This is first issue of Blacks In Technology (BIT) Newsletter. It was produced on April 2010.

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Mission statement: Welcome!!! e-Week article
 Deliver the most The Blacks In Technology community We want to thank Darryl Taft (senior
relevant and beneficial site has finally arrived!!! We are very editor at e-Week) for previewing Blacks
information and excited about the site. We already have In Technology in an article celebrating
network for African over seventy members and the site is Black History Month. E-week is a major
American’s in the jumping with activity. We could always international technology publication.
technology field or use more so don’t hesitate to log in to The article focused on both African
pursuing a career in the site and join in on the discussions.
technology.
American start-ups in Information
( www.blacksintechnology.net ) Technology and web sites, such as
 Focus on creating a ours, that are focused on encouraging
community in which African Americans to pursue careers in
African American’s are Job Board coming soon Information Technology, as well as
comfortable, motivated promoting individual growth and
and inspired to pursue We have been getting a number of development for those already working
careers in technology. request from recruiters, seeking in the field.
diversity in the workplace, to post jobs Thanks, Darryl for doing a terrific job.
 Establish effective
on our website. In order to
communicaton
between African accommodate those requests Blacks In BIT meets with BMI
American’s in order to Technology will be implementing a jobs
help drive board for the site. The jobs board will Blacks In Technology met with Gary
individual growth, allow employers to log in and create a Boyle, the chair and counselor of the
development and long- company profile. They will then be able Black Males Initiative group at
term success in the field of to post jobs and search the database
Technology.
Cincinnati State Technical and
for potential candidates. Members of Community College. The Black Male
Inside this issue: the site will be able to upload and or Initiative group is geared towards
create a resume and search for jobs assisting African-American males
that have been posted. reach their potential through education
workshops and counseling. They offer
tools such as career counseling,
Welcome 1 BITTALK “Let’s Chat!!!” academic counseling (tutoring),
Job Board 1 organizational skills, money and crisis
BITTALK is Blacks In Technology’s live management and much more. The
BITTALK 1 interactive chat room. A link on the Black Male Initiative group contacted
E-week article 1 home page of the site will take you to a Blacks In Technology and we are going
java enabled chat room where you can to begin collaborating with them to
BIT meets with BMI 1 converse with members of the
BITCAST 2 expand their services into the realm of
community on any number of Information Technology. Our job and
Linux Conferences 2 Technology related topics. In the future focus of course is encouraging and
we will have scheduled topic oriented guiding African American male college
chat sessions. We will set aside time in students to consider Information
the chat room to talk about various Technology and Engineering as viable
specific IT related topics. Email us at career options. We hope to conduct
contactus@blacksintechnology if you seminars and workshops to aide in this
would like to suggest a topic to as well. We are very excited and can’t
discuss. wait to begin collaborating with the
group.
March 2010
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BITCAST
We are looking to do
Blacks In Technology considers video
phone interviews with podcasts as a great way to
communicate information as well as an
members of the site. If exceptional educational tool. Because
of that we have created BITCAST.
you would like to be BITCAST will consist of video podcast
and screen cast tutorials. This will
interviewed on BITCAST
allow us to keep members up to date
please email us at with what’s going on in the Blacks In
Technology community as well as
contactus@socialbit.net provide educational content. We also
plan to carry a video camera around to
meetings, conferences, etc. so that we
may interview other African Americans
in Technology so that we may spotlight
them on the site. We hope you all enjoy
BITCAST and check back often for new
content.
Linux Conferences
As you may or may not know, Ronnie Both conferences will have talks about
and I are Linux enthusiast and open source software as well as
advocates of FOSS (Free and Open various talks about Linux. There are
Source Software). We regularly attend usually multiple vendors in attendance
Linux conferences around the nation if such as Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, as
our schedules permits us to do so. well as other open source advocates.
There are a couple that are coming up For more information on each visit the Suggestions for the
in the near future. following web sites.
site?
SouthEast Linux Fest Southeast Linux Fest
Www.southeastlinuxfest.org Please email us at
This the the second year for this
conference. It is being held June 12-13, contacus@socialbit.net
2010 at the Marriot at Renaissance Ohio Linux Fest
Park hotel in Spartanburg, South Www.ohiolinux.org
Carolina.
Ohio Linux Fest
The 8th annual Ohio Linux Fest is being
held at the Greater Columbus
Convention Center in Columbus,Ohio
March 2010
on September 10-12, 2010.
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