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Sunday August 2009 | Vol. 31 | 08.23.09
Before returning to school this month, please research 2010's Intern and Scholarship opportunities with NBDPA and your local BDPA Chapter. Application deadlines must be honored and relationships need to be established well before the end of Fall 2009 semesters. Student Memberships with BDPA are only $15 per year. Click here to join, renew, or purchase memberships for deserving students attending middle or high school; college or junior college; or vocation technical schools this fall.
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Ms. Raven Stevenson (center) a 2009 National BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) Finalist receives her full Navy scholarship to the school of her choice during NBDPA's Annual National Awards Gala, August 8, 2009. Also shown with Ms. Stevenson above (L-R) is Ms. Denise Holland, President NBDPA; the Honorable B. J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Lieutenant Dennis Holmes, US Navy; and Vice Admiral Harry Harris, JR., US Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks (OPNAV N6).
 The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) each year produces the Annual Legislative Conference, a four-day event held in September at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Thousands of elected officials, business and industry leaders, celebrities, media, emerging leaders and everyday Americans descended upon the Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) and its dozens of policy forums, general sessions, massive exhibit showcase, job fair, book signings and vast networking opportunities.
The Congressional Black Caucus - comprised of the African-American members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate - headline ALC every year.
The conference brings together diverse organizations and individuals to collectively discuss common issues and concerns. Its program includes more than 70 workshops, seminars and information forums on relevant topics that capture and portray the concerns of African Americans. Participants discuss the challenges facing underserved populations, including health care, economic success and failures, global and domestic security as well as highlight successes and provide critical information that will help to build strong communities, organizations and individual families. The conference also features the successful Emerging Leaders Empowerment Series, which is gaining widespread attention as it speaks to our future successors. In addition, the exhibit hall offers demonstrations and social events to complement the substantive content of the conference.
The Annual Legislative Conference is one of the most important gatherings of African American leaders. They really need and want all constituents to seize this opportunity to speak freely and often about their concerns, to network and build relationships, and to gather as much information as possible to take home and share within their communities.
NBDPA and Regional BDPA Chapters look forward to seeing you September 23-26 at ALC '09 in Washington. For BDPA Members who wish to volunteer and staff BDPA's booth, call 1.800.727.BDPA (2372) for additional information.
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The Week Ahead |
Upcoming Technology & BDPA Events
Minority Enterprise Development Week
MED Week 2009
August 26-28, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Participating BDPA Chapters | Sunday, August 23rd
bdpatoday|Chapter news and daily serial publications continue with monthly or Summer 2009 editions. Discover more ...
BDPA Atlanta| Wednesday, August 19th
bdpatoday | online
Archives updated for new BDPA chapter interest groups (CIGs) and new BDPA members.
Congress:
U.S. Senate
Reconvenes, Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm to resume consideration of S.1023, the Tourism Bill.
U.S. House of Representatives
August Recess through Labor Day Weekend.
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Acronym of the Day
ESMTP
What is ESMTP?
ESMTP (Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) specifies extensions to the original protocol for sending e-mail that supports graphics, audio and video files, and text in various national languages. The original Internet protocols for sending e-mail are described in Request for Comments (RFC) 822, Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages, and in RFC 821, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). As users began to want to attach various kinds of files to e-mail, the need for additional capabilities arose and resulted in RFC 1869, Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. ESMTP provides the capability for a client e-mail program to ask a server e-mail program which capabilities it supports and then communicate accordingly. Currently, most commercial e-mail servers and clients support ESMTP.
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