The LGBT Resource Center is pleased to announce the opening of the David Bohnett Wireless CyberCenter at the University of California, San Diego in March 2006. The Wireless CyberCenter was made possible by a grant from the David Bohnett Foundation of over $22,000. We are very grateful to the Foundation for their generous support!

The David Bohnett Wireless CyberCenter, located within the LGBT Resource Center, includes ten state-of-the-art IBM laptop computers, a laser printer, and scanner. The Wireless CyberCenter provides lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, community and their allies with the resources to further meet the primary academic mission of the university. It allows students, staff, faculty members, and researchers easy, accessible technology in a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere. Laptops can be checked out and utilized throughout the LGBT Resource Center.

The laptops and other resources provided by the David Bohnett Foundation increase our ability to sustain and develop community; the person-to-person connection with the added technology interface. The goal during the initial integration phase of the Wireless CyberCenter in spring 2006 will be to allow visitors to learn the far-reaching possibilities of the technology. There will be specific opportunities for direct feedback on the use of the equipment to determine what learning and growth has occurred. During the fall quarter of 2006, specific programs will be offered based on the knowledge gained and the feedback received.

The David Bohnett Foundation is a grant-making organization with a $30-million endowment dedicated to improving society through social activism. The Foundation makes grants to national organizations that focus their efforts in Southern California and to local LGBT centers across the country, for the creation and support of David Bohnett CyberCenters.

In 1994, David Bohnett founded GeoCities, a successful Internet-based media and e-commerce company acquired by Yahoo! in 1999. In the course of his career, David became keenly aware of what the Internet can contribute toward facilitating change. He has made it the mission of the foundation established in his name to ensure that the LGBT community is well positioned to leverage the transformative power of the Web.