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December 1997 VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4 A nonprofit newspaper about the nonprofit community Look % on the: World Wide Web at hl^://wv«w*pforg OF NORTH CAROLINA The new guard Alston lands top spot in state NAACP After filling in as president since May 1996, Melvin 'Skip' Alston is elected to head the North Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP with 63 percent of the votes. It was the first challenged presidential race in the organization's history. By Leslie Waugh Raleigh For the first time in neariy half a century, the state NAACP’s presiden tial election was undecided before it was held. But Melvin “Skip” Alston, who has been interim president of the state copference of branches since May 1996, defeated his three opponents by a solid margin, collecting neariy two-thirds of the votes in the Nov. 1 con test. This was the confer ence’s first true presiden tial race since the late 1940s, when Kelly Alexander Sr., who helped found the confer ence, assumed the top Melvin "Skip" Alston spot that he held until his death in 1984. His son, Kelly Alexander Jr. of Charlotte, was not challenged as pres ident for the next 12 years, until he resigned in 1996 amid ailegations he misused NAACP money Alston was named interim president after vMexander resigned and was appointed president iast spring. Delegates represent ing 50,000 members from the state conference’s 116 branches cast 188 votes for Alston. Runner- up Jesse Smith Jr., presi dent of the Duplin County chapter, received 68 votes (23 percent); Curtis Gatewood, former Durham branch president, received 41 votes (14 percent). Terry Belk of Charlotte withdrew from the election, which took place on the last day of the state conference’s 54th annual con vention, held Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Raieigh. The theme of the conference was “NAACP; And Still We Rise.” Myrlie Evers-Williams, national chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Coiored Peopie and widow of slain civii rights leader Medgar Evers, delivered the keynote address. Gov. Jim Hunt also addressed association members. Also elected were Valerie Woodard of Chariotte, first vice president; H.B. Pickett of Raieigh, second vice presi dent; Marj' Perry of Wendeil, third vice president; Fred Yates of Winfall, Look for ALSTON, page 19 Creating opportunities Nonprofits to get 1 billion free Web ads Public service ads for national nonprofits will fun on highly traf ficked Web sites under an agree ment between the Advertising Council and the Internet Advertising Bureau. By Sean Bailey Nonprofit organizations will receive an estimated 1 biiiion free advertisements on the World Wide Web under a program launched in November by the Advertising Council and the Internet Advertising Bureau. The advertising banners wiil appear over the next year on many of the Web’s busiest sites, including those of search engines and media companies. “This is a huge breakthrough,” says Donna Feiner, senior vice-presi dent of media at the Advertising Councii. She estimates the program repre sents a lO-fold increase over current Advertising Council advertising on the Web. The ads will make up as much as 5 percent of available ad space at some of the participating media Web sites, such as ESPN Sports Zone, Microsoft and C-Net. Ffeinner says the Internet public service announcements will be effec tive because the Web surfer actually takes the initiative to retrieve more Look for ADS, page 7 Getting on board by getting online Lack of equipment, expertise greatest barriers to Web use The comput er industry has revolu tionized the way the world does business — but what about non profits? Are they getting left behind? A new survey finds that although they've got some catching up to do, nonprofits are enthusiastic about Internet technologies. Source: National Council of Nonprofit Associations By Kelly Prelipp Lojk A recent survey by the National Council of Nonprofit Associations shows that fewer than half of the responding non profits have hopped on the Internet bandwagon — but many more hope to soon. The national survey finds that while technologies such as faxes and printers are common tools, many nonproft still do not — but would like to — use newer tech nologies such as e-mail and the World Wide Web. Forty-five percent of respond ing nonprofits said they use e- mail, while 37 percent said they have not, but would like to. Thirty-one percent of the respon dents indicated they use the World Wide Web, and 41 percent said they have not, but would like to. When asked to identify the most significant factors limiting their access to communications technology, respondents said the greatest barriers were inade quate or nonexistent computer equipment, lack of expertise and lack of funding. The national survey, based on mailed responses from almost 1,500 nonprofit organizations, provides insist into nonprofits’ use of and desire to use new com munications technologies to do their jobs more effectively. The council’s report also includes information from focus groups throughout the U.S., including one in North Carolina, The sur- Look for TECHNOLOGY, page 7 Funders group to advise governor Gov. Jim Hunt says he wants ideas from funders — so funders are forming a group to advise him. By Todd Cohen A statewide funders group is being formed that will meet regularly with Gov. Jim Hunt to advise him on issues facing North Carolina’s nonprofit sec tor. The idea for the fun ders ad\i- s 0 r y group emerged at the 19 9 7 North Carolina Funders Summit, which was held Oct. 30 in Raieigh and brou^t together founda tion and corporate giving officials, as well as leaders of state government. Several speakers at the summit, which was sponsored by the Philanthropy Journal, suggested that collaboration among funders and state government might be improved through better communication. During a question-and-answer session with Hunt after he dehvered the luncheon address at the summit, William Friday, executive director of the Wiliiam R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust in Chapel Hill and former presi dent of the University of North Caroiina system, asked the governor if it would help him to have an adviso ry group representing the state’s foundations and corporate funders. “Why don’t we get that set up on a more regular basis,” Hunt said. Later, during the summit’s closing session, Friday proposed that Tom Lambeth, executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, assemble a group of funders to advise Hunt on a regular basis. Funders voted unanimously to ask Lambeth to set up an advisory group, and Lambeth agreed he would. Details on the makeup, schedule and goals of the advisory group still Look for FUNDERS, page 5 Gov. Jim Hunt INSIDE 1 1 NONPROFITS j FOUNDATIONS I VOLUNTEERS 1 CORPORATE GIVING Connections ...3 Self-sufficiency at issue Hitting all the shots Gold mine Turning change Grants & Gifts .16 Two new reports call tor more In tour years, a foundation of consultants into water In December progressive reforms in moving created by the late NCSU They have decades of experi- Orange County residents can .15 people from welfare to work. basketball coach Jim Valvano ence working in the upper round up their water and Opinion .10 has given away more than echelons of major corpora- sewer bills to the next dollar 1 7 25 grants of $100,000 or tions and academic institu- and donate the difference to reople . 1 / more to fund research and tions. For a modest tee, they charity. Professional Services .18 promote awareness of cancer. are available to nonprofits. • Page 4 • Page 6 • Page 8 • Page 12 FUNDRAISING Striving for excellence Elon College, North Carolina's largest private college, begins a four-year, $40 million capital campaign. • Page 14
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