Michael J McCafferty wrote: > All, > > Every time there is some kind of emergency or disaster going on in the > world I think, "Someone should build a web bulletin board...". Well, I > am not evacuated this time (yet?), and I am in a unique situation to > provide ample servers and bandwidth, etc. for such a project. > I have experienced outages or poor performance with: > http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/ > http://www.211sandiego.org/ > ...and many others that I found regarding info for these fires, via > Google and links from local news station web sites. > > I figure a board could/should provide a place for: > > 1) social outlet > 2) sharing of first hand information. > 3) links to official sources of data. > 3) re-posting of official data and press releases > 4) Community offers of support > 5) photos, stories and first hand accounts > > I need others who are willing to participate in the project: > 1) Technical > 2) Moderation > 3) Creative > 4) promotion and public awareness > > Starting immediately... or as soon as I can get a few volunteers. I > myself will be volunteering and providing servers and bandwidth. > > Anyone want to join me for a project to help our neighbors ? Please > contact me at this email address ASAP. >
Put me on the list for possible technical and creative categories. I am not a charging bull type, so I might be better in a supporting role than a leading one. Skills: general linux, general networking, general computer applications web (html and css) .. not so hot with dynamic stuff (beyond forms) database basics photo editing (eg, gimp-img) If pressed, I might be able to contribute in moderating tasks too, and certainly any/everybody has a few contacts for promotion possibilities. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
