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National Organizations Doing Technology Outreach?

Posted by Cliff on from the helping-others dept.

Phil Shapiro asks: "My neighborhood church has a Technology Mission comprised of volunteers doing computer support work for various good causes in the community. The folks in this mission are interested in being in touch with others doing similar kinds of volunteer work in other places. Does anyone know of national organizations doing technology outreach work of this kind?"

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  1. NPOTechs in Chicago by sohojim · · Score: 3, Informative
    I am president of a non-profit organization in Chicago called NPOTechs: we provide free software, training, and technical volunteers to non-profit organizations in our area. Our past classes have included a 20-session course on RHCE, classes on OpenOffice.org, GIMP, Blender, general Linux (all including free software giveaways). Our past volunteer projects have included FOSS databases, VPN-based WANs, samba server implementations, etc. We also show up at non-profit events and conferences to distribute copies of Knoppix and The OpenCD.

    I would recommend that you check out AC4, the Association for Christian Computing Centers, also known as TechMission. I used to work for one of their secular partners, CTCNet which does similar things but for community- as opposed to church-oriented sites.

    If you'd like to see how we've been doing things for the past couple of years, check out our website at NPOTechs.org.

    And good luck!

  2. Re:Insurance by sohojim · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your legal advisor should check out Good Samaritan laws in your area, and should also look at drafting a very simple yet effective liability release form.