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I. What's New
A. Morgan's Leaving
II. Resources
A. N-Ten Conference Materials Available Online
B. Free Conference Calling
C. Grant
D. Ebase 2.0 Review
E. How Open Source Can Open Doors for Nonprofits
F. New York Times: "Making the Web Child-Safe"

I. What's New

Morgan's Leaving It has been a pleasure to work with everyone.
"Get the Word Out" will reappear in December as a new VISTA comes on
board to take my spot.

II. Resources

A. N-Ten Conference Materials Available Online
If you weren't able to make it to the conference, check out the materials
and presentations here: www.nten.org/conferences-2002-sf-materials

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B. Free Conference Calling
www.freeconference.com provides free conference calling services
(the only charge is each individual caller's normal long distance cost).
They aim to have a 1-800 access number available shortly for a small fee,
but it will not be required.
I have heard several good things about this service on listservs. The
service does not have a lot of extra features, but is solid on the basics
and many organizations have saved money by using it. It is possible to make
call reservations (ensures capacity) or spur of the moment.
Several individuals have been concerned about how they can stay in business
offering a free service. On www.freeconferenc.com , this is the response.
"In the future, we will add banner advertising and paid enhancements to
the site, including toll-free access (estimated at 10 cents per minute), web
collaboration, conference call recording, and audio archiving of conference
calls, delivered in MP3 format. However, these paid enhancements will be
optional. We will continue to offer this free service without raising the
price or reducing any of the benefits or features that are currently offered
on our Web site.
We have been in the telecommunications business, and continually profitable,
for over seventeen years. So we won't be out of business in six months."

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C. Grant
Pennsylvania Seeks 21st Century
Community Learning Centers Grant to Provide After School Programming
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Student and Safe
School Services announces the availability of funding for competitive
applications to provide academic, artistic and cultural enhancement
activities to students and their families before school, after school,
and/or during holidays or summer recess. The primary goal of these Centers
is to assist students to meet state and local standards for core subjects
such as reading and mathematics, by providing students with academic
enrichment opportunities. Contracts will be issued for a three-year period
beginning January 1, 2003, with the possibility of continuation for an
additional two-year period. The minimum grant award that will be given is
$50,000. A preproposal conference to address technical questions regarding
the application process and related state and federal requirements will be
held on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 in Harrisburg.
Additional preproposal conference dates may be added if needed. Proposals
are due 11/27/02.
For more information on this opportunity (Ref Number 32504), contact

Deana Zerby

Department of Education

Division of Student and Safe School Services

333 Market Street, 5th Floor

Harrisburg, PA, 17126-0333
717-772-2813

E-mail dzerby@state.pa.us.

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D. Ebase 2.0 Review
Ebase is a free donor management software. Read a review of the latest
version.
www.techsoup.org/btc.cfm?file=articlepage.cfm&ArticleId=427&topicid=2

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E. How Open Source Can Open Doors for Nonprofits
Read about how open source software can be useful to nonprofits.
www.techsoup.org/btc.cfm?file=articlepage.cfm&ArticleId=426&topicid=2

F. New York Times: "Making the Web Child-Safe"
www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/circuits/31safe.html

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