The CHA was founded in 2026 by David Nowak-who also started Retro Tech Restoration, LLC and hosts the Tallahassee Vintage Computer Club. The CHA is run entirely by volunteers who are passionate about preserving and sharing computer history. As technology has become ubiquitous in our everyday life, understanding where it came from and how it developed is essential.

No, we are not currently a registered non-profit organization in the United States. We are currently a privately-funded association, so your donations are NOT tax-deductible. However, as we grow and gain the resources needed to maintain the federal filing requirements for a non-profit organization, that will be one of our future goals.

Since we are a brand new organization, we cannot yet accept donations.  If you would like to volunteer to help us grow, please emails us at  info@computerhistoryassociation.org.

Yes! Membership in the Computer History Association is completely free. Membership allows you to keep your organization’s directory listing up to date and submit upcoming events at your organization to the public calendar. Events submitted 30 days before their start date are also advertised in the monthly email newsletter.

Becoming a member is simple. Just click on ” Register” under the “Members” menu item and fill out the registration form. Your submission will then be reviewed and approved by one of our volunteers.

You can update your profile, change your password or delete your account at anytime on the ” My Account” page.

Yes! Our online directory listings and event calendar are completely free for any museum, group or organization who would like to be a part of it. If you see an existing listing for your organization, then it has already been added and will be maintained for free.

If you would like to either edit your listing or add a new listing, you can register for a free account on this website. Once your contact information has been verified and approved by one of our volunteers, you will have unlimited access to edit your listing and add images, operating hours or additional information.

Our online events calendar is free to all organizations currently in our directory. If you are a representative of one of the listed organizations and would like to add your upcoming events to our calendar, please complete the following steps

• If you have not already registered on this site for a free member account, click on the ” Members” menu item to register.
• Once your account is approved by one of our volunteers, you will be able to click on the “Add Event” submenu item under “Members”, fill out the form and your event will be approved and added to the calendar.

If you need to update or delete an event, or would like to make a recurring event, please email the details of the requested change to ” events@computerhistoryassociation.org“.

All events submitted at least 30 days prior to their start date will be included and announced in the monthly email newsletter. We cannot make additional announcements for events submitted less than 30 years prior to their start date.

Not directly, but if you’d like to submit your organization’s announcement for consideration in our main page news feed and upcoming email newsletter, please email it to ” news@computerhistoryassociation.org“.  Posts will be reviewed by one of our volunteers for accuracy and relevance to the computer history community. News posting requests will be limited to once per day per organization and once per event.