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On Monday, January 8, 2007, the TANs took the time to gather for our monthly conference call.    Cheryl entertained us with an informative and interesting presentation on Disaster Recovery Planning.  An issue applicable to anyone and everyone, she told us what a disaster recovery plan is, why to have one, and gave us a step-by-step guide to creating one!   …read more

Whoops...so I realized that I haven't posted the notes from our conference call on 12/8/06.  Here it is 1/7/07 and our next conference call is tomorrow.  My apologies for the delay in posting these.  I promise to be more quick in posting tomorrow's notes (if you let me!), do a better job, and be more interesting. Tim got us started out with a very informative, interesting, and later entertaining, presentation on using on-line collaboration software, specifically Vyew.  He did a better job than I could ever do explaining it in his blog.  If you haven’t checked it out already, you really should…it’s neat stuff!  …read more

Last Friday, November 3rd, 2006, the Technical Assistance for Nonprofits group (aka TANs - technical assistants for nonprofits...at least in my book) had a conference call to make sure that everyone was still alive and kicking and doing well with their projects. Although Kamala was out sick (hope you're feeling better!!), and John was....well, honestly I don't know (hmmm)...at least, I don't think he was there, but it can be hard to tell over the phone (sorry John if you were actually on the call!), the rest of us spoke for about an hour about VISTA life, our terms of service, and whatever else came to mind. Below are some of the results: …read more

These might help when you are looking for answers to common non-profit and technology issues. Sign up for newsletters or just browse when you have a question: http://nationalserviceresources.org/"The Resource Center is your one-stop shop for online tools and training resources to strengthen your volunteer or service program...contains online training tools, event calendars, and effective practices, as well as a catalogue of printed publications and videos available on loan." http://www.techsoup.org/"TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock. Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners." …read more

10/06/06 We are in MA (2), NC (2), and CA (4) We are working on a variety of projects: organizing and maintaining computer labssetting-up a samba server,creating utilities to document system downtimes, planning and designing websites, contributing to existing free and open source software, comparing existing software and suggesting a best-fit to npos,usage guide/documentation for clients,writing articles and improvising workshops. We are interest in:Free and Open Source Software - (tag FOSS)Beta-Testing the www.ctcvista.org - (tag suggestions)Fundraising for Technology - (tag fundraising)Website Development (not CMS) - (tag webdesign) …read more