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v8 v9 1 1 [[PageOutline]] 2 2 3 = APC Membership application form=3 = APC Membership application form = 4 4 5 5 Thank you for your interest in APC membership. … … 104 104 105 105 106 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: 121 122 [Please add as necessary] 123 124 e). What is your vision/concept of development and social change, and what role do ICTs play in bringing about this change? 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: ==== 115 116 ''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. 117 118 ''Beneficiaries and target groups:'' same as above 119 120 === e). What is your vision/concept of development and social change, and what role do ICTs play in bringing about this change? === 125 121 126 122 We believe that the Internet is actually a movement, possibly the largest in human history. We believe it arises from the fundamental need of humanity to collaborate and empower itself democratically to assure its own survival by availing itself of the resources now available to us on this planet. We believe that humanity has everything it needs to create a just and peaceful world and that the only obstacle is outmoded forms of social, economic and political organization. Finally, we believe the Internet is humanity's way of getting the truth, spreading it and building real, powerful and productive relationships throughout the world. 127 123 128 f). How long has your organisation been working with ICTs to support development and social change? 124 === f). How long has your organisation been working with ICTs to support development and social change? === 129 125 130 126 People Link was founded in 1995. May First/People Link is a merger of People Link and some of the people in the May First TEchnology Collective which was formed in 2000. The merger took place in 2005. 131 127 132 g). Why do you have a strong emphasis on ICTs in your work for development and social change? 128 === g). Why do you have a strong emphasis on ICTs in your work for development and social change? === 133 129 134 130 Because we believe the Internet is the most powerful expression of human collaboration and the one with greatest social and political potential. We believe that potential has been demonstrated countless times over the last decade. 135 131 136 h). What do you think is the role of civil society in social change and development work? 132 === h). What do you think is the role of civil society in social change and development work? === 137 133 138 134 ? 139 135 140 i). Does your organisation work with other 'stakeholders' in ICT work? For example, government, inter-governmental agencies, private sector entities, academia etc. If so, please briefly describe which stakeholders you work with and in what ways. 136 === i). Does your organisation work with other 'stakeholders' in ICT work? For example, government, inter-governmental agencies, private sector entities, academia etc. If so, please briefly describe which stakeholders you work with and in what ways. === 141 137 142 138 We only work in coalition with other political organizations. We have no government or other NGO relationships; this does not fit in with our strategy at this point. 143 139 144 Stakeholder group 1: Stakeholder group 2: Stakeholder group 3: Stakeholder group 4: Stakeholder group 5: 145 146 147 j). Please describe any local, national, regional or global ICT policy processes you have been, or are involved in. 140 Stakeholder group 1: 141 142 Stakeholder group 2: 143 144 Stakeholder group 3: 145 146 Stakeholder group 4: 147 148 Stakeholder group 5: 149 150 151 === j). Please describe any local, national, regional or global ICT policy processes you have been, or are involved in. === 148 152 149 153 We do not involve ourselves in government policy work. 150 154 151 k). Please list any alliances or networks your organisation is a member of. 155 === k). Please list any alliances or networks your organisation is a member of. === 152 156 153 157 MF/PL is, in itself, a kind of coalition. We have been involved as well in many coalition efforts including the United States Social Forum (as technology leaders with members on the National Planning Committeee) and the NYC Grass Roots Media Conference. We are involved in working with more than a dozen organizations on various activities involving a wide range of issues. 154 158 155 4. YOUR INTEREST IN APC 159 == 4. YOUR INTEREST IN APC == 156 160 157 161 Members of APC are organisations that agree with and work to further APC's mission. They work actively with civil society and social movements, using ICTs to empower and support others to build strategic communities and initiatives contributing to equitable human development, social and gender justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability. … … 159 163 Please answer the following questions giving as much information as possible. The Membership Working Group relies significantly on responses in the application form in making its assessment. 160 164 161 a). When and how did you get to know about APC? 165 === a). When and how did you get to know about APC? === 162 166 163 167 Through our involvement the Institute for Global Communications of which one of our founders was a staff member. 164 168 165 b). Have you worked, or do you work, with APC members and/or APC staff? If so, please describe the activity, noting the names of APC members and staff you have worked with. 169 === b). Have you worked, or do you work, with APC members and/or APC staff? If so, please describe the activity, noting the names of APC members and staff you have worked with. === 166 170 167 171 No. Not currently. 168 172 169 c). Why does your organisation want to be an APC member? 173 === c). Why does your organisation want to be an APC member? === 170 174 171 175 We believe that the critical thrust of progressive political work in this country is driven by the need to develop real collaborative relationships with progressives in other countries on specific projects. Our work in this area fits in perfectly with APC membership and, indeed, APC is both a potential facilitator of this work and a model for it. 172 176 173 177 174 5. STAFFING and GOVERNANCE 175 176 a). Please describe your organisation's structure – including staff, volunteers and the areas they work in. For example - Management: 1 full time staff person; Training: 2 full time staff; Website maintenance (1 volunteer). 177 178 Management:two Co-Directors179 180 Staff:We have no paid staff. Our staff is done by our members through an alternative set of systems that facilitate this collaboration (for example, our technical support ticketing system that is open to all members).178 == 5. STAFFING and GOVERNANCE == 179 180 === a). Please describe your organisation's structure – including staff, volunteers and the areas they work in. For example - Management: 1 full time staff person; Training: 2 full time staff; Website maintenance (1 volunteer). === 181 182 ''Management:'' two Co-Directors 183 184 ''Staff:'' We have no paid staff. Our staff is done by our members through an alternative set of systems that facilitate this collaboration (for example, our technical support ticketing system that is open to all members). 181 185 182 186 Five people usually work on system maintenance, outreach and member support. 183 187 184 185 b). Does your organisation have a governing body? If so, please describe the governance structure (e.g. executive board, management committee, board of trustees etc), how it is formed (e.g. by appointment, elected by the members) and the names of the members of your governing body. 188 === b). Does your organisation have a governing body? If so, please describe the governance structure (e.g. executive board, management committee, board of trustees etc), how it is formed (e.g. by appointment, elected by the members) and the names of the members of your governing body. === 186 189 187 190 Board of Directors -- three people: Alfredo Lopez, Jamie McClelland, Josue Guillen 188 191 189 Governance Structure: Formed by/through: Members of governance body: 190 191 6. FINANCING AND SUSTAINABILITY 192 193 a). What is your annual budget in US dollars (USD)? 192 Governance Structure: 193 194 Formed by/through: 195 196 Members of governance body: 197 198 == 6. FINANCING AND SUSTAINABILITY == 199 200 === a). What is your annual budget in US dollars (USD)? === 194 201 195 202 $52,000 196 203 197 b). How does your organisation sustain itself financially? 198 199 Membership dues 200 201 c). Please list donor, private sector (or other) institutions who have supported your organization financially in the past two years. 204 === b). How does your organisation sustain itself financially? === 205 206 == Membership dues == 207 208 === c). Please list donor, private sector (or other) institutions who have supported your organization financially in the past two years. === 202 209 203 210 We do not accept grants and foundation funding. 204 211 205 212 206 7. MEMBERSHIP FEES 213 == 7. MEMBERSHIP FEES == 207 214 208 215 Please read the following guidelines for deciding what membership fee (based on your organisation's annual budget/expenses) is appropriate for your organisation.
