FC: Win $10,000 in PRI technology privatization contest

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Sonia Arrison <sarrison () pacificresearch org>
To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
Subject: FW: Win up to $10,000 - PRI Privatization Contest
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:15:02 -0800


Pacific Research Institute's Privatization Competition

Is your group offering innovative solutions to public problems in California?

Pacific Research Institute wants to reward you!

About the 2000 Competition

For more than two decades, the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) has 
championed individual liberty through free markets. In keeping with our 
mission, every year PRI holds a privatization competition to promote groups 
and individuals offering innovative solutions to public problems. It is our 
belief that such examples of private action provide a viable, and often 
better, alternative to state-provided services.

Our competition recognizes those programs operating in California and 
promotes them as models of free-market solutions. As we enter the 21st 
century, innovative technologies are immeasurably expanding the 
possibilities for progress toward a civil society.

The competition for 2000, "Celebrating Private Initiatives and Technology," 
will focus on organizations in California that significantly utilize 
cutting-edge technology and information systems to maximize the social and 
economic growth of their communities. Examples include, but are not limited 
to, distance learning, technological workforce training, and telemedicine.

Win up to $10,000

Judges will select five winners, each of whom will receive a cash prize of 
$2,500. From the pool of five, the judges will then select a grand prize 
winner that best demonstrates the principles of innovation and initiative 
that the competition seeks to advance. The grand prize winner will receive 
an additional $7,500 for a total prize of $10,000.

Who is Eligible?

The competition is open to California-based programs that take private, 
technological approaches to addressing problems and meeting needs in their 
communities. Organizations must be privately funded and may not receive 
more than 25 percent of their funding from government sources.

How to Enter

Mail, fax, or e-mail completed applications on or before March 31, 2000 to:

Privatization Competition
Pacific Research Institute
755 Sansome Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94111

Fax: 415.989.2411, E-mail: jelachi () pacificresearch org

Finalists may be called upon to provide additional information about their 
programs.

Important Dates

March 31, 2000 Application deadline
June 30, 2000 Finalists selected
July 10, 2000 Finalists notified
August 11, 2000 Deadline for supplemental materials
September 11, 2000 Winners notified

Fall, 2000 (TBA) Winners honored at Gala Awards Dinner

 Pacific Research Institute

The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of 
individual freedom and personal responsibility. Founded 21 years ago, the 
Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies 
that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government. 
By focusing on public policy issues such as education, technology, the 
environment, economics, and social welfare, the Institute strives to foster 
a better understanding of the principles of a free society among leaders in 
government, academia, the media, and the business community.

See our website, www.pacificresearch.org, for previous years entries.

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