HoT News & Updates

HoTPCA.org takes first in the annual NPCA Electronic Media Awards!

Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, content, and effort over the past year! It's because of YOU that we had so much to offer through our site!

Now, are YOU interested in helping take our website to the next level? Please email info@hotpca.org if you are! We have exciting plans and can use your help! Read the comments from the judges below and get inspired!

Overall: Nice use of flickr, google calendar and other gadgets. The thoughtful integration of various free information tools is an excellent example to other groups.

Strengths: This website is attractive, easy to use and bundles several exciting Web 2.0 features. I liked seeing the use of google calendar and check-out and the use of surveymonkey for HoTPCA Membership survey.

Other strengths of the site included: the link to HoTPCA member Becca Hamm's blog (would be nice to see other blog links): nice use of Flickr for photos; board minute meeting notes - useful and recent (April 2008); the annual membership party photos are terrific; exciting to see link and reference to peacewiki pilot!: good links for cafepress for HoTPCA products and goodreads.

Possible areas of Improvement: 1) Members - Beyond the listing of board members, I was looking for a further list and/or break-down of information (e.g., what years did they serve and in what capacity) of current members (e.g. there are 150 referenced under About, but little additional information available throughout the site). How many people are on the listserve? An accurate list of members was identified as an important priority in the April meeting minutes.

2) Funded projects - Under Links, there's only one funded project identified and not intuitive if the other two organizational urls (e.g., amigos and hornsby are also currently being supported by HoTPCA). I was looking for a listing of previously funded activities and a short write-up of such projects. Generally, I would think support for current PCV activities should be more prominently identified and featured on the site.

3) Monthly Volunteer Day - A great idea, but I was looking for a list of currently planned and past activities.

Peace Corps Wiki launches.
1,000+ pages down, millions to go!

"UT ranks seventh in the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large universities producing Peace Corps volunteers in 2007."
UT-Austin News

On October 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy
visited Ann Arbor, Michigan and gave an impromptu three-minute speech to university students about the idea of
"a volunteer corps of young Americans."

Read/listen to his speech and see photos of him in University of Michigan's online newspaper Michigan Today.

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The HoTPCA CafePress Store
is now open for business!

HoTPCA Member Becca Hamm
fills us in on her work with the deaf community in Kenya.

Check her out and leave a comment!