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<small><font face="sans-serif">There are times when conversations with
GreenNet members make us feel
like we are part of a big family with so many of you doing related
work. But although we hear regularly from some of you when you need a
bit of help or want some general technical advice,
we also know that there are lots of you who get along nicely with no
technical gremlins to disturb you and so see no reason to get in touch.
Do remember though, you don't have to be stuck to give us a call -
neither do you need a clear idea of what to ask about. Our
support and networking advice is for all of you. So if you'd like to
talk through ideas for online collaboration or webby campaigns that you
are planning, or have a random internet-ish question that's been
bugging you, don't be a stranger - pick up the phone (0845 055 4011) or
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:support@gn.apc.org">drop us a
line</a>!<br>
<br>
With best wishes from us all for a well networked and peaceful autumn,<br>
<br>
Andrew, Anna, Cedric, Howard, Ian, Liz, Marek and Michael<br>
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<h4><small><font face="sans-serif">New Services (and support person!)
for the Autumn<br>
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<small><font face="sans-serif">We are very happy to welcome Andrew
Rendle to the Collective, our latest recruit to the support team. His
work background is in public and
private sector IT support and web development. Out of the office he's
involved with Crisis Camps - volunteering his techie skills to
supporting disaster relief efforts around the world. His </font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif">secure computing </font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif">disaster avoidance notes (below) are definitely
worth reading!<br>
<br>
Also new this autumn are two new add-on options
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif">to make it easier for you
to
expand your existing packages of services with us: If you have one
email account with us (for example a Home/Activist or Host/Activist
Plus membership) you can now add a second mailbox to this for £25+VAT
per year. Or you can add extra mailboxes in blocks of five for £50+VAT
per year with any of our membership packages. <br>
<br>
And if you're launching a new campaign or service and want an
additional
web site, we've got a new add-on web site package: for £110+VAT per
year you
get 200MB of web space, a MySQL database, and a domain name. If you're
interested in either of these, please get in touch!<br>
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<h4><small><font face="sans-serif">Recently launched websites designed
and built by GreenNet developers<br>
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<small><font face="sans-serif">
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif"><img
alt="The Cornerhouse Website"
src="cid:part1.04000504.04050203@gn.apc.org" height="74" hspace="3"
width="100" align="left" border="1"></font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk">The
Cornerhouse </a><br>
<br>
An amazingly content rich website that began as an attempt to publish
and organise the paper trails of legal documents, Freedom of
Information requests, press reports etc... from Cornerhouse
investigations - using Drupal's innovative faceted search so to create
dynamic pathways through content as you browse.<br>
<br>
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif"><img
alt="Quakers in Britain Home Page"
src="cid:part2.07090700.08000804@gn.apc.org" height="84" hspace="3"
width="100" align="left" border="1"></font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.quaker.org.uk">Quakers in
Britain </a><br>
<br>
The first phase of the Quakers in Britain web project was completed
last year when we migrated their old site to a new Drupal platform,
improving the way that the site is managed and indexed. This second
phase now takes those improvements to the end users with a complete
restructuring of content, making the entire site more navigable and
content more findable.<br>
<br>
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif"><img
alt="Diaspora Volunteering Alliance home page"
src="cid:part3.06010406.02000903@gn.apc.org" height="84" hspace="3"
width="100" align="left" border="1"></font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.diasporavolunteeringalliance.org">Diaspora
Volunteering Alliance<br>
</a><br>
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif">A site for this new
initiative by a group of UK organisations with a
common interest in sending diaspora volunteers to support projects in
their countries and continents of origin, where they can reach out to
potential new volunteers and diaspora organisations with returnees'
case studies and project ideas.<br>
<br>
<br>
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif"><img
alt="Publish What You Pay Norway home page"
src="cid:part4.09080706.07000102@gn.apc.org" height="76" hspace="3"
width="100" align="left" border="1"></font></small><small><font
face="sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.publishwhatyoupay.no">Publish What You Pay Norway</a><br>
<br>
</font></small><small><font face="sans-serif">A new multi-lingual site
with interactive mapping, participant
searching, an online petition and a news feed from the international
pwyp site.</font></small><br>
<br>
<h4><small><font face="sans-serif">And a couple of hints for keeping
your computer secure...</font></small></h4>
<small><font face="sans-serif">If you're using Windows and don't have a
current anti-virus program,
you can download AVG anti-virus for free from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://free.avg.com/">http://free.avg.com/</a>.
<br>
<br>
Meanwhile "phishing" emails are a blight faced by all internet users
regardless of operating system. These are messages from people trying
to find out your account details - sometimes posing as messages which
claim there's a problem with your account or that your mailbox is
full. If you receive a message that seems suspicious, please forward a
copy to us at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@gn.apc.org">support@gn.apc.org</a>
or call our support line on 0845 055
4011.<br>
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<h4><small><font face="sans-serif">Very Annoying Tax rise<br>
</font></small></h4>
<small><font face="sans-serif">VAT (Value Added Tax) is due to rise to
20% in January 2011 following
the June 2010 budget.<br>
<br>
This is a major financial blow to third sector organisations and
campaigners and is greatly at odds with the government's "big society"
plan to increase the voluntary sector's engagement with society. So far
lobbying by CAF and the Charity Tax Group for exemption for charities
and NGOs from the increase has been unsuccessful.<br>
<br>
If you need to arrange billing for your online projects and activities
in advance of the January VAT rise contact us now on 020 7065 0938 or
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:billing@gn.apc.org">billing@gn.apc.org</a>. </font></small><br>
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