We're beginning work now and expect to have a report in draft by the end of October. Nominations are requested for the third annual CTCNet Innovative Initiative Award. The award is intended to recognize the contributions of an individual from a CTCNet affiliate center who has initiated and carried out activities that have extended the reach of the center to people who otherwise would not have equal access to technology. In 1996, the recipient of the award was Marcia Snowden who developed the New Beginnings Learning Center in Pittsburgh, and in 1997, Josh Merrow, a volunteer and subsequently staff member of El Puente in Brooklyn, NY, took the honors. The deadline for nominations for this year's awards is Nov. 15, 1998.
Nominees can be center staff or volunteers, or members of the center's constituency.
The reasons for the nomination, including a description of innovative procedures and programs and results. Evidence of outcomes of the innovative activities for participants. The award is made possible through a trust being established by Tim Barclay. More than one-third of Americans over 16 use the Internet, according to Nielsen Media Research and CommerceNet, whose study estimates that 40.1 million men in the U.S. and 30.1 million women use the Internet. It's a 238-page pocketbook consisting entirely of terms and definitions.