The Inaugural meetup of the Sydney NetSquared Group is Tuesday 7 July at 6.30pm. The meeting will be held at The Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire Street Surry Hills NSW – go to the third floor and look out for the laptops.

There are thirty seven Net Tuesday groups globally, providing a chance for those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether they're part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur to get together to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate.

The focus of the inaugural Sydney Net Tuesday meetup will be to discuss:

• topics that would make good presentations
• speakers you might like to hear from
• how you want the group to run.

To find out more about the Net Tuesday meetup group or to contact Patrick Kelso who is convening the meeting go to: Sydney Net Tuesday inaugural meetup

Connecting Up Australia is a sponsor of the latest residency in this unique SA program that has national implications.

Genevieve Bell is an internationally recognised anthropologist and Director of User Experience with Intel Corporation’s Digital Home Group in the United States. Genevieve will be delivering a public lecture Thursday 2 July 2009 at 6pm at the Hilton Adelaide Ballroom, Victoria Square. The title of her lecture is Black Holes, Backhoes and Broadband: There’s more to connecting South Australia than rolling out a cable!

http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkecentre/events/2009events/ATIR_GenevieveBell.asp

Unfortunately the Thursday evening lecture is booked out. However, it can be viewed live online by registering with the Department of Education and Children's Services Virtual Classroom. It is suggested you select "to attend via Centra Virtual Classroom" when you register

You can also listen to an interview with Genevieve Bell on the ABC Radio Program Future Tense – a weekly program that takes a critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking. In this program Antony Funnell explores with Genevieve - How important is culture when it comes to the adoption and adaptation of technology?

DonorTec is one of the services of Connecting Up Australia, facilitating distribution of millions of dollars worth of donated technology from global and local companies.

The DonorTec case studies are a great way to find out how DonorTec donations have impacted on organisations around Australia and the benefits for communities. The latest case studies, just added to the page include:

# New dogs of the block a story about Assistance Dogs Australia and how they are helping to enhance the quality of life and improve the level of independence for people with physical disabilities.

# Connecting the blind to the world and how software donation from DonorTec has enabled them to upgrade their technology training rooms and library to bring them into line with current industry standards.

# Independent Living Centres of Tasmania have been able to have been able to employ an occupational therapist for a short-term project that can be worked on from home because they were able to obtain Microsoft terminal server software.

If you weren’t able to attend Connecting Up 09, or if you did and wanted to refresh your memory you can access some of the audio recordings and presentation materials from the terrific speakers that presented. Find these available at : http://www.connectingup.org/conference

Newly uploaded breakout session presentations at : http://www.connectingup.org/conference/breakout-sessions

Us Now - A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet

Us Now - will screen Thursday 9 July from 6 – 8pm

At: Australian Technology Park, Locomotive Street Eveleigh NSW

The movie runs for approximately 1 hour and will be followed by a panel discussion facilitated by James Dellow, from Headshift. Others on the panel (subject to confirmation) are:

For further information about the event go to: http://usnowsydney.eventbrite.com/

Thank you everyone for your survey responses. This provides us really valuable data and feedback for planning future events.

We drew two winners ( one for the delegate survey and one for the general member survey) to win a 4GB iPod Shuffle.

Congratulations go to :

Julianne Flynn of Anglesea and District Community House Inc.

And

Irena Liddell of Northside Community Forum Inc.

Winners are contacted by email.