[LINK] Sahana Software Foundation for Global Humanitarian Aid

Tom Worthington tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Fri Feb 12 08:56:17 AEDT 2010


The Sahana Software Foundation has announced its initial membership to
guide work on software to assist in disaster relief operations around
the world: <http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php/foundation:initial_membership>.

The Sahana free open source software was written for relief
operations in Sri Lanka after the boxing day tsunami. It has been
expanded for use around the world, winning some awards along the way:
<http://www.sahana.lk/>.

There are two Australian foundation members: Don Cameron and myself. 
Along with 22 other people from USA, UK, Sri Lanka, Canada, Sweden, 
Denmark and New Zealand, we will be voting for a Board of Directors in 
May, to run the organisation. The process has been delayed as many of 
the volunteers are busy providing software and systems to support the 
relief effort in Haiti.

My role in Sahana has been limited to providing some advice on the user
interface for the system (and teaching this to my ANU web design
students): <http://www.tomw.net.au/2005/wd/sahana3.shtml>. But every 
little bit helps and I encourage others to join in 
<http://www.sahana.lk/node/10>.


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     Sahana Software Foundation
     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

     SAHANA SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES INITIAL MEMBERSHIP

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 10 February 2010: The Sahana Software
Foundation announced today its initial membership. Membership
invitations were extended in December 2009 to current and past board and
project management committee members. Those who accepted this invitation
and form the initial membership of the Sahana Software Foundation are:

David Bitner, USA
Fran Boon, UK
Ravith Botejue, Sri Lanka
Don Cameron, Australia
Mifan Careem, Sri Lanka
Trishan de Lanerolle, USA
Chamindra de Silva, Sri Lanka
Ravindra de Silva, Canada
Sudheera Fernando, Sri Lanka
Mahesh Kaluarachchi, Sri Lanka
Dominic König, Sweden
Ishan Liyanage, Sri Lanka
Greg Miernicki, USA
Darmendra Pradeeper, Sri Lanka
Mark Prutsalis, USA
Louiqa Raschid, USA
Eric Rasmussen, USA
Martin Thomsen, Denmark
Gavin Treadgold, New Zealand
Nuwan Waidyanatha, Sri Lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana, Sri Lanka
Brent Woodworth, USA
Tom Worthington, Australia

Members of the Sahana Software Foundation are eligible to nominate new
members and to vote for the composition of the Board of Directors and
other issues at the annual meeting of members. The first meeting of the
members of the Sahana Software Foundation is scheduled for May 2010 at
which the first elected board will be voted on, followed by a board meeting.

The current board is composed of Mifan Careem, Chamindra de Silva,
Darmendra Pradeeper, Mark Prutsalis, Louiqa Raschid, Martin Thomsen,
Gavin Treadgold, Sanjiva Weerawarana and Brent
Woodworth.

The officers of the Sahana Software Foundation are:

Brent Woodworth (Chair), Mark Prutsalis (President & CEO), Chamindra de
Silva (Secretary & CTO), and Dale Zuehls (CFO/Accountant).

The governing bylaws of the Sahana Software Foundation can be reviewed
at: http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php/foundation:home#bylaws

About the Sahana Software Foundation:
The Sahana Software Foundation was established in June 2009 as a
non-profit membership-based organization, and governs the free and open
source software Sahana disaster management system.

For more information, contact:
Mark Prutsalis, President & CEO
Sahana Software Foundation
Tel +1-860-499-0332
mark at sahanafoundation.org
http://www.sahanafoundation.org
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Sahana Software Foundation
900 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90017
http://www.sahanafoundation.org
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Tom Worthington FACS HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Lecturer, The Australian National University t: 02 61255694
Computer Science http://cs.anu.edu.au/user/3890




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