o Baiju M baiju@sdf.lonestar.org reports from the South Indian state of Kerala (November 2002, email): "We have required volunteers for textbook preperation in Kerala (9th standard). Please see: http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-edu/2002-November/000091.html Its very urgent, please come forward to volunteer." - - - - - - - -
Baiju, I wonder if this could be a possible activity for NetAid, run by the UN volunteers. What do you feel Andrea? It's possible that someone out there has good GNU/Linux skills, the creativity and the time? A worthy cause indeed. FN -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email fred@bytesforall.org * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference ... on what makes *the * difference
From Andrea.Goetzke@unvolunteers.org Thu Nov 14 00:45:54 2002
Dear Frederick, nice to meet you. I think the tasks you are looking for volunteers for can be performed well by online volunteers, i.e. volunteers who engage in the task from anywhere in the world, through the Internet. Online volunteers can do research for you on Indian language solutions for computing, and maybe you also find an expert who can advise you on how to implement/programme Indian language solutions. Also, online volunteers are perfectly suited to research GNU/Linux groups and to reach out to them, and tell them about your group, build links, maybe build and moderate online discussions etc.
You can find online volunteers by publishing your needs in the Online Volunteering section of the NetAid website (http://www.netaid.org/ov). All published assignments can be found via a search engine. The number of people looking for volunteering assignments exceeds the number of organizations looking for volunteers, so the probability that you findgood candidates quickly is quite high. We don't pre-select applications,but the applications are emaileddirectly to you, i.e. the organization that posted an assignment.
In order to publish your online volunteering assignments in the NetAid site, you need to:
- First register with NetAid (in the "Join" section).
- As a registered member you have your personal "My NetAid" page. Fromhere
you can register the organization that you would like to publish assignments for. You need to post assignments on behalf of an officially registered non-profit organization. You register your organization via "Create A Group" from your "My NetAid" page.
- As a registered, and vetted (this just takes 1-2 days) organization you
can go ahead and publish your online volunteering assignment in the site.
If you would like a volunteer to get involved with you on-site, there are possibilities as well. But how I understand your question, I think "online volunteering" is the first option to try. Let me know if you are more interested in the on-site alternative.
Please also let me know if you have more questions. To get a good sense of what Online Volunteering means in practice, and to read good examples, I suggest you browse our site: http://www.netaid.org/ov.
Greetings from Bonn,
Andrea
-----Original Message----- From: Frederick Noronha [mailto:fred@bytesforall.org] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:05 PM To: andrea.goetzke@unvolunteers.org Subject: From India
Hi Andrea Goetzke,
Could you find volunteers who could (i) help us take further plans to find Indian language solutions for computing (ii) help build links between GNU/Linux groups in India and abroad? ...