Hi all,<br>
<br>
If there are any OSM members in the sub-continent, I recommend
this event. Sahana makes heavy use of Open Street Maps, and GIS systems in general. It's a
great framework for developing applications in the humanitarian &
disaster response domains. I'm sure many of the participants would be interested in collaborating.<br>
<br>
My best,<br>
<br>
Tim McNamara<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Howden</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.howden@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.howden@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM<br>Subject: [Sahana-user] SahanaCamp and Workshop - July 2010 - Delhi, India<br>To: <a href="mailto:sahana-user@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">sahana-user@lists.sourceforge.net</a>, Sahana developers' list <<a href="mailto:sahana-maindev@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">sahana-maindev@lists.sourceforge.net</a>>, <a href="mailto:sahana-eden@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">sahana-eden@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<br><br>UPCOMING EVENTS:<br>
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<br>
SahanaCamp<br>
2nd - 5th July 20100<br>
For Programmers and Web Designers who are interested in building Information<br>
Technology Solutions for Disasters and Development<br>
<br>
Sahana Workshop "Information Technology Solutions for Disasters and<br>
Development"<br>
3rd July 2010<br>
For people working for NGOs/UN/Government/Other Agencies and others<br>
interested in Information Technology Solutions for Disasters and Development<br>
<br>
<br>
Location:<br>
Sarai-CSDS<br>
29 Rajpur Road<br>
Civil Lines<br>
Delhi - 110054<br>
India<br>
<br>
Cost:<br>
FREE<br>
<br>
Applications:<br>
Spaces are limited. Applications close 14th June.<br>
<br>
Sahana Workshop:<br>
<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHkwMEs0QzZmcnQ4YlVHMFR5U1JB%0AZXc6MQ" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHkwMEs0QzZmcnQ4YlVHMFR5U1JB<br>
ZXc6MQ</a><br>
SahanaCamp (includes Sahana Workshop):<br>
<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9IcHJ6SlNCWG5COTFfbUVaSExW%0AR1E6MQ" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9IcHJ6SlNCWG5COTFfbUVaSExW<br>
R1E6MQ</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Sahana<br>
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Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management System which was<br>
started in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Tsunami. It is a web based collaboration<br>
tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from<br>
finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, tracking camps<br>
effectively between Government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the<br>
people affected by disasters.<br>
<a href="http://www.sahanafoundation.org" target="_blank">www.sahanafoundation.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Details<br>
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Sahana Workshop is a one day event which will provide an introduction to how<br>
information technology can be used to assist organisations working in<br>
disasters and development. It will include opportunities to share<br>
experiences and lessons learned with others who have worked in this area.<br>
You'll get hand on experience using the Sahana Eden<br>
(<a href="http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/" target="_blank">http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/</a>) platform which was deployed in response<br>
to the Earthquake in Haiti and includes SMS and Mapping technologies.<br>
Finally, you'll have the opportunity to share your real world needs for<br>
information technology solutions to provide input for the future development<br>
of Sahana.<br>
<br>
SahanaCamp is a four day long intensive event, for programmers and web<br>
designers who are involved or interested in helping organizations working in<br>
Disasters and Development. You will be introduced to programming in Python<br>
on the Sahana Eden Rapid Application Development (RAD) platform. You will be<br>
developing real solutions to meet real needs such as Logistics,<br>
Organisational Management and Mapping or according to your needs. You'll be<br>
working aside members of the core Sahana Eden development team, who will be<br>
there to support and encourage you along. SahanaCamp would be ideal for<br>
programmers and web designers who are developing solution for Disasters and<br>
Development organizations.<br>
Participants are expected to have existing programming or design skills (and<br>
will certainly learn some new ones during the camp!).<br>
<br>
Venue<br>
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Sarai is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies,<br>
(CSDS) one of India's leading research institutes with a commitment to<br>
critical and dissenting thought and a focus on critically expanding the<br>
horizons of the discourse on development, particularly with reference to<br>
South Asia. We are a coalition of researchers and practitioners with a<br>
commitment towards developing a model of research-practice that is public<br>
and creative, in which multiple voices express and render themselves in a<br>
variety of forms.<br>
<a href="http://www.sarai.net" target="_blank">www.sarai.net</a><br>
<br>
For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:michael@sahanafoundation.org" target="_blank">michael@sahanafoundation.org</a> or visit<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community:sahanacamp" target="_blank">http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community:sahanacamp</a>.<br>
<br>
Could you please share this invitation amongst your networks and with other<br>
who may be interested.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Michael Howden<br>
<a href="mailto:michael@sahanafoundation.org" target="_blank">michael@sahanafoundation.org</a><br>
<br>
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