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v2 v3 1 = = Proposal Narrative ==1 = Proposal Narrative = 2 2 3 * Organization mission and vision (0 of 1000 max characters) 3 == Organization mission and vision (0 of 1000 max characters) == 4 4 5 5 May First/People Link's mission is to defend and expand the Internet as a movement for free and open communication in order to strengthen the global movement for justice. We envision a world in which technology is freely shared, accessible to everyone, and used for everyone's benefit. We see a critically important role for progressive and social justice activists to play in uniting this vision of the Internet with the broader left's vision of a more just world. 6 6 7 * Brief description of your organization or project. (0 of 1000 max characters) 7 == Brief description of your organization or project. (0 of 1000 max characters) == 8 8 9 9 May First/People Link is a politically progressive member-run and controlled organization that redefines the concept of "Internet Service Provider" in a collective and collaborative way. May First/People Link's members are organizers and activists. Like any democratic membership organization, we gather together each year to evaluate the past year's experiences, plan the coming year's work and elect a Leadership Committee to apply what we've decided. Like a coop, we pay dues, buy equipment and then we all use that equipment as we need to for websites, email, email lists, and just about everything else we do on the Internet. 10 10 11 * Description of your organization or project for use on our website. (0 of 500 max characters) 11 == Description of your organization or project for use on our website. (0 of 500 max characters) == 12 12 13 13 May First/People Link is a politically progressive member-run and controlled organization that redefines the concept of "Internet Service Provider" in a collective and collaborative way. May First/People Link's members are organizers and activists. Like any democratic membership organization, we gather together each year to evaluate the past year's experiences, plan the coming year's work and elect a Leadership Committee to apply what we've decided. 14 14 15 * History of organization and key accomplishments (0 of 5000 max characters) 15 == History of organization and key accomplishments (0 of 5000 max characters) == 16 16 17 May First/People Link formed in May 2005 when May First joined forces with People Link. 17 18 … … 31 32 32 33 33 * Programmatic overview. (0 of 3000 max characters) 34 == Programmatic overview. (0 of 3000 max characters) == 34 35 35 * Programmatic timeline for the coming year. (0 of 2000 max characters) 36 (Please detail a project schedule or significant milestone dates for your organization's current activities). 36 May First/People Link's programs are organized by work team: 37 38 * Support Team: Our primary activity is managing and providing support to our 800 members who used our shared Internet infrastructure, including email, web sites, email lists, and a number of other services (see: https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/services). Our mostly volunteer support team meets monthly, in person, in both Brooklyn and Mexico for day-long work sesions and via Internet chat during the intervening days. 39 * Outreach Team: In addition to our technology work, we are actively involved in presenting, training and movement building. 40 * Social Forum: We are in the leadership of both the US Social Forum and the US Social Forum and are working hard toward building the 2015 US Social Forum. 41 * Conferences and presentations: We regularly attend and present at the Allied Media Conference and the Left Forum, as well as special events and meetings. 42 * Leadership Committee and Membership Meeting: we organize an annual membership meeting and an anual Leadership Committee meeting, help in person in both New York and Mexico and online. 43 * Internationalization Team: Our internationalization team supports our meetings by providing simultaneous interpretation and translation of documents 44 * Administrative Team: our admin teams processes membership payments and reaches out to members behind in their dues. 45 46 == Programmatic timeline for the coming year. (0 of 2000 max characters) == 47 48 In the coming year we have the following major events planned: 49 50 * Jaunary: Leadership Committee face-to-face meeting 51 * February: Meeting of activist providers world-wide to work on Distributed Denial of Service attacks and legal threats to activist sites 52 * May: US Social Forum People's Movement Assembly on Privacy, in collaboration with the MAGNet coalition. 53 * October: Annual Membership meeting 37 54 38 55 * Overarching goals of your work. (0 of 3000 max characters)
