Help for Organizations
Access for All Broadband Internet for Organizations
If your group is providing computer access to
the public, you may be eligible for free installation, modem, and
Internet access from Comcast. The City of
Seattle, in cooperation with Comcast, is
providing a limited number of free high-speed connections to the
Internet for qualified sites providing public access. This Access
for All Project is part of the City’s effort to ensure citizens
technology literacy and access. For more information, call or email Derrick
Hall at (206) 233-5061, or read about cable modems on the Web. E-mail
Discussion Lists or Listservs
Neighborhood and community groups can set up
an e-mail discussion list (also called a listserv) for free through
the City. A discussion list is an online community of people who
discuss a specific topic or topics using e-mail. List members join
the discussion by subscribing (for free) to the list. Every person
who subscribes to the list will receive any e-mail sent to the list.
This is a great way to have community discussions or to send out
broadcast messages and announcements. A discussion list is one way
for community groups to manage their e-mail contacts, because it
allows group members to sign up and remove themselves as they like.
Each group member no longer has to maintain his or her own e-mail
lists and remember when to add and subtract people.
Discussion lists can be set up in different
ways depending on what your group needs. For more information about
setting up a free discussion list for your group, call or email Derrick Hall
at (206) 233-5061.
Free City Surplus Computers
The City surpluses hundreds of computers each year. These computers, which are usually about three years old, are provided for free to Seattle based nonprofit human service agencies and schools that serve Seattle residents. If your group is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves Seattle residents, you may be eligible to receive surplus computers. For more information, call or email Erin Bryant at (206) 684-0124
or download an application from the Web.
Funding for Community and Neighborhood Technology Projects
The Technology Matching Fund, modeled after
the Neighborhood Matching Fund, provides money for community
technology access and literacy projects on an annual basis. For more
information, go to the Tech Matching Fund page on the Web.
Get Online Week Resources
Click on links below to view, print or download pdf document.
Publicity for Your
Neighborhood Web Site
If you have a neighborhood Web site and you
want it added to the Neighborhoods on the Net page,
call or email Vicky Yuki at (206) 233-7877.
Web Resources Outside the City
of Seattle
In addition to the free technology resources
offered by the City of Seattle, you may want to look at information
and services offered by the following organizations (none of which
are affiliated with or endorsed by the City):
TechSoup (www.techsoup.org): Non-profit technology resources, including discounted software and some hardware
Idealware (www.idealware.org):Reviews of tools used by the non-profit sector and workshops.
Global Neighborhood (www.orgsites.com)
Neighborhood.com (www.neighborhood.com)
Seattle Community Network (www.scn.org)
Zoomerang: Create free online surveys (www.zoomerang.com)
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