Geekcorps Director to speak at SF 501 Tech Club
3 February 2006 in People, News by Wayan Vota
Do you consider yourself a technology expert, a geek even? Ever wanted to apply your ICT knowledge in exotic lands, say the famous Timbuktu? Wonder if they have Linux or WiFi there already?
Thanks to Geekcorps, you can take your skills worldwide, bring modern information and communication technologies to developing nations, and help entire countries become digitally independent, able to solve problems and grow economies, using technology.
Join Geekcorps Director Wayan Vota at the next San Francisco 501 Tech Club on March 2 for a short presentation and Q&A on Geekcorps, its work, and the role of technology in international development.
This special 501 Tech Club is on Thursday, March 2, 2006 6-9pm at Jillian’s Billiards in San Francisco. Jillian’s is located at the Howard street end of the Metreon on 4th Street. (map)
The SF 501 Tech Club is a monthly gathering of people working on or interested in nonprofit technology in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our meetings are opportunities for anyone interested in helping nonprofits use technology more effectively to get together and talk shop in a fun, informal setting. The 501 Tech Club name refers to the fact that most of us work primarily with and for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Papou Coulibaly is young boutique owner in Ouélessébougou. Previously, Geekcorps partnered with Papou to create a Cybertigi - an Internet access point for the local community via a wireless link to a Community Information & Learning Center (CLIC).