Editing Computer Professionals' Union (section)

{{Short description|Professional organization in the Philippines}}
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| formation            = 2001
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| type                 = Non-stock, non-profit
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| purpose              = Advancing Information Communication Technology for the [[Filipino people]]
| headquarters         = Quezon City
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| languages            = Filipino, English
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| leader_title         = Chairperson
| leader_name          = Kim Cantillas
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| leader_name2         = Franklin Maraya
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The '''Computer Professionals' Union''' ('''CPU''' or '''CP-Union''') is a mass organization of [[information and communications technology]] (ICT) professionals, practitioners, and workers in the [[Philippines]]. It is registered in the Philippines as a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that promotes activist ICT principles and organize ICT professionals to provide ICT services to [[Filipino people]].<ref name=whatCPU /><ref name=aboutCPU>{{cite web|title=About Computer Professionals' Union|url=http://www.cp-union.com/article/2011/11/13/about-computer-professionals-union|publisher=Computer Professionals' Union|accessdate=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128022733/http://www.cp-union.com/article/2011/11/13/about-computer-professionals-union|archivedate=28 January 2013}}</ref> Their office is located at [[Quezon City]] and their current Chairperson is Kim Cantillas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Software Freedom Day 2012: Going Green with the Free and Open Source Community|url=http://www.cp-union.com/article/2012/09/06/software-freedom-day-2012-going-green-free-and-open-source-community|accessdate=8 January 2013|date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130071130/http://www.cp-union.com/article/2012/09/06/software-freedom-day-2012-going-green-free-and-open-source-community|archivedate=30 January 2013}}</ref>

Some of CPU initiatives include [[Software Freedom Day]] celebration in the Manila,<ref>{{cite news|title=LOADING... Country Celebrates Software Freedom Day 2005|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/139333#.UOupvaz758E|accessdate=8 January 2013|newspaper=[[Manila Bulletin]]|date=14 September 2005|author=Peachy Limpin}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=RP's biggest 'Software Freedom Day' set Saturday|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/121562/scitech/rp-s-biggest-software-freedom-day-set-saturday|accessdate=8 January 2013|newspaper=GMA News|date=19 September 2008}}</ref> promotion of [[Free and Open Source Software]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Free and Open Source|url=http://www.cp-union.com/advocacy/Free-and-Open-Source|publisher=Computer Professionals' Union|accessdate=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128022717/http://www.cp-union.com/advocacy/Free-and-Open-Source|archivedate=28 January 2013}}</ref> including [[Drupal]],<ref>{{cite web|title=DrupalCamp3D: Down and Dirty with Drupal|url=http://www.cp-union.com/project/drupalcamp3d-down-and-dirty-drupal|publisher=Computer Professionals' Union|accessdate=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233440/http://www.cp-union.com/project/drupalcamp3d-down-and-dirty-drupal|archivedate=29 January 2013}}</ref> the Philippine Digital Justice Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-15 |title=Root Access {{!}} Pursuing digital justice in the Philippines |url=https://www.bulatlat.com/2021/09/15/root-access-pursuing-digital-justice-in-the-philippines/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Bulatlat |language=en-US}}</ref> and collaboration with [[Wikimedia Foundation#Movement affiliates|Wikimedia Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia East Asia Tour|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_East_Asia_Tour_:_Philippines#Computer_Professionals.27_Union|publisher=Wikimedia Philippines|accessdate=8 January 2013}}</ref>