Gene Crick is Executive Director of the TeleCommunity Resource Center [1] (TCRC), working to develop community Internet tools and networks, especially in underserved areas. This 501c3 nonprofit brought free public Internet access to twenty-five Texas towns and cities. Now, TCRC's 1999-2000 national program includes resources and outreach to support local CN builders, plus working with a multi-million dollar grant project designed to bring online network resources to communities throughout Texas. 

Mr. Crick is also Executive Director of the Texas Internet Service Providers Association [2], the country's largest regional ISP association; of Electronic Frontiers - Texas [3], and of the Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network [4](MAIN), one of the country's oldest and most successful online community networks.  He works state, federal, and international boards and commissions and has won numerous awards for leadership in community networks, including the 1998 Susan B. Hadden award for public service in the field of telecommunications.