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NPCA Board of Directors supports creation of a "Virtual Community"
This "virtual community" would foster connections and dialogue, empower individuals and groups to mobilize and engage others, and provide information on issues of concern to all who share Peace Corps values, while laying the groundwork for a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps in 2011.
NPCA Board of Directors supports creation of a "Virtual Community"
2006 Winter Board Meeting Overview
When the NPCA board met in Austin, TX on February 4, 2006, it had before it several issues of vital importance to the future of the organization. Thanks to the leadership and support of the board, significant progress was made.
Virtual Community
One of the centerpieces of the meeting was a presentation on how NPCA can become a more vibrant, member-driven community—an inclusive, welcoming, open-sided "big tent," if you will—by harnessing advances in information technology and the Internet which were not available to NPCA in the past. This "virtual community" would foster connections and dialogue, empower individuals and groups to mobilize and engage others, and provide information on issues of concern to all who share Peace Corps values, while laying the groundwork for a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps in 2011.
NPCA staff is enthusiastic about the opportunities associated with a virtual community. In Austin the board gave its general support for the concept of a virtual community while posing some questions about costs and benefits. Further information on a proposed Phase 1 will be provided by NPCA staff to the board by March 6, and more detailed plans by June 1, 2006.
Learn more about the proposal for Creating a Virtual Peace Corps Community at:
The NPCA "Virtual Community"
Creating a Virtual Peace Corps Community
A Proposal for a Web Technology Strategy Web Site Plan from Communicopia
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