city needs some kind of central resource for those with connection difficulties.
  • ICANN. Tom Lowenhaupt will report on his experiences at the ICANN Paris meet in June.
  • Web standards. How can we make our own & OneWebDay sites W3C compliant?

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

Published by: jeffreybarke in The Programming Mechanism
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June 18, 2008 - Comments Off on ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY monthly meeting

ISOC-NY's next monthly meeting will be held at tomorrow, 19 June 2008, at NYU.

Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2008
Time: 7:30 pm–9:30 pm
Location: Room 317, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th)
Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring photo ID.

Provisional Agenda

  • Meet new members
  • By-laws reform
  • Planning future meetings and events
  • ISXubuntu Linux project progress report
  • OneWebDay—planning progress report http://onewebday.org
  • Access advocacy program

All meetings are open to the public, wheelchair accessible and free.

If you plan to attend a meeting, please RSVP to president@isoc-ny.org or via Meetup.com.

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

Published by: jeffreybarke in The Programming Mechanism
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June 9, 2008 - Comments Off on Forum on Participation and Politics

Forum on Participation and Politics

A forum presented by OneWebDay, ISOC-NY and the Information Law Institute at NYU during Internet Week New York as part of the build up to a politically-minded OneWebDay on 22 September 2008. It brought together a variety of renowned scholars, thinkers and activists to provide their perspectives on political engagement on the Net

Jeffrey Barke is senior developer and information architect at theMechanism, a multimedia firm with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa.

Published by: jeffreybarke in Government
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