[Rubyforchange-talk] introduction

[Evan David Light]

Matt (a.k.a Madcowley ;-) ), welcome!

Someone posited a similar notion.  Is it essentially the same as  
volunteermatch.org?  We don't want to reinvent the wheel, right?

On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Matthew Cowley wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I missed the ruby hoedown, but just found out about this group.   
> Most of
> my work these days is for non-profits, so I'm very interested in  
> what we
> could do.
>
> I sent a note about a project idea to Chad; he pointed me here, so  
> here
> it is in group form:
>
> Here's one idea for a group project:  a kind of centralized volunteer
>> sign-up site.  The community radio station I work for (like many
>> nonprofits) runs mostly on volunteer power, and at the moment  
>> scheduling
>> is pretty much phone calls and paper sheets.  There are a couple of
>> online apps out there, but none of them are really great, and some  
>> are
>> expensive.   They're also specific to the organization; if you're
>> signing up to help with one group, you wouldn't know about needs that
>> another group has.
>>
>> What I'm thinking is a site where lots of non-profits could register,
>> with some description and location info etc, and post calls for
>> volunteers.  Potential volunteers could scan the listings by location
>> and date, and filter by either area of interest or even specific  
>> groups
>> (so if you're only interested in working with group X theirs are the
>> only listings you see), and sign up to help -- which would notify the
>> coordinator at the nonprofit.
>>
>> Kind of sketchy and rambling I know, but if it sounds interesting I
>> could flesh out the ideas a bit.
>
> thanks,
> matt
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