REFORMA ITC GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Established January 1998

1. Establish a working group that will investigate and submit grant applications for technology related projects and research. Possibly work with the REFORMA Finance Committee on writing these grants or any Reformistas with grant writing experience. A good book for locating potential grant sources is:
National Guide to Funding for Information Technology
edited by Elizabeth H. Rich
Published by the Foundation Center
© 1997
199 pages
ISBN: 0-87954-709-X
It costs @$115

2. Establishment of an informative, up-to-date, bilingual Website

3. Increase communication among Reformistas. Work on getting more members online with email, etc.

4. Provide Technology workshops to those who need/want them.

5. Start a Technology Awareness Campaign that could address the cultural and economic barriers Spanish speaking communities facein dealing with the Internet and other technologies. Provide information on how these technologies will effect (positively and negatively) these communities.

6. Create social networks and mentoring to introduce Latinos into information technology careers.

7. Prepare bilingual guides on using the Internet for Spanish Speakers. If they already exist, make readily available.

8. Create a comprehensive searchable database of quality Internet Sites. Provide a variety of access points (title, subject, keyword, etc.). Focus on Internet Sites of interest to the Spanish speaking and to those during research on Hispanic, Latino/a, Chicano/a etc. disciplines.

9. Keep abreast of information policies and legislation that will affect libraries, communities and individuals and share with other Reformistas.

10. Work with various govt. agencies and other decision making bodies that deal with information technology issues/policies to ensure that equal access is provided to all communities

11. Bring RNC II to those who cant' attend the Conference in person. Possible ways could be to broadcast the entire conference using CUSeeMe or related technology. Recording the sessions (using the RealPlayer Format) and make them available over the Internet. These can then be archived as well. This could also be done to broadcast and archive Chapter workshops/events.

12. Create an Electronic Publishing Committee/Group. This group could work closely with the WebTeam and/or the Newsletter Editor. Some possibleprojects could be to create a web based version of the REFORMA Newsletter as well as digitizing past issues. One possible way would be to create Adobe PDFfiles of past newsletters that would allow for free text searching of the newsletter.

13. Purchase our own Web Server and hire either a full-time or part-timeweb administrator.

14. Provide online transactions of REFORMA-related activities. Some example could include:

15. Conduct a survey of Reformistas on information technology literacy and access to the Internet from home and work.