[WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact

[Wolfgang Kleinwächter]

Karen thank you for your power
take from me a cyberflower

wolfgang


On torsdag, okt 7, 2004, at 21:16 Europe/Copenhagen, Renata Bloem wrote:

> What a good piece of news! Karen, my warmest congratulations,
> Renata
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] De la
> part de Robert Guerra
> Envoyé : jeudi, 7. octobre 2004 12:05
> À : plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social
> Impact
>
> Congratulations Karen!
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>> To: xxxx
>> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:28:44 +0200
>> From: Karen Higgs <khiggs at apc.org>
>> Subject: Karen Banks wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
>>
>> Karen should really be telling you herself, but as she is on her way 
>> to
>> Chicago to collect the award on behalf of the WNSP, here's the great
>> news!!
>>
>> [If you would like to help us by circulating the press release, please
>> contact myself or Erika at apcwomen.org. Thanks!]
>>
>>
>> APC WNSP's Karen Banks Wins Anita Borg Award for Social Impact
>>
>> MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ó "Our strategy is to get women central, active 
>> and
>> visible in all walks of technology. We don't want it to be a surprise
> to
>> see a woman running a wireless shop, fixing a pc, or leading a 
>> campaign
> to
>> break with the telecom monopoly in her country." -- For nearly 15 
>> years
>> Karen Banks and the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC 
>> WNSP)
>> have worked to bring technology to underserved women and communities.
>> Their work will be recognised at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women
> in
>> Computing conference on October 7 in Chicago, USA. - APCNews
>> http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=26581
>>
>
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