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Dear DIA Community,
Over the past month, we've enjoyed meeting many of you while some of
us were on the road for trainings in NYC and San Francisco. And we're
looking forward to meeting more of you as we head to Seattle this week
for the NTEN conference.
Check out what's going on in the DIA community lately:
Tech Update
Come to a Training or Event
- We'll be holding our first Seattle area training on March 21st.
- Look for us at the Seattle N-Ten March 22nd-24th. Be sure to stop by at the "Science Fair" and say hello!
- Live training in New York: Join us April 14th to go over intermediate functions of the tools and strategy tips to make your organizing more effective.
Join DIA's Growing Online User Community
Would you like to communicate with campaign managers in your area
about strategies, new campaigns and best practices? We're implementing
area-specific listservs, and these three are our guinea pigs. Sign up here! -Bay Area
-New York
-DC Metropolitan
Meet the New Staff!
- Brian Harrington, Systems Administrator (bharrington at democracyinaction.org)
 Brian has been working in the tech industry since 1998
beginning as a data librarian and progressing to Network Engineering
& Systems Administration. Brian's role is to ensure the
proper functioning of all hardware critical to the DiA
infrastructure. In his free time Brian plays music in multiple
Washington DC based bands and tours the country with them occasionally.
- Yonathan Haregot, Application Developer (yharegot at democracyinaction.org)
Yonathan has 7+ year of experience building tools for non-profits. Most
recently he has been working with GreenpeaceUS as the lead
application/web developer. He has worked with Greenpeace International
as part of the system development team that has underscored todays
globally distributed working environment. Prior to that he worked with
Essential Information building affordable database driven tools for
non-profits.
- Anthony Cimino, Chief Strategy officer (anthony at democracyinaction.org)
 Anthony has spent over 11 years creating compelling web experiences. After
a few years at Apple Computer designing e-commerce and account management
systems he decided to move over to the non-profit field. Once there he
became the Creative Director for The Public WebWorks, a non-profit
multi-media firm. After Public WebWorks, Anthony became a consultant
for a variety of clients in the Washington, DC area including
Greenpeace USA where he
rebuilt their online communications and technology strategy. Over the
years Anthony's work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNN,
the NY Times and other major media outlets.
- Adam Perlmutter, Intern (adam at democracyinaction.org)
Adam
recently joined DIA as our Spring Development Intern. One of his my
main duties is to answer tech support emails and phone calls from
member organizations, so many of you have probably had the chance to
talk with him. After many years of working in technical theater,
Adam has decided recently to make a career change to web
development. In his free time he can still be seen working for
the stage hands union back stage at various venues around town.
Referral Program Launches
It's
no secret - we want to change the world and now we’re asking for your
help to make our community even more vibrant. We're really excited to
launch our Referral Program, and we'd like to entice you with an
incentive for spreading the
word. Get all the info here,
and send out your referral postcards
now. Check 'em out!
 
Thank You
Many thanks to the Surdna foundation for their generous support of DemocracyInAction!
Cheers from the entire DIA team,
(Chris, April, JasonZ, JasonL, Elissa, Nick, Mara, Kelly, Brian, Adam, Yonathan and Anthony)
P.S. Here's the rest of us!
       
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