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We Have, We Need Exchange[edit] Overview:
This project will create a online marketplace for the exchange of resources and services to suit the needs of the NGOs in Haiti, providing Earthquake relief operations. The Google group for the project can be found at [1]
IMPORTANT. Below are simultaneous efforts that should be coordinated with this one (an email-thread was started to do just that)
- Sahana RMS (requirements)
- CIDI (Center for International Disaster Information): Offers of Goods or Service
[edit] Status:
- Operational, but lots more to do!
[edit] TODO List:
- Document API so we can begin connectivity & interface with Sahana, aidmatirx.org, and southcom.mil APAN.
- Connect WVWN to h Sahana, aidmatirx.org, and southcom.mil APAN
- Document install/development setup instructions so its easy for developers to jump in and help.
- Setup Bugzilla server
- Setup separate test server
- Build a custom admin interface so we don't have to rely on the Django admin
- Build a Twitter and SMS interface
- Examine how we can turn it into a realtime application
[edit] Project History:
10:00am EST (Boston) - Mobile team starting Android client application
11:49am EST (DC) - Team is creating a full website and coordinating with mobile team to create apps for Android and Iphone. Team is gathering requirements, creating data-model, working on use cases, and drafting the user interface.
12:59pm EST (DC) - The team has built a portion of the API and continue to work on the data model and the user registration components. A build of the home page is almost complete.
2:30 pm EST (DC) - The team has validated our data model, the website style and layout has been been defined, user authentication process is in progress, still working on building the forms, RSS Feeds, and post interface. Discussions with the mobile team about operateability are underway.
3:45 pm EST (DC) - The team has completed defining the categories and sub-categories, RSS is implemented and ready for test, built out most of the pages will finish then clean up css.
4:45 pm EST (DC) - The team is creating the templates and has prepped some data to upload. We are looking for contacts in California.
3:13 pm PST (LA) - Team is getting up to speed on the last round of commits. We are waiting on write access to the git repository.
4:18 pm PST (LA) - The team has cloned the project, and put together a list of tasks to work on. We are looking for donations of highly scalable hosting solutions.
5:40 pm PST (LA) - The team has made a new github, and is adding tasks into the "Issues" section. We are looking for SV contacts to join this project.
5:58 pm PST (LA) - The team is getting kicked out of their space in LA. We hope to log in remotely and continue work, but invite the other CCHaiti groups to log into our github and continue work.
7:31 pm PST (LA) - Team LA is back on-line, and working remotely. Just got word that we can use Google App Engine for hosting. We're waiting on an absolute yes from the Brand Manager, but it looks like they will lift the normal resource limits for us!
1:23 am PST (LA) - The team finally decided to break for the night. Taxonomy is undergoing changes based on discussions with Tweak the Tweet, but has not yet been uploaded to the repository. All other code has been merged to scourger's github. (See link below.)
11:17 am PST (LA) - The LA and DC teams have agreed to meet at 6:30pm PST at http://cchaitila.ning.com/ to coordinate.
5:21 pm PST (LA)- The team implemented search by categories. Adjustments have been made to the CSS to incorporate a search bar, and to include branding for Earthquake Haiti: 2010
8:27 pm PST (LA) (DC) - The team decided to use Amazon Ec2 hosting, as it would play nice with all the tools being used, and there was a high familiarity level with it among the team members. A server was arranged and set up, DNS was pointed to www.wehaveweneed.org There will be a guest user account created soon, as the registration functionality still needs work. We are looking for long term sponsorship.
9:00 ps EST (LA DC MT) - Held a status telecon. Attendees: Noel, Alan, Lori, Stefan, Natala Summary: - we are going to participate in crisis camp this weekend! The project will be to pull in data from Sahana and other orgs (i.e. http://www.aidmatrix.org/haiti.htm) that are collecting haves/needs. Alan will provide support to the team working on the project at the Camp. Natala is a backup. - Alan is going to set-up bugzilla on AWS, Natala will configure once installed -- we'll use this for project tracking and bug tracking - Stefan has some ideas for how to improve the marketplace data structure -- will send out diagrams and we'll discuss next week - Goal for next call is to discuss priorities for next steps and to then convert these priorities into a project plan we can work against with individual "tasks" that anyone (who has the skills required for the project) can tackle. Tasks will be both engineering tasks and non-eng tasks. - Natala will organize a "roll call" to get a sense of who still has time and what they'd like to do for the project. (per lori's suggestion!) - Before the call Natala and Alan discussed options for enabling text-to-list type scenarios with click-a-tell or twilio. This is an open/unassigned project. - There's a need to get more documentation on the project onto the webpage on crisiscommons -- Alan is going to tackle some of this but will probably need additional support. Jeremy (?) i think had previously mentioned working on this as well. http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/We_Have,_We_Need_ExchangeNext Call: Weds Feb 17th - 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST Natala will send out conference call information -- we will use the crisis commons conference call, will get a direct # for montreal!
5:15 pm EST Feb 27 (DC) - We documented installation and run instructions and sent them to Alan Viars for posting to the github site with the download. We're working on documenting the API but haven't gotten far yet. If we get further we'll post more notes.
[edit] Project Volunteer List:
- Jeremy Carbaugh
- Ali Felski
- Eric Miller, Sr Systems Admin / Programmer
- Shawn Fenn, Program Analyst
- Alan Viars, CEO Videntity, aviars AT the VIDENTITY DOTTY COM mobile 304.685.3137, twitter: @aviars
- Lynette Hammond, Web Communications Specialist
- Dustin Graves, Computer Scientist
- Katie Jacobs Stanton, State Department - katie.stanton AT THE gmail DOTTY com
- Natala Menezes natala007 AT the gmail DOTTY com
- S. Jolicoeur s DOT jolicoeur AT The gmail DOTTY com
Programming Lead (LA): Pete Vander Giessen
Coordinator/Liaison (LA): Lucia Starkey
- Josh Saxe
- Mustafa Khafateh
- Israel Lopez
- Lori Barfield - tdirector AT the gmail dotty com
Programming Lead (DC): Alan Viars
Coordinator/Liaison (FL): Yanira Gonzalez (yaniragonzale-/-bellsouth -*- net)
- Damian Montero (damian montero at the sign of gmail dotty com)
- Edilma Riano
- Maggie Ying Zhang
- Tracy A.Phaup
- Onajide Shabaka-
- Elizabeth Warriner
[edit] Project Collaboration Space
The team is using github to share code and to document requirements. http://github.com/wehaveweneed/wehaveweneed
The DC Team mobile iPhone application (Appcelerator Titanium platform) http://github.com/brendanlim/WHWN-Titanium (DC iPhone TEAM PLEASE UPDATE THE STATUS HERE)
The Boston Team mobile Android application http://github.com/bcguitar33/We-Have-We-Need-Android(BOSTON TEAM PLEASE UPDATE THE STATUS HERE)
Also in github you can find several pages in the wiki that will aid with development.
Describing Have's and Need's http://wiki.github.com/sunlightlabs/wehaveweneed/describing-haves-and-needs
User Roles with actions http://wiki.github.com/sunlightlabs/wehaveweneed/user-roles
Views http://wiki.github.com/sunlightlabs/wehaveweneed/views
Resource Taxonomy http://wiki.github.com/sunlightlabs/wehaveweneed/resource-taxonomy
User Help Documentation http://wiki.github.com/sunlightlabs/wehaveweneed/help-documentation
[edit] User Testing and Feedback
We_Have_We_Need_User_Testing_and_Feedback
[edit] Ethical Implications of this Tool
We_Have_We_Need-Ethical_Considerations
Retrieved from "http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/We_Have,_We_Need_Exchange"
Zahra Bahrami | Stop the Executions
Location: Evin prison
Age:45
Date condemned: Pending as of 25 August 2010
Charge: Moharabeh
Notes: October 28: Zahra Bahrami was moved to Ward 350 of Evin Prison, which is commonly used to house political prisoners.September 20: Zahra Bahrami is reportedly under pressure to confess to drug possession charges. She refused to speak in court on both September 8 and 11 because her lawyer, Nasrin Sotoodeh, is in jail. Zahra's next hearing will be held on September 23.
Despite drug possession being added to her charges, Zahra Bahrami still does not have access to a lawyer. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iran to grant her this access, per international law. They are also urging the regime to either grant her consular access or release her immediately. Her family is under pressure not to speak to the media about Zahra's case, and the drug possession charges were apparently applied after European and foreign media reported her case. By levying further charges against Zahra and other prisoners, the Islamic Republic is attempting to silence news of their human rights atrocities.
Zahra Bahrami is a Dutch Iranian woman who was arrested after participating in Ashura (December 27, 2009) protests against the Iranian regime. She has been held in Evin Prison in Tehran since her arrest, and showed signs of torture. Ms. Bahrami was in Iran visiting her children, but is a Dutch citizen. She was charged with setting up an anti-government organization, membership in an unnamed monarchist organization, and spreading anti-regime propaganda. She was denied legal representation and the Dutch foreign minister in Tehran is not permitted to offer her any assistance. The Islamic Republic does not recognize Ms. Bahrami's Dutch citizenship and refuses to release any information about her case. When asked by a reporter about Ms. Rahrami being permitted consular visits, "President" Ahmadinejad responded: "That is not possible. Iran does not recognise dual nationality. You are Iranian or Dutch."
The Foreign Ministry at the Hague confirmed that Ms. Bahrami does hold a Dutch passport, and had changed her name to Sahra Baahrami, which caused initial confusion about her status. She has reportedly been a resident of the UK for several years. As of 24 August, Dutch representatives to the EU have called on EU foreign minister Catherine Ashton to address Zahra Bahrami's detention with Iranian authorities.
That the Islamic Republic is permitted to torture, detain, and execute Ms. Bahrami is an outrage. Although Iran is not recognizing dual citizenship, Zahra Bahrami is a Dutch citizen, and is protected under United Nations conventions to which Iran is a signatory. Not only is the Islamic Republic refusing to honor its own commitments to international law, to human rights, to its own citizens, but it is going to murder a Dutch citizen for alleged political affiliation. Ms. Bahrami is reported to have suffered infection and lung complications as a result of torture and the appalling conditions in Evin prison. She is permitted no visitors and is reported to be suffering from depression. Her rare phone calls to family members are monitored and only last for a few minutes. She has also been forced to confess, which is often done through torture and intimidation. These confessions have been aired on state-affiliated television programs. Her daughter says Ms. Bahrami has never been a member of a political party. Even if she were, this is absolutely no justification for execution, and certainly not of a foreign citizen.
Among others, Iran is violating Article 9 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and Article 9(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Both of these UN conventions protect Ms. Bahrami against arbitrary detention. Iran is violating Article 6(2) of the ICCPR, which states that, in countries where it has not been abolished, the death penalty can be imposed only for the most serious crimes. There is no rational justification for considering political participation a serious crime. Article 14 of the ICCPR guarantees the right to legal representation and prohibits forced confession. Finally, both Article 5 of the UDHR and Article 7 of the ICCPR forbid torture.
There is a petition to Maxine Verhagen, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding that Zahra Bahrami's death sentence be immediately overturned and the charges against her dropped.
via iran.elple.net
Free the Hikers Home » freethehikers.org
FAMILIES SICK WITH WORRY, PLEAD FOR THANKSGIVING RELEASE
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS SEND IN BANNERS AND SIGNS ACROSS THE GLOBE
DEC 6TH FREE ALL THREE EVENT @ THE VERDI CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO
“As secretary-general of the United Nations, I would sincerely hope that the Iranian government will again very favorably consider releasing the remaining two American hikers so that they could join their families as soon as possible.”
~Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations“We urgently appeal to the Islamic Republic of Iran to release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal without further delay and show the same compassion to them that the Iranian authorities graciously extended to their companion Sarah Shourd.”
~Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, Noam Chomsky
WATCH NEW FILM ABOUT JOSH & SHANE
‘Free Shane And Josh’: New Documentary On Detained Hikers Offers More Evidence Of Their Innocence (VIDEO). Go to the Huffington Post to find out about this new film.
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THE HIKERS’ STORY:
Iranian forces detained Shane Bauer, his fiancée Sarah Shourd and their close friend Josh Fattal on July 31, 2009 while they were enjoying a recreational hike in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. There are conflicting news reports about whether Iranian forces entered Iraq to arrest the three young Americans or they strayed across the poorly marked border by mistake.
Sarah, 32, was released on September 14, 2010, on humanitarian grounds after spending 410 days in solitary confinement and immediately vowed to work for the freedom of Shane and Josh, both 28. All three were charged shortly before Sarah’s release with illegal entry and espionage at a hearing in Evin Prison in Tehran where they were finally allowed to meet their lawyer for only the first time.
Shane, Sarah and Josh are innocent of any crime and, as Amnesty International reports, their extended pre-trial detention is a violation of Iranian and international law. Their detention is arbitrary and inhumane and we call on the Iranian authorities to show Shane and Josh the same compassion they have shown Sarah and release them without further delay.
Shane and Josh have been allowed to telephone their families only once, on March 9, and have not been allowed to send letters. The mothers of Shane, Sarah and Josh traveled to Iran in May 2010 to visit them but were allowed to stay for only two days.
Shane, Sarah, and Josh are all graduates of the University of California at Berkeley. They care greatly about our world and have a documented record as advocates for social and environmental justice. They admire and respect different cultures and religions and share a love of travel that has taken them to many countries. That is why they went to Iraqi Kurdistan, not because they wanted to enter Iran.
JOSH FATTAL: 444 DAYS IN IRAN…AND COUNTING
This is a Free the Hikers film about Josh Fattal, still unjustly detained in Iran along with Shane Bauer.
If you would like to show your support for Shane, Sarah and Josh, please join our Facebook Fan Page, follow us on Twitter and use the tag #ssj to spread the word.
Time in Detainment:
483 Days, 6 Hours & 36 Minutes
FREE ALL THREE POSTER (PDF)
- Total Signature Count:
- • NEW—FREE ALL THREE!: 1696
- • ORIGINAL PETITION: 17197
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