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Events and Accomplishments - Old Events and Accomplishments

*   Online Policy Group Operations Advisory Committee Meeting
Agenda and minutes of operations advisory committee meeting, 7:00 - 8:30pm Pacific, Online Policy Group (October 22, 2003)
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*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (September 20, 2003)
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*   OPG Co-Hosts Bridging the Digital Divides Event
Join us the week of August 25-29 as we discuss "Bridging the Digital Divides, Equal Access to the Internet" on Techsoup's Digital Divide Forum, including topics such as class-based disparity in available technology, the role race, ethnicity, and religion play in the digital divide, women and technology, the impact of Internet blocking software on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, and access to technology for people with disabilities, Online Policy Group (August 25, 2003)
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*   OPG Operations Advisory Committee Meeting
Agenda and minutes of operations advisory committee meeting, 7:00 - 8:30pm Pacific, Online Policy Group (August 20, 2003)
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*   OPG Operations Advisory Committee Meeting
Agenda and minutes of operations advisory committee meeting, 7:00 - 8:30pm Pacific, Online Policy Group (July 16, 2003)
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*   Online Policy Group Special Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (July 5, 2003)
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*   San Francisco Reacts to Supreme Court LGBTIQQ Rights Ruling
A broad coalition of San Francisco community organizations has called an event to protest or celebrate, depending on the outcome of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Texas sodomy statute, QueerNet Project of Online Policy Group (June 12, 2003)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (June 7, 2003)
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*   Sex and the Internet: What's Happening? What Can We Expect Next?
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty will present twice on online civil liberties as relates to sexuality and online communities at this Western Region Annual Conference in San Jose, California, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (April 12, 2003)

*   Sex and the Internet
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "Sex and the Internet" to the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in San Jose, CA, Online Policy Group (April 12, 2003)
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*   The Great Firewall of China
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty presented a program entitled "The Great Firewall of China: Filtering, Blocking, and Government Censorship" to the annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in New York City, Online Policy Group (April 3, 2003)
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*   OPG Climbs "Great Firewall" at Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty will lead a plenary entitled "The Great Firewall of China - Internet Filtering and Free Expression" at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference taking place at the New Yorker Hotel from 10:30am - 12:00 noon, Online Policy Group (April 3, 2003)

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*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (March 1, 2003)

*   U.S. Supreme Court Considers Internet Blocking in Libraries
The Online Policy Group (OPG) and software expert Seth Finkelstein today submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a lower court decision that the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) places unconstitutional limitations on free speech of library patrons by requiring the use of technology protection measures in libraries receiving certain federal funding or discounts, Online Policy Group (February 10, 2003)
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*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (December 7, 2002)

*   OPG ENEWS
Online newsletter chock full of action alerts, project updates, online policy news, and how to volunteer, Online Policy Group (December 6, 2002)
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*   OPG ENEWS
Online newsletter chock full of action alerts, project updates, online policy news, and how to volunteer, Online Policy Group (November 8, 2002)
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*   Taming the WWW: A Provocative Discussion on Internet Filtering
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty organizes panel on Internet blocking at OpenGov02 conference, California First Amendment Coalition (October 19, 2002)

*   OPG ENEWS
OPG has revived its online newsletter, chock full of action alerts, OPG project and organizational news, online policy news, and lots more, Online Policy Group (October 8, 2002)
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*   Special Olympics Joins California Colocation Project
The California Community Colocation Project (CCCP) today announced a partnership with the Special Olympics of Northern California. CCCP, a project of the Online Policy Group, provides free hosting for computer servers from nonprofit organizations, such as the server running the Special Olympics' backend database, Online Policy Group (October 3, 2002)
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*   California Community Colocation Project Takes Off
The California Community Colocation Project, or CCCP, was launched in February 2002 as the world's first formal non-profit to focus exclusively on the needs of the not-for-profit colocation community, Linux Journal (October 1, 2002)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (September 7, 2002)

*   OPG at Stanford on Workplace Surveillance
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty spoke on workplace surveillance at Stanford University Computers and Social Decisions class, Online Policy Group (June 5, 2002)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (June 1, 2002)

*   Youth Censorship and Media Literacy
Executive Director Will Doherty represented OPG at the 2002 Youth & Censorship Colloquium early this May in New York where forty youth media makers, educators, censorship, law, and media literacy experts spent the day developing strategies to advance the free expression rights of youth, Free Expression Policy Project (May 22, 2002)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (March 2, 2002)

*   New Colocation Project Boosts Non-Profit Internet Access
Marking a great opportunity for non-profit ventures seeking Internet access, the Online Policy Group (OPG) today announced a new California Community Colocation Project (CCCP), Online Policy Group (December 12, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (December 1, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (September 1, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 5000 Unique Visitors, OPG (June 13, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (June 2, 2001)

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*   Internet Blocking in Schools and Libraries: Law, Litigation, and Community Response
Internet blocking presentation on technology, legal, and policy issues followed by a panel at the San Francisco Public Library with David Burt (N2H2), Will Doherty (OPG/EFF), Lee Tien (EFF), Mark Leno (SF Board of Supervisors), and Susan Hildreth (SF Public Library), Online Policy Group and Electronic Frontier Foundation (May 6, 2001)

*   Internet Blocking Policy Presentation
A presentation on Internet blocking and policy implications by Will Doherty, OPG Executive Director, at the University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, Online Policy Group (April 23, 2001)
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*   Demonstrate Against Blocking Technology Legislation on April 20, 2001!
Demonstrate against Internet blocking on April 20, 2001, the effective date of the Children's Internet Protection Act legislation, Online Policy Group (April 20, 2001)
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*   Community Center Tenants Announced
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center Project has released a list of 24 organizations, including the Online Policy Group and QueerNet, that will lease space there when it opens later this year, Bay Area Reporter (March 23, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (March 3, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 2000 Unique Visitors, OPG (February 25, 2001)

*   Panel on Hollister Case
Online Policy Group Executive Director Will Doherty participated in a panel on the Hollister case, which illustrated the tension between online defamation and the right to operate anonymously on the Internet. The panel, which took place at San Jose State University, was organized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. The moderator was Elizabeth Weise of NLGJA and USA Today. Panelists included Tracie Cone and Anna Marie dos Remedios of the Hollister Pinnacle, Will Doherty of the Online Policy Group and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Jonathan Bernstein of the Anti-Defamation League, OPG (February 22, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 1500 Unique Visitors, OPG (January 31, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Granted 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status
The United States Internal Revenue Service granted the Online Policy Group 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, OPG (January 30, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Shares New Office Space With Mother Jones
The Online Policy Group has leased its first office space: a carrel and use of the conference rooms and facilities in the Mother Jones office suite at 731 Market Street, 6th floor, in San Francisco (Powell Muni/BART stop), OPG (January 11, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Publishes Reasons Filters Can't Work
A new list of the top ten reasons why filtering software can't work especially in light of the U.S. Congress' mandate for filtering in all public schools and libraries, Online Policy Group (January 6, 2001)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 1000 Unique Visitors, OPG (December 18, 2000)

*   QueerNet and PLUSnet Projects Join Online Policy Group
QueerNet and PLUSnet projects join Online Policy Group, Online Policy Group (December 12, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 900 Unique Visitors, OPG (December 7, 2000)

*   First Online Policy Group Board Meeting
Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Online Policy Group (December 2, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 800 Unique Visitors, OPG (November 17, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 700 Unique Visitors, OPG (November 1, 2000)

*   OPG Tax-Exemption
OPG Tax-Exemption Applications Sent to IRS and California Francise Tax Board, Online Policy Group (November 1, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Bylaws Approved
Online Policy Group bylaws approved, Online Policy Group (October 31, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 600 Unique Visitors, OPG (October 17, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 500 Unique Visitors, OPG (October 13, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 400 Unique Visitors, OPG (October 10, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 300 Unique Visitors, OPG (October 6, 2000)

*   OPG Registers 50 Members
Online Policy Group Registers 50 Members, OPG (September 29, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website Listed in Major Search Engines
This continually updated story of how the Online Policy Group web site obtained access to the web search engines and directories includes some commentary on how to obtain access and why access may be restricted, OPG (September 29, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 200 Unique Visitors, OPG (September 25, 2000)

*   OPG Incorporated
The Articles of Incorporation of the Online Policy Group, OPG (September 14, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Incorporated With Commitment to Universal Access to the Internet
New nonprofit organization leads effort to empower communities and fight discrimination online, Online Policy Group (September 14, 2000)

*   Online Policy Group Website
Online Policy Group Website Reaches 100 Unique Visitors, OPG (September 12, 2000)

*   David Sobel Joins OPG Nonprofit Advisory Board
David Sobel joins Online Policy Group nonprofit advisory board, Online Policy Group (September 8, 2000)

*   Karen Schneider Joins OPG Nonprofit Advisory Board
Karen Schneider joins Online Policy Group nonprofit advisory board, Online Policy Group (August 10, 2000)

*   Initial Online Policy Group Legal Board Formed
Initial directors are Will Doherty, David Gudelunas, and Roger Klorese, OPG (August 8, 2000)

*   Will Doherty Forms Initial OPG Legal Board
Will Doherty forms initial Online Policy Group legal board, Online Policy Group (August 1, 2000)

*   OPG Web Site Launched
Online Policy Group Web Site Launched, OPG (July 25, 2000)

*   OPG Name Reserved with State of California
Online Policy Group Name Reserved with State of California, OPG (July 25, 2000)

*   OPG Founded
Online Policy Group Founded, OPG (July 21, 2000)

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