• Joe Burgess, Triangle United Way’s Teaming for Technology
• John Gilbert, Triangle United Way’s Teaming for Technology
• Terry Grunwald, Making the Net Work
• Judy Hallman, RTPnet
• Nancy Tyler, Triangle United Way’s Teaming for Technology

• TechCoop
  John is the official Webmaster for the site. Judy can make minor changes if needed. If Judy makes any changes, she'll download a fresh copy. "Last modified" at the bottom of the page indicates who made the last changes and when. The site is informational and archival. It does not need to be elegant. Membership is open. It's not clear who should be listed in the banner; John will remove it. And he'll also remove "Class of 2004 CCI Laptop donation drive." The mission needs revision. Goals need to be stated. Judy will draft goals for discussion on the list.
• 501 Tech Club
  Shelly Bowers-Roghelia, NetCorps and Kamira Jones, NetCorps maintain the 501 Tech Club page. John will talk with Shelly about changing the description to say that we meet every other month instead of monthly and posting a description of the meeting coming up November 17.

We discussed the difference between TechCoop and 501 Tech Club, that they are not the same, but we might occasionally want to invite 501 Tech Club participants to join TechCoop. There are currently 97 subscribed to the 501 Tech Club list and 33 on the TechCoop list, representing organizations/businesses including: Cohesive Teamware, Explornet, GCFLearnFree, Good Work, Isoph, Making the Net Work, Mary E. Wilson Foundation, NetCorps, Pugh Killeen Associates, RTPnet, TechAction, and Triangle United Way,

Shelly is working on the November 17 meeting. She has two speakers to talk about digital/streaming media for websites and marketing DVDs and has scheduled a room at Triangle United Way. An announcement should be sent to the list and posted on the Web page as soon as possible. Judy will contact Shelly.

John in interested in making NPOs greener and encouraging reuse programs, such topics as:

• Computer recycling
• Turn of the lights and your computer when you go home at night
• Move recycling bins to a convenient place, where people will use them

Making NPOs greener is scheduled for the January 19 meeting. John would like help from all of us in finding content and speakers for a panel discussion. John is also interested in the possibility of a certification process.

Terry is interested in safe computing in nonprofit organizations. She'll aim for a program on this topic for the March 16 meeting.

Terry reported that she found the list of NCTA members at http://www.nc-tech.org/membership/memberdirectory.asp. These companies could help promote 501 Tech Club.

Judy proposed that the conference cost be doubled for the registration fee, then 25% would go to the conference coordinator and 25% to TechCoop. The TechCoop income could be used for refreshments for 501 Tech Club meetings and other expenses. Assuming a cost of around $50, the registration fee would $100, which is what N-TEN regional conferences cost. TechCoop would do much of the conference work.

Terry suggested changing the name to North Carolina "Community" Technology Conference. "Community" includes libraries, schools, and community colleges, as well as nonprofits.

All attendees are interested in helping with the next conference. Greensboro has been suggested. It is central and NetCorps has a VISTA there. The end of May seems like a good time -- after college graduations and Mothers Day and chances of snow, but before schools get out and many people take vacations.

We should encourage carpooling.

The conference should structure networking opportunities. Terry encouraged a 3-minute madness session, perhaps for opening the conference. For examples, go to http://www.rtpnet.org/ctcconf/ and click "The Community Technology Scene in North Carolina" (2001) and go to http://www.rtpnet.org/rtpnet/rtpconf04/ (9:00-10:00).

This group would like to meet with Shelly and Warren as soon as possible. Judy will contact them.

• NC Center for Nonprofits Conference, Oct. 5-7, Charlotte
  None of us attended.
• Others