Boston Computer Society Social Impact/Public Service Publication

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Boston Computer Society Social Impact/Public Service Publication
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The 44-page November 1993 issue of IMPACT, the Boston Computer
Society's social impact, nonprofit assistance, and public service
publication, contains lots of community telecommunications material,
both about what's happening and from online mailings and
conferences:


* Michael Stein on "Aether Madness: Nonprofits Enter Cyberspace"


* The statement of seven democratic public interest
  telecommunications principles generated by Telecommunications
  Policy Roundtable and the Center for Media Education (CME), an
  introduction to the principles, info about CME and the 66
  organizations who signed on for the October 26th press conference.


* The Center for Civic Networking's National Vision and Strategy


* Dilbert in cyberspace, and and other print and online resources
  including a number of the EduNets.


* On IGC/PeaceNet/EcoNet winning this year's CPSR Award, and
  more info about CPSR.


Other feature articles include:


* The lead article on "TecsChange and the Caravan to El Salvador" by
  Aram Falsafi, a journey last March which saw the welcoming party
  for the materials and technology delivery turn into a nonviolent
  demonstration which closed down the National Assembly.


* "Technology and Community," Gary Chapman's keynote panel
  address at the 3rd New England Computers and Social Change
  Conference, an update of the conference, the BCS Social Impact
  Group monthly program, and the January '94 Conference at MIT
  on Unemployment and the High Tech Revolution.




* A special center insert on "Community Computing Center News and
  Notes," with information about the Playing to Win network of
  community computing centers, an edited selection from the
  Handbook for Future Center, the Community Technology Lab at
  Capital  Children's Museum in Washington DC, and articles about
  computer programs and resources for the homeless in Boston.


* A summary report on projects in San Antonio, Dallas, Baltimore,
  Oakland, and Boston which won the five REACH Awards, the
  computer industry's first year acknowledgement of community
  technology programs, organized by Ziff-Davis and the Association of
  Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), at this year's spring
  Comdex in Atlanta.


* An overview of ITRC/CompuMentor in Chicago, news from
  CompuMentor/SF, a listing of members of the Technology Resource
  Consortium, and an update on the BCS Nonprofit Assistance Program
  and other public service news.


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A large number of subsized subscriptions are already supported, and
there are a limited number of additional copies available for $5 which will be
distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Send check made out to BCS to:


Marlene Archer
Public Service Coordinator
Boston Computer Society
1 Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
617/252-0600 x3312
msa () world std com


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