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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up

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Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

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Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. Since transparency is only one leg of the stool, San Francisco also sponsored an app development contest to get people involved in using the data for the public good. Good things will follow.

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Tidbits

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This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Setup of all three has a one time fee. Be Helpful.

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Win Up To $15,000 in Sunlight Labs Mashup Challenge

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When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" " Duh: the NTEN community! > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs.

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2009 NTC: Awards Show Wrap Up

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Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. At NTEN, we are all practical dreamers, we're open and authentic with one another, and we hold each other accountable. NTEN Member John Merritt, from the YMCA of San Diego County , embodies all of these ideals.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Linux desktops?

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On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. 8 Pete 06.25.08

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