Fall 2000 - Fall 2001 Consortium CTC VISTA members:

Highlighted names indicate a personal VISTA web page created for the CTC VISTA Project.

Name: Frank Allaby
Home Town: Lowell, MA
Organization Served: Center for Family, Work, and Community and the Market Mills apartment complex CTC
Accomplishments: Frank worked at the as a lab monitor and computer course instructor. He began a technology planning process for the Center and conducted an initial needs/assets survey.

Name: John Hunt
Home Town: Lowell, MA
Organization Served: Pathfinder/Milestone and the Lowell Transitional Living Center (LTLC)
Accomplishments: John enabled the lab at Pathfinder/Milestone to offer computer access for extended hours on a daily basis, gathered usage statistics, helped remodel the lab, and aided in the opening of a new computer lab at LTLC which is filled to capacity each night by homeless individuals. He also helped start program to refurbish donated computers for use by formerly homeless people.

Name: Dan MacNeil
Home Town: Lowell, MA (Via NJ, NY, England, MT, CO, PA, GA)
Organization Served: Lowell Telecommunications Corporation and Lowell Community Technology Consortium
Accomplishments: Dan helped set up 13 new computer labs and designed an official recruitment program with guidelines for the Consortium, interviewed 50 job applicants, organized a group of volunteers to work on the web site, obtained donations of $40,000 worth of goods and services, set up a web server for Consortium member use, wrote various PERL programs, and taught MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) courses.

Name: Ray Riopelle
Home Town: Lowell, MA
Organization Served: Pathfinder/Milestone
Accomplishments: Ray enabled the lab at Pathfinder/Milestone too offer computer access for extended hours on a daily basis, collected usage statistics and compiled a report, and helped remodel the lab facility.

Name: Isaias Rodrigues
Home Town: Lowell, MA
Organization Served: United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)
Accomplishments: Isaias built the first multi-media technology lab at UTEC the from the ground up. He organized UTEC's teens to clear and set up the facility, worked with LTC technicians to complete hardware and software installation, and learned web design skills to facilitate a class responsible for creating UTEC's first web site. He began organizing a family technology program for UTEC modeled after Boston's Technology Goes Home Program and a Video Production Program that will involve teens in creating videos on age-relevant topics.

For more information on VISTA and other AmeriCorps programs, visit the web site at www.americorps.org.

For more information about becoming a volunteer at LTC or any of the Consortium's community technology centers, call Felicia Sullivan at (978)458-5400 X 11 or apply online at www.lctc.org/go/vol/apply/index.shtml.