Following find a message from the Information Systems Forum regarding an effort to coordinate all of the sites that are taking postings regarding missing/found persons. Apologies for the extended post, but in addition to suggesting to Lynne to post directly to this coordinated site, list members might consider volunteering to help with the effort to transfer data already on sites to the central site. It takes some time, but it is something one can actually do to help beyond financial contributions. I viewed it as a gift in allowing me to act rather than just weep. I hope this list will consider participating in this extraordinary effort to reunite and reassure loved ones.
Just a note -- I saw that the servers for the New Orleans Network site were overwhelmed tonight by the work to move the data from the disparate sites onto this central site. The New Orleans Network site is taking emails to notify those interested in volunteering as to when the servers are back online. Also, the process takes a little learning, especially if you have not participated in a wikki. I hadn't, and it took me about an hour to figure out the process. But, it is do-able and important to do. Please help, and if you can't, pass the information on to others who can. There is a great deal to be done.
Ruth Meyers.
Message: 4
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 16:15:48 -0400
From: Deborah Elizabeth Finn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Katrina: Gave money already? Give your time right now online.
Dear Colleagues,
I hope that you will heed this call from my esteemed colleague David Geilhufe! He is the founder of the Social Source Foundation <http://www.socialsourcefoundation.org/>, and well-qualified to tackle the knowledge-management issues raised by the current humanitarian crisis.
Many thanks from Deborah
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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From: David Geilhufe <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sep 3, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: Katrina: Gave money already? Give your time right now online.
To: undisclosed-recipients
A significant problem for refugees is that information on people is spread all over the web. If I was looking for a loved one, I could search 20 websites and still miss and entry about them. There are a number of technical solutions people are working on right now, but the old fashioned grassroots approach may be best.
Can you spare one hour today and enter missing persons data from forums accross the web into the database at www.neworleansnetwork.org/ ? We have people working on importing the major online databases on the web (Red Cross, Gulf Coast News, etc.) in addition to your data entry.
The first thing we need is community leaders that can help coordinate a massively parallel data entry effort so that thousands of volunteers can enter information from message boards across the web without too much duplication of effort.
The thing we need to resolve first is how to coordinate such a significant effort.
Go to http://www.omidyar.net/group/katrinarefugee/news/0/ where you will be coordinating the volunteer effort.
Please publicize this message far and wide.
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From: Lynne
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Help finding a New Orleans family/museum conservator
I awoke to an e-mail from a friend who is desperately trying to find her in-laws, who live(d) in New Orleans. Her mother-in-law worked for Jessica Hack of _Jessica Hack Textile Conservator_ in New Orleans and my friend is trying to find Jessica to see if she knows if mother-in-law evacuated before the hurricane. Does anyone know how to reach her?
Lynne
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