OneWebDay in a box

Overview
So you want to help? Welcome! This page has two main sections for you:
 * 1) OWD Organizers Starter kit to help you plan events in your town
 * 2) 10 Ways to Help the Web for individual actions

OneWebDay Starter Kit
We expect to have dozens of OWD events, big and small, all over the globe. Here's to join the fun and ensure that everyone can find out about your contribution.

Create your event home page on this wiki
If your city is not listed on the Main Page, enter the city name into the form below to create a dedicated city page.

Then edit your new home page, including information about who you are and what you plan to do. Even if you don't quite have plans yet, just let us know you're interested. Be sure to keep your page updated as your project progresses.

Webcast your event
We're making sure this movement is visible - go here for webcast advice.

Tag your event
The tag for 2008 is #OWD2008. Please use it for Twitter, blog posts, pictures, and video.

Get wired into the movement
OneWedDay has communications outposts in a number of web communities. Here is a list of ways you can keep up with what's going on:


 * 1. Sign up on the OWD-News mailing list to get news/announcements.
 * 2. Follow OWD on Twitter
 * 3. Join the IRC channel
 * 4. Take up our cause on Facebook
 * 5. Become a fan on the Facebook page
 * 6. Join OneWebDay @ ISOC - OWD co-ordinating mailing list for Internet Society Chapters
 * 7. Join owd-web @ isoc-ny - OWD website working group
 * (add your item here)

If you know of another place where OWDers are chatting or collaborating, add it to this list.

Spread the Word

 * Add OneWebDay art to your own site: For links to logos, art, and banners (anyone can use them), go to http://action.onewebday.org/
 * OneWebDay is an open event, and anyone can join in the fun in whatever way works for them. Reach out to all of your contacts around the globe and send them this way.  Look at our list of events from last year.  There's no reason we can't have a OneWebDay event in lots more places.
 * We are recruiting 100 OneWebDay Ambassadors one of whom will, each day as OneWebDay 2008 approaches, carry the OWD message to his/her community, while we in turn will bring awareness of that community to the wider OneWebDay family.
 * OneWebDay t-shirts, hats, mugs are available at cost from CafePress.com. Here are all the items. Wear/use them with pride!

Get OneWebDay Gear
There is a wide assortment of OneWebDay shirts and other swag available at cost at http://www.cafepress.com/onewebday

You can find website banners and a way to order stickers at http://action.onewebday.org/

10 Ways to Help the Web
OneWebDay, September 22, every year, is a day for celebration of the global internet. The net consists of people, interacting to create beautiful things and to teach each other and learn about the world. All around the world, local communities and groups will find innovative ways to celebrate the net and vow to keep it free and growing. Here are some ways you can participate:

1. If you're a Web user, use a standards-compliant Web browser like Firefox or Opera. They're free, faster, and more protective of your privacy. And because they conform to Web development standards, they make things easier for people who make Web sites. If you're a Web developer, test your sites with the w3c’s Markup Validation Service.

2. Edit a Wikipedia article. Teach people what you know, and in so doing, help create free universal knowledge.

3. Learn about an Internet policy issue from the Center for Democracy and Technology, and teach five other people about it. There are real legal threats that could drastically change the way the Internet works. We should all be aware of them.

4. Take steps to ensure that your computer can't be treated like a zombie. Computer viruses can steal your personal information. They can also cause major network outages on the Web, slowing things down and making sites inaccessible. Vint Cerf estimates that more than 150 million PCs have already been zombified, and are now awaiting their next order. To learn more about the threat of zombie computers, read this article.

5. Join an Internet rights advocacy group:
 * Become a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights, from privacy to free speech to Internet service.
 * Join the Internet Society. ISOC is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world, particularly by establishing Internet infrastructure standards.
 * Support Creative Commons by donating and by using their licenses to copyright your work. If you're outside the U.S., help support their counterpart, iCommons.

6. Help promote public Internet access. If you live in a city, there is likely an organization dedicated to providing free wireless access in public spaces.

7. Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation supports not only Wikipedia, but several other projects to create free knowledge: textbooks, news, learning tools, and more.

8. Donate a computer. You can donate a new $100 laptop to children in impoverished countries, or donate your used computer to Goodwill or a school.

9. Write your OneWebDay story. Talk about what the Internet means to you and why One WebDay matters at http://onewebday.org/stories

10. If your city is hosting a OneWebDay event, show up on September 22 and participate.

You can find even more participatory possibilities at http://action.onewebday.org/