1.) Philadelphia Area Computer Society Meeting
2.) Job Opening – Salvation Army
3.) Job Opening - Hopeworks
4.) City of Atlanta Fourth Annual Technology Summit
5.) Go2Guide for School Readiness Kick-Off Event
6.) Report on Internet SPAM

1.) Philadelphia Area Computer Society Meeting
I would like to let everyone know that the Philadelphia Area
Computer Society will meet next Saturday, November 8, from 8:30 am
to 2pm, at the Upper Moreland Middle School, 4000 Orangemans Road,
Hatboro, PA.

PACS offers more than a dozen Special Interest Groups on topics
ranging from Macintosh to Hardware to Web Design. Parking is free
and there is an on-site cafeteria. Our guest speaker this month is
from Creative Labs.

You can obtain a guest pass for the day at no cost - just stop at
the membership table. If you like what you find, you can join for a
bargain $30 a year (10 meetings.) Visit the PACS website to learn
more: www.pacsnet.org.

I hope to see you this Saturday!

Reed Gustow
Philadelphia Area Computer Society
www.pacsnet.org
Users Helping Users Since 1976

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2.) Job Openings – Salvation Army
1. Seeking people with degree and desire to work with children in
after school programs at various sites throughout Greater
Philadelphia area.

2. Seeking college students to work (flexible hours) in the following
areas:

Marketing - Public Relations
Recruitment - Public Relations
Elementary Education
Management/Systems

For additional information, please contact:

Pastor C. Kendrick
Administrator
Greater Philadelphia After School/Enrichment Programs
The Salvation Army
701 N. Broad St.
Phila., Pa. 19123
(215) 825-4612
(215) 787-2979 (Fax)

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3.) Job Openings - Hopeworks
Hopeworks `N Camden (www.hopeworks.org) is an innovative
faith-based
youth development program that uses web site design and development
to work with urban youth. Hopeworks has an advanced curriculum and
training program by which youth are able to earn college credits and
gain valuable professional skills. As part of our training program,
Hopeworks offers the following client services:

· Web Site Development
· Web Site Maintenance

The Web Production Manager would be responsible for the following
areas:

1. Web Site Development: Oversee client projects from conception
to implementation including all design work.

2. Web Site Maintenance: Oversee requests for maintenance from
customers to existing sites.

3. Advanced Training: Using existing curriculum, implements
advanced training components for youth trainees.

4. Manage: Manage production level trainees.

Requirements:
· Must have comprehensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator
and Dreamweaver.
· Project management skills, ability to manage multiple and
changing priorities and adhere to stringent deadlines.
· Must have working knowledge of web-page construction and
experience with creating web specific graphics.
· Demonstrate a strong understanding of the principles of
design, with specific proficiency in color correction, scanning,
photo enhancing & retouching, and other graphic production techniques
for Web.
· Understand image formats (EPS, TIF, GIF, JPEG, PDF), graphic
compression tools and their use.
· Excellent written/verbal communications skills
· Willing to learn new technologies, self-motivated and
independent
· Desire to engage in youth development.

Technical skills:
HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and CSS is a must. Flash and PHP are pluses.

To Apply:

Only Written Resumes accepted. No email inquires or resumes will be
accepted.

With your resume, please include:
-A list of the sites that you have designed and that can be accessed
via the web.
-A written response to this question: Why do you want to work for an
organization like Hopeworks?
-5 references with phone numbers
-Most recent college transcripts

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4.) City of Atlanta Fourth Annual Technology Summit

Wireless Opportunities for Bridging the Digital Divide: The Public,
Private, Community Partnership Triangle

March 10th-12th, 2004
Atlanta, GA – Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center

Come find out about the cutting-edge plan Atlanta has for deploying
wireless technology for economic development, homeland security and
bridging the digital divide. Topics include sustainable business
models; government and community applications; interoperative
networks for homeland security; extending wireless broadband to small
businesses and CBO's; and funding Wi-Fi solutions to bridge the
digital divide. Who should attend? Mayors and other Elected
Officials; Educators, Consultants working with Public Officials;
Chief Technology Officials; Community Technology Advocates and CBO
Leadership; Businesses serving municipalities; and Community and
Economic Development Officers.

For more info, go to http://www.atlantacommunitytech.com.

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5.) Go2Guide for School Readiness Kick-Off Event
You are invited to attend the kick-off event of the year for the
Go2Guide for School Readiness: Resources for Families with Babies,
Toddlers, and Preschools. United Way of Southeastern
Pennsylvania's, Early to Learn: Partners for School Readiness Initiative, is hosting
this event. Early to Learn works in a variety of settings to help
prepare young children for school and supports school readiness
programs in Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
School readiness focuses on the educational, familial, and health
needs of young children and is the basis for the Go2Guide for School
Readiness.

The Go2Guide for School Readiness addresses our community's
desire for a one-stop resource tool that provides information on a variety
of topics that promotes the healthy development of young children.
The Go2Guide is full of educational, health, and parenting
information for families of young children; activities and recipes
for family fun; and lists organizations that offer select services.
The guide is for everyone, but particularly for organizations that
serve families and families with young children. Early to Learn
knows that you are dedicated to the healthy development of young
children and supporting their families. Please join us as we
celebrate the Go2Guide for School Readiness and tour
Philadelphia's newest museum.

Date: November 20, 2003
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street, Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Refreshments will be served.

As our guest, you will receive a copy of the Go2Guide for School
Readiness. Confirm your attendance by contacting Nancy Langjhar at
215.665.2516 o rnancyl@uwsepa.org. Space is limited so respond by
November 10, 2003.

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6.) Report on Internet SPAM
For the full report:
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=102

WASHINGTON (October 22, 2003) -- The recent explosion
of email spam is beginning to take its toll on the
Internet world. A new nationwide survey shows that 25%
of America's email users say they are using email less
because of spam. Within that group, most say that spam
has reduced their overall use of email in a big way.

Further, more than half of email users say that spam
has made them less trusting of email in general. One of
their fears is that legitimate emails might be turned
away by filters designed to stop spam. Another is that
they'll simply miss incoming email from friends,
family, or colleagues amid the clutter of spam in their
inboxes.

A new report entitled "Spam: Hurting email and
degrading the Internet environment,"by the Pew Internet
& American Life Project, includes scores
of stories gathered in a Web-survey by the
Washington-based Telecommunications Research & Action
Center about how spam has affected people's experience
with email and changed their views about the value of
email.

"People just love email, and it really bothers them
that spam is ruining such a good thing," said Deborah
Fallows, Senior Research Fellow at the Pew Internet &
American Life Project and author of the report.
"People resent spam's intrusions; they are angered by
its deceptions; and they are offended by much of the
truly disgusting content."

Here are some other key figures from a national phone
survey of 1,380 Internet users conducted by the Pew
Internet Project in June. The survey has a margin of
error of plus or minus three points:

* 75% of email users are bothered that they cant
stop the flow of spam, no matter what they do
* 70% of email users say spam has made being online
unpleasant or annoying.
* 55% of email users say they get so many unwanted
email messages in their personal account that it's hard
to get to the ones they want
* 30% of email users are concerned that their
filtering devices may block incoming email that is
important to them.

Despite their dismay, most Internet users keep the
issue of spam in perspective. For them, spam takes its
place next to life's other annoyances, like
telemarketing calls. Further, many users believe they
know how to behave in a spam-saturated environment.
The most popular way of dealing with spam is to simply
click "delete." More than 2/3 have made a more
aggressive move, clicking to "remove me" from future
mailings, although many voice concern that doing so
only leads to more spam.

And most email users are judicious about guarding their
email addresses in hopes of avoiding spam. A minority
employ their own filters, either in work or personal
accounts.

At the same time, there is evidence in the survey that
enough Americans respond to offers in unsolicited email
to sustain spam as a viable, lucrative endeavor. Some
7% of emailers--more than eight million people--report
they have ordered a product or service that was offered
in an unsolicited email. Fully a third of email users
say they have clicked on a link in unsolicited
commercial email to get more information.

The report argues that Americans are somewhat fuzzy
when it comes to defining spam, an issue of critical
importance to legislators as they tackle anti-spam
legislation in Congress. There is consensus that spam
is "unsolicited commercial email from a sender you
don't know." However, messages with religious,
political, or charity fundraising content are spam
to some users, but not others. And users have varying
answers about how businesses should interpret their
prior relationship with customers. There is not a clear
consensus among users about the circumstances under
which they are "known" by a seller or "have a
relationship with" a firm.

"The general findings are striking, but inside the data
are even more disturbing details about the reactions
women and parents have with pornographic spam," said
Fallows. "Pornographers deserve a special place in hell
as far as they are concerned."

The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a
non-profit, non-partisan research organization funded
by the Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the social
impact of the Internet.

The Telecommunications Research & Action Center (TRAC)
is a nonprofit organization that promotes the interests
of residential telecommunications customers. Their
stories cited in the report come from a compilation of
more than 4,000 first-person narratives about spam that
were solicited since September of 2002. As part of a
campaign to fight unsolicited
commercial email, TRAC invited Internet users to submit
stories about their personal experiences with spam.

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colleagues, friends, or family members who might be
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