New media

A new report claims that charities are still not registering and using their domain names, despite the fact that other organisations could beat them to the draw and register their domain name.

Angela Smith has set up an e-mail list to help a young woman in Kentucky & Ohio with a pet-relief project to save the animals of the flood that occurred in that area on 2 March 1997.

PhoneTime supplies phonecards to membership organisations and schools who then sell them to their members, supporters and the wider community, who then keep a percentage of the face value to help fund their activities.

PhoneTime phonecards are not British Telecom phonecards, incidentally.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are aiming high with "the world's first global lottery for a humanitarian cause", PlusLotto.

Two US non-profits received professionally-designed Web sites in eight hours as part of a Web design competition.

Two teams of designers created the sites as part of the Web97 conference in San Francisco. The benefiting charities were Artists for a Hate-Free America and Spare Change.

Last month Internet magazine set up a design challenge to let three Web design agencies create an effective site design for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Comic Relief is now for the first time accepting secure online donations courtesy of BT WebWorld.

Canadian fundraisers can now access details over Canadian and US foundations online.

The Canadian Fund Raising Directory from Canada Grants Service contains over 1,100 major Canadian and US foundations donating over $350 million per year in Canada to individuals and groups in various areas of interest.

Centrepoint has received £20,000 following a link up with Internet Access Provider CompuServe Interactive )CSi) at Christmas.

CSi encouraged its 400,000 members to download a festive screensaver. For each download, CSi donated one dollar.

The Corporate and Foundation Relations List CFRNET has moved to a new address.

The new details are included on UK Fundraising's list of e-mail discussion lists for fundraisers.