A lists devoted to media arts collaboration among organizations and individuals in North Carolina

[Judy Hallman <hallman AT email.unc.edu>]

Conference on Bridging NC's Digital/Human Divide

Conference Web site: http://www.rtpnet.org/conf

RTPnet, a Triangle area community network, will host its 5th Annual
Conference: Bridging North Carolina's Digital/Human Divide and Community
Technology Awards Reception, March 19, 2004, at the William and Ida Friday
Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Effective use of Information Technology is necessary to succeed,
particularly in today's challenging economy. There is a gap between those
people and communities who can make effective use of information
technology and those who cannot.

This conference will focus on the wide variety of programs aimed at
bridging North Carolina's Digital/Human Divide. Individuals and
representatives of nonprofit and social services groups that provide
access to computers and training are encouraged to attend, as well as
educators, librarians, computer specialists, and representatives of
grant-making foundations, who want to learn how they can contribute to
this effort. This event provides an opportunity to build a personal
network of people and organizations active in using computers and Internet
technology to build a better, stronger community in North Carolina and
beyond.

For the first time, RTPnet Community Technology Awards will be presented
at the conference. These awards recognize and honor individuals,
organizations, institutions, and businesses that have made significant
contributions to North Carolina communities in the area of information and
computer technology. Nominations for the 2004 RTPnet Community Technology
Awards will be accepted through February 23, 2004.

Conference highlights include:
 - Online Fundraising Strategies
 - Learning Technologies
 - What Role for Wireless?
 - Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: Lessons Learned
 - WinstonNet: Building a Community-Based Technology Infrastructure
 - Meeting Needs for Recycling  `       ``
 - Future for NC Information Infrastructure Networks
 - Tech LinkUp: Linking resources and needs to support nonprofit organizations
 - Drawing for Door Prizes (including printers and an IBM ThinkPad Laptop)
 - Community Technology Awards Reception

Sponsors include: IBM, Isoph, and North Carolina's e-NC Authority.

RTPnet is a community network for the Triangle area (www.rtpnet.org). For
conference information visit http://www.rtpnet.org/conf/ or e-mail
info AT rtpnet.org. For awards information and a link to the nomination form,
visit http://www.rtpnet.org/awards/ .

Judy Hallman (hallman AT rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)