Applications are invited for the position of Interim Executive Director of the African Studies Association (ASA), for a term of six months, while the ASA Board of Directors searches for a permanent Executive Director. The Interim Director also is welcome to apply for the permanent position, which offers a three-year contract and will be advertised in the fall of 2002.

The Five College African Scholars Residency Program works to strengthen intellectual capacity in African universities and to enrich Africa-focused scholarship at the Five Colleges and internationally.

South African donors have funds, but fund-raisers are struggling to raise money for NGOs facing financial crises. Studies have shown that grant funding has not decreased over recent years, yet NGOs are finding it increasingly difficult to raise money. It appears that donors choose to spend their money in different areas from those in which most NGOs function.

Those with an interest in web-communication are invited to complete a survey, organised by a group of Open Source developers of Free Software License Website Content Management Systems (CMS). Its purpose is to investigate the demand for Free Software License CMS within the NGO and Non-profit community, and to strengthen funding proposals for the development of appropriate software for NGOs.