Timeline
Since 1998, EcoAccess has grown from an idea in one person's head
to an organization that reaches people around the world. Our current
focus is to serve residents of the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Triangle
area of North Carolina, but our ambition is to serve a global
audience.
1998
EcoAccess incorporated as a North Carolina
non-profit membership organization.
Andy Schwab, Frank Taylor, Hadley Wilson Horch,
and Scott Madry join Fred Wilson Horch on the founding Board.
Fred Burke donates four server machines to EcoAccess.
Interpath Communications donates rack space and Internet
connectivity.
An international team of volunteers begins
designing the EcoAccess web site.
Walter Kesting and Charles Holton come up with the "winning"
design for the EcoAccess "e key" logo.
Richard Stallman and other leaders in the "free software" and "open source"
community contribute ideas toward building an environmental web site using the model pioneered
by the GNU and Linux software projects.
Version 1.0 of the web site published.
1999
Ray Wilson of Indianapolis serves as Chair of the first Council of Advisors.
Fred develops a prototype of the software architecture for
EcoAccess, presenting the details at the 1999 Linux Expo in Raleigh,
NC.
Version 2.0 of the web site published.
EcoAccess receives 501(c)(3) status, becoming eligible to receive
tax-deductible gifts.
2000
Charles Holton designs Version 3.0 of the web site.
Version 3.0 of the web site published, using a new software
platform called Zope.
EcoAccess participates in the 2000 Durham Earth Day Festival.
Student interns from Duke University,
NCCU, NCSU and UNC develop content for the web
site.
Ben Herrick, Nick Lutz, and other student interns produce
several in-depth articles for the web site. Several local experts
kindly review these articles for factual accuracy.
John Ganzi joins the EcoAccess Board.
Board makes strategic decision to focus on Triangle instead of global
environmental issues.
2001
EcoAccess hires Ben Herrick as our Assistant Director
Tom Bryan, Eric Walstad, and a half-dozen more
volunteers from around the world join the Technology team.
EcoAccess rents office space in Durham.
EcoAccess conducts a design workshop, including Dean Naujoks
and a dozen other volunteers from the community.
Joe Komenda and Hilarie Nickerson design Version
4.0 of the web site.
EcoAccess participates in the 2001 Durham Earth Day Festival.
Anne Taylor et al named to new Advisory Council. Dissolve
old Board of Advisors.
Shodor Foundation donates office space and Internet
connectivity.
Ben leaves North Carolina to live in Central America before
applying for medical school.
EcoAccess hires Amy Overfield as our Assistant Director
for the summer.
EcoAccess participates in the Festival for the Eno.
EcoAccess agrees to be the fiscal sponsor for the 2002 Durham
Earth Day Festival.
EcoAccess hires Teresa Mitchell as our Volunteer
Coordinator.
Dean Naujoks joins EcoAccess Board, becomes President of
EcoAccess.
EcoAccess hires Jena Matzen as our Associate Director;
she resigns.
Kathy Naujoks joins EcoAccess Board, becomes Treasurer of
EcoAccess.
Henri Meli joins the EcoAccess Board.
David Bynum joins the EcoAccess Board, becomes Vice President of
EcoAccess.
Scott Madry resigns from the EcoAccess Board.
2002
EcoAccess moves its physical office to Shodor.
Alan Barnhardt, Christian Stalberg and
Janine Mealey join the EcoAccess Board.
EcoAccess participates in the 2002 Durham Earth Day Festival.
EcoAccess receives funding for and publishes the online Water Quality
Handbook for Triangle residents.
Mark Connolly joins the Technology Team.
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