Present:
Angie Aldebol (LCCS), Andy Chandonnet (YWCA), Eduardo Czarnobai (LTC), Sr. Janet Deaett (St. Julie Asian Center), Gregg Croteau (UTEC), Kourtney Hamilton (Girls, Inc.), Kathy Horn (Girls, Inc.), Kevin Leochner (New Beginnings), Laki (UTEC), Dan MacNeil (LTC), Chris McClure (Pathfinders), Maryellen McEleney (New Beginnings), Eric Michaud (UTEC), Osvalda Rodrigues (MAPS), George Preston (LTC), Felicia Sullivan (LTC), Dan Toomey (CFWC), Ed West (MRC/ RRC)

Announcements / Introductions / Updates

• Girls, Inc.
  · Spring web design class for 11-14 year olds
  · Surfing Safety for 7-9 year olds
  · Newsletter
  · Homework club
  · Particpated in ACC Panel on Girls and Women in Technology
  · National Girls, Inc. panel on Program Design and Technology
  · Workshop on Youth workers and conflict resolution on 1/25

New Beginnings
· MVHub.com launched in Dec.
· Still in creation and dev. Mode w/ 75 orgs participating
· Trainings
· MS Word self-paced tutorials in final stages working on higher cognative skills
· Expanding volunteer base

RRC
· Flanagan Ctr. Power UP lab in place with cable modem
· CTC @ MRC with legacy equipment setup with A++ students help and accessibility workstations
· MRC lab has job club, job support, voice recognition software, quieter
· Flanagan and Mercier accessible with Groove in 6 locations (Groove is WAN peer-to-peer) working with Chris McClure. Web designer in Methuen able to participate
· Recylcing program w/ Chris 9 hours refurbishing computers and configuring
· CFCW - Afterschool programs incoporated with grad students and service learning. Suneela volunteer
· Classes are 2 weeks flanagan , 2 weeks Mercier
· Webiste and registration online
· VISTA starts in Feb. w/ housing at St. Patricks Rec faciliated by Sr. Janet ref and Dan MacNeil
· CMAA interns leaving so VISTA is a good transition
· Housing Authority plans to have 5 mini-labs for Seniors
· Website http://www.rrc-online.org

CFWC
· Suneela Mistry is working 10-5 M and F as volunteer coordinating
· Powerup lab up and after school
· Service learning and students - hope to place 22 students in after school program in spring
· 5-8 hours a week of direct service
· after school kids

LCCS
· Integration of Tech into educaiton
· 3rd and 4th graders write about home
· kindergarten b
· internet being used to conduct research and find resources by both teacher and students
· Kid Pix Graphics program being used
· Teachers have gotten to point where they absolutely need email
· Umass-L grad student for 4 weeks for Spanish speakers, parents are starting to call and interested in class that begins in Feb.

St. Julie
· Website up http://www.saintjulie.org
· Evening classes and working on excel by doing budget
· Center just got eyes and ears checked

UTEC
· Multimeda tech labe setup with lots of Dan and Eduardo work
· Video produciton and music recording (Classes will be tues 3-5 and thurs 4-6)
· Huge outreach through career center
· Website is up http://www.utec-lowell.org
· Techgoes home program starts week of 1/22
· Looking to build Entreprenuer activities in video and multimedia

YWCA
· Surfing seniors (intergenerational program) - 4 teens and 8 seniors
· Good interpersonal bonds building around self-directed activities
· Games to build basic skills
· Using curriculum from National Urban Tech Center as part of weed and seed program
· Starting to use in off time
· Integrated in youth programs such as Gay and lesbian teens creating newsletter
· Graphic design class meeting 2 x week
· Tobacco Prevention using lab to research current stats
· Agency wide finally getting DSL which is fast and reliable
· Youth leadership academy

Pathfinders
· Digital Grand Canyon - the homeless
· LTLC has 10 computers w/ high speed w/ adults producing a newsletter out of the lab and writing articles
· One of the residents has established a digital Art Gallery and teaches arts classes and publishes material
· Powerful medium for production work
· VISTA volunteer mentoring Ed's
· Distance Learning w/ 1 graduate for GED
· Pathfinders lab producing newsletter. Using Groove to manage schedules, timesheets - has submitted a proposal for CTCNet panel
· Community building in the sites attracting outside folks
· Plans to work on digital video and PSA from the media club

LTC
· Resource guide
· Posters
· MCSE classes going
· Web crew strong
· Email soon

Benchmark Brainstorm - Sustainability Planning start
Based on thinking from other organizations, group brainstormed various benchmarks that made sense for LCTC members in terms of sustainability. Beginning list - program staff, tech support, funding, measurement and evaluation, intrastructure (both physical and administrative - front end / back end), mission / vision for use of tech, buy-in. Group also talked about what was necessary to sustain the group. More detailed report will be compiled by Laura MacNeil, groups sustainability consultant.

Small Group Work on Measureable Standards
4 groups worked to create more detail for each of the standards and then presented to the larger group. The details from these groups will be compiled by Laura MacNeil.

Adjourn

There was a small meeting afterwards with EDs at member orgs to talk about future funding cuts, evaluation process, and site visits for auditing purposes.