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Who Are We? ƒ The Calgary Community Network Association is a Non-Profit, Charitable Organization. ƒ Provide access to the use and understanding of information technology to non-profit organizations and those in the general public without the resources to do so.

Membership ƒ ƒ CCNA fee is $10.00 per year. ƒ ƒ Fee can be waived. ƒ Currently over 1200 registered users. ƒ ƒ Option to upgrade to more hours per day...

Full Membership Privileges ƒ Eligibility to create and manage your own Home Page. ƒ Discounts on services provided by the Association. ƒ Voting privileges at meetings. ƒ Eligibility to sit for the Board of Directors.

Barrier Project ƒ Our newest program. ƒ We solicit used computers from organizations, refurbish them, and loan them to families with school aged children who need them for school. ƒ Full support in the home and computer lab is provided. ƒ We have the funding and are now putting the program into place.

Public Access Terminals ƒ Currently have seven sites with an average of four computers per site. ƒ Set up and maintain equipment. ƒ Train volunteers. ƒ Wheel Chair access at most sites. ƒ Working towards more multicultural instruction Centres.

Education ƒ Currently operating four minimal cost courses for: –New Users –Beginners (no computer skills) –Intermediate (computer skills, but no knowledge of the Internet) ƒ Operate three classes per month for seniors at no charge.

Collaborations ƒ Various non-profit organizations. ƒ Urban Cap Project. ƒ VolNet Project. –We lend our expertise to these groups and assist with training.

Sponsors and Supporters ƒ Calgary ƒ Calgary Public Library Community Lottery Board Foundation ƒ Hasmarc ƒ Hasmarc Networking ƒ IBM ƒ IBM Canada ƒ Kanahoff ƒ Kanahoff Foundation ƒ Max ƒ Max Bell Foundation ƒ TELUS

CCNA is volunteer led, not grant fed..... ƒ Fund ƒ Fund Raising Committee ƒ Information ƒ Information Providers Committee ƒ Volunteer ƒ Volunteer Coordinating Committee ƒ HTML ƒ HTML Committee ƒ Help ƒ Help Desk Committee ƒ Technical ƒ Technical Committee ƒ Education ƒ Education (Courses) Committee ƒ Newsletter ƒ Newsletter Committee ƒ Public ƒ Public Access Terminal (PATs) Committee

Presentation Information ƒ Created for: Calgary Community Network Association ƒ Created by: Greg Sherwood –Volunteer for CCNA