Author: Mark Prutsalis
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Sahana Eden moves to Github
The Sahana Eden project has moved its repository from Launchpad to Github. This decision was universally supported by the Eden community. More information about this transition, resources and Instructions for developers to migrate to Git are available on the Git page on the Eden wiki.
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Sahana Eden used for Chilean wildfire response
The Sahana Software Foundation’s Eden software, as part of IBM’s Smarter Command Center, is currently being used by the Chilean Red Cross (Cruz Roja) for the response to recent wildfires in Southern Chile. The fires, mainly affecting the communities of Florida and Quillón in the Nuble province of the Bio Bio region of Chile, have left one person dead,…
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Sahana Eden CERT Solution Takes 1st Place and RHOKs Austin
The Sahana community was well represented at another Random Hacks of Kindness (RHOK) event again this year, and had the honor of winning first place at the RHOK 2011 Austin (Texas, USA) event. This year’s RHOK saw 30 cities world wide participating. The Sahana Software Foundation has been a RHOK participant since it began in 2009, and…
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Sahana Eden CERT Solution takes 1st Place at RHOK Austin!
The Sahana Eden CERT Solution took 1st place at the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHOK) 2011 Austin (Texas, USA) event. This year’s RHOK saw 30 cities world wide participating. The Sahana Software Foundation has been a RHOK participant since it began in 2009, and each RHOK event has provided an opportunity to both showcase Sahana…
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Sahana Software Foundation a Participating Organization for the 2011-12 Google Code-In
The Sahana Software Foundation has been selected as one of a very select number of participating organization for the 2011-12 Google Code-In. The Google Code-In is a contest for pre-university students to introduce them to all of the things that go into a successful open source project: code, documentation, outreach, quality assurance, research, training, translation…
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Report on SahanaCamp LA
SahanaCamp LA was held at the City of Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center on October 24-25 2011. SahanaCamp™ is a program of the Sahana Software Foundation. The SahanaCamp™ program provides participants with: an understanding of how Sahana software can help manage information before, during and after disasters; a practical technical workshop to provide instruction in how…
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SSF Participating in GSOC Doc Summit
The Sahana Software Foundations is one of four open source projects participating in the Google Summer of Code Doc Summit on October 17-21 in Mountain View, California. This event – which combines a two-day unconference with a three day documentation sprint – provides a unique opportunity to improve the user and technical documentation for our projects.…
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Attend SahanaCamp LA October 24-25, 2011
Join the Sahana Software Foundation for SahanaCamp LA to be held on October 24-25 at the City of Los Angeles’ Emergency Operations Center Media Center Conference Room. SahanaCamp LA is a free 2-day program designed to provide individuals and organizations with an understanding of the needs for managing information in response to disasters paired with a practical…
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HFOSS at the Open World Forum: Sahana á Paris
The 4th Open World Forum (OWF) was held in Paris on September 24-26. Last year, I had the honor of chairing a small inaugural panel on the use of Free/Libre Open Source Software Against Crisis; this year, with the support of OWF Co-President Louis Montagne, HFOSS was expanded into a half-day track, organized by Dave Neary…
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The 2011 Sahana Google Summer of Code Wrap-Up: The Best Summer Ever!
Another summer is over. And what a great summer it was. Countless hours at the beach and pool with the kids; great free concerts in the park…. but this post is supposed to be a wrap up about Sahana’s 2011 Google Summer of Code Program, so let’s get to that. It was, quite simply…