To encourage and support the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence by: 1. attracting a wide range of amateur and professional scientists into the SETI community; 2. developing technologies to assist the SETI experimenter in assembling a workable radio or optical SETI observatory; 3. disseminating hardware and software designs in support of SETI; 4. coordinating SETI experimenters worldwide in conducting a thorough sky survey; 5. providing a variety of forums and media for wide-ranging communication among SETI experimenters, enthusiasts, and organizations; 6. designing, assembling, and operating advanced optical and radio telescopes; 7. identifying and publicizing potential spin-off applications of SETI technologies; and 8 .raising public consciousness as to the importance and significance of a broad-based Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence that encompasses a variety of strategies.