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2015 May Newsletter

VCN & THE GREAT CANADIAN GIVING CHALLENGE (GCGC)

This year VCN be participating in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge (GCGC), a National public contest to benefit any registered Canadian charity.

Every $1 donated to on CanadaHelps.org or givingchallenge.ca, automatically enters the charity to win a $10,000.

Starting on June 1st, support the VCN’s ongoing work in the community to bridge the digital divide!

VANCOUVER COMMUNITY NETWORK SOCIAL 

VCN is organizing a meet-up event on June 09th, 2015.

Over drinks, we’ll gather to discuss Vancouver’s nonprofit tech community, ‘open source’, the meaning of ‘free’ when talking about the need for donation/membership dues, exchange knowledge between VCN members, and learn about the VCN Tech Team services.

Light refreshments will be provided.

When: June 09, 2015, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Billy Bishop Legion (19+)

1407 Laburnum Street, Vancouver, BC

Register to the meet-up here:

http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vcn-social-tickets-17174702999?aff=es2

SPRING CLEANING!

VCN’s Tech Team has been monitoring email accounts and is planning to deactivate accounts that have been inactive for more than 1 year.

This means that new email addresses will be freed up in the coming months.

If you would like to sign-up for another VCN account please go to:

https://www2.vcn.bc.ca/sign-up/email-sign-up-for-individuals/

100 in 1 day PUBLIC WORKSHOP at MPNH

100 in 1 Day is returning on Saturday June 6th, 2015. People of all ages and backgrounds will be uniting to participate in workshops and share their visions for a better city.

Learn, meet people, and develop your urban intervention with a series of free workshops.

For more details: https://vancouver.100in1day.ca

 To register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/100-in-1-day-public-workshop-mount-pleasant-neighbourhood-house-registration-15790338327

MEMBERSHIPS AND DONATIONS

Remember VCN counts on you to either pay your yearly membership ($15) and/or making a donation helps us to support the entire system. Any amount helps and we will issue email a tax receipt in January. Please commit to keeping this valuable resource available into the future.

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