Friends of OneWebDay,

Today, we are announcing our new Web site, our new social network for OWD organizers – my.OneWebDay.org, and our 2009 theme: “One Web. For All.”

Check out the first blog post from our new Executive Director, Nathaniel James: http://onewebday.org/2009/06/29/onewebday-2009-the-big-what-if%E2%80%A6/

I hope you can act soon to help us build early momentum! If you plan to support or organize for OneWebDay, there are 2 steps you can take right now. All told, these actions should take about 10-20 minutes.

1. Be amongst the first members to sign up for my.OneWebDay.org, our new social network and collaboration platform for participating organizations and volunteer organizers. Here are some things you can do immediately:
   • Upload a picture for your profile. Let’s set a precedent for new members. It looks so much more lively and inviting when you can actually see the people in the community.
   • Start a group: If you plan to help out at the local level, start a group for your local team. We already have the OWD NYC group started. Consider naming your local group something short and snappy (SEA OWD for Seattle, DC OWD for Washington, DC, etc). For some, it will make sense to start a group on my.OneWebDay for your organization if you want to recruit your members to a hub to share your organization’s plans for OneWebDay. One exciting feature: local OWD Teams will be mapped. Don’t forget to add a picture for your group, too.
2. For those who represent organizations: please let us know if we can add you to our list of Participating Organizations. Please let me know specifically how you would like to be listed, and I will pass that information to Nathan. Later on, we will shoot to post logos if you would like your logo to show as your link on that page.

Please let me know if you have any questions. OneWebDay is powered by your ideas, your energy, and your action. Thank you so much for your early involvement and support in OWD09!

• Are cutting edge
• Fit this year’s theme of online participation in democracy
• Are fully developed and ready for use.

Details: http://www.onewebday.org/base/index.php/2008_Tech_Demos_Planning

2:00 – 2:30

Mike Verilli on Wikipedia; TheLampNYC.org on media literacy; Grassroots.org on easy website building for nonprofits

2:40 – 3:10

Dean Jansen on The Open Video Project; Mike Meyers on citizen journalism; Kevin Lee on search engine marketing for non-profits

3:20 – 3:50

Fred Benenson on Creative Commons; NYCwireless on flashing a router; Charles Lenchner from Democracy in Action on tools for organizers

Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) is organizing seniors to come to city hall and call on the city to address the digital divide and help seniors have access to the Internet and technology. For inquiries or to get involved, email volunteer@onewebday.org.

Purpose of this event

To initiate an environmental movement for the internet. The theme this year: online participation in democracy. The internet is under pressure around the world – inadequate connectivity, censorship, huge digital divides threaten its future. This rally is designed to raise awareness of these issues and to help us focus on how the internet has changed democratic involvement in America.

The video conferences will be recorded and contributed to the OneWebDay video archives. We will be live at Castle Clinton in Battery Park, New York City, where there will be many other activities going on as part of the event.

Please join us at Castle Clinton and participate! Bring your mobile phones, PDAs, laptops and other wireless equipment. Feel free to host your own live video conference with friends around the world to participate in this event as part of OneWebDay.

Participating cities include:

New York, New York
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Montreal, Canada
Berlin, Germany

UPDATE: There is a change of location. We will be at Castle Clinton in Battery Park.

Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012

Agenda

1. OneWebDay: Susan Crawford will talk about OneWebDay. A short presentation to be followed by 30 minutes for brainstorming. We’d like to generate ideas about what the wireless community and other media/technology groups in New York might plan as part of OneWebDay. Attendees are encouraged to read the FAQ beforehand.
2. NYCwireless Parks 2006 — Dana Spiegel will report on his recent City Council testimony, and give status report on NYCw Parks deployments.

OneWebDay is one day a year when we all – everyone around the physical globe – can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities. It is celebrated on September 22 every year, starting in 2006.

Groups and individuals all around the world are coming up with their own ways of celebrating the Web on OneWebDay. We hope the celebrations will affirm Web values in ways that actually advance those values (connection, creativity, collaboration!).

This is going to be a planning party that asks the question: What are you going to do for OneWebDay?