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Stop Censorship, Oppose SOPA/PIPA

January 16, 2012 in Event, Feature, Service Notice

This Wednesday (1/18/12) OpenCUNY.org will be “blocked” from 8AM to 8PM in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect-IP Act (PIPA). TAKE ACTION >>

Why are we protesting SOPA/PIPA?

“SOPA and Protect-IP create an architecture for internet censorship” … “thousands of commercial ISPs, colleges, small businesses, nonprofits, and other entities that maintain domain servers are going to have to reconfigure their networks, potentially at substantial cost, in order to easily comply with the new law” … “if enacted, either of these bills will create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation, and seriously harm the credibility of the United States in its role as a steward of key Internet infrastructure.”

More info from >> WhiteHouse.gov > WordPress > Ars Technica

GET INVOLVED. TAKE ACTION >>

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OpenCUNY @ The CUNY IT Conference (12/2/11)

November 9, 2011 in Event, Workshop

Fostering Student-Based Media: A Look at the OpenCUNY.org Academic Medium
December 2nd | 9:30-10:45 | CUNY IT Conference | John Jay College

For three years OpenCUNY has worked with CUNY Graduate Center students to develop open-source environments for their courses, conferences, research, organizations, initiatives, and activism. This roundtable brings together the coordinators and participants of OpenCUNY to explore the benefits and challenges of fostering student-based participatory media. The roundtable will provide an overview of OpenCUNY’s development, participatory governance, technological configuration, and future plans. We will also discuss a sample of participants’ media projects.

PARTICIPANTS: John Boy, Morgan Buck, Gregory Donovan, Shawndel Fraser, Margaret Galvan, Jesse Goldstein, Kiersten Greene, Bijan Kimiagar, Keith Miyake, Jennifer Pipitone, David Spataro, Monique Whitaker

DOWNLOAD OUR FLYER >> CLICK HERE

FREE REGISTRATION >> MORE INFO >> OPENCUNY.ORG/CUNYIT

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Say Hello to Your New 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board

November 8, 2011 in Feature, OpenCUNY Board

OpenCUNY Board elections have concluded, and four new Board members have been elected. John, Jen, Kiersten, and Keith join us, the two OpenCUNY Coordinators, in reviewing and continuing development of the Terms of Participation that function as OpenCUNY’s governance document. For more information on how the Board is composed and run, please see the Doctoral Students’ Council Bylaw 4.3.c.

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Voting Open for 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board

October 22, 2011 in OpenCUNY Board, Service Notice

Voting for the 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board is now open (until 10/29). To vote, login and go to
http://opencuny.org/election/

ABOUT THE BOARD: The OpenCUNY Board consists of the two OpenCUNY Coordinators and four elected OpenCUNY.org participants. The OpenCUNY Board determines governance policies for OpenCUNY.org. The primary task of the OpenCUNY Board will be to continue development of the Terms of Participation that defines OpenCUNY.org’s governance policy and any other policies deemed appropriate by the committee. The OpenCUNY Board will meet approximately two times a semester.

QUESTIONS: Contact me or Maggie with any questions or concerns.
http://opencuny.org/election/

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Nominations Open for 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board

October 5, 2011 in OpenCUNY Board, Terms of Participation

Nominations for the 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board are now open (until 10/8). To nominate yourself or another OpenCUNY participant to the Board, please fill out the Nomination Form at

http://opencuny.org/board/nominate/

ABOUT THE BOARD: The OpenCUNY Board ( http://opencuny.org/board/ ) consists of the two OpenCUNY Coordinators and four electedOpenCUNY.org participants. The OpenCUNY Board determines governance policies for OpenCUNY.org. The primary task of the OpenCUNY Board will be to continue development of the Terms of Participation ( http://opencuny.org/terms/ ) that defines OpenCUNY.org’s governance policy and any other policies deemed appropriate by the committee. The OpenCUNY Board will meet approximately two times a semester. Please consult DSC Bylaw 4.3 ( http://cunydsc.org/bylaws#Free_and_Open_Source_Medium ) for more information on the OpenCUNY Board and the Terms of Participation.

QUESTIONS: Contact me or Maggie with any questions or concerns.

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Nominations & Elections for 2011-12 OpenCUNY Board

September 23, 2011 in OpenCUNY Board, Terms of Participation

See also opencuny.org/board or contact the OpenCUNY Coordinators for more information. Nominations are now open!

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OpenCUNY Network Social

September 15, 2011 in Event

On Thursday, September 22, OpenCUNY will be holding a network social in Room 5409 from 4:30-6:30pm to kick off programming for this coming academic year. All current users and interested parties are invited to attend. Enjoy free food and beverages while you exchange ideas with fellow graduate students using OpenCUNY for their personal research, professional networking, departmental associations, student groups and initiatives, conferences, and more. Help us visualize our users by snapping a shot for your avatar in our photo booth or sign up with the site to get started!

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New Terms of Participation

September 8, 2011 in Feature, Terms of Participation

After many months of discussion, voting, more discussion, and then more voting . . . we’re pleased to announce the OpenCUNY Terms of Participation. The Terms of Participation (ToP) are the official governance policy of OpenCUNY.org that all participants must abide by.

The ToP were drafted and unanimously approved by the OpenCUNY Board on 03/24/2011. On 04/15/2011, the draft ToP was approved by a majority of OpenCUNY participants and sent to the DSC Plenary for ratification. On 05/13/2011, the ToP was officially ratified by the DSC Plenary.

The ToP can and will be modified each academic year. Please send any questions, thoughts, or concerns to one of the OpenCUNY Coordinators or a member of the OpenCUNY Board.

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OpenCUNY Migration/Upgrade Complete

September 7, 2011 in Maintenance, Service Notice

Maggie and I are happy to report that we have successfully migrated OpenCUNY to our new server. Following the migration this past Friday, we were finally able to upgrade WordPress to its latest version and update all plugins and themes to their newest versions. A few older themes and plugins had no updates available and, as a result, may no longer work with the newest version of WordPress. Please contact Maggie or I if you find a theme/plugin no longer working. In almost every case we should be able to recommend a newer alternative:
http://opencuny.org/help

We’ll be in touch shortly with information on our other 2011-12 OpenCUNY Initiatives. In the meantime, you should already be experiencing faster load time, more plugins and themes to choose from, and increased upload limits.

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OpenCUNY Down for Maintenance Starting at 2PM

August 26, 2011 in Maintenance, Service Notice

Beginning today August 26th at 2PM EST, OpenCUNY.org will be down for maintenance as we migrate to a new server and upgrade our system. After 2PM today, any changes made to a site or account will be lost.

A full backup of everyone’s site will be generated. However, please follow these directions if you would like to generate a personal backup of your OpenCUNY site(s): http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Export_SubPanel

You will be notified once the migration is complete. At that point, OpenCUNY.org will be fully operational again.

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