[Typo3-t3board03] programming for a good cause

[Daniel Hinderink]

Hi Mattes,

Thanks for your mail.

> Daniel Hinderink wrote:
>> I expect you to have doubts about whether this is needed at all, or if it
>> will be used, but I believe it is worth a try and we are a group of people
>> that can make it happen quickly.
> 
> I am indeed not sure if something like this is needed.
> Most of the authorities that help are acting quite on their own.

That is what I understand could become a problem.

> I got a call from the THW if my time would allow to get down there for a
> month.
> In order to kepp my company running I had to give them a no even though
> I would like to help since a lot of friends of ours are still missing
> down there.
> 
> There are several HQs coordinating the actions taken by each helping
> authority (on their own) so maybe you could give me a hint what more you
> have in mind.

As far as I know, this coordination has no precedence and no one is
expecting it to really work. Most of all, it is very hard for institutions
that have some resource to find a spot that needs it the most.

I found out in the mean time that there are quite a lot of blogs springing
up trying to bundle information. There biggest shortcoming is that they
can't structure information enough to make it useful.

What I have in mind is a rather basic application, where institutions can
publish their projects with only a few information coordinates. Like
contact, location, subject, time-span, requirements, attached documents,
links...
It needs quite a lot of display functions, ranging from a very advanced
search, to stats on geographical distribution and so on.

The use case is, that either the donors and the organisations planning
actions can check for existing action and contacts off- and on-site.

This of course only serves a purpose, if it is fed with information, so
making this information hub known is a major task, but we also have a huge
group of people to help spreading the word.
 
> At least for the THW this extension would have to work with THWIN (the
> software that everything in the THW should run with).

It should be fed and inquired manually.

> This is a VB based software with a central database that keeeps track of
> almost everything - members, gear, times etc.
> I don't see a reasonable way to integrate this.

I agree, but i also don't see why there should be any integration.

> Maybe even Andreas Veith could give some more input too.
> If I can do something to help I will.

Dominic also has some NGO contacts.

Cheers

Daniel