• 86 public mailing lists in 19 languages for conferencing using L-Soft's LISTSERV software, with web interface
• 59 private mailing lists coordinating the work of volunteers living throughout the world
• a private network for Real-Time Interactions, including
  • a MUVS for collaborative projects using the C2D application software, and Continuum 2D multimedia object-oriented MUVS
  • a text-based multi-lingual IRC server
  • a text-based two-dimensional MUSH using the windows based Pueblo client
  • CU-SeeMe
• several online art exhibitions
• The Coldfusion software (Allaire) is used for handling of responses to the four questions, distributed budgeting, and more.
• a multi-lingual and mirrored web with over 100,000 pages, including both an intranet and several extranets.

Now, attack this infrastructure with young, fast and creative fingers, fumbling keystrokes of those new to the net and our services, external spam jockeys, computer virus attacks, and season it with problems of scale in areas like translations, protection of young persons, and "simple" sharing of information across language boundaries.
To protect it all, a dedicated behind-the-curtains group of technical volunteers: mailing list administrators, data base experts, script writers, web masters, software people, and trouble shooters.
These special people have spunk. They work for Kidlink in their spare time while having demanding jobs in their "other" lives.

Background

Regularly, Kidlink must bring these key volunteers together face-to-face for brainstorming, planning and to fix urgent problems.
If you pay travel and hotel expenses, then in return, these people will be yours for two days.

Proposal

Kidlink requests US$ 15,000 to meet and work with your people for two days. The money will be used to pay for Kidlink participants' travels and subsistence.

Five nights, food for four days, local travel. After the meeting, we will arrange our private two-day internal conference in the same city.

Alternatively, you may pay for travel, hotel, and subsistence directly.

Offerings to sponsors

1. You will be given an opportunity to present yourself, and your services/products to participants. The presentation may be a workshop, some type of formal presentation, or some sessions to test a new service or product.
2. You will be given a chance to meet privately with the whole group or selected individuals for consultations during the two days.
3. All sponsor support will be recognized in Kidlink's sponsor pages.
4. All sponsors are authorized to have links to Kidlink's web site in their web pages. Please let such links preferably go to http://www.kidlink.org (our home page).

Beyond this, all sponsors have rights as outlined in Kidlink's Policy Statement.

If interested

Contact Bonnie Thurber, Kidlink's Technical Manager, to discuss the possibility of arranging such a meeting with your organization.

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