Hello all, I am not sure how big this is in MN, but PowerUP was always touted nationally as a very successful private-public partnership for CTC's. Interesting article at the Foundation Center website on funding of Community Technology Centers. Shows the changing funding environment:
PowerUP Technology Initiative Closes National Office PowerUP, an initiative launched in 1999 by several high-tech companies to help bridge the digital divide, has closed its national office, leaving the nearly 1,000 community-based technology centers that it financed to fend for themselves, the New York Times reports. Full article at: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=16100010 Rick Birmingham Technology Circuit Rider Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-632-7231 ___________________________________ Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list is a service of MAP for Nonprofits with partial funding support from the Greater Twin Cities United Way and Tech Foundation. Opinions expressed on this list are those of the individual author and not necessarily the opinion of MAP of the United Way. Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list To post, send an email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options (including to unsubscribe), go to: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk
