Subject: CPSR Essay Contest 2001-2002 May 1st Deadline for Spring Submissions http://www.cpsr.org/essays/2002/contest.html Dear Fellow Educator, First, thank you for your continued support of CPSR. Teachers have a major role in the organization. Our mission calls for education of the public and policy makers. You, as a teacher are especially positioned to facilitate this learning process. A tool is CPSR's essay contest, in which students write about issues of interest to CPSR. Winning students will receive $100 prizes and have their work published on the CPSR website, and the author of the best paper will receive $500 and be invited to participate in CPSR's Annual Meeting 2002. Given CPSR's interest in many areas of the role of technology in society, there are several topics to choose from. For first round 2001-2002 winning essays and contest information see http://www.cpsr.org/essays/2002/index.html. We hope you will encourage your students to participate in this contest. Students and faculty submitting papers can join or renew their memberships in CPSR for one year for $15 and $25, respectively. Or you could take advantage of the renewal discount if you review essays in May. Let me know if you'd like to be a reviewer, and what subjects/areas you want to read. Contact contest@cpsr.org with any questions, comments, and/or interest. We look forward to your participation. Best Regards, Susan Evoy Managing Director CPSR E$$ay Contest CPSR E$$ay Contest October 2001 - June 2002 Students will be awarded prizes and have their work published! Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is committed to educating the public and our profession on the social implications inherent in today's information technology. The CPSR Essay Contest is intended to further that commitment, by encouraging faculty members to integrate topics of social responsibility of information technology into their coursework, and encouraging students to consider the issues effecting their lives. CPSR is looking for papers that will advance its work within its Working Groups and interests: • Community Networks • Cyber-Rights • DNS/Internet Governance • Computers in Education • Intellectual Property/Law/UCITA/UETA • Broadband Technologies • Computers & the Environment • Ethics • Privacy • Women in Computing • Working in the Industry CPSR Essay Contest Rules Papers must be the original work of students enrolled at accredited schools during the time that the paper is written, and not previously published. Papers may be dual purpose in that they satisfy a class requirement. A faculty member from the student's school must be willing to certify that writers were enrolled during the time that the paper was written, and that, to the best of their knowledge, the work is original. Faculty do not need to agree with the paper's conclusions. Required Format Papers should be less than 2,500 words in an easily email-shared format among Macintosh and PC software (i.e. text only, Word, or HTML). Papers may include text and graphics. The body of the paper must not identify the author, sponsor, or school, so that judging is performed entirely anonymously. Required Separate/Removable Cover Sheet Information: Title, Author Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, Author School Affiliation and Status (undergraduate or graduate), Sponsor Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email. The body and separate/removable cover sheet should be sent to contest@cpsr.org with the name of the appropriate Working Group/Topic/Title to review it as the Subject. Judging Judges will be members of the appropriate CPSR Working Group or general membership. Judges cannot submit or sponsor papers for the Essay Contest during the year. Up to 36 papers will be selected as winners for publication by CPSR, on its web pages and online newsletter. For each topic, a Working Group may select a graduate student and an undergraduate to be awarded a $100 prize. Up to two writers shall be selected to present their paper at the CPSR Annual Meeting 2002 , and receive $500, along with budget travel expenses to attend. These selections are the final judgment of CPSR. A paper may be withdrawn from the contest by the author up to the time that it is scheduled for publication. After that time, it may not be withdrawn. Deadlines for submissions are December 1, 2001 and May 1, 2002. Judgments will be made in February 2002 and July 2002. This contest may be repeated after the 2002 summer recess. CPSR can terminate the contest at any time, and can stop accepting papers for any period of time. CPSR is not responsible for saving papers, or following up/ responding to participants. Entries not meeting contest requirements will not be considered. Participating students and faculty can join or renew their memberships in CPSR for one year for $15 and $25, respectively. www.cpsr.org -- Susan Evoy * Managing Director http://www.cpsr.org/ Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302 Phone: (650) 322-3778 * Fax (650) 322-4748 Email: evoy@cpsr.org Join/Renew: http://cpsr.org/store/membership-form.html jeremy hunsinger jhuns@vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com