On 2013-05-07 20:50, Doug Schuler wrote:
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Dissolution and
Gary Chapman, Winner of CPSR's Norbert Wiener Award for Social and
Professional Responsibility
It is my unenviable task to announce that Computer Professionals for
Social Responsibility (CPSR), a non-profit educational corporation,
has been dissolved.
It's taken me two days to process all this...
I'll start with Gary Chapman: when I was directing the Virtual
Volunteering Project at the University of Texas at Austin from 1996 -
2001, Gary was an immediate supporter - which, once I knew him and his
work, wasn't surprising at all - he understood the human side of
technology and immediately understood what the project was trying to do.
I so loved reading his blog, and I so enjoyed corresponding with him
over the years, even after I left UT for the UN. His loss is still so
huge.
As for CPSR - I attended their annual meeting in 1994 in La Jolla. I
found the agenda online:
http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Politics/Speech/Computers/CPSR%20Annual%20Meeting%201994/
I was working for a small federally-funded nonprofit, and brand new to
the Internet (though not to computers and software, from a user's point
of view). It was a life-changing event for me. It's where I learned
about accessibility, especially for people with disabilities, as well as
got to meet Phil Agre and Art McGee. I could go on and on regarding what
that conference did for me in terms of inspiring me and my work. I owe
so much to CPSR for that conference alone - I can trace so much of the
work I've done over the last almost 20 years to that conference.
I'm very disappointed to hear that CPSR is no more. I thank everyone
associated with it for all your work, which continues - and will
continue - to inform mine and countless others.
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Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc
Portland, Oregon, USA
The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com
The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com
Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog:
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml
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