7 | | It is important that you read the first three parts of the information pack before completing the application form, which are available on-line at: http://www.apc.org/en/members/membership/becoming-a-member |
8 | | |
9 | | Please answer every question unless a question is marked optional and send your completed application form, together with any additional material in support of your application, by email to: membership@apc.org |
| 9 | It is important that you read the [http://www.apc.org/en/members/membership/becoming-a-member first three parts of the information pack] before completing the application form. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Please answer every question unless a question is marked optional and send your completed application form, together with any additional material in support of your application, by email to: {{{membership@apc.org}}}. |
27 | | |
28 | | 2. YOUR ORGANISATION'S DETAILS |
29 | | |
30 | | a)Name of organisation b)Street address c)Postal address (optional) d)City/town e)State/province/other (optional) f)Country g)Telephone h)Fax i)Email Address j)Website k)Your organisation is: I.Registered/incorporated non-profit [ ] II.Non-registered/non-incorporated non-profit [ ] III.Charitable trust [ ] IV.For-profit [ ] V.Other, please describe: |
31 | | |
32 | | l)Your organisation was registered/incorporated in I.City, Country: II.on (Date): |
33 | | |
34 | | m)You work: (Please mark all that apply.) I.internationally [ ] II.nationally [ ] III.regionally [ ] IV.locally [ ] |
35 | | |
36 | | a – May First/People Link |
37 | | |
38 | | b- 461 54th Street |
39 | | |
40 | | c – PO Box 1814 |
41 | | |
42 | | d – New York NY |
43 | | |
44 | | e – NY |
45 | | |
46 | | f – USA |
47 | | |
| 26 | }}} |
| 27 | |
| 28 | == 2. YOUR ORGANISATION'S DETAILS == |
| 29 | |
| 30 | {{{ |
| 31 | a - May First/People Link |
| 32 | b - 461 54th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220 |
| 33 | c - PO Box 1814 |
| 34 | d -New York NY |
| 35 | e - NY 10159 |
| 36 | f - USA |
49 | | |
50 | | h |
51 | | |
52 | | I – info@mayfirst.org |
53 | | |
54 | | j - - incorporated non-profit |
55 | | |
56 | | m - work: international national regional local |
57 | | |
58 | | |
59 | | 3. YOUR WORK |
60 | | |
61 | | APC members are using ICTs in a variety of ways to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build communities and strengthen initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social and gender justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability. |
62 | | |
63 | | They include working as ISPs, producing on-line content, training, providing consultancy services or technical support to others and policy advocacy and campaigning. |
64 | | |
65 | | What is essential in your responses to the following questions is that you can demonstrate that your organisation makes a positive impact on the level and quality of ICT use by the organisations and communities you serve. |
66 | | |
67 | | a). What is the mission of your organisation? |
68 | | |
69 | | We are a membership organization comprised of about 250 progressive organizations and individuals who individually use the Internet for their political work and activities and collectively pool our resources to provide ourselves quality webb hosting, email and other Internet tools. We do this because we understand the Internet as critical to the movement for social change internationally and as an arena of struggle in which the progressive movement already plays a critical role which must be expanded. |
| 38 | h - 718-770-7699 |
| 39 | i – info@mayfirst.org |
| 40 | j - http://mayfirst.org/ |
| 41 | k - incorporated non-profit |
| 42 | l - Incorporated in New York, NY 1999 |
| 43 | m - work scope: international national regional local |
| 44 | }}} |
| 45 | |
| 46 | == 3. YOUR WORK == |
| 47 | |
| 48 | === a). What is the mission of your organisation? === |
| 49 | |
| 50 | We are a membership organization comprised of about 250 progressive organizations and individuals who individually use the Internet for their political work and activities and collectively pool our resources to provide ourselves quality web hosting, email and other Internet tools. We do this because we understand the Internet as critical to the movement for social change internationally and as an arena of struggle in which the progressive movement already plays a critical role which must be expanded. |
95 | | Programme/Activity Resource Sharing |
96 | | Description: Described above, this is fundamentally the creation of an alternative to commercial service providers. Members pool resources to purchase, maintain and share all kinds of Internet resources. |
97 | | |
98 | | Outcomes: Since 2005, our organization has doubled in size to about 250 members with over 400 websites and over 3,000 email addresses functioning. We also have members, like portside (the US-based progressive information list), whose work and impact is movement-wide and that impact has broadened during our collaboration with them. |
99 | | |
100 | | |
101 | | Significant achievements: Probably the two most significant achievements are: |
102 | | |
103 | | that we have survived and grown as an alternative Internet organization with decided left-wing politics and done so without any foundation money or grants of any kind. |
104 | | |
105 | | that we have developed within our membership a group of technologists whose interaction with the rest of our members is based on a respectful, collaborative culture. |
106 | | |
107 | | Challenges: The Internet is, in and of itself, a huge challenge because of its commercialism is deep (and powerful) and because the "gateway" to it is through several popular and highly commercial enterprises. The progressive movement is very much lured to this thinking still and our challenge is to move it politically through outreach, education and, of course, direct interaction in our work. |
108 | | |
109 | | |
110 | | |
111 | | Beneficiaries and target groups: |
| 76 | ==== Programme/Activity: Resource Sharing ==== |
| 77 | |
| 78 | ''Description:'' Described above, this is fundamentally the creation of an alternative to commercial service providers. Members pool resources to purchase, maintain and share all kinds of Internet resources. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ''Outcomes:'' Since 2005, our organization has doubled in size to about 250 members with over 400 websites and over 3,000 email addresses functioning. We also have members, like portside (the US-based progressive information list), whose work and impact is movement-wide and that impact has broadened during our collaboration with them. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | ''Significant achievements:'' Probably the two most significant achievements are: |
| 83 | |
| 84 | * that we have survived and grown as an alternative Internet organization with decided left-wing politics and done so without any foundation money or grants of any kind. |
| 85 | * that we have developed within our membership a group of technologists whose interaction with the rest of our members is based on a respectful, collaborative culture. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ''Challenges:'' The Internet is, in and of itself, a huge challenge because of its commercialism is deep (and powerful) and because the "gateway" to it is through several popular and highly commercial enterprises. The progressive movement is very much lured to this thinking still and our challenge is to move it politically through outreach, education and, of course, direct interaction in our work. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ''Beneficiaries and target groups'' |
115 | | Programme/Activity area 2 Description: Outcomes: Significant achievements: Challenges: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
116 | | |
117 | | Programme/Activity area 3 Description: Outcomes: Significant achievements: Challenges: Beneficiaries and target groups: Programme/Activity area 4 Description: Outcomes: Significant achievements: Challenges: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
| 93 | ==== Programme/Activity: Activism ==== |
| 94 | |
| 95 | ''Description:'' |
| 96 | |
| 97 | ''Outcomes:'' |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ''Significant achievements:'' |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ''Challenges:'' |
| 102 | |
| 103 | ''Beneficiaries and target groups'' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | |
| 106 | d). Please describe any services, support or assistance you provide. For example, provision of email accounts and web hosting, training in ICT skills, refurbishment/servicing of hardware, FOSS migration services etc. |
| 107 | |
| 108 | Service/support area 1 Description: |
| 109 | |
| 110 | web hosting -- provided to all members and any member can host as many websites as the member needs and wants. There is no "charge" for hosting or any other resource for members. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | Beneficiaries and target groups: same as above |
| 113 | |
| 114 | Service/support area 2 Description: email -- MF/PL provides email to over 3,000 people within our member organizations and to any individual members. Members may have as many email "accounts" as they want and need. As with web hosting, there is not charge. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | Beneficiaries and target groups: same as above |
| 117 | |
| 118 | Service/support area 3 Description: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
| 119 | |
| 120 | Service/support area 4 Description: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
121 | | d). Please describe any services, support or assistance you provide. For example, provision of email accounts and web hosting, training in ICT skills, refurbishment/servicing of hardware, FOSS migration services etc. |
122 | | |
123 | | Service/support area 1 Description: |
124 | | |
125 | | web hosting -- provided to all members and any member can host as many websites as the member needs and wants. There is no "charge" for hosting or any other resource for members. |
126 | | |
127 | | Beneficiaries and target groups: same as above |
128 | | |
129 | | Service/support area 2 Description: email -- MF/PL provides email to over 3,000 people within our member organizations and to any individual members. Members may have as many email "accounts" as they want and need. As with web hosting, there is not charge. |
130 | | |
131 | | Beneficiaries and target groups: same as above |
132 | | |
133 | | Service/support area 3 Description: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
134 | | |
135 | | Service/support area 4 Description: Beneficiaries and target groups: |
136 | | |
137 | | [Please add as necessary] |
138 | | |