Why is it not using open street map? On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:00 AM, NotInMyCountry.org Webmaster < [email protected]> wrote:
> Please read the following press release for http://www.NotInMyCountry.org, > an anti-corruption website targeted at Ugandan universities built entirely > on open-source software (LAMP + Drupal 7). All data presented on our > website should be considered free to use for any purpose and we plan to > offer free database dumps for download in the near future. > > Today is our official launch and thus we start with no user-generated > data, so please help this experiment grow by rating any professors or > university staff that you've interacted with. We also welcome constructive > feedback and would greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to make the > site better. > > http://www.NotInMyCountry.org > > *------ > > PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION > > Ugandan Celebrities Unite to Launch > NotInMyCountry.org<https://www.notinmycountry.org/> > > Website Aims to Stop Corruption at 34 Universities in Uganda > > > Enygma, Lyrikal Proof, Mr. Deejay, The Mith, Maurice Kirya, Mckenzie, Big > Tril, Salmar (Radio City), Dave Dash (Radio City), Rabadaba, the public > relations company Kinaya, and the clothing line def.i.ni.tion have joined a > campaign to promote the new anti-corruption website > NotInMyCountry.org<https://www.notinmycountry.org/>, > which seeks to reduce corruption at universities. > > The website empowers students to publicise wrongdoing committed by > university staff members. Students can anonymously and securely (1) rate > the job performance of their lecturers and administrators and (2) report > them for corruption. The promotional campaign is now taking place on the > celebrities’ Facebook and Twitter accounts, where the celebrities are > quoting a number of proverbs about corruption:* > > “Even today the remedy for dirt is water.” -African Proverb > > “A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt > in less than a day.” Chinese Proverb > > “A corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.” -Matthew 7:17 > > “If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt.” -Persian Proverb > > > *Recent surveys have shown that:* > > - 22% of Makerere University students have been asked by lecturers and > administrators to engage in some form of corruption, such as providing sex, > money, and even alcohol in exchange for passing marks or simply to have > paperwork processed; > - 29% of lecturers have poor class attendance; > - 24% of students do not report corruption because they think doing so > will solve nothing; and > - 23% of students do not report corruption for fear of possible > repercussions. > > > NotInMyCountry.org <https://www.notinmycountry.org/> seeks (a) to remove > that fear, which university students often feel when they want to report or > complain about an incident of corruption, and (b) to show that reporting > corruption can produce positive results. > NotInMyCountry.org<https://www.notinmycountry.org/> has > therefore created a safe, secure, and anonymous space online where students > can attack the two main problems of (1) poor performance (quiet > corruption<https://www.notinmycountry.org/faq#quiet-corruption>) > and (2) coercion of students for money, sex, alcohol, and other favours (hard > corruption <https://www.notinmycountry.org/faq#hard-corruption>) by > holding corrupt individuals at their universities to account. The > information that NotInMyCountry.org <https://www.notinmycountry.org/> gathers > will publicly punish those who engage in corrupt activities and at the same > time reward those who excel at their positions and who work hard not to > break the public trust. > > What’s different about NotInMyCountry.org<https://www.notinmycountry.org/>is > that we put the spotlight on corrupt individuals. > * > *NotInMyCountry.org’s <https://www.notinmycountry.org/> work targets > universities because university students are the future leaders of this > country. If students learn at university that they must buy their grades > with cash and bypass bureaucracy by selling their bodies, their resulting > cynicism will persist into their future careers. If they instead are > empowered to hold abusers to account, Uganda will benefit for years to come. > > For more information, see our FAQ <https://www.notinmycountry.org/faq>, > Facebook > Page <https://www.facebook.com/notinmycountry.org>, Facebook > Group<https://www.facebook.com/groups/notinmycountry>, > and Twitter Page <https://twitter.com/#%21/nmcountry>. > * > * > > Celebrities Who Have Endorsed > NotInMyCountry.org<https://www.notinmycountry.org/> > Enygma - Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/enygmatic> > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/iamenygma> Lyrical > Proof - Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lyrikalproof> > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/LyrikalProof> Mr. > Deejay - Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/misterdeejayug> > M<https://www.facebook.com/lyrikalproofmusic>aurice > Kirya - Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/MauriceKirya> > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/mauricekirya> The > Mith - Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheMithMusic> > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/themithmusic> def.i.ni.tion > - Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/definitionTWEET> Salmar - > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/salmah.srlmyr> > Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/srlmyr> Mckenzie - > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/rudeboykella1> > Twitter <https://www.facebook.com/rudeboykella1> Kinaya - > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/KinayaTWEET> Dave > Dash - Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/DaveDash20> Rabadaba - > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#%21/rabadabauganda> Big > Tril - Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/BIGTRILKAIZA> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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