LAcNet is an acronym used for the voluntary organisation 'Lanka Academic Network', which was founded in June 1991. It evolved from Sri Lanka Network (SLNet), an electronic gathering of people from and/or interested in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

.SLNet distributes news and information about Sri Lanka, to its list of members, via e-mail. LAcNet is a non profit organization as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Code

The Internal Revenue Code is the domestic portion of Federal statutory tax law in the United States, published in various volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, and separately as Title 26 of the United States Code...

of the US and has Tax Exempt Status in the US.

The following is an excerpt from the Articles and Activities of LAcNet:

• Develop worldwide electronic networks within and outside Sri Lanka.
• Disseminate information on, and of interest to, Sri Lanka.
• Enhance educational facilities and opportunities within and outside Sri Lanka.
• LAcNet is governed by the current By Laws and Amendments (1 and 2)

For more on LAcNet, please see LAcNet Homepage.