On behalf of the Illinois Community Technology Coalition and CTCNet Chicago Chapter, you are cordially invited to the second annual Illinois Community Technology Conference, to be held in Springfield, Illinois, November 16 and 17th in conjunction with the sixth annual Illinois Telecommunications Conference. This event will bring together organizations and advocates promoting digital literacy, access and equity in rural and urban communities and your presence is essential to any great Midwest community technology gathering. You'll find more information about the conference at http://www.ctcnetchicago.org/conference. But we're not only interested in your presence, we want your involvement! We've made the Share-Fair a significant part of this conference because the strength of our network lies in how we serve as a resource to each other. For more information or to participate in the Midwest Share-Fair, please visit http://www.ctcnetchicago.org/sharefair. We're also very excited to invite you to a reception at the new Lincoln Presidential Library in downtown Springfield 5:30-7:30 after the Share Fair on November 16th. The Future of Digital Literacy will be our theme and we will be presenting the first Midwest Community Networking Award to an honored and distinguished colleague from Ohio. This is also an opportunity to visit the new library, which opened last fall, on this "late night" where you can visit rooms until 8:30. The Library is right across the street from the new Lincoln Presidential Museum which opened this spring. We look forward to seeing you there. Let's make a bold statement for the Midwest! Best Regards, Michael Maranda ____________________________________________________________________________ Michael Maranda President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) http://www.afcn.org Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter http://www.ctcnetchicago.org Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Coalition (ilCTC) http://www.ilctc.org Vice President, CAAELII http://www.caaelii.org Vice President, NPOTechs http://www.npotechs.org Join us for Digital Neighborhoods: Connecting All Chicago to the World, October 20th! http://www.ctcnetchicago.org/event Attend the Illinois Community Technology Conference, November 16-17, 2005. http://www.ctcnetchicago.org/conference