VISTA: Karl Otto
Project Site: grassroots.org
What Karl will be doing:
- providing tools for NPOs to make websites easily
- manage and coordinate volunteers with orgs that need websites
- making 'packages' that can be distributed to orgs (using Drupal)
Karl's skills: hardware, cleaning, backups, installations, networking/programming
What Karl would like to learn by being in this group: learning other languages aside from HTML, learning a CMS, what features are the best to use
VISTA: Rebecca White
Project Site: California Coalition For Rural Housing
What Rebecca will be doing: web development with Drupal
Rebecca's Skills: GIS work, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL + magic, Mac OSX,
cooking, sewing taping things, fixing bikes
What Rebecca would like to learn by being in this group: python, PostGres, JavaScript, GoogleMaps API
VISTA: Marilyn Taylor
Project Site: RECA Foundation
What Marilyn will be doing: bridging the digital divide, host websites
for other NPOs, tech support, managing an info and referral database
Marilyn's skills:20 years of tech experience/DB, Access, Crystal Supports,
Mainframe experiece, Cobalt, programming, adjusted bike derailers, horses, sewing,taping atheletic injuries
What Marilyn would like to learn by being in this group:SQL, more about web development in general, how to set up a blog
VISTA: Victoria Edwards
Project Site: Collins Center
What Victoria will be doing: working with Kevin Bulger researching and grantwriting, PR, working with Miami Herald
Victoria's skills: public speaking, writing, editing, reporting, copy-editing, cooking, child care, Spanish
What Victoria would like to learn by being in this group: know more
about computers in general, understanding what different systems do, understanding Linux/FOSS
VISTA: Kevin Bulger
Project Site: Collins Center
What Kevin will be doing: research, writing, editing and reporting stories for the eNewsletter, community
organizing, developing a wireless initiative and presenting findings to city officials
Kevin's skills:
What Kevin would like to learn by being in this group
VISTA: Jack Waugh
Project Site: Center for Community Technology Services
What Jack will be doing: web development
Jack's skills:Computer science (particularly around programming languages), software engineering
What Jack would like to learn by being in this group
What is the most economical (particularly in terms of labor) technical approach to put up the typical web site that a nonprofit would need? For example, should most sites be implemented with some CMS, or is it more economical to build them with a framework and language such as Ruby on Rails?