(Dear ISF Colleagues: This should be of interest to nonprofits that
deal with emergency preparedness and disaster recovery!  And let's
hear for libraries!  I've been saying for years that librarians are
the natural allies of nonprofit technology professionals.  Best
regards from Deborah)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: michael gurstein <gurstein@...>
Date: Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:51 PM
Subject: FW: [ciresearchers] Study: The critical role of libraries and
telecenters in emergency (in Spanish)
To: ciresearchers@...
Cc: migarrid@...



-----original message-----
From: Maria Garrido [mailto:migarrid@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:13 AM
To: gurstein@...
Subject: FW: [ciresearchers] Study: The critical role of libraries and
telecenters in emergency (in Spanish)

Dear Michael:

I received this email today about our research. I am really glad to
see that there is interest in this topic. The report is in Spanish but
we wrote a research brief in English and we are working on a couple of
papers that will be made public (working paper form) in English in the
next month or so.

Here are the links to the report and brief – the link you included in
your email goes to a page not found

http://tascha.uw.edu/2012/02/chile-2010-critical-role-libraries-telecenters/

Thanks again and please let me know if you have any questions

Maria Garrido, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Technology & Social Change Group
University of Washington, Information School
http://tascha.uw.edu

Dear ISF Colleagues,

Did you know that the Information Systems Forum has an unmoderated version?  You
can post anything you like there at any time.  There are no restrictions
whatsover.

To view the unmoderated ISF's message archive, please go to
<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED/messag\
es>.

To join the unmoderated ISF, please send a blank email to this address: 
<Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.

To post a message to the ISF, please send it to this address:
<Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED@yahoogroups.com>.

Many thanks and best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Cyber-Yenta
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
deborah_elizabeth_finn@...
www.cyber-yenta.org
Skype:  Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909

"Everybody can be great...
because everybody can serve."
- Martin Luther King jr. (1929 - 1968)

Dear ISF Colleagues,

The Ethos Roundtable is an informal group of people who are interested
in 1) measuring and extending ethos, and 2) using technology for
positive social change. We meet once a month for discussions and
presentations.

Please join us on March 27th, either in person or online.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Brookline Access TV
46 Tappan Street (top floor)
Brookline, MA, USA
Webcast courtesy of BATV and MassAccess

Featured Guests: Chuck Sherwood, Principal, Community Media Visioning,
and Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc.; Jeff Hansell, Executive
Director, Belmont Media Center; Peter Zawadzki, Executive Director,
Brookline Access Television.
Topic: Innovations in community cable access

Complete details are available at
<http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2012/03/ethos-roundtable-at-will-be-webcast\
ing.html>.

All Ethos Roundtable events are free of charge, and there is no need
to reserve a seat.  Just come if you can, and feel free to invite
others.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.

Hey Folks,

Just passing on the good word about CiviCon, CiviCRM's annual conference that's
coming up in April.

For those of you considering attending CiviCon, here are 4+ good reasons:

Want to measure the engagement of your constituents?
Want to share and learn fundraising best practices?
Want tips and tricks for customizing CiviCRM and building your own reports?
Want to learn how to integrate CiviCRM with other modules and applications using
the API?

If so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon!

Check out the full roster of sessions at
http://sf2012.civicrm.org/program/sessions

What’s the even better news? There’s still time to register so you can be
part of the conversation on April 2nd :
https://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=174

Take advantage of CiviCon to share your experiences, start a conversation you
want the Civi community to have, and crowd-source solutions to your challenges.

CiviCon is the annual CiviCRM event bringing together the people who develop,
design, implement, administer, and use CiviCRM. We'll have great speakers,
breakout sessions and panels highlighting real-world examples of nonprofits
growing and sustaining relationships using CiviCRM. Discuss the future of the
platform through discussions with the core team and other community members.
You'll have ample opportunity to ask questions, meet other users and developers,
make valuable connections, and get involved in the community.

You can still sponsor CiviCon 2012 – it’s a great way to build your profile
in the community and contribute to the project at the same time:
http://sf2012.civicrm.org/sponsorship

It’s a big week for Bay Area tech conferences – make it worth your while by
staying for the whole week. Save April 6th for Penguin Day San Francisco:
http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/penguinday/sf/2012

NTEN’s National Technology Conference 2012 is also happening in the Bay Area
April 3rd –5th. http://www.nten.org/ntc







Robyn Perry
Program Associate
Progressive Technology Project
612.724.2600 x 111
2801 21st Avenue South, Suite 132E
Minneapolis, MN 55407
@ptptweets



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

(Dear ISF Colleagues:  Run, do not walk, to download this free report.
  That's my advice.  I should make a disclaimer say that NTEN does not
pay me to promote their reports.  I am merely a fan.  :-)   Best
regards from Deborah)


-----original message-----
From: Annaliese Hoehling <annaliese@...>
Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Subject: [NTEN Discuss] new study on the "State of the Nonprofit Cloud"
released today
To: Nonprofit Technology Network <nten-discuss@...>


Hi All,

I wanted to make sure you all saw this because I know many of you either
work with nonprofits in this area or work at a nonprofit that might be
considering using cloud solutions for your infrastructure or workflow --
this new study, a free report, looks at cloud adoption, considerations,
concerns, and perceived impact:

http://www.nten.org/research/cloudreport/download

Here's more information:

In the second half of 2011, when we set out to look at the "State of the
Nonprofit Cloud", we weren't sure what to expect--and what we found after
surveying US nonprofits and conducting follow-up interviews was that it's
somewhat... foggy.

The vast majority of nonprofits we surveyed were using hosted software, but
our interviews with staff members revealed that many didn't even realize
those systems could be considered hosted, or "cloud", solutions.

In addition, many respondents said they were concerned about security for
some hosted systems--especially constituent databases--but were comfortably
using other hosted systems for equally sensitive information, such as
business email.

Please see our complete report, "The State of the Nonprofit Cloud: The
Results of a Study of Nonprofit Use of Cloud Software", which is free to
download.

Some key findings:

91% of respondents reported using some kind of cloud-based software solution
Staff email is the most commonly used cloud solution (69%) -- in fact, we
call it the "gateway cloud" for nonprofits
Once a nonprofit starts using one cloud solution, it's likely to use more
(thus, the "gateway" concept)

Best,
Annaliese
----
Annaliese Hoehling
Publications Director
NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
www.nten.org | 415 397 9000 | direct line: 415 462 5044 |
annaliese@... | @annaliese_h

Join us at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, April 3-5 in San
Francisco. Our signature three-day gathering brings together nonprofit
professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize
effectiveness.

Learn more at http://www.nten.org/ntc

Dear ISF Colleagues,

I've posted a new nonprofit tech job listings for your perusal:

<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nonprofit_Tech_Jobs/messages>

The market seems really good for job seekers right now, particularly in
California and Massachusetts.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.


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(Dear ISF Colleagues:  Jayne Cravens is an nptech goddess, with lots
of credibility in this field.  For example, she pretty much invented
online volunteering for the United Nations.  If you're using volunteer
management software, please participate in this survey!  Best regards
from Deborah)



-----original message-----
From: Jayne Cravens <jc@...>
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Subject: survey regarding volunteer management software
To: ARNOVA-L@...


Please share this with any nonprofits, NGOs, charities, schools or any
other volunteer-involving organization you work with:

----------------------

Rob Jackson, an independent consultant based in the UK
(robjacksonconsulting.com), and Jayne Cravens, an independent
consultant in the USA (coyotecommunications.com), have put together an
online survey to gather data about what software/systems are being
used to track and manage volunteers, and how satisfied various
organizations are with the software/systems they are using.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NDSVCNX

The goal is to gather data that might help organizations that involve
volunteers to make better-informed decisions when choosing software,
and to help software designers to understand the needs of those
organizations.

All of the data submitted as a part of this survey will be made public
with the exception of email addresses and identifying information of
respondents; in other words, the identity of respondents will be kept
confidential.

If you are responsible for tracking information about volunteers at an
organization or program, or you are involved in this task in some way,
we welcome your completion of this survey. More than one person from
an organization or program may complete this survey.

This survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.

The deadline for responses is Friday, March 23.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NDSVCNX

Thanks!
--

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc
Portland, Oregon, USA

On Twitter - @jcravens42
The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com
The blog - http://coyoteblog.posterous.com/
The email - jc@...
I'm on Skype, iVisit, Facebook, & more...
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Dear ISF Colleagues,

The Ethos Roundtable is an informal group of people who are interested
in 1) measuring and extending ethos, and 2) using technology for
positive social change. We meet once a month in the Boston area for
discussions and presentations.

We will be webcasting from Brookline Access Television this month!
Please join us in person or online!

Full information is available here;

<http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2012/03/ethos-roundtable-at-will-be-webcast\
ing.html>

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Brookline Access TV
46 Tappan Street (top floor)
Brookline, MA, USA

Webcast courtesy of BATV and MassAccess

Featured Guests:
Chuck Sherwood, Principal, Community Media Visioning, and Senior
Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc.
Jeff Hansell, Executive Director, Belmont Media Center
Peter Zawadzki, Executive Director, Brookline Access Television.

Topic: Innovations in community cable access

Please note that there is never any need to reserve a seat at Ethos
Roundtable events. Just come if you can, and feel free to invite
others. However, since we will be webcasting live, we recommend that
you arrive by 4:15 pm on March 27th.

This month's venue is accessible via public transportion:  just take
the MBTA Green Line (D) to Brookline Hills.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.

Dear ISF Colleagues,

I thought you might be interested in these reflections by Quintus Jett
about how nonprofits use social media:

"Communities: Real and Imagined"
<http://ping.fm/EVJJ9>

Quintus reflects on Benedict Anderson's theory of imagined communities,
which was intended to describe the emergence of national identities, and
applies it to how nonprofit organizations use (or don't use) social media
to create communities of stakeholders.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.


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Hi Everyone,

Has anyone encountered the following situation and do you have suggestions for
resolving it:

A staff member, board member or volunteer purchases a domain name through one of
the domain name registrars on behalf of an organization.
This person lists themselves and their personal address/contact information as
the Registrant and the Registrant Organization as the organization they are
working on behalf of.

Sometime later, the employee/volunteer/etc for whatever reason does not wish to
provide login access for another member of the organization OR alternatively,
they cannot be contacted by the organization (moved, die, etc).


The result for the organization is loss of access to their domain name/website.

Who owns the domain name, the person listed as the Registrant or the Registrant
Organization? More importantly, for small non-profits not able to pursue legal
recourse (if there is any) can the organization obtain the login information for
the domain name from the domain name registrar (are they legally permitted to
release the info)?

Thanks,

Sharlene Sallet

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Sharlene,

Most hosts will allow you to take ownership of the domain - usually involves
filling out a form, sending in your nonprofit paperwork, and some other easy to
get info that indicates that www.mynonprofit.com really belongs to you and the
agency.

Patrick





-----original message-----
>>Has anyone encountered the following situation and do you have suggestions for
resolving it:  A staff member, board member or volunteer purchases a domain name
through one of the domain name registrars on behalf of an organization. This
person lists themselves and their personal address/contact information as the
Registrant and the Registrant Organization as the organization they are working
on behalf of.   Sometime later, the employee/volunteer/etc for whatever reason
does not wish to provide login access for another member of the organization OR
alternatively, they cannot be contacted by the organization (moved, die, etc).
The result for the organization is loss of access to their domain name/website. 
Who owns the domain name, the person listed as the Registrant or the Registrant
Organization? More importantly, for small non-profits not able to pursue legal
recourse (if there is any) can the organization obtain the login information for
the domain name from the domain name registrar (are they legally permitted to
release the info)?>>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

-----original message-----
>>Has anyone encountered the following situation and do you have suggestions for
resolving it:  A staff member, board member or volunteer purchases a domain name
through one of the domain name registrars on behalf of an organization. This
person lists themselves and their personal address/contact information as the
Registrant and the Registrant Organization as the organization they are working
on behalf of.   Sometime later, the employee/volunteer/etc for whatever reason
does not wish to provide login access for another member of the organization OR
alternatively, they cannot be contacted by the organization (moved, die, etc).
The result for the organization is loss of access to their domain name/website. 
Who owns the domain name, the person listed as the Registrant or the Registrant
Organization? More importantly, for small non-profits not able to pursue legal
recourse (if there is any) can the organization obtain the login information for
the domain name from the domain name registrar (are they legally permitted to
release the info)?>>




We lost our domain due to just this situation. (The staff member who registered
it died suddenly.)

To answer your last question, the organization is probably entitled to the use
of the domain name. But you have to prove your claim is valid. Since access to
the management of the domain name is through the user account that was used to
register it, if you lose access to that account you have to work very hard to
make a claim.

Your organization's ability to retain the domain name is dependent on rules
setup by ICANN and procedures setup by the specific domain registrar that was
used. Each registrar should have a detailed procedure you follow to assert your
right to claim the domain name. Just follow this procedure and you should be OK.

Unfortunately, if you cannot follow their procedure, you will likely lose the
domain. This happened to us because we could not produce government issued
paperwork that exactly matched the organization name that was used to register
the domain in question.

Also, time is a factor. You will need several weeks, if not months, available to
get the issue resolved. So do not wait. If you think you have this issue jump on
it immediately. We were facing a deadline of when the domain name registration
was to expire. If we could not resolve the problem and establish our claim to
the domain name before it expired, the name goes up for grabs. Once again, each
registrar handles this differently but they should have a detailed procedure
explaining what happens.

My final advice is: Do not use GoDaddy.com as your registrar. I believe GoDaddy
and their affiliated domain auction companies profit from domain disputes. If
your domain is currently registered through them and your account is in good
standing, it is easy to move that domain to another registrar. Do it now.

Dear ISF Colleagues,

Did you know that the Information Systems Forum has an unmoderated version?  You
can post anything you like there at any time.  There are no restrictions
whatsover.

To view the unmoderated ISF's message archive, please go to
<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED/messag\
es>.

To join the unmoderated ISF, please send a blank email to this address: 
<Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.

To post a message to the ISF, please send it to this address:
<Information_Systems_Forum_UNMODERATED@yahoogroups.com>.

Many thanks and best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Cyber-Yenta
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
deborah_elizabeth_finn@...
www.cyber-yenta.org
Skype:  Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909

"Everybody can be great...
because everybody can serve."
- Martin Luther King jr. (1929 - 1968)

Dear ISF Colleagues,

I thought that you might enjoy these reflections by Marc Baizman about the
need for staff ownership of any nonprofit technology implementation:

"The Case of the Missing (Project) Manager"
<http://www.communitytech.net/news/case-missing-project-manager>

This article, which mixes the hardboiled detective and nptech genres, is
the latest in a series from Community TechKnowledge.    You can browse the
entire collection at <
http://www.communitytech.net/news-category/guest-bloggers>.

Enjoy!

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

(Dear ISF Colleagues:  This might be a good resource for nonprofits
that are looking to get into online video.  Best regards from Deborah)



-----original message-----
From: Stephen Ronan <sronan@...>
Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Subject: [CTCNet-listserv:556] "video editing comes to cloud"
To: ctcnet-listserv@googlegroups.com


First i had heard of wevideo.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rpWvD-rxWgI

Seems like it could be a useful service for many CTCs to subscribe
to... with participants able to learn how to use the platform at the
CTC and then collaborate on projects while at the CTC or home or
elsewhere...

- Stephen

Dear ISF Colleagues,

I've just posted a new batch of nptech job listings!  You can find them at <
http://ping.fm/JVnxb> or <http://nonprofittechjobs.wordpress.com/>.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Deborah,

Thank you so much for passing this on!  Hope it generates some good
conversations. :)

Marc
---
Marc Baizman
My Computer Guy Nonprofit Technology Consulting
(617) 329-1868
marc@...
http://www.mcgtraining.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mbaizman
Twitter: @mbaizman <http://twitter.com/mbaizman>


-----original message-----
>>I thought that you might enjoy these reflections by Marc Baizman about the
need for staff ownership of any nonprofit technology implementation:   "The Case
of the Missing (Project) Manager"
<http://www.communitytech.net/news/case-missing-project-manager>  This article,
which mixes the hardboiled detective and nptech genres, is the latest in a
series from Community TechKnowledge.    You can browse the entire collection at
<http://www.communitytech.net/news-category/guest-bloggers>.   Enjoy!>>

Folk should be aware that they could find themselves in a much more adversarial
situation than the presumably innocent situation described here. There has been
a trend for parties not affiliated with some institution to sign up for domains
that might seem to be affiliated with the institution. Barring use of some
trademark or other legally protected symbolism, or misdirecting the user to porn
sites, the law and bureaucratic practice are still murky on this topic. This was
a land rush situation early on in the history of the Internet for new
registrations, and some have claimed the recent expansion of new domain names
will just provide a new opportunity for cybersquatting (for example, how would
you like to find out someone has just registered " your_org .XXX "?).

Reasons this might happen include innocent mistakes, typographic confusions, an
intent to make money by reselling the domain to the organization, parody or
satire, ideological opposition, or active defamation.

I am not an attorney so I won't try to go into the legalities beyond this
notice. Look on Wikipedia -- "Domain Name Registration" and "Cybersquatting" are
two good starting points.

--

"The universe does not lie,
but that doesn't mean you understand what it is saying."
The Cynic's Book of Wisdom, S. Andrew Swann

Michael D. Walls


-----original message-----
>>Has anyone encountered the following situation and do you have suggestions for
resolving it:   A staff member, board member or volunteer purchases a domain
name through one of the domain name registrars on behalf of an organization.
This person lists themselves and their personal address/contact information as
the Registrant and the Registrant Organization as the organization they are
working on behalf of.   Sometime later, the employee/volunteer/etc for whatever
reason does not wish to provide login access for another member of the
organization OR alternatively, they cannot be contacted by the organization
(moved, die, etc).   The result for the organization is loss of access to their
domain name/website.   Who owns the domain name, the person listed as the
Registrant or the Registrant Organization? More importantly, for small
non-profits not able to pursue legal recourse (if there is any) can the
organization obtain the login information for the domain name from the domain
name registrar (are they legally permitted to release the info)?>>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Sharlene,

The registrant is the owner of the domain name at that point.  If they listed
their personal name then they are the legal owner and at that point, the
organization would have to pursue the option of getting that individual to
transfer the domain name to the organization.

There may be a grey area that some registrars will allow for the change of
certain information, but in the end, the Registered Owner, in all of the cases I
know of, can only be transferred to another Registered Owner through a series of
notarized paperwork that shows one entity relinquished ownership to another
entity.

Feel free to contact me offline if you want to talk specifics and I will see
what I can do to help.

Richard Feller

richard@...
571-437-7581



-----original message-----
>>Has anyone encountered the following situation and do you have suggestions for
resolving it:   A staff member, board member or volunteer purchases a domain
name through one of the domain name registrars on behalf of an organization.
This person lists themselves and their personal address/contact information as
the Registrant and the Registrant Organization as the organization they are
working on behalf of.   Sometime later, the employee/volunteer/etc for whatever
reason does not wish to provide login access for another member of the
organization OR alternatively, they cannot be contacted by the organization
(moved, die, etc).   The result for the organization is loss of access to their
domain name/website.   Who owns the domain name, the person listed as the
Registrant or the Registrant Organization? More importantly, for small
non-profits not able to pursue legal recourse (if there is any) can the
organization obtain the login information for the domain name from the domain
name registrar (are they legally permitted to release the info)?>>

Doug,

Have you more information regarding your allegation that GoDaddy behaves badly
when a domain name needs to be re-registered?

I understand that people have strong opinions about domain registrars (good and
bad). So it would be terrific if you could provide some additional information
prior to sending someone on both a domain reclamation AND a switch.

Patrick



------original message-----
>>We lost our domain due to just this situation. (The staff member who
registered it died suddenly.)    To answer your last question, the organization
is probably entitled to the use of the domain name. But you have to prove your
claim is valid. Since access to the management of the domain name is through the
user account that was used to register it, if you lose access to that account
you have to work very hard to make a claim.    Your organization's ability to
retain the domain name is dependent on rules setup by ICANN and procedures setup
by the specific domain registrar that was used. Each registrar should have a
detailed procedure you follow to assert your right to claim the domain name.
Just follow this procedure and you should be ok.    Unfortunately, if you cannot
follow their procedure, you will likely lose the domain. This happened to us
because we could not produce government issued paperwork that exactly matched
the organization name that was used to register the domain in question.
Also, time is a factor. You will need several weeks, if not months, available to
get the issue resolved. So do not wait. If you think you have this issue jump on
it immediately. We were facing a deadline of when the domain name registration
was to expire. If we could not resolve the problem and establish our claim to
the domain name before it expired, the name goes up for grabs. Once again, each
registrar handles this differently but they should have a detailed procedure
explaining what happens.  My final advice is: Do not use GoDaddy.com as your
registrar. I believe GoDaddy and their affiliated domain auction companies
profit from domain disputes. If your domain is currently registered through them
and your account is in good standing, it is easy to move that domain to another
registrar. Do it now.>>


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Howdy ISF friends,

Penguin Day is returning to San Francisco on Friday, April 6, 2012,
right after the NTC. The goal of the event is to help nonprofits learn
about free and open source software.

We'd love to see you there!

Full details and agenda are at www.penguinday.org. Thanks to the
generosity of Mozilla, we're delighted to grant fee waivers to anyone
who needs one!

Sessions will include:

* Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
* Making sense of Free and Open Source Content Management Systems
* What should a Web Site Cost?
* Introduction to Blogging with Wordpress
* Intro and Advanced sessions on Joomla! and Drupal
* Healthy and Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities
* Working with developers: Helping Techies and Non-Techies Communicate
* Introduction to Free and Open Source Desktop Applications
* Creative Commons And Open Content
* Introduction to social media
* How to write a nonprofit tech Request for Proposal (RFP)

And we encourage anyone who wants to add a session or topic to do so!

Penguin Day San Francisco is happening at the Women's Building on 18th
Street near Valencia in the Mission, close to BART and amazing burritos!

We invite you to register now at www.penguinday.org. It's going to be a
great day!

Penguin Day SF is organized by Aspiration, NOSI, PICnet, CiviCRM, and
generously sponsored by Mozilla.

We look forward to seeing you there, and please feel free to post and
forward this announcement far and wide :^)

thanks & peace,
gunner, Matt, Misty, Mike, Jessica, Michelle, and Ryan
Penguin Day Organizing Committee

For more information, contact:
info@...
(415) 839-6456

--

Allen Gunn
Executive Director, Aspiration
+1.415.216.7252
www.aspirationtech.org

Aspiration: "Better Tools for a Better World"

Read our Manifesto: http://aspirationtech.org/publications/manifesto

Follow us:
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Dear ISF Colleagues,

Please check out this article by an internationally acclaimed expert
on virtual volunteering, Jayne Cravens:

"Microvolunteering and Crowd-Sourcing: Not-So-New Trends in Virtual
Volunteering / Online Volunteering"
<http://www.communitytech.net/news/microvolunteering-and-crowd-sourcing-not-so-n\
ew-trends-virtual-volunteering-online-volunteering>

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.

Hello,

First, I apologize if this is not the place to post.  I am not sure where
else to try.

I am attempting to develop a database in Filemaker Pro that is for personal
use.  However I would like to open this up to my local community if I am
successful enough in the design of the db that others might find it useful.

I am running into problems and I can't seem to get myself unstuck.  In
fact, I am so stuck presently that trying to keep shoes and socks on my
toddler is actually an easier and more appealing proposition than
attempting to figure out how to get myself unstuck.  I've tried the
filemaker forums, books, etc and they have been helpful to an extent but on
one particular issue that I keep coming back to I am feeling the very
definition of Einstein's 'stupidity.'

I am wondering if there is anyone who might consider mentoring me in
Filemaker?  I know that database advice can be a big black hole so to allay
any reservations, I am not interested in someone building my db for me.  I
want to do this myself and learn from my mistakes.  However I am struggling
with translating my table relationships into good layout design given my
limited knowledge of what Filemaker pro can do.  I feel like I am at the
point where I could use the guidance of a seasoned veteran to nudge me in
the right direction.  Or conversely if anyone has any resource
recommendations that they think are particularly helpful could you send
them my way- anything to get myself unstuck.

Thanks in advance.

Rachel Gussett-Williams
Technical Project Management Consultant for Non-Profits


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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Allen Gunn <gunner@...> wrote:
  Howdy ISF friends,

Penguin Day is returning to San Francisco on Friday, April 6, 2012,
  right after the NTC. The goal of the event is to help nonprofits learn
about free and open source software.

We'd love to see you there!

Hi Allen,
The agenda is very interesting! I wish I can be there.
Salut to your team and Mozilla.

Fajar.
(your friend from Asia Source-I 2004) :)
--
http://linux3.arinet.org

Dear ISF Colleagues,

Please raise your hand, if you're going to be at the conference next
week!  Let's look for each other, and get some face-to-face time.

Where to find me:

The Science Fair
Near the entrance
3:00 pm
Tuesday, April 3rd

I'll be handing out (free) bottles of apricot liqueur at the behest of
my much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge!  I'm a teetotaller
myself, so I've also petitioned for a supply of apricot brandy lip
balm to hand out to non-drinkers like me.   First come, first served -
while supplies last - batteries not included - et cetera.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.

:

Hi Deborah,

I'll be there!

Unpaid advertising: I'm presenting a workshop with Tracy Kronzak about selecting
donor databases/CRMs and facilitating a consultants affinity group.  I'm also
available for Curbside Consulting sessions.

Robert
__________________________

Robert L. Weiner Consulting
415/643-8955
robert@...
www.rlweiner.com

Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions


-----Original Message-----
From: Information_Systems_Forum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Information_Systems_Forum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Deborah
Elizabeth Finn
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:32 PM
To: Information Systems Forum
Subject: (ISF) Who is heading to the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference?

Dear ISF Colleagues,

Please raise your hand, if you're going to be at the conference next
week!  Let's look for each other, and get some face-to-face time.

Where to find me:

The Science Fair
Near the entrance
3:00 pm
Tuesday, April 3rd

I'll be handing out (free) bottles of apricot liqueur at the behest of
my much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge!  I'm a teetotaller
myself, so I've also petitioned for a supply of apricot brandy lip
balm to hand out to non-drinkers like me.   First come, first served -
while supplies last - batteries not included - et cetera.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah.elizabeth@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.

:


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Hi,
I'm part of an advocacy effort to save a community facility near Seattle.
Because of the time frame we don't have time to set up a formal organization
(we're just a working group) but we need to raise donations from the community
in just a few days for legal representation.
I need some suggestions for an online tool that we could use. We understand
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Hey There:

I thought you would be interested in the latest 2012 Social Networking Benchmark
Report was just released and provides a good overview of how
nonprofits are utilizing social media to brand themselves online,
connect with new supporters, and raise money. I wrote up the key
highlights here in case you don't have time to read the 40 page report
this morning (though you should at
some point soon BTW because it has awesome data). http://goo.gl/5GiIZ

One of the data points that I think will interest you is - are
nonprofits aren't raising any money via social media (majority aren't
fundraising). But for the 46% who are the study noted that the average
value of a Facebook "Like" over 12 months following acquisition is
about $214.81. And that the average acquisition for a Facebook "Like"
is $3.50 and $2.05 for a follower on Twitter.

More here. http://goo.gl/5GiIZ

Cheers,
Allyson