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Volunteer Wall of Fame

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Current Volunteers

Angelus, Soma
Co-hosts the Commons conference. Formerly served as a board member.
Calguire, Tony
Singlehandedly answers most e-mailed tech-support questions and maintains Pine and the online help screens.
Friedland, Nolan
Verifies submissions to the C-CAN database.
Gleeman, Mark
TCFN's pro-bono legal counsel.
Harstad, Maryanna
Helps keep the public libraries stocked with our brochures.
Hays, John
Co-hosts the Commons conference.
Huck, Mike
Processes registration and renewal forms. Helps out with appearances at neighborhood festivals.
Kenney Lillejord, Hans
As TCFN's former treasurer, handles all bills, paychecks, taxes, and other financial matters. Co-founded the Free-Net and took a turn processing registration forms.
Kleist, Dave
Made it possible for us to delete accounts from our membership database, and is currently working to make said database more comprehensible. Responsible for MySQL, the database software on our server.
Koppang, Amanda
The current webmaster and former board member
Krueger, Luther
Hosts the Safetynet conference. In 1997-98, actively promoted Safetynet and the Free-Net in general in the Lyndale neighborhood and beyond.
Norstrem, Glenn
Co-hosts the Parents conference with his wife, Kitty, and chairs the Nominating Committee while serving on the board. Coded more than 150 member surveys in 1998.
Olson, Fred
Manages the nbhd-tc (Twin Cities Neighborhoods) mailing list.
Palmer, Doug
Helps keep the libraries stocked with our brochures.
Riese, Erik
Co-hosts the Commons conference and studies the Star Tribune for information relevant to the Free-Net.
Schanno, Terry
Active sysadmin volunteer and recipient of Root mail.
Schewe, Jon
Maintains lynx, frequently diagnoses and repairs technical and programming problems, serves as Documentation Specialist. Fixed quota-related problems after the move to our new server and after Y2K.
Settanni, Catherine
Played a key role in founding the Community Computer Access Network (C-CAN) and served on the board of directors.
Stenberg, Jarrod
Continues to serve as an active system-administration volunteer in spite of completing his paid employment in February 2000. Established (and named) the OrgResources domain-registration service as a fundraiser for the Free-Net. Maintains Majordomo.
Williams, Jima
Active sysadmin volunteer 
Wolforth, John
Does miscellaneous data entry, as needed.
Woolley, David
Supervises the Neighborhood Conversation Center and updates its Caucus software. Led TCFN for almost 3 years, in the roles of president, executive director, and board member.

Reserves

Alberti, Bob
Served as chief system administrator and a board member in 1998 and 1999. Pulled many late nights and long hours to fix things. 
Beardsley, John
Served as president of the board of directors. Chaired the Promotion Committee and served on the Development Committee. 
Bertsch, Steve
Helped track down and solve a number of problems related to the move to our new server in October and November 1999. 
Cawhorn, Phillip
Processed registration and renewal forms once a week for a year. 
Christianson, Glen
Served as a liaison to the organizational members in 1999 and 2000: recruiting, supporting, and billing. Also maintained the Cities & Neighborhoods pages and served on the board. 
Cougar, Heather
Hosted the Useless conference in 1998-99. 
Hare, Erik
Founded and hosted the St. Paul Issues Forum. 
Harvieux, Eric
Helped for several years with system administration, programming, tech support, and the redesign of our Web site... while holding down a job and attending high school. 
Hathaway, Shari
Co-authored the 1998 Member Survey, took responsibility for receiving 423 responses and nearly as many bounced-mail error messages after it was sent out, and processed over 100 of the responses herself. Provided telephone tech support for a number of months. Counted ballots in the 1999 and 2000 board elections. 
Hohmann, Michael
Wrote the 1999 organizational member survey as a cornerstone in our strategic planning. Also served as a board member in 1998 and 1999. 
Holtz, Mark
Signed up more than 50 residents of an Elliot Park apartment building in September, 1998. At various times also hosted the Useless, Home and Garden, and Recreation conferences. 
Leonard, Jane
Served on the board from January 1999-2001 and briefly served as board secretary. 
Treacy, Ann
Served on the board, chaired the fundraising committee, and wrote at least 7 grant proposals in 1999. 
Urberg Carlson, Bradley
Provided invaluable assistance with our old IRIX server up until 1999; helped set up and repair our connection at Onvoy. Co-founded the Free-Net and served as system administrator for a time. 
Venkatrathnam, Nolan
Served as liaison to organizational members from 1995 to 1999, helping dozens of neighborhood organizations get online through the Free-Net. He also worked one-on-one with residents in the Stevens Square - Loring Heights and co-founded the Safetynet conference. 

Pioneers
see also the Steering Commitee

Bell, Ward
Served as executive director for a time.
Brose, Mark
Created the Cities & Neighborhoods pages and the online database of community Internet access sites.
Campbell, Karen
Designed the late Sports & Recreation pages.
Carnes, Jeff
User support volunteer.
Caudle, Bill
Maintained our support for Eudora dialup and provided technical help for its users. Identified a Y2K bug before Y2K arrived, and fixed it. Made a variety of miscellaneous system repairs as needed. Coordinated the User Support group, organized the Answers and support conferences, answered the voice mail, and performed user account administration, documentation, and programming support over a period of several years. 
Cici, Julia
Masterminded and maintained the Mainstream Special Offer (1998). Formerly a member of the organizing committee and a user-support and registration volunteer.
Dalton, Neal
Organizing committee member, sysadmin
Delosier, Mike
Member of the organizing committee, technical guy.
Fritchie, Scott
One of TCFN's founders and its first main system administrator.
Gettis, Jean
Coded more than 100 survey responses and recoded more than 200.
Gibson, Diane
Designer of the late Government & Politics pages; also arranged donations from SGI.
Hale, Dave
Processes registrations and renewals once a week since February 2000.
Hamer, Bill
Served on the steering committee and then on the board of directors from 1995 to 1999. Provided invaluable connections to ADC Telecommunications.
Hanson, Nate
Put in approximately 25 hours of filing and alphabetizing during the summer of 1998. 
Henning, Mark
Early member of the organizing committee; technical guy.
Holt, Olaf
One of the original founders of TCFN, and its first president.
Hoover, Rebecca
Organizing committee member, fundraiser.
Kierski, Bob
System administration volunteer.
Kreitzer, Amy
Designer of the former Library pages; liaison to St. Paul Public Library.
Ladwig, John
System administration volunteer
L'Argent, Morgan
Web designer
Lindgren, John
Created the member registration database and supporting programs, and processed all registration forms for a while. 
Longley, Harold
System administration volunteer.
Mains, Sheldon
Served on the board and strategic planning committee in 1998 and 1999 and was secretary to the board in 1999.
Miranda, Lou
Spent thousands of hours writing thousands of lines of code to make the membership renewal process happen. Also represented the board of directors while pursuing grants and organizational members and hosted the Home & Garden conference.
Murchland, Peter
Hosted the Parents conference for many years ... from Australia.
Nelson, Kris
Served on the board of directors from 1997 to 1999.
Olson, Kelly
Designer of the late Education pages.
Petersen, Becky
Organizing committee member, author of much of our documentation.
Phillips, Craig
Created the TCFN logo.
Root, Rob
Did telephone support for a time.
Saranen, David
Main system administrator, 1997.
Schwarzkopf, Lyall
Co-founded the Free-Net and served as secretary of the board until 1999.
Shapiro, Beth
Spent more than 25 hours filing papers in the office. 
Smith, Maureen Geronime
Designed the late Homes & Housing pages.
Stubblebine, Tony
During a Summer 1998 internship, created a documentation management system for the Free-Net and fixed a variety of technical problems. 
Taddese, Binyam
During a Summer 2000 internship, conducted a survey of local public computer labs and fixed up more than 10 computers for resale.
Tang, Tak
Designer of the late Culture and Heritage pages.
Weiss, Jeff
System administration volunteer
Withee, Sarah
Wrote the TCFN newsletter for a while.
Yeung, Henry
Adapted the Classified Ads system (now out of order) to work on our server.



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